Texas storm sparks tales of twisters and Montana dreams
A letter from geologist J. B. McKenna to Oscar Olney details a devastating Rock Springs Texas tornado that killed 60 and injured 150, with two inch hail and车辆 damage. He longs for Montana summers while weather soured, noting rock-cut scenery and a near paradise in the Teton country.
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Oscar Olney
Teiton Canyon
McKenna
Texas
Montana
Southland
Teton
Rock Springs
California
Dopesters Figure Changes in Staffs With New State Officers
Helena April 30. Two state offices see staff shifts as William Powers is named Secretary of State and Clements takes over the Accident Board from Locke. The changes follow a series of reassignments across state government.
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Jall
Robert N. Hawkins
C.T. Stewart
Jerome C. Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
Joseph M. Dixon
Hawkins
Wm. Powers
Bainville
Roosevelt County
Powers
Board
Consolidated Board
Budget Office
William Powers
Clements
Locke
Helena
Treasures of Friendship Endure in Shared Care
A Washington man returning from a New York rooming house recalls an old Englishman who lived frugally on 20 cents daily. The tale centers on shared coins, a sick friend, and a $4000 book purchase carried as a cherished treasure.
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Washington
New York
Prisoner of Poverty Echoes in Washington Star Quotation
An excerpt attributes a harsh comment about a homeless man to the Washington Star, describing the speaker’s pride in inheriting the man’s room after the man slept on a park bench. The line reflects social attitudes toward poverty and displacement.
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Washington Star
Rites of Endurance Mark Hindu Pilgrim Circuit
Hindu pilgrims perform a long ritual around a sacred site consisting of prostrations with a stone in hand. They measure length by straightening arms and placing the stone, then repeat for miles that total over three miles per circuit. A devotee may prostrate about three thousand times per mile.
Napoleon on Women and Politics After Elba
A 1815 reminiscence from Queen Hortense’s Memoirs notes Napoleon’s quip about women and influence. He jokes that empires do not fall to women and reflects that women have shifted from fashion to politics since his return from Elba.
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Napoleon
Elba
Queen Hortense
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Paris
The
Kansas City Star
Tame Monkeys Outcasts and Savage Rejoiners
A reader notes that domesticated monkeys become outcasts among their wild relatives. When one escapes and tries to return to the forest it is attacked or killed. The observer recalls wild monkeys chasing pets and witnessing an execution, describing their savage, relentless nature.
Monkey Rivalries Echo Human Feuds in Village Tales
A quote attributed to Della J. Akley in the Saturday Evening Post discusses intense emotion and long waiting near a village as monkeys exhibit hatred jealousy and suspicion akin to humans while waiting for a chance to kill a captive relative.
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Della J. Akley
Saturday Evening Post
He is a Fighter The American badger
The American badger inhabits pine forests dry tropical lowlands and northern plains where mice gophers ground squirrels and prairie dogs abound. It is a powerful digging machine capable of capturing them. Though in the weasel family it lacks agility and relies on strength, stubbornness and courage. it is short-legged slow and brave when cornered.
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Nature Magazine
Smallpox Epidemic Haunts A Western Town Tale
A child recalls a deadly smallpox outbreak in a western town. A pest wagon arrives with two men in rubber coats, sparking fear as she hides under a culvert. She later learns her illness kept secret from her mother for weeks until a doorbell rang.
Globetrotter jokes about names and Alaska
A Capper's Weekly quip plays on Jewish names and travel, noting Alaska as an exception and adding a pun about Iceberg not being a Presbyterian name. The dialogue features Mr. Goldstein and a traveler, reflecting lighthearted ethnic name humor.
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Mr. Goldstein
Alaska
Iceberg
Flax and Wheat Mixture Trials Planned In County
County Agent Robert Clarkson announces two irrigation trials of a flax and wheat seed mix this season. Sam Ness will run the Fairfield test and Dick Fabrick will oversee the Bynum project. Seeding 30 pounds of wheat and 14 pounds of flax per acre, the sessions will compare mix profits against wheat alone with state prizes totaling 60 dollars for best flax and top mixed returns.
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Robert Clarkson
Fairfield
Sam Ness
Dick Fabrick
Northwest Agricultural Company
Bynum
Montana
State College Department of Economics
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