Abe Lincoln’s Boyhood Drive to Read in Indiana
The article recounts a young Abraham Lincoln growing up in Indiana, obsessed with books and learning beyond four months of schooling. Friends recall his midnight study sessions, fascination with Aesop’s Fables and Weems’s Life of Washington, and his belief that “the things I want to know are in books,” shaping a future striving for knowledge and independence from his father.
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Dewitt J. Mason
Abraham
Indiana
Jones’ Store
Gentryville
Abe Lincoln
Abe
Dennis Hanks
Dennis
Bobby Burns
James
Kentucky
Andrew Crawford
Robinson Crusoe
Weems
Washington
Aesop
George Washington
Curliugs
M. L. Weems
Mt. Vernon Parish
England
Chathan
Lincoln
Lincoln Farm
Spencer County
Wilson Copy Lincoln Letter After Struggle With Sympathy
The article notes Woodrow Wilson copied Abraham Lincoln’s famous letter to Mrs. Bixby when he could not craft words that conveyed both dignity and heartfelt sympathy. It highlights Wilson’s humility and Lincoln’s lasting example in literary tone.
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Woodrow Wilson
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Indianapolis News
Lincoln the Modest Poet at Thirty Five
The piece notes Abraham Lincoln as a modest poet when he turned to his own writing at age thirty five, highlighting his reserved character and personal approach to verse.
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Abraham Lincoln
Indiana return inspires poet’s self doubt in verse
The excerpt notes a remark by a poet recalling Indiana after 15 years. From the White House to distant reflections, he describes the region as unpoetical yet capable of awakening poetic feelings, while doubting whether his expressions are true poetry.
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Inter
White House
Indiana
Soils of Roosevelt County Report Highlights Tillable Areas
Montana Experiment Station releases Soils of Roosevelt County by TL I Gieseker noting two thirds of tillable land, under cultivation less than half. Williams sandy loam and Daniels loam dominate, with unfillable zones along Poplar River and near Missouri River. Farmed areas center in Dane Valley Froid region and Poplar southeast to Sheridan County. Over 100000 acres are irrigable though little irrigated.
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Roosevelt County
TL. I. Gieseker
Montana
Poplar River
Missouri River
Brockton
Dakota Line
Dane Valley
Poplar
Sheridan County
Cattle on Feed Rise in Montana While Some Areas Fall
Montana ranchers fed about 46 000 cattle for market on January 1 1926 up from 40 000 a year earlier a 16 percent statewide increase. The Billings sugar factory area shows a sharp drop from 17 200 to about 9 000 head while Big Hole Basin rises to over 18 000 from 13 100. Sidney factory area runs about 1 700 head and Chinook area begins feeding pulp for the first time this year.
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Montana
Montana Co-Operative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Billings Sugar Facory
Custer
Columbus
Belfry
Billings
Big Hole Basin
Sidney
Milk for Health Campaign Aims to Boost Local Dairy Use
Coatlatin county rolls out a milk for health drive as authorities note Boyeman families average only a quart daily. Local schools show seven percent underweight in 28 country students and ten percent underweight in 199 city pupils, prompting citizens to push for increased milk consumption to improve wellbeing.
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Coatlatin
Boyeman
Prices for crops and livestock near January 15 show gains except hay and potatoes
The Department of Agriculture reports lower prices on January 15 for corn rye barley cotton and cotton seed versus last year with declines ranging 2 to 38 percent. Potatoes more than triple last year and hay up 5 percent. Livestock prices rose with hogs up 18 percent milk cows 13 percent and beef cattle 12 percent.
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Department of Agriculture
Beet Sugar Industry Planned for Musselshell Valley
Great Western Sugar company of Billings works to recruit Musselshell valley landowners for sugar beet cultivation. The effort has progressed several weeks and locals express strong support for establishing the new industry in the river region within a year.
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Musselshell
Great Western Sugar Company of
Billings
Red Lodge Cannery Plan Faces Acreage Hurdle
Businessmen in Red Lodge partner with M Y W Mann to push a cannery project. The sole obstacle is securing 500 acres in tracts of up to 10 acres to satisfy site and local requirements before contracting for construction can proceed.
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Red Lodge
M. Y W. Mann
Dairy cooperatives market vast milk surplus in 1924
A review of farmer marketing activities shows dairy products lend themselves to cooperative marketing. In 1924 over 1.7 billion pounds of milk were sold through cooperative associations with more than 204000 members. About 72 percent of members were in eight large eastern organizations.
Tuberculosis Testing of Montana Cattle in 1590
In December 1590 the head of cattle in Montana were tested for tuberculosis. Only 24 reactors were found. Since testing began more than 304000 cattle in 21157 herds have been examined. The effort is a cooperative program between the State Live Stock Sanitary Board and the Bureau of Animal Industry, U S Department of Agriculture.
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Montana
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bankers Aim for Quality Crops in Montana Plans
Montana Bankers Association agri cultural committee in Bozeman advanced the Banker-Farmer program for the year stressing high quality crops and livestock. They noted Montana’s strong grain potato grass forage apple yields and other crops showing potential for premium markets. The group voted to continue last year’s programs crop standardization live stock improvement and boys and girls club work.
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Montana Bankers Association
Bozeman
Montana
Ayrshire winning youth dairy prize sparks nationwide notice
Harold Armstrong of Jefferson Island Madison County Montana 4 H club boy attracted wide comment after winning top Ayrshire awards at the Midland Empire Fair in Billings. The January Ayrshire Digest highlights his achievement as proof of 4 H club work maturing youths with rapid hands on dairying knowledge and experience.
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Harold Armstrong
Montana
Jefferson Island
Madison County
Billings
American Ayrshire Breeders Association
Ayrshire
Montana State College leads dairy records in state herd rankings
The Nebraska study on Holstein production cites Grace Kroningen as holder of a top milk and butter fat record. Montana State College dairy herds show Elvira producing 21 0708 pounds of milk and 788 sounds of butter fat, with Montana ranking second in state college junior four year class and fourth overall by averaging top producers across seven classes.
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State College
TL WY Davis
University of Nebraska
Montana
Grace Kroningen
College
Elvira
Montana Staite College
Janome Cole
Montana State College
Do mestic animal imports on the rise say officials
Figures from the United States Department of Agriculture show that last year imports funded 1 6466 dogs 1426 cattle 840 sheep 339 horses 21 swine and 14 cats while total domestic animals exceed 200 000 000 making imports a negligible factor in the livestock business. Foot and mouth disease abroad helps limit imports and protect U S herds.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Linfield Club Formed At State College
The Linfield Club, named for Dean FF. B. Linfield of Montana State College, is organized by winter agricultural short course students to promote agricultural studies. Bi weekly programs feature lectures by college faculty with A. P. Schneider Baker as president, B. J. Vollmer East Selena as vice president, J. R. Jones Pendrey as treasurer, E. L. Smith Stevensville as secretary, and A. Berg Pompey’s Villars as sergeant at arms.
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A. Berg
Pompey's Villar
Sargent
Sheepmen see 000 sheep grazed in Missoula forest ranges
Washington and Oregon herdsmen expect to graze about 80,000 sheep on national forest ranges in the western Missoula district. Assist ant District Forester Glen Smith reported from Yakima that ranges will support 30,000 more sheep than are coming, though some areas are inaccessible and will not be grazed to capacity.
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Washington
Oregon
National Forest
Missoula
Glen Smith
Yakima
Wash
Washington Wool Growers’ Association
Farmers mold soil as mild winter allows field work near Billings
Louis Heidema, owner of a farm 12 miles northeast of Billings, reports starting discing. About 10 acres were disc ed and he plans to continue as weather permits, taking advantage of the mild winter.
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Billings
Louis Heidema
Heidema
Fairview Cheese Factory Reopens After Dull Season
The Fairview cheese factory resumes operations after months of inactivity. Opened a year ago, it has boosted dairy production and dairy ing. Several dairy cattle cars have arrived from Wisconsin over the past year.
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Fairview
Wisconsin
Baumgarner Leads State In Egg Production For Year
Clark Baumgarner and his flock at Fife topped state records with an average of 204.2 eggs per hen last year and total earnings of 5.59 per bird.
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Clark Baumgarner
Fife
Baumgarner
Four Years in a Plaster Cast Brings a Humorous Call
A former prisoner recovering in a hospital after four years in a plaster cast tries to call friends for good news. After long delays and wrong numbers the calls bring tears and curses instead of celebration, and even the editor dismisses the attempt as unwise. The narrator concludes it isn’t worth making the call.
Do You Theatrical People Pray
In a hospital encounter a nurse asks if theatrical people pray. The speaker suggests faith exists beyond venues and invites her to St Malachi's Church or Morosco theater services, noting lingering stereotypes about actors and religion.
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St. Malachi’s Church
East Forty-third Street
New York
Morosco Theater
The Hospital Sisterhood of Shared Suffering
The author reflects on hospital life where patients, especially in orthopedics, form deep bonds across ranks. Length of stay fosters kinship among parents of doctors and fellow patients, with daily nurse rounds sparking lasting friendships and mutual support. A Texas patient with infantile paralysis remains connected through pictures from dances.
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Judy O'Grady
Texas
Peggy O'Neil Questions Waiter About Fishing Bait
It was fish day and Peggy O'Neil placed her order with the waiter and then waited. She asked the waiter what bait he used, noting the slow progress and hinting at the restaurant's fishing motif.
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Peggy O'Neil
Atlantic City memories and a hospital summer
The narrator recalls Atlantic City as a pivotal place, contrasting summers with a sunless hospital stay five years earlier, and voices thanks for health. It notes Nat Vincent the songwriter and Jim and Jack, New York restaurant owners, who said their place “Our place” isn’t open yet during breakfast at the St. Regis.
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Atlantic City
Nat Vincent
Jim
Jack
New York
St. Regis
Bronx Man Dies as He Rides in Taxi
A Bronx man died while riding in a taxi after likely glancing at the taxi meter. Police reported no immediate foul play.
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Bronx
The
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