High School Notes and Local Reflections
The Junior class party was a great success financially and in every other way. The janitor reports a fine trip with no snow until Friday. The Adelphia program is postponed. Book reviews were due and most were handed in. Sewing class begins Christmas gifts. Basketball starts two weeks from last Monday. Hurrah. Rockies at Sunrise describes a dramatic fall morning with snow, blue sky, and mountain gold light, inspiring city folks to enjoy nature.
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Rockies
Housewife’s smoking device to cure meat in hard times
In Germany during economic hardship a new household invention aids housewives to preserve meat. A lacquered cylindrical smoker has two compartments separated by a divider. meat sits in one half while smoke passes through the other, with a feeding chute and perforated plate to evenly distribute smoke and keep soot out.
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Germany
Dental care gains in Mexican expedition
American officials push dental support as a key factor in the punitive expedition into Mexico. A fully equipped dental unit led by United States army surgeons aims to address tooth trouble likely faced by troops. Prompt treatment could improve health and endurance, aiding the campaign against Villa.
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United States
Mexico
United States Army
Villa
The Difficulty Skirt Dilemma Seems Too Short
In a light exchange, Marjorie notes the skirt should reach shoetops while Madge agrees yet laments not finding a pair long enough. The dialogue reveals a fashion constraint and playful disagreement between two characters.
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Marjorie
Where Is S Great War Song
A historical reflection on a missing universal WWI song to unite nations, noting the enduring tunes like Marseillaise and Dixie as anchors. The author cites the Highlanders singing a fragment and questions what soldiers at the front are singing as the war unfolds.
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Georgia
John Brown
Tipperary
Mons
Dixie
Bay Rum Declines as Witch Hazel Takes Lead
Bay rum long favored in 21 barber shops as aftershave and drying lotion falls out of favor. An enterprising promoter touted witch hazel as a substitute with similar properties and easier use. Today managers report witch hazel far more popular than bay rum in hotels and barber shops.
How Rainfall Affects Radium Emanation Study
A Manila study by Messrs Wright and Smith spans about 13 months examining how weather influences radium emanation released from soil. Rainfall and wind appear as primary meteorological controls with higher emanation at night and lower during the day, revealing diurnal variation in air radium content.
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Rattan
Messrs
Af R. Wright
O. FB. Smith
Manila
Counting Birds Survey Expands to Desert and Coast Regions
The U S biological survey enters its third annual bird count with volunteers surveying forty to eighty acre plots to enumerate breeding male birds. Figures obtained estimate country wide populations and focus on semiarid deserts, western mountains, Pacific coast fruit areas, and southern Atlantic Gulf states.
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United States Biological Survey
Scientific American
Preifie Coast
Athintic
Gulf States
Footnote Footnote Costs Post Office A Hilarious Parcel
Attaches sorting daily parcel mail at the Pittsburgh post office found a toe of an artificial leg wrapped in a package. The cork sole bore a taunting inscription Just a footnote. Before repairing please use an anesthetic. The fourteenth sentence claims the leg moved from fourth to first class mail for 15 cents and a later letter shows $2.62 due for repair.
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Pittsburgh
Sion
Plan for a new sea canal at Amsterdam aims to remove locks
Amsterdam papers discuss enlarging and deepening the North Sea Canal and dispensing with the locks at Yroulden to create a free waterway from the North Sea to Amsterdam. Supporters say only this can curb Rotterdam’s rising port trade and its growing sea level connections.
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Amsterdam
North Sea Canal
Yroulden
North Sea
Rotterdora
The Rainbow as a Covenant Sign in Biblical Thought
Historical note explains rainbows arise from sunlit raindrops through refraction and reflection. Biblical interpretation cites Genesis 9:13 and Lange, linking the rainbow to God's covenant. The Jewish encyclopedia notes the rainbow was an established sign that gained a new role after the flood.
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Lange
Blind watchmaker born blind proves feats of skill
The article notes blind artisans in England who excel with their fingers. It cites a famous blind watchmaker named Rippin from Holwouch who disassembles and reassembles delicate timepieces faster than many with sight. It also mentions a blind clockmaker who trained his blind son to detect faults others miss.
