Real Estate Transfers From Beaverhead Abstracts Week Ending 1921
Week ending April 17 1921 transfers include Carl C Hansen receiving 280 acres near Armstead and 160 acres, May Howell taking 280 acres in Sage Creek basin, Ozias Johns acquiring 40 acres east of Dillon, Silver Fissure Mining Co claiming Dakota Ohio and Vermont mining claims, Elza Patrick receiving 2 lots in Barratt’s addition Dillon, City of Dillon selling 1 lot in Mountain View cemetery to George Ostermann, S J Shepard selling rights across Homestead entries to Boston Montana Corp for $1, and Frederick T Ryan selling 1480 acres near Point of Rocks to Theodore Newman for $1 and other considerations.
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Carl C. Hansen
Armstead
May Howell
Sage Creek
Little Basin Creek
Ozias Johns
Dillon
Silver Fissure Mining Company
Dakota
Ohio
Vermont
Lost Cloud
City of
George Ostermann
Mountain View Cemetery
Large Treasury Savings Signs Erected on Post Office lawns
Visitors to Minneapolis comment on large signs advertising the sale of Treasury Savings stamps and other government savings securities on post office lawns.
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Minneapolis
Treasury Savings
Ingalls Tribute to Grass Reflects Nature’s Resilience
A meditation on grass as the enduring force of nature. The passage extols grass as healing, immortal, and forgiving, outlasting battles and seasons. It contrasts grass with flowers and fruit, noting its quiet vitality and essential role in renewals of the earth. From Ingalls collected writings.
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John James Ingalls
Paris Area Quill to Toothpick Mill Factory
The world’s largest quill toothpick factory near Paris produces about 30 million quills annually. It began as a quill pen maker but shifted to toothpick production after pen use declined.
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Paris
Gardner Firm Marks Century of Chair Manufacturing
The article notes that sixty million chairs have been produced in Gardner Massachusetts since the industry began there a hundred years ago.
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Gardner, Mass
Jerusalem in waiting for a heavenly bridal gloss
Asia Magazine features William D. McCracken describing Jerusalem’s desolation under Turkish rule and the British mandate. The piece portrays the city’s walls and hills as bare until divine renewal and compares Jerusalem to a bride awaiting adornment. Summit postmaster reports Treasury Savings stamps yielding about $12 per person.
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Jerusalem
Garden
Gethsemane
Bethlehem
William D. McCracken
Asia Magazine
Nebuchadnezzar
Summit, R. L
Treasury Savings
Washington a History of the Forty Second State
The piece traces Washington state's origins from exploration and naming for George Washington to Polk era claims over the Oregon territory, the Fifty four forty or fight slogan, a 1846 settlement with Britain, and Washington’s 1853 separation from Oregon followed by statehood in 1889 after years of petitioning.
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Hestory
Washington
Union
George Washington
Polk
California
Alaska
Russia
Oregon Territory
Great Britain
United States
Oregon
Canada
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Northwest
British Columbia
England
Washington Territory
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Loomis the Forgotten Pioneer of Wireless Telegraphy
A Washington DC dentist Mahlon Loomis conceived aerial telegraphy and demonstrated kite based wireless signaling in 1866 between Blue Ridge peaks in Virginia. His work, overlooked by newspapers and Congress, could have earned the United States world leading credit in wireless telegraphy.
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Washington, D. C
Marconi
Congress
Mahlon Loomis
Che
Washington
Loomis
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Othe
Dog Timbuctoo’s five-bell summons from phone line fame
Near Boston a farm dog named Timbuctoo, untrained yet clever, answers a five-bell telephone call by barking exactly five times to summon his mistress. The seven-party line and trusted routine demonstrate his remarkable, precise signaling ability.
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Boston
Timbuctoo
Timnbtretoo
Victoria Cadets Complete 1400 Mile Dispatch Ride
Two hundred fifty senior cadets from Victoria, B C, rode 1400 miles bearing dispatches to the minister for defense. They averaged over 14 mph and finished 6 hours 23 minutes early, highlighting a new cadet training system that emphasizes camaraderie, self sacrifice, alertness and athletics. The feat draws public interest and inspires fathers and elder brothers.
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Victoria
B. C
Australia
Eggs From the Orient Train Shipment to New York
A 25 car train carrying Japanese and Chinese eggs left Vancouver bound for New York. Nine cars from Seattle joined sixteen cars from the Empress of Russia, with most eggs destined for New York except a small portion for London and Montreal. The New York load totals about 17,500 cases of 30 and 36 dozen each, roughly 6.5 million eggs.
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Orient
Vancouver
B. C
New York
Seattle
London
England
Montreal
Economy Carried to Excess
In a cafe a man who ate a large ham burger in three bites dismisses the observer’s warning about a rush to catch a train. He defends eating speed and meat intake, claiming it balances digestion and costs, noting he eats meat every third day.
Debate Over Women Smokers and Insurance Rates
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports a discussion where a theorist asks if women should smoke while Mr. Godspur argues the real issue is whether women smokers add fire risk that justifies higher insurance premiums.
Habit Formation by Olive Roberts for Training Little Citizens
A National Kindergarten Association series on forming good habits in children. Four psychology based rules guide mothers: decide the habit, start with enthusiasm and avoid too many changes, enforce no exceptions, repeat the desirable action, and act rather than preach. Emphasizes immediate gentle correction and consistent practice.
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Little, Citizens
National Kindergarten Association
40Th St
New York City
Olive Roberts
Mary
James
Not Really A Deformity Duck Quack Mystery
A wife recalls a dinner with roast duck and plans to surprise her husband with another. She rejects the duck next day after inspecting it and calls the butcher to remove it. The butcher reveals the duck’s deformity is a hard growth on the windpipe that causes the quack.
Thrift Stamp Push Urges Small Daily Savings
A brief urging readers to save through thrift stamps as prices fall for flour coffee sugar butter and eggs. The piece notes money has been quiet but is starting to speak again, calling for daily savings to build funds.
Savings Securities Sued For First Time This Year
United States savings securities are challenged in a January filing as the first ever issued for the year 1 with the $1 Savings Stamp and the $25 Treasury Savings Certificate available at post offices.
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United States Savings
Treasury
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A. L. Stone
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Albert S. Johnson
Elza Patrick
Barratt
Kentucky Avenue
S. J. Shepard
Boston-Montana Corporation
Homestead
Wise River
J. Shepard
Frederick T. Ryan
Theodore Newman
Point of Rocks
Ingalls
Kansas Statesman
Shorthorn Bulls
Anderson Bros
Dillon, Mont
America
Mer
William James
Henry Holt & Co
Brearley & Williams
Alder, Mont
Annabel Desmond
Pacific St
Majer
Spokane
Wash
PTAHE
Berkshire
Tribune Book Store
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EH. Brundage
Undertaker
Dillon, Montana
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