Jackson civic notes and visits across town
Pr Lee visited Jackson early in the week while Will Harray stayed with Mr and Mrs Wendell Jar dine before leaving for Dillon. St Margarets Guild met at Mrs Martin Quigleys with good attendance and refreshments. Mrs Lucy Jardine visited Mr and Mrs George Clemm. Forest Ranger Camas Nelson traveled to Grasshopper for business. Dan Pendergast and Bob Atkinson visited Dillon on business. George Reine spent time in Dillon visiting friends. Jennie Fancher visited the county seat. Mr and Mrs George Clemmo left for Helena for business and visiting friends.
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Wow
Lee
Jackson
Will Harray
Wendell Jardine
Dillon
St. Margaret's
George Clemm
Camas Nelson
Grasshopper
Dan Pendergast
George Clemmo
Helena
Jacob’s ladder term used for visions and shipboard gear
The name Jacob's ladder describes the biblical ladder seen by Jacob and also a short ape ladder on ships and an apparatus for raising light weights. It refers to an endless revolving chain of buckets that fill at the bottom and empