Pansies Bloom and Town Buzzes With Dance Tides
Special correspondence from Roonxster Montana recounts spring social activity with dances on Monday and Wednesday, visits by Miss Zeiglers, and a photo session by J T Monarity. Local mining, building, church services, and school reopenings fill the town’s bustling notes as residents adjust to low water and measles.
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Jas. Miller
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Helena
Butte
Longfellow
Savin Lisa
Z.O. Maddux
Lewis & Co
Local Notes Chronicle Aprils Local Happenings
Nellie Page recovers enough to return to teaching duties. O L Utley traveled to Virginia. Reverends Oliver and Ledford visited Excelsior ranch. Miss Virden visited after school, returning to Dillon. Floyd Burtch left for Dillon. Charles Mahann observed in Pageville. Cornforth of Silver Star visited Pageville. Twin Bridges revival meetings closed. Mr Ledford rests from labor, guest of Mrs J M Page.
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O. L. Utley
Virginia
Oliver and
Ledford
Excelsior Ranch
Virden
Dillon
Floyd Burtch
Charles Mahann
Pageville
Cornforth
Silver Star
Twin Bridges
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Fencing Project Approved in School District No 5
In Sheridan April 28 voters in school district No 5 unanimously approved fencing the school grounds with a sturdy board fence. Plans include seeding the lot with grass and planting trees to enhance appearance, reflecting trustees’ commitment to a attractive, useful campus.
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Suzrrpan
Leases Callaway ranch for one year
Special Correspondence notes B Wonderly leasing the Callaway ranch for one year. Obas Leyendecker and grandson visited Laurin with Mrs John Dauterman and Mrs Charles Kyle. Mrs T H Galahan and son return to Warm Springs after a week with friends. Mrs Chas Kinkhead visited with her sister Mrs B F Powers. Mrs and Miss Christenot spent Sunday with Mrs Pendarvis. Rev Cyril Pauwely of Dillon expected in the valley soon. Hon Alex Metzel returned from Miles City stock meeting.
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T. H. Galahan
Warm Springs
Chas. Kinkhead
B. F. Powers
Comfort plans ranch operation at Middle Creek this summer
Rev. George Comfort, recently resigning as superintendent of the Orphans' Home, is in the city preparing to operate the Comfort ranch on Middle Creek this summer. He intends to raise hay grain and fatten beef cattle for market while Mrs. Comfort remains matron of the Orphans' Home for several weeks and will join him once a new matron is installed.
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Avant Courier
George Comfort
Orphans’ Home
French Tansy Tablets Promise Relief for Painful Menses
An ad touts French Tansy Tablets as a superior remedy for painful and irregular menses. It claims the tablets remove obstructions regardless of cause and credits A. Augendre of Paris as manufacturer and D. M. Newbro Drug Co. of Butte as sole agents.
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Paris
France
D. M. Newbro
Traveling man’s Louisiana hotel rat chase tale
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a traveler’s chaotic night in a southern Louisiana hostelry. He fights a rat through a toppled dresser and shattered mirror while the yellow faced innkeeper brandishes pistols, only to have the rat escape as calm sleepers are not roused.
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Seley
Louisiana
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Detroit Free Press
Pauling's Relief Maps: A New Contour Method
Nature describes Pauling's novel relief map method printed on silver gray paper. Contour lines appear white when illuminated from 45 degrees above the west, black otherwise, with gray paper showing level areas. The approach highlights slope steepness by line density and avoids shadow confusion from other illumination, offering accuracy and ease of execution.
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Pauling
The Trade In Planta
Before 1875 only a few greenhouses existed for market plants. Private estates had tiny hothouses with crude methods. New York cut flower trade grew, suburban greenhouses rose, costs fell, and large glass houses created a lucrative industry, expanding employment dramatically.
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New York
George E. Walsh
Lippincott’s
How to Live Longer and Why We Do Not Live Longer
Dr. Hayes cites a Gerbian philosopher who argued civilization shortens life due to beverages, unhealthy foods, war, indoor living, stress, and dirty daily life. He contends proper living can restore the natural lifespan of 100 to 120 years, allowing vigorous aging.
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J. R. Hayes
Hayes
Profitable Caxton Find Flaunts Antique Value
A Dublin bookseller bought Caxton's De Confessione Amantis as a mere secondhand lot paying a shilling and sixpence. He later sold the rare work for over $1,500, marking it the most profitable speculation in books.
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Ini Books
Dublin
Milk fed chickens capture gourmets in France
A special breed known as poulet de lait or poulet mignon is raised in France for culinary purposes. These small fowls barely resemble pigeons in size and are fed boiled milk and barley, giving their flesh a unique flavor appreciated by gourmets.
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France
The Bicycle Tax Debate Sweeps Opposing Sides
In arguments from both sides the New York Journal and American Cyclist weigh a bicycle tax. Proponents say cyclists fund local needs and registration boosts responsibility while opponents insist cycles are not road-destroying and that a universal tax hurts workers. The discussion notes possible revenue gains and enforcement costs amid six day race protests.
Inside the pneumatic room of a rubber mill
The New York Advertiser describes the rubber cutting room where sheets are prepared for tire production. Workers smooth surfaces, chalk lines mark parallel cuts, and knife blades slice precisely along defined lines to produce strips three to four inches wide. A slight deviation wastes material.
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New York Advertiser
French Expert Tests Steel Quality For Bicycle Frames
A French expert describes a method to test steel quality used in bicycle frames. The process uses hydrochloric acid to reveal defects such as irregular structure and sand holes, and can show whether the steel is from one or multiple metals. After polishing and acid treatment, the piece is rinsed, dried, and varnished to prevent rust while preserving the visible flaws.
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New York Telegram
Illinois moves to ban continuous long distance bicycle racing
A bill introduced in the Illinois state legislature proposes prohibiting any person from engaging in continuous long distance bicycle racing. The measure aims to curb endurance events and would define prohibited activity and potential penalties.
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Illinois
Bicycle trade shifts to corporate and government buyers
The bicycle market has moved from youth sales to large customers such as corporations and governments. They buy for messengers inspectors police and letter carriers. Supply and demand are now as predictable as in other stable industries.
Maid of Athens and the Wheel of Fate
A humorous fragment from the Cleveland Leader ponders which wheel is best and which knocks out all the rest. The verse contrasts the maid of Athens with a playful question about luck and skill in a light rooftop mood.
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Maid of Athens
Cleveland
Exacting Discipline in Childhood of Philip Gilbert Hamerton
A biographical note from Youth's Companion recalls Philip Gilbert Hamerton enduring severe physical discipline by a father with harsh temper. The father punished faults with a hunting whip and hours of unyielding drill, while insisting on strict study, yet sometimes unjustly punished for lies and half-truths.
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Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Philip
Hamerton
Anne
The Most Icy Spot in Siberia's Werkojank Region
Description of Werkojank in Siberia with temperatures from -10 F to -48 F in January and up to 86 F in summer. Jakut and Lamut peoples number about 10,500, living in bare vegetation regions with wood houses, reindeer herding, milk as staple food, and strict social customs.
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Sergius Kovalik
Geographical Society of
Irkutsk
Popular Science Monthly
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