Miranda’s Second Chance in Maine Refugee Tale
In two parts, a cynical Maine spinster Miranda Farnsworth agrees to host two refugee children after Anna Simpkins recruits her. Miranda’s hard exterior softens as Gretchen and Frieda arrive, triggering memories of lost love and a chance at renewal through family and hospitality.
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Miranda
Mrs. Farnsworth
Ladies’ Aid
Anna Impkins
Anna
Maine
Vermont
Anna Simpkins
Jane Crawley
Ellsworth
Farnsworth
Ralph
Meyerdorf
Schuschnigg
Gretchen Schneider
Gretchen
Nettie Allen
Rudolph
Frieda Meyerdorf
Fother
Frieda
Miss Farnsworth
Fraulein
Butte Business College Marks Fifty Years Since Founding
Beaverhead County founded in 1889 by A F Rice the Butte Business College has grown into one of the largest schooling programs in the state. It has trained over 42000 students, expanded from a two room setup to a full campus with typing rooms and modern office machines, and now offers high school, higher accounting and civil service prep while keeping Montana as its core mission.
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Miranda
Ralph
France
Beaverhead County
A. F. Rice
Alonzo F. Rice
Butte Business College
Glendale
Hecla Mining Co
Sedalia
Henry Rice
E. L. Kern
Rice
Henry Nippenberg
J. C. C. Thorton
Butte
Butte Central High School
Butte Public Library
Kern
Quart Street
Ind
Owsley
C. V. Fulton
E. W. Gold
L. A. May
J. Lee Rice
J. L. Scott
Scott
Kremer Estate Valued at 170000 Seeks Probate
J Bruce Kremer former Butte political leader died July 23 leaving real estate cash and securities valued at 170000 plus other property in Washington District of Columbia Maryland and Bow county The will bequeaths the estate equally to widow Mrs Cornelia E Kremer and daughter Mrs Anne Kremer Post Kremer asked probate and secretary Mamie Sullivan named in the will as beneficiary protector for decades The article notes astronomical twilight definition as a separate aside.
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Montana
J. Bruce Kremer
Butte
Bow County
Washington
District of Columbia
Gat Port Tobacco
Kremer
Cornelia E. Kremer
Anne K
New Ballot Reform For General Election
The new ballot to be used this fall puts all candidates for the same office in one column labeled by party letters D for Democrat R for Republican and I for Independent. Voters will select within a single column rather than scanning multiple columns for different tickets. The arrangement will rotate parties and show only the party designation.
No Doped Horses Claim From State Veterinarian
Dr. W. J. Butler, state veterinarian, says horses at fairs in the state showed no signs of doping after livestock tests at each race meet. The livestock department tests racing horses not for money but to ensure proper treatment of animals.
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W. J. Butler
Livestock Department
Not Guilty Policeman Snow Obstruction Claim
A Scottish Standard style quote notes a policeman questioning a householder about unshoveled sidewalk snow. The householder responds with disbelief, claiming she was asleep when the incident occurred. The brief reflects a satirical or humorous local exchange.
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Christian Science Monitor
The efficient congressman described in a quirky ballot blurb
A fragment from a Liberal era note casts a congressman as an expanded messenger boy and employment promoter. It likens the figure to a controversy raiser, glad-hander, business promoter, convention booker, namer of babies, and soberer of delegates.
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Spourer
Lutheran Democrat
Alabama
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Butte, Montana
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Kasmell
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BOK
Trat Falls
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tomrouss
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