Montana Farms Reach Near One Billion Value in 1920 Census
Montana's 1920 agricultural census shows 457,577 farms, up from 26,214 in 1910, with total farm land value near 696 million dollars and farm buildings, machinery, and livestock increasing across the state. The report explains farm definitions and notes electricity begins to ease farm chores.
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Great Falls Tribune
Montana
Bureau
Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau of the Census
Now Is The Time To Get Rid Of Your Rheumatism
An advertisement urges readers with chronic or muscular rheumatism to buy Chamberlain's Ointment and massage the affected parts twice daily. It claims readers will be very much benefited or cured and encourages trying the remedy.
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Camels
Carrying Fifty Tons of Water Twelve Miles
A historical note contrasts manual water carrying with new farm labor saving machinery. It states a family of six uses about 42 gallons daily, totaling 336 pounds of water, illustrating the weight involved in pumping and carrying water on traditional farms.
Ponce de Leon and the myth of eternal youth
A columnist notes that Ponce de Leon sought gold in Florida after meeting an old savage who added the tale of a spring granting eternal youth. The piece argues people believe what they desire and hear what they want, shaping legends to fit wishes.
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Ponce de Leon
New World
Columbus
Porto Rico
Florida
Columbus Dispatch
Superstitions at Indianapolis hotel party
The Women's Press club held a party at an Indianapolis hotel followed by a playlet. A prop broom caused a safety dispute as a middle aged man barred its elevator use claiming it is bad luck. The woman left the car and climbed nine floors instead.
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Woman's Press Club
Indianapolis
Ade quote on elderly married men and social flutter
George Ade remarks that elderly married men face a hard time as wives lose care and younger women scorn them. He recalls overhearing a couple in a fashionable restaurant where the wife accuses her husband of staring at a young woman in a yellow gown and the husband retorts she did not like it either.
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George Ade
Bill
Lizzie
Snookum’s Hill
Johnson’s
Willow Creek
Road Crew’s Sloppy June Work Sparks Rural Lament
A rural narrator depicts a road crew in June rushing to fix roads with dirt and hay, leaving hollows and rot. The scene shifts to a bumpy ride in an old carriage, Lizzie, as the speaker recounts near-accidents and a prankish sleep of the crew, ending with a claim of deserved pay.
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Bill
Jack
Hay Township
Boys Camp at Fort Assiniboine Teaches Rope Work
A Montana boys camp at Fort Assiniboine from July 14 to 24 will teach rope care and knot tying. The activity follows a 1919 Château camp image, the state’s first boys camp, showing trainees practicing with ropes and splices.
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Fort Assiniboine
Chateau
Montana
Public Notice of Homestead Proof in Montana
Abraham B. Jones of Browning Montana filed notice of intention to prove up a three year claim on the lands described in section 20 township 24 north range 5 west Montana meridian. The hearing before the U S Land Office in Great Falls is set for July 27 1921 with witnesses Charles Frost John A Niles Frank M Pinkerton and William Wrixon all of Great Falls.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Abraham
Charles * Frost
John
A. Niles
Galls Catarrh Medicine Adverts Relief Claim
An early 20th century notice promotes Galls Catarrh Medicine as a cure for frequent nasal catarrh and colds. It states the medicine builds up the system, cleanses the blood, and reduces future attacks by acting internally through the blood to mucous surfaces.
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Hall
P. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Hereford Bulls
Hereford
Reickholf Ranch
Choteau
Halladay & Cole
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
John D. Burt
D. R. Burt
LA Bury
Frank M. Pinkerton
William Wrixon
J. A. Barker
Register
Ford Repairing
Ford
Goodyear
Ford Sales & Service Station
C. W. Scherrer
Mer
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