Weather notes and local happenings from Farmington column
The passage records various Farmington items: concerns about 4000 foot elevation and 7 inches of rain in 25 days, jokes about Hart Parr tractors, water collection by Fred Fornfeist, suggestions of a yacht tour for Mr Hull, Gareth Garrett studying Montana conditions, Wm Arensmeyer breaking up the Byer place, anticipation of new Farmington arrivals, Averill brothers losing a stock pig but praised for crop work, shelling belt being set out, and W Edwards transporting household goods from Choteau over rough roads.
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Fred Fornfeist
Hart Parr
Hull
Gareth Garrett
Arensmeyer
Farmington
Averill Brothers
W. Edwards
Choteau
Weather and Farm Life Notes from a Rural Letter
The passage details visitors and everyday farm events. Ole Oleson and Nick Bitz visit for weeks before a trip to Oregon. Don and Frank’s masts and plows progress are noted along with Breezy Hill sod concerns and Shorty Carlson’s field work.
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Thoteen
Ole Oleson
Nick Bitz
Oregon
Bill
Don
Frank
Wolfer
Shorty Carlson
Alex Lemmon
Tommy Meagher
Tommy
Shorty
Baltimore tailor’s moral victory against bandit
Abraham Rosenstein of Baltimore refused a robber’s demand for 3 dollars, offering to split fifty fifty with the thief after the bandit asked for 3. Rosenstein had 2 dollars and claimed a moral win, noting the robber didn’t get what he sought.
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Abraham Rosenstein
Baltimore
Self-Righteous Bolsheviks Say Rich Bolsheviks Exiled
Guthrie Beaumont, a Pittsburgh radical, cites figures from Russia claiming 8 New 3,900 noble families were exiled and dispossessed. Krasin, once poor, died worth 15 000 000. Leaders’ wealth likely higher. He calls Bolsheviks self righteous and cites old law about money.
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Guthrie Beaumont
Pittsburgh
Russia
Krasin
Roman Farm Luxuries Unearthed Near Cologne
Archaeologists uncover a large Third century Roman rural villa near Cologne. The principal building spans over fifty yards and houses thirty rooms. A notable bath complex imitates Roman luxury with sophisticated water supply and drainage systems.
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Cologne
Germany
Rome
Roger Bacon a Pioneer of the New Era
The article recalls Roger Bacon as a forerunner of the Renaissance, noting his challenge to medieval authority and advocacy of experimental science. It mentions his inventions and flaws, his Opus Majus now translated into English by Dr Robert Belle Burke of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Detroit Free Press publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Roger Bacon
Bacon
Roger
Oxford
Auguste Comtes
Herbert Spencers
Robert Belle Burke
University of Pennsylvania
Detroit Free Press
Babel Skyscraper and Woolley Quest at Shinar
An expedition led by Prof. C. L. Woolley of the University of Pennsylvania clears centuries of mud at the Babel tower site in Shinar. He seeks to learn the tower’s beginnings and whether ancient builders believed they could reach the sky or provoke divine intervention.
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Shinar
C. L. Woolley
University of Pennsylvania
God
Professor Woolley
Grandma’s Smuggling Lesson For Granddaughters
A fond grandmother funds a gift with a joke about smuggling. She buys each granddaughter white canvas shoes and sneakers a grin as she explains she earned the money by smuggling. The girls discover no white stockings to match and ask her to smuggle socks next.
Fox Hounds at Melton Mowbray Hit by Poachers
Poachers spoil famed Melton Mowbray fox hunts in Ireland's hunting heartland. Fashionable events canceled as unemployed killers harvest fox skins. Cottesmore Hounds fail to find a fox lair after a fruitless day.
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Melton Mowbray
Ireland
Cottesmore Hounds
Diplomacy in a New Year Cigar Taper Tale
In a Portland Evening Express item, a couple discusses cigar use at Christmas. He agrees he smokes too much and resolves to taper. She approves and asks him to give the remaining cigars to his father.
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John
Father
Portland Evening Express
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America
Oakland
Motors
Choteau Garage
L. R. Sutton
Montana
Roman ‘Farm
Luxuries
Power-Morgan CO
Teton County
Chevrolet Sales and Service
Hevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Touring
Chacsis
O.b
Chock Chevrolet
Great Falls
A. J. Holsbein
Optometrist
Stanton Bank
Optician
Great Falls, Mont
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