State fair to offer four thousand premiums in club exhibits
The 1924 Montana State fair at Helena September 28 27 will award 4316 in premiums for boys and girls club work with 2484 from the Montana State fair and 1882 donated by firms and individuals. Prizes cover dairy beef pig sheep poultry canning bread clothing garden corn and potatoes with special judging events and free trips to national fairs for top teams and individuals.
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Helena
Charles E. Potter
Montana
J. R. Hobbins
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Sioux City
Town
Interstate Fair Association
Chicago
Montgomery, Ward and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
de- Laval
Veal shipping method eyed by Montana state college
The Animal Husbandry department at Montana State College advocates shipping dressed veal with the hide intact to preserve color and bloom. US Department of Agriculture notes this profitable practice, as skin by products bolster retail bids while meat color remains appealing to buyers.
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Montana State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Ederal
County seed program boosts home grown grain and alfalfa
Valley County farmers, led by county agent M. E. Stebbins, are cultivating high quality seed across grain, alfalfa, and corn plots this summer. There are 34 registered alfalfa fields and 43 fields of registered grains ready for Montana Seed Growers' association inspection, with 429 acres under wheat oats corn and barley seed production.
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Waceusion Service
Valley County
M. EK. Stebbins
Stebbins
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Sires and calves boost Blaine county dairy stock
County Agent G. W. Gustafson reports four pure bred dairy sires added from Montana and Idaho to Blaine county herds and 30 high grade heifer calves. Calves are sired by pure bred bulls and originate from cows with butter fat of 350 pounds or more annually, with several cows even higher at 500 pounds.
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Blaine County
G. W. Gustafson
Montana
Idaho
Renovate the Strawberry Bed for Next Year’s Harvest
The guide advises renovating a weedy old strawberry bed by digging up old rows and leaving new ones in blank spaces. Introduce fresh plants as needed and trim the bed with narrow cross strips to space plants 4.2 to 4.5 inches apart.
Montana Farmers Embrace Big Team Methods in Demonstrations
Montana Extension Service promotes big team farming to 500 farmers across Fergus county during July meetings at Brooks Coffee Creek Stanford Buffalo and Moore. Demonstrations highlight butt chain harness features replacing long leather tugs with shortened tugs and a chain with end snaps for easier unhitched handling.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
Ti. H. Lott
Fergus County
O. E. Peterson
Brooks
Coffee Creek
Stanford
Buffalo
Moore
Moccasin Agricultural Experiment Station
Lott
Feeding calves taper from whole to skim milk
Advice favors gradual shift from whole milk to skim milk for calves. Do not switch until calves reliably eat grain and show robust condition. Begin the change slowly to help animals adjust to the new diet.
When to Wean Lambs
Weaning time varies with lambing time and breeding season. If no ram lambs remain and breeding is late, lambs may stay with the flock until sale time. If lambing finishes early and some ram lambs are uncastrated, late July is about as late as ewe and ram lambs can remain together without breeding.
Dry Year Alfalfa Grown Under Dry Land Conditions
Under dry year conditions alfalfa may succeed in parts of the state with rainfall under 15 inches. Sowing in rows improves results, and discouraged farmers who gave up during past dry years might find success in a year like the present.
W E Harmon of Bozeman a Montana state leader
Prominent Montana figure W E Harmon of Bozeman is noted as a state senator and longtime educator. The profile traces his rise from Michigan teaching in 1887 to Montana public instruction leadership, farming ventures, and a 30 year record as a top educator and agricultural advocate in Gallatin Valley.
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Montana
W. E.harmon
Bozeman
Gallatin Valley
Harmon
State Assembly
Clayton
Mich
Butte, Mont
Livingston
Ife
Senator Harmon
Hampshires
Yellowstone
Saime
Basis of Civilization Demands Earth Cultivation
The passage states that cultivating the earth is the most important labor of man and that farmers are the founders of civilization. It argues civilization hinges on tillage and settling in one place, with progress following from agricultural work.
Legion Stresses 1924 Legislative Triumphs by National Committee
John Thomas Taylor notes eight major Legion sponsored laws enacted in the first session of the Sixty-eighth Congress. Key acts include the adjusted compensation bill, World War veterans legislation committee creation, Reed Johnson and Fernald Langley measures, and provisions for hospital construction and veteran care. Immigration control and a child labor amendment were also supported.
