Joe Burnell and Torrey Courtship at Mrs Burke’s Place
Joe Burnell plans a two week vacation at widow Mrs Burke’s boarding house where he meets Margaret Burke. Old partner Torrey visits then stays, grows younger, and falls for Margaret. Torrey reveals he plans marriage with Margaret as Joe faces the emotional twist of serving as her potential stepfather.
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Mr. Torrey
Joe Burnell
Torrey
New York
Joe
Nat
Burnell
Margaret Burke
Margaret
Miss Burke
Grandview
Lfe
Working for Success and Finding Your Place in Life
Advice on combining effort with belief in a unique place in the world. Encourages persistent work, confident aim, and thinking about success as a result of purposeful striving. Emphasizes knowing one’s role and pursuing it to unlock achievement.
Bound to Find Out
A small boy attempts to guide a large St Bernard along the road asking a passer by where the dog will go next and replies he must see where the dog wants to go first.
Assisi Celebrates St Francis in Enduring Reform and Art
Assisi, a hill town in Italy, preserves the memory of St Francis who lived over seven centuries ago. The city, famed for his Franciscan order and beggar life, features Giotto frescoes, the tomb in a marble chapel, and a church where his ideals are reflected in art and reverence.
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Assisi
St. Francis
Italy
St. Mary of the Angels
Giotto
Aittle
Elset
Veiled Manchester: Smoke Shrouds Industrial Heart of England
The city of Manchester sits under a fog and smoke blanket as its furnaces burn night and day producing steel and shells. Baedeker’s claim of 600 factory stacks seen from a hill is questioned as humor, while no clear days exist amid the dense haze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
London
America
Pennsylvania
Baedeker
Recipes for the Cooperative Food Conservation Housewife
Home Economics Director L A Harkins outlines wartime sugar saving efforts for Americans. Encourages reducing daily sugar to aid France, suggests desserts using corn syrup, honey, and dried fruits, and provides recipes like Date Cakes Oatmeal Macaroons Corn Syrup Pie and Tapioca Pudding with substitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Harkins
Montana
WU. S. Food _ Administration
England
Italy
France
War and horse demand in wartime markets
Dr. C W McCampbell of Kansas State College notes war impact on horse demand is real but limited. He cites about 1,000,000 U S horses exported since the war began and describes current government buys for 6 to 10 year old horses, with British and French buyers paying premiums for lighter, well gaited horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. McCampbell
Kansas State College of Agriculture
United States
McCampbell
Quartermaster General's Office
Colors of the Rainbow by Raindrop Size
The text explains how rainbow colors shift with raindrop size. Large drops yield narrow rainbows with vivid bands: violet through deep red for one millimeter drops, while three-tenths millimeter drops show fewer colors from violet to orange. Smaller drops yield paler spectra and fog-like whiteness with violet tints for one twentieth millimeter.
Origin of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The origin of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows is unclear with theories linking it to Freemasonry. Early accounts note English lodges from 1745 and a membership of mechanics and laborers. The order emphasized member comfort and mutual relief from the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Odd Fellows
England
America
Freemasonry
An Unexpected Thrust In Economic Talk
Dialogue hints at wool shortage and a sharp reaction to perceived price gouging as a couple discusses economising and buying strategies. The exchange suggests tension over market manipulation and consumer awareness.
overheard exchange hints at golf gambling joke
A fragment shows a overheard dialogue where one person says golf is a gambling game, another claims it is not and mentions breaking 100 yesterday. The lines imply a witty remark about the activity and a possible bet.
Notice for Publication in Great Falls Montana 1917
Frances A. Van Buren of Chateau Montana filed intent to prove up a homestead on land in township 24 north range 5 west Montana Meridian. The hearing before U S Commissioner A C Warner at Chateau is set for December 18 1917 with witnesses Nicholas P Truchot George L Burrell William J DeCoursey Stanley Harris.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land
Great Falls
Montana
Frances A. van Buren
Chateau
Ney
Township
Range 5 West
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Nicholas P. Truchot
George L. Burrell
William J. DeCoursey
Stanley Harris
Chateau, Montana
J. A. Barker
Register
U.s. Land Office
William Smith
Collins
Range 3 West
I. Nevin Caskey
Farmington
Arthur Edwards
Stanley Defrate
Albert M. Snyder
Censorship Stirs Reflection Among Editors
The remark lauds a censorship standard that compels editors to consider before printing, noting its value for foreign language editors and the broader press.
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Alice E. Ives
W. G. Chapman
Cooperative Food Conservation
British Light Artillery
British Heavy Artillery
Colors of the Rainbow
Ford
Detroit
Power-Morgan CO
Parcel Post
the Wardrobe CO
Great Falls, Mont
Avery Tractors
Lewistown
Montgomery Machine
Goreas
Great Falla
Lewistons
Sardtg
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