Death of Mack Swain Revered Keystone Star in Tacoma
John Swain of Montana-Dakota Utilities learned of Mack Swain’s death in a Tacoma hospital. The actor, once a Keystone comedian and later with Chaplin, Will Rogers, Paramount, and Famous Players, weighed about 300 pounds and battled heart and stomach troubles. He left a fortune and real estate in Montana, survived by brothers in Great Falls and Salt Lake City.
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John Swain
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Tacoma
Washington
Mack Swain
Great Falls
Mr. Swain
Keystone
Fatty Arbuckle
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Swain
Will Rogers
Kellys
Cohens
Mabel Normand
Wallace Beery
Nickelodeon
Oil magnate takes lease of Cor Rand refinery plant
W. E. Rice with broad oil interests in the state and Chateau investments has leased the Conrad Refining Co. plant just south of Conrad. The report says operations are expected to restart soon as electrical work proceeds and a large transformer is installed.
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W EE Rice
Chateau
Conrad Refining Co
Conrad
Congress Passes Wide Ranging 74th Congress Legislation
The first session of the 74th Congress approved measures across coal, railroads, utilities, shipping, airlines, oil, buses and trucks, banking, and industry. Key moves include a national coal commission, revised railroad bankruptcy and pension rules, utility regulation with holding company limits, TVA amendments, shipowner liability, extended presidential authority over ocean contracts, airmail rate regulation, oil production controls, interstate transport oversight, revamped Federal Reserve oversight, new public agencies, and extended NRA provisions plus wage and hour code drafting. Agriculture gained AAA amendments empowering crop production adjustments.
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Associated Press
Coal
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Securities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Banking
Federal Reserve Board
National Credit Resources
NRA
National Labor Boards
Dahomey Dahomey as French West Africa colony
The text describes Dahomey as a French West Africa colony extending along 70 miles of Gulf of Guinea coast between Togoland and Nipera. It covers 41,302 square miles with a population over a million, including about one thousand Europeans, and Porto Novo as the capital and main business center.
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Dahomey
French West Africa
Togoland
Nipera
Gulf of Guinea
Porto Novo
Governor Cooney a Self-Made Millionaire at 32
Chicago paper cites Governor Frank H. Cooney of Montana as a self-made millionaire by 32. Denver dispatch notes Cooney’s belief that opportunities remain for youth and cites his early years from Ontario, Canada, to Butte, Montana. He emphasizes doing work well and quickly to reach the top.
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Chicago
Gov
F. H. Cooney
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Montana
Denver
Cooney
Ontario
Canada
Butte
Mont
Frank
In the Doldrums and Sailors’ Calm
The term in the doldrums traces to vast calm ocean zones where ships drifted unable to move for months, a bane to sailors who relied on steady winds for voyage progress and survival at sea.
Postage Stamp Dispute Tied to Poros Greece
In Poros Greece new documents indicate that Greece produced the first postage stamp over a century ago rather than Great Britain. The finding places Greece at the origin of stamp issuance and challenges long held beliefs.
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Greece
Poros
Great Britain
Rhododendron Covers Western North Carolina Slopes
Rhododendron grows profusely in the United States, especially in the Blue Ridge and southern mountains. In western North Carolina, the mountainsides are literally covered with the plants.
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United States
Blue Ridge Range
North Carolina
Marriage Ceremony Rules Across States
The article notes Maryland and West Virginia require a minister or religious society head for marriage. Delaware follows the same rule with an exception for the mayor of Wilmington. Other states allow civil officials as an alternative.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
Wilmington
Chalcedony Variety of Quartz Described
Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz described as transparent or translucent with a waxy luster. Colors range white gray blue brown or black commonly with a milky tint and veins circles or spots.
Canadian tree species and coniferous wood share
The passage notes about 150 plant species reach tree size in Canada among which only three are coniferous. Despite this, these conifers supply 95 percent of forest products while their trees cover a larger portion of the forest area.
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Canada
Black frost and its naming in weather terminology
The term black frost refers to a frost or killing freeze above the dew point that leaves no white hoar frost. Such frosts blacken exposed vegetation but the name predates and differs from official weather bureau classifications which label freezes as light, heavy or killing.
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Weather Bureau
Wanted Ads From Choteau area 31t issue
A string of classified notices from Choteau Montana listing wants and needs. Items include furs hides sheep pelts a dry yearling for a milk cow a rustler prospect with car a trades in horses mules also a lost red purse near Beaupre hotel and two domestic help requests for room and board and general house work all dated December 31 or prior with local contact names and addresses.
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A. H. McGinnis
Choteau
Geo. C. Keown
Sheridan
Wyo
F. G. Coyte
Chateau
Mont
Rice Auto Court
Beaupre Hotel
Marie Barger Helsethagen
Browning Telephone Co
Browning, Mont
Wiltshire Brawn Noted as Famous England Dish
Brawn, a meat preparation from pig head and ox feet, is cut up boiled pickled and molded. In England Wiltshire brawn is celebrated and it is a famous dish to Canterbury.
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England
Wiltshire
Canterbury
Five largest harbors by shore area in 19th century lists ports
The five largest harbors by shore area are Port Phillip Melbourne Harbor in Australia about 400 square miles Yokohama Japan 200 New York City 175 San Francisco 79 and Bombay India 60 square miles.
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Port Phillip
Melbourne
Australia
Yokohama
Japan
New York City
San Francisco
Bombay
India
Sweet Pea Origins and Early Trade
The sweet pea, native to Sicily, was first noted in 1603 by an Italian monk who sent seeds to England. Seeds became a commerce item by 1724, and varieties from Europe were grown in America for over a century. A peak in American popularity occurred 1885 to 1900, boosted by the waved orarencer type around the London celebration.
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Sicily
England
Ffolland
America
Europe
London
Dog Days Origin Linked to Sirius Star Heat
G R Turner in the Kansas City Times explains the term dog days comes from ancient belief in Sirius the Dog Star. They tied the hottest stretch from July 3 to August 11 to the star's heliacal rising and setting, saying air heat rose with Sirius plus the sun.
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G. R. Turner
Kansas City Times
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Butte Copper Mining and Smelting Company
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Tom’s Service Station
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Glenloyd
J. A. Baart
Knudtzon Lumber Yard
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Joe Knudtzon
W. L. Hodgkiss
Gorham
C. S. McDonald
McDonald Block
Cowgill
Nick Vlinker
Harry Moore
Rice Auto Cou
C. W. Burns
Majestic
Wallace Motor Co
Gus Thompson
H. D. Baskett
H. L. Stafford
Maijestic Eectric
R. C. A. Radiola
Remington
R. T. O'Neill
Ott
L. E. Taylor
Texaco
Ellsworth Strand
Mgr
Choteau, Mont
Clarence Johnson
Choteau and Vicinity
A. W. Sherman
J. J. Deaver
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