Burton News Recaps Christmas Gatherings and Travel
Richard Reiding returns from Seattle and Spokane after visiting friends and grandfathers near Bole. Mr and Mrs Lee Brown and baby Franceis share Christmas dinner with Mr and Mrs John Roof. George Roofs host a dinner party. Threshing machine idle due to cold and snow. A P Reading’s lot finished threshing. Schnee delivers Christmas tree for Burton school entertainment. Dec 25 916.
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Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Gorter
Bole
Lee Brown
Baby Franceis
John ‘Roof
George Roof
John Roofs
Agawam Town Notes 1916 Holiday Visitors
Agawam residents host relatives from Brady Anaconda Kevin Farmington Conrad and Pendroy for Christmas and New Year. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Deranleau Miss Rosetta Trodick Garnet Levi ill. sales and transfers noted. leap year dance on Dec 30 hosted by Ladies Guild.
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Anna Deranleau
Anaconda
Jos. Deranleau
Albert Nelson
Kevin
Miss Rosetta Trodick
Mr. Cooper
Conrad
Ladies Guild
Real estate firm to open Chateau office in new year
Arthur D. Johnson plans a Chateau real estate office to manage rising business with K J Bonin from Billings in charge. Real estate values are advancing, and Johnson aims to handle a larger share of upcoming transactions as the new year begins.
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K.J. Bonin
Rumley
Billings
Montana
Conrad Observer
Cut Bank
California
Snowball Proposal Ends in Happy Heat at Fire
In a cozy library and snowy yard scene, Bob and Phillis play pingpong then snowball to a tense proposal. A misdirected throw leaves Phillis with a minor eye injury yet the moment turns tender as she forgives him and they share a warm embrace by the fire. The tale closes with a wry note on bulky lovers needing a collapsible method.
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Phillis
Philils
Phil
Bob
Deuce
Shorter Deer Hunting Season Urged by Forestry Dean
Dorr Skeels, dean of the school of forestry, advocates a shorter open deer season to end on November 30. He notes heavy snows in December push deer downslope where they face high hunting pressure and many have been killed since January.
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Henry Williams
Elmer Williams
Charley Mann
Cleiv
Fairfield
Dorr Skeels
School of Forestry
Wheat Crop Estimates Forecast By International Institute
The International Institute of Agriculture reports world wheat crops remain weak. Argentina is projected at 70,000,000 bushels, half of the prior year. Australia at 136,000,000 bushels, 4 percent above average. global total about 2,500,000,000 bushels, 25 percent below last year.
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International Institute of Agriculture
Argentina
Australia
The
Institute
Anniversary Revelations From Clever Housewife Banter
A newspaper style exchange marks a first wedding anniversary with wit about value and gifts. A husband compliments his wife as worth her weight in gold and diamonds, while playful banter pivots to a light annual revaluation.
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Pnoodles
Priscilla
Claude
Chicago Tribune
Napoleon's cadet years at Auxonne recalled in Unfrequented France
Miss Betham Edwards notes Napoleon Bonaparte spent years as a cadet in Auxonne. In the Saone he nearly drowned twice and reportedly nearly married a bourgeois maid named Manesca. The local museum contains two ivory counters bearing the name in Napoleon's handwriting.
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Napoleon
Heard on the Highway quote on happiness and waiting
A noted Atlanta Constitution reflection warns that happiness does not arrive as a free gift or bargain, advising people not to sit idle waiting for it while failing to manage rent and mortgage.
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Atlanta Constitution
Not a Born Forger Indorsement Explained at Bank
A woman presented a check at a bank drawn to Mrs Lucy B Smith with the initials M J Smith for the indorsement. The teller advised endorsing as written but she hesitated noting the M resembles her husband’s initials.
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Lucy
B. Smith
M. J. Smith
M. J
Night work as cure for miserable marriage
A young, nearly penniless husband seeks divorce advice from a Chicago attorney. He complains his wife makes his life miserable and he has no peace after work until sleep. The lawyer answers that he should take a job requiring all night work.
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Chicago
Edison forgets science on Mount Washington engagement note
During a Mount Washington visit the Edison party including Mina Miller of Akron received a playful note from Edison. The editor of Among the Clouds requested a scientific item, but Edison instead wrote that Mina Miller, called the most beautiful woman in Ohio, was today a guest of Mount Washington.
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Mount Washington
Edison
Mina Miller
Akron
Ohio
Lome
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