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Holwouch
England
Rippin
Artificial Rubber From Alcohol via Erythrene Process
A Russian chemist converts alcohol to erythrene rubber claiming chemical identity with natural rubber but with higher oxidation. The process uses air passed through alcohol, copper tubes with heated red copper and silver gauze to produce acetic aldehyde and paraldehyde, then aluminum oxide and a catalyst to yield erythrene. The material is then blended with about 15 percent additives such as tannins lead oxide and resins to improve valerisation and elasticity.
Ranger Phillips Saves Fisherman In Sequoia Fire Rescue
W D Phillips, in charge of a Sequoia forest fire lookout, investigated smoke from Rattlesnake Creek and located R L Telford who, starving on a fishing trip, lit brush to signal help. Telford praised the rangers noting Phillips arrived within about fifteen minutes and saved his life.
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W. D. Phillips
Rattlesnake Creek
Sequoia National Forest
R. L. Telford
Santan Ana
Telford
Phillips
As it Seemed to Him
An officer recently back from Alexandria recalls a tale of a British soldier's humor. A captain pressed two privates to move his effects but could not budge a heavy packing case. They paused to wipe their brows and one asked what was inside. Bill replied the case contained pyramids.
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Bil
Is It Cleaner to Own a Home Than Rent
In this economy exchange, a speaker argues home ownership is cleaner than renting. The tenant often moves about yearly due to dissatisfaction, while owning a home forces staying put and enduring ongoing expenses.
Steam Calliope Aids Campaign Noise In Ohio Race
The Cincinnati Times-Star notes campaign innovator Stephen A. Stilwell uses a steam calliope to deliver campaign messages for his auditor bid. The device emits loud verses and familiar tunes, drawing crowds while the candidate rests, arguing the method adds political logic to noisy oratory.
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Stephen A. Stilwell
Cincinnati Times-Star
Stillwell
Ohio
Just Couldn't Miss It. Townsfolk Lively at Public Proceeding
A native answers a stranger that the town’s population is about God. He boasts of being fully active in citizenship as citizens once rose from bed to participate when a lynching was attempted, in a vivid local exchange.
Truly Feminine
A bridge club president announces a motion banning table talk during play. A sprightly blonde suggests discussing the motion while they play, prompting a lighthearted exchange on how to proceed with the game and the discussion.
Hence the Delay Kiddie Fight In Front of Father
Comic dialogue shows a man delaying a report about a street fight as a policeman asks why the danger wasn’t reported earlier. The father previously held the advantage but the mood shifts as the altercation lingers beyond thirty minutes.
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Puck
Knutson and Olson Wed at Our Savior’s Church Great Falls
William Knutson and Miss Vera Olson married at 8 a m November 12 at Our Savior’s Lutheran parsonage in Great Falls. Rev A Lunde officiated. The groom, a prosperous rancher on the Fairfield bench, will reside there with the bride who came from New York City recently and worked in Dr Thoseoe’s office.
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William Knutson
Vera Olson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Great Falls
Rev
A. Lunde
Fairfield Bench
New York City
Thoseeoe
Civil actions filed with Clerke Gibson last week
Stella Fitzsimmons sues R. J. Fitz and related parties in a past week filing at Clerke Gibson. Case details are incomplete in the fragment.
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Clerke Gibson
White divorce case and multiple civil actions listed
Charles E B White and Mary B White seek divorce. Co H Pearson sues Chas E Smith on a promissory note. Stewart J Edgar sues The Teton County Co operative Reservoir Co for damages.
Marriage Licenses Issued by Clerk Gibson Last Week
The county clerk issued several marriage licenses last week naming Dennis Boy Chief and Nellie Gobert of Family, Jonathan Loeffler of Dupuyer and Anna Velma Earhart of Conrad, and John Runnig Wolf and Kattie Heavy Runner, both of owning.
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Gibson
Dennis
Nellie Gobert
Jonathan Loeffler
Dupuyer
Anna Velma Earhart
Conrad
John ‘Runnig Wolf
Kattie
Von
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R. J. ‘Fitz
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