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National Legislative Committee of the American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Committee On
Fernald-Langley
Livergreen
Fredericks
Santa Montes
Calif
House
Best Insurance 66 1 American Legion Dedication Speech
Maj. Gen. Clarence Edwards declares the American Legion the country’s best insurance when leadership remains strong, at the Athol Massachusetts memorial building dedication. He hails wartime valor in France and praises postwar Legion members for citizenship and possible new honors.
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American Legion
Clarence Edwards
Athol
Mass
Edwards
France
Legion
Memory Test Turns Tennessee Talk To Nostalgia
A Tennessee reminiscence in The Good Old Days recalls the Mississippi River once nearly as wide as the Ohio. A dark-hued citizen remembers the river not widening beyond St Louis, sparking a ribbing exchange about memory and history.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Ohio
St. Louie
American Legion Weekly
Tribute to Antwerp as a green city of monumental shade
Michael Done writes of Antwerp praising its abundance of trees along great streets and ancient buildings. He notes the Place Verte shaded by greenery and the cathedral tower reaching 400 feet. The river winds through the city carrying boats from many generations.
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Antwerp
Michael Done
Verte
Fred Maxted Builds Legion Post Membership
Fred Maxted of Racine Post No 76 American Legion signed up 190 new members in a main drive and 25 more in a supplementary effort. He visited homes and factories, explaining the Legion’s purposes and past achievements to prospects, insisting the story of the Legion sells itself.
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Fred Maxted
Racine
American Legion
Wis
Fred
Jule
Alps
Post
Iarred
Legion
Impostors Exploit Veterans in Montana Subcription Scheme
Three men including two former service members travel Montana promising a “bonus” via a magazine subscription drive. They identify ex veterans at homes, discuss the adjusted compensation and flash a “Lest We Forget” poster to urge large signups. The scheme hinges on patriotism to obtain subscriptions and imagined bonuses.
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of Montana
Department of Montana, American Legion
Perfect Employee Dispute Cited by American Legion Weekly
In a humorous exchange a worker accepts a raise but the firm resists rising expenses while the American Legion Weekly notes the joke about loyalty and budget. The dialogue highlights tensions between compensation and company costs in a workplace setting.
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Nix
American Legion Weekly
Aztecs Favored Vanilla Chocolate Drink
The Azteca people valued vanilla chocolate as a preferred beverage noted in historical records. The blend's popularity reflects early culinary tastes and cultural practices around flavor usage and ceremonial drinks.
Timber Sale Contract Issued On Klamath Reservation
The Interior Department awarded the Ewauna Box Company of Klamath Falls Oregon a contract to cut 385 million feet of timber on 41500 acres of unallotted land in the Long Prairie unit of the Klamath Indian reservation. Prices run six sixty seven per thousand for yellow and sugar pine four dollars for Douglas fir and incense cedar and one dollar for other species the highest ever paid for this class of timber in Oregon. Receipts go to the Indians of the reservation.
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Washington
Interior Department
Ewauna Box Company
Klamath Falls
Ore
Long Prairie
Klamath Indian Reservation
Oregon
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Patient
A Kankakee Illinois woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with relief from weakness during change of life and says it helped her conceive a healthy baby. She reports improved strength and ability to do housework and recommends the product via her doctor. The ad notes use for female weakness, backache, nervousness, and irregularities and claims broad availability.
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Kankakee
Ilinois
Inlaw
Lydia EK
Pinkhim
Harry Coutom
Harrison Ave
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Swaddleford Revealed At Railway Magnate's Anniversary
A wedding anniversary scene at a railway magnate's home features a shabby guest who declines ordinary introductions and declares himself Swaddleford cousin, claiming to be a distant relative “one hundred thousand dollars removed.”
Carl jokes as family spends on newborn brother
A German cartoon caption notes a boy choosing a dog over a sister but is told money must go to the baby. Days later a brother arrives and the boy quips the family’s money wasted on him.
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Carl
Illgende Blatter
Munich
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertised as Finest Product
An advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world and claims every woman who uses it knows the statement to be true.
Inverted rainbow sighted over Eastport Maine sky
Local residents in Eastport Maine reported an inverted rainbow in the sky, describing it as unlike anything seen before. One observer joked that the pot of gold would require a long ladder to reach.
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Eastport
Maine
Census counters confirm women carpenters prove skills with nails
Nearly 200 women carpenters are shown by the latest U.S. census, challenging the belief that women cannot drive a nail. The data highlights growing female participation in skilled trades and workforce diversity.
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United States
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