Farmington Notes Include Moves and Local Projects
Ewald Eliason heads to Kansas City for Rhea's automobile school. Burton school closed due to teacher illness. George Smith returns to Oakland after summer with his aunt. Lumber car arrives for Rogers-Templeton, track work to Agawam and Arthuravidson. Forseth children ill. School program planned. Residents visit relatives and plan home improvements. A new depot building 32 by 120 feet rises with sixteen carpenters at Fairfield.
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Ewald Eliason
Kansas City
Rhea
Automobile School
Burton School
Alice Satre
George Howard Smith
Dan Lindseth
Oakland
Cal
P. O. Rustad
Great Falls
North Dakota
Milwaukee
Farmington
Agawam
Guart Rathman
Arthuravidson
Rogers-Templeton Lumber Co
Forseth
Anna Austad
Henry Davidson
Jesse Metz
Richard
Ld. Bollerud
J. Peterson
Ralph Pelstad
Merton Pelstad
Johnston
Pelstad
Mont
Delmar Clark
A Nyhagen
Ed. LeRoy
Jack McCaffery
Fairfield Supply Co
Dietrich
Congregational Church
Grange Hall
Hannat
Elmer Genger
Harold Genger
Commercial College
Donald Davies
W. J. Crittenden
Chas. Justice
L. W. Bonney
Fairfield
Benched Johnson recovering from quinsy attack
T L Bench reports Walfred Johnson recovering after quinsy. The Johanns family visited Chateau on Tuesday. Several children and Mrs Olstad are ill this week. Thanksgiving week means no school Thursday or Friday. Basket supper at T S Gap School raised 62.25 for hot lunch equipment. Wentworth orchestra provided music.
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Walfred Johnson
Johanns
Axel Larson
Great Falls
T. S. Gap School
Wentworth
Fairfield Items Highlight Local Births and Business Change
A daughter born to the wife of Beverly Graves announced. Harry Broom, longtime Fairfield garage keeper, has sold his business to Alfred Hanson. New band instruments have arrived and members plan a Tuesday night first meeting.
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Beverly Graves
Harry Broom
Fairfield
Alfred Hanson
Montana Prohibition Groups Spend Heavily in State Vote
State campaign expense reports show the Anti-Saloon League spent 12623.49 and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union 5941.17, with smaller sums by the Dry Montana League and Fergus county groups. The Montana Commercial and Labor League spent 68739.69 in support of keeping the state dry, while ministerial associations in Silver Bow urged moderation and warned against undermining the peoples will.
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Montana
A. M. Alderson
Helena
Anti-Saloon League
Joseph Pope
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Montana
Mary JL. Alderson
W. C. Dawes
Montana League
Lewistown
Fergus County
Woman's Club
Montana Commercial and Labor League
Silver Bow County
Butte
Signals Under Water: Submarine Oscillator Aids Navigation
Smithsonian report discusses R F Blake American engineer presenting trials of an underwater signaling oscillator. It transmits over 26 miles and works as an underwater telephone for 400 to 500 yards, aiding fog signaling, submarine communication, buoy sounding, and torpedo steering possible. It could surround coasts with a warning wireless wall and assist iceberg locating for ships.
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R. F. Blake
Smithsonian
Blake
Trouble call during a day of many household woes
A Southwestern Telephone News piece recounts a home where a caller lists numerous mishaps from a drowned cat to a leaking cistern, missing groceries, a measles risk, visiting relatives, and a suspicious spouse, ending with a promise to call if more trouble arises.
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Southwestern Telephone News
4217
Minaim
Cat
Freighter Milazzo Sets Speedy Transatlantic Maiden Voyage
The Italian cargo ship Milazzo, likely the largest freighter at sea, completed its maiden voyage from Naples to New York. It discharges 14,000 tons of cargo in 48 hours and is designed for grain and coal but now carries general cargo due to conditions. The 512 foot long ship displaces 20,010 tons with a 4,000 horsepower quadraple expansion engine and notable unloading gear.
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Milazzo
Naples
New York
Trap Lights Lure Night Moths to Kill Cut Worms
California farmers report cut worms hatch from moth eggs. A trap with an electric light over a platform pours oil into a pan to catch moths, with up to 7000 moths trapped in one night. Most caught were egg carrying females, reducing future worm numbers.
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California
Spokane Sportsmen Day Highlights Honest Catch
At the Spokane chamber of commerce event a fish labeled from the Spokane river was shown as proof of fishermen’s truthfulness. The crowd rose as a dozen Spokane sportsmen stood, while the angler remained seated.
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Chamber ‘of, Commerce
Spokane
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Demand for Gasoline Surges as Automotives Rise
The piece forecasts a near doubling of gasoline demand this year with a six by one foot water stream metaphor. It notes refining gains, potential carburetor advances, declining gasoline content in older wells, and uncertainty about future oil fields while predicting a strong postwar motor vehicle revival.
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H. H. Windsor
Popular Mechanics
England
Noble Women of Dixie Land
Louise Closser Hale in Harper's Magazine compares Southern and French women for executive ability and self denial. She recalls impoverished Southern ladies visiting the North and reconstruction era austerity, noting fierce partisanship and a fashion sense of frugal meals.
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Louise Closser Hale
Harper's Magazine
Introducing Himself on a Grandfather Farm Visit
A young boy touring his grandfather's farm is cautioned about cows. He asks why cows don’t hurt Grandpa. The elder explains the cows know him but not the boy. Later the boy speaks softly to a cow and announces his name, Edward Allen Miller of Butte Mont.
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Edward Allen Miller
Butte Mont
Origin of Brazil name tied to red live coal wood
The article explains Brazil earned its name from a hard reddish wood called braza meaning live coal in Portuguese. The wood’s brilliance when split led to the country being referred to as the place of live coal, gradually becoming Brazil.
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Brazil
Braza
National Forests Opening for Camp Sites and Summer Schools
The forest service notes growing use of National Forests for municipal camp sites and summer school locations. Permits are issued to several cities and educational institutions, with more applications expected. Officials say forest use as public playgrounds far exceeds other purposes and will be a major activity.
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The
Forest Service
Sparrow Pie Turns Up as Delicacy in Banquets
Ex Governor Cox of Ohio hosted a banquet where sparrow pie appeared on the menu. Guests enjoyed it, mistaking it for reedbird or squab. Several hotel proprietors are accused of serving sparrow on toast as reedbird, with discerning guests accepting it without suspicion.
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Cox
Ohio
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