Rural Mail Carrier Named in Farmington
August Rathman becomes the new rural mail carrier for Farmington. Local notes mention visits, moves, social events, and church services including a shadow social at Burton school and Rev. Evile's March 14 service. Families and residents from Fairfield Agawam and Wheeler are noted with moved homes and visiting relatives.
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August Rathman
Dueno
Fairfeld
Slanger
Kreuger's
C. J. Cranton
Oklaoma
Ed. Anderson
Wiizma House
Jnel Lindseth
Fairfield
Luther Leagueriday
Murs. Nasser
Swenson
Burton School
Clark
Evile
Proclamation by the Governor Referendum Petition Montana
A governor proclamation outlines a petition requesting a referendum on Senate Bill No. 2 from the Extraordinary Session of the Sixteenth Legislature. The act aims to amend sections and repeal others to provide party nominations by direct vote.
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Senate
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
State of
Montana
Montana Governor Proclaims Referendum Petition on Senate Bill 32
Governor S V Stewart proclaims filing of a petition to refer Senate Bill 32 to Montana voters at the November 2, 1920 election. The notice notes 15 percent of voters’ signatures across counties, emergency status, and that the measure remains inoperative until ballot passage and final result.
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Secretary of State
State of
Montana
I. S. V. Stewart
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Helena
S. V. Stewart
Ss. T. Stewart
Jast-Mehr
County Commissioners Proceedings List of Disbursements
The board met to approve claims and expenditures across departments. Items include supplies for Choteau Mere Co and Montana Fl Co hay purchases, bank advances, and bond fund allocations with sums recorded for road and bridge, courthouse, seed grain, and sinking funds. The meeting adjourned sine die with approvals by Chairman A J Flynn and Clerk M A O Neil.
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Chas. Justice
Choteau Mere. Co
Montana Fl. Co
Hay
Montana el. Co
Elliott & Schlepp
A. B. Andrews
Hay Wee
Gallating Valley M. Co
Citizens State Bank
A. B. Guthrie
A. F. Guthrie
Court House
A. J. Flynn
M. A. O'Neil
Watches to Get Gold The Jewelry Trade in Wartime
A Geneva journal article notes jewelry trade as a wartime secret lifeline for central powers by melting imported gold jewelry into bullion. It discusses how gold supply has increased via this method amid the European conflict.
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Revue Suisse d
Geneva
Jewelry Trade Boom Faces War Time Controls
Nations restricted luxury imports and watches while demand for medium priced gold watches rose. Jewelry trade thrives despite abuses as gold and heavy chains move toward Orient markets. Switzerland and Vienna price gold high creating large profits for makers and traders. Authorities curb exports by halting orders for watches with cheap movements destined for Constantinople and central empires.
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Orient
Switzerland
Vienna
Turkey
Constantinople
How Big Gun Was Found by French Artillery
French artillery officers used precise measurements from two holes in awnings at a Paris factory to triangulate the path of a German long-range shell. By calculating wind and air conditions, they traced the shell back to its mouth in the forest of St Gothain and then demolished the gun with French artillery.
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Paris
Forest of
St. Gothain
Wisdom on Daylight Saving Time and Clock Logic
The Louisville Courier Journal argues daylight saving time saves sun minutes for common good. It laments clock shifts affecting daily life while noting minor sport start times move earlier, praising the law's wisdom and efficiency in America.
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Drisé
America
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hair envy prompt from Boston Evening Transcript
A playful exchange on prized hair asks what one would trade for such tresses. The line conveys light humor and cultural tone from a Boston Evening Transcript excerpt.
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Bell
Boston Evening Transcript
Eldorado Co-operative Canal Company Meets for Annual Election
The Eldorado Co operative Canal Company will hold its annual meeting at the First National Bank of Chateau at 2 p m on Tuesday April 13 1920. Stockholders will elect officers and consider any proper business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado Co-operative Canal Company
First National Bank of
Chateau
No Alimony From Soldiers Ruling by New York Court
Justice Aspinall of the New York Supreme Court Brooklyn holds the state court cannot enforce alimony against a U S Army private in the Merriman case. He notes a $40 monthly payment demand is impractical given a soldier’s irregular pay. The ruling marks a first of its kind locally.
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Supreme Court of
New York State
United States Army
Justice Aspinall
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Florence Merriman
Rapley P. Merriman
New York
Evening Sun
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Coptipany
Bear Creek Lump Coal
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Bas
Dolly
Golved
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St. ST. Paul
Minn
Postoffice
Agawim
Agawally
Choteau
Great Falls Road
Tony Seidl
Ralston Place
W. J. Johnson
O. C. Miller
Byndm
W. P. von Sehrilt
Arantha
J. I. Liberty
J. A. Feldman
Bestray
Koyl
James B. Gould
WWE
American Society of Equity
Great Falls
L. GP Passitioré
Parmington
Tod
Acantha
Erick Waugh
Beaupre
Kentucky
Deering
H. P. Stafford
Titan
Emerson-Brandingham
Choteau Land & & Loan Co
H. L. Stafford
California Motor Appliance Co
Pacific
San Francisco
M.A. Cort
Estray
John
Denzil McDonald
Kimball
L. E. Maes
Estray Bay
Farmington Mont
Thomas
W. D. Lither
Abit
E. J. Hirshberg
Sec.Treas
B. Y. McDowell
Collins, Mont
Beaupre Cafe
Cogswell
North Dakota
Charles G. Wilcox
Freeman Daley
H. G. Ward
Cho
Teau
H.C._L
Riverside Furnace
Ross Houck
Mont
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