Bateman Appointed General Manager for Ward & Co Retail
George B. Everitt of Montgomery Ward announces W Bateman is named general manager of Ward & Co retail department store division with Portland Oregon as a base. Bateman, in Portland since 1915, will join the managing board and oversee city selections for new Ward stores as the chain targets 1500 outlets nationwide.
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George B. Everitt
Montgomery Ward &Co
Bateman
Great Ramacorner Company
Tetail
Chicago
Batan
Big
Portland
Ore
O. W. Huddleston
Portland House
Mr. Bateman
Ward & Co
Northwest
Deg
Mer ‘Batemaas
Everitt
New Ward
Satati
Winter Comes as Blackbirds Prepare for Flight
The narrator notes a warm May-like morning yet observes leaves turning brown and birds gathering to migrate south. A concert singer near retirement shows signs of aging, with heavy steps and faded cheeks, a reminder that winter approaches for all.
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Sycamore
Florida
Western Newspaper Union
Living Things Thrive Under Ice in Quiet Winter
Under a clear ice canopy life proceeds calmly. Fishes swim with dull brite scales, land and pond snails shelter and molt, water spiders ride air bubbles, and small creatures creep through mud. Hunger eases as creatures rest and recover for the next season.
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Steand
Neal
Skelligs List Survival of Old Irish Custom
The Skelligs list is an ancient Irish custom on the Skelligs rocks off Valencia Ireland. It records names of unmarried youths and aims to pair them within a year, with legends saying obstinate pairs were left on rocks and later compelled to wed. The great rock hosts a former St Michael monastery with preserved conical cells and chapel remains.
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Skelligs
Valencia
Ireland
Europe
Kansas City Star
Skelilg
Early American Women's Rights Movement and Milestones
The piece traces the roots of women's rights from 1848 at Seneca Falls with Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Susan B. Anthony's 1872 election test, her arrest, the 1875 draft of the suffrage amendment, and the 1920 constitutional ratification following 1918 1919 votes.
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Seneca Falls
N. Y
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sargent
Colorado
House
Senate
Colorful Javanese People
The natives of western Java are described as intelligent and agreeable in a vivid portrait. It notes the millions living in a crowded island, their radiant raiment and batik sarongs, and mentions Sunday rest enforced by the Dutch as they observe a peaceful, colorful scene along roadsides.
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Java
Earliest God's Houses in Kent Parish All Hallows Five
A clergyman argues that the term the Lord's House for churches stems from lords of the manor holding courts there. The book on All Hallows Five notes pre Reformation churches resembled village halls used for plays inquiries and storage, yet they remained God’s houses to the people.
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Kent
All Hallows, Five
Sagacious Mother and Mengtsen in Early Moral Tales
A tale recounts Mengtsen as a child with a mother who fled when she saw him indifferent to animal suffering near a slaughter house. His second home stood beside a graveyard where he imitated burial rites, noted by Dean Farrar for its superstition.
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Mengtsen
Dean Farrar
Incomplete tale from a weekend visit
A guest asks why a host has no scarecrows and the host explains staying around the area. The fragment ends with unclear wording and no definite conclusion.
Montana Seeks Bids for Beaverhead Concrete Bridge Project
State Highway Commission of Montana invites sealed bids for Federal Aid Project No 255 A Unit 2 along the Dillon Idaho Line Road Beaverhead County. Two concrete T beam bridges Ashbauch Slough and Grasshopper Creek require bids by January 24 1929 with five percent certified check and corporate surety bond. Plans at Helena and Missoula offices. Commission may reject bids or waive technicalities. R D Rader State Highway Engineer O S Warden Chairman. Ady 3 11 a
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State Highway Commission of Montana
Capitol
Helena
Helena Commercial Club
Montana
Highway Commission
Commercial Club
Dillon-Idaho Line
Beaverhead County
Ashbauch Slough
Survey Station
The
State Highway Commission
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Missoula
R. DD. Rader
O. S. Warden
Notice to Contractors for Dillon Idaho Line Road bid
Federal Aid Project No 255 A Unit 1 bids for grading drainage on the Dillon Idaho Line Road Beaverhead County Montana will be opened at 9 30 A M January 24 1929 in Helena. Bids must be in an envelope addressed to the State Highway Commission with five percent bid bond and a corporate surety bond. The commission may reject any or all bids and requires experienced responsible bidders.
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State Highway Commission of Montana
Capitol
Helena
Highway Commission
Commercial Club
Dillon-Idaho Line
Beaverhead County
Dillon
State Highway Commission
Montana
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Missoula. Co
Grorn Financial
Sontag
C. S. Warden
Harmful prejudice distorts judgments and perception
The text argues prejudice acts as a glass that darkly colors perception. It makes evil seem harmless and makes the good seem unworthy, clouding judgments and causing biased views.
Reward Offered for Arrest of Bounty Funds Illegal Collectors
One hundred dollars reward to any person not a regular law officer for the arrest and conviction of anyone unlawfully collecting bounty funds. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn. adv. November 4.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Reward Offered for Sheep Thief and Camp Robber Convictions
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers association posts a pair of rewards for crime convictions. A $250 reward applies to the conviction of any sheep thief, while a $100 reward is offered for the conviction of any camp robber.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers’ Association
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Ward &Co
W.Q. Bateman
TexeRickard
Cewreeee Penne
Tex Rickard
Miami Beach
Fla
Maxine Hodges
Helen McLaughlin
New York
Cropsey
Malcolm D. Almack
Palo Alto
Cal
W C Durant
Thomas Arkle Clark
University of Minots
Bayer
Ady
First National Bank
Bank OF Strength and Service
Land Office
Dondeo
Pearl I. Smith
Vile
Duke
Wonder Dog
Azalia,Mich
H. L. Strong
Strong
Tigiga
Italo Balbo
Leggat Hotel
Butte
Lewis & Walker
P.O. Be
North
Wyoming
Foley
Geo. M. Gosman
Richard McCarthy
East Granite
Atkeson Dairy
Galena St
Butte, Mont
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