Corn and Late Grains Gain From Warm Period
The Montana Division of Publicity reports August 30 crop conditions show improvement across regions. Corn, late grains, potatoes and beans benefited from dry hot weather. harvests of small grains are well advanced with fair to good yields in central and western areas. Livestock and feed outlook favorable though range grass short in south and west. Labor ample with slight shortages in Richland and Gallatin.
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Division of Publicity
Helena
Fergus
Phillips
Richland
Gallatin
North Central
Pondera
Central District
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
East Central District
Richland County
South Central
Stillwater
Carbon County
Yellowstone
Monotony of the Plains Turned into Amusement on Overland Journey
A memoir recounts how travelers across the Plains found entertainment in slow wagon travel. They walked to pass time, hunted beads, collected pebbles, and enjoyed reading aloud from Dickens. Music and singing, especially during storms, sustained morale and fostered tolerance among diverse travelers.
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Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Nebraska
Fort Bridger
Humphrey
Nell
Mr. Everhart
Omaha
Ohio River
Ohio
South
Sanders
Mr. Booth
Booth
John Brown
Lander
Missouri
Snake River
Falfa Completed in Carbon and Harvest Summary
Falfa completed in Carbon with general livestock good and range short. Early stock shipments made. labor ample overall, except Galatia needing a few harvest workers. Southeastern District hot and dry with local showers in Rosebud. Small grains harvest nearly done. threshing begun with fair yields. Corn ripening rapidly and likely to reach maturity if two weeks without frost. Rosebud stock in good condition with feed surplus. labor balanced.
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Galatia
Rosebud
Too Much Boosting Is California's Undoing
Los Angeles businessman C Daw son argues that aggressive publicity drawing settlers to Southern California caused a boom followed by a collapse. He notes job losses, emigration, and depopulation as oil and building activity waned and streets emptied.
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California
Los Angeles
C. Dawson
Livingston
Lethbridge
Alta
Dawson
United States
Flip of a Coin Chooses Fourth-District Democrat
In Missoula Montana the county board found a tie between Frank Nelson and Sid J Coffee for fourth place on the Democratic delegation. They settled the tie by a coin flip in the county clerk’s office. Nelson won and will appear on the official ballot.
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Frank Nelson
Sid J. Coffee
Nelson
Coffee
Foot Of Road Clubfoot Foot On Display In Virginia City
A preserved clubfoot from the 1864 vigilante hangings is shown in a Virginia City cafe exhibit. The foot once belonged to Clubfoot George Lane, part of the five road agents executed by Vigilantes. The display stems from 20 year effort by ex mayor Jim Walker and A. B. Davis who identified the remains.
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Geore
Virginia
City
Walker
Virginia City
George Lane
Jim Walker
A. B. Davis
Junction Vigilantes
Davis
George Ives
Montana
Clubfoot George
Clubfoot
George
Lane
Champion cow averages 32349 pounds milk in four year herd test
Adirondack Widtske Dairy Maid tops 528000 Holstein Friesian cattle in the national four year test with averages exceeding 31000 pounds of milk and 1000 pounds of butterfat. At Paterson California herd owner Bridgeford Holstein Co. she produced 31517 pounds milk and 1005.82 pounds fat at age 11.
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Adirondack Widtske Dairy Maid
United States
Holstein Freisian Society
Chicago
Edward G. Horst
Extension Service
Association
Bridgeford-Holstein Company
Paterson
California
Cuticura Ad Promises Pimply Skin Cure
An old advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes, and maintain clear skin with daily use, adding Cuticura Talcum to the routine.
Ancient Roman knight armor unearthed in Bulgarian field
A peasant near Karagatch Bulgaria uncovered a marble tomb with a bronze armor set including a helmet shield sword spear and vase. Experts Velkoff and Popoff date the find to the pre Alexandrine era and link it to a Hellenic Black Sea colony habitation. The helmet bears Apollo Palas Athene Poseidon Minerva Mars and Zeus motifs, but the wearer is gone leaving only ash.
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Karagatch
Bulgaria
Velkoff
National Museum
Popoff
Apollo
Palas Athene
Poseidon
Minerva
Mars
Zeus
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A. C. M. Hardware House
Main
Quartz
Butte, Mont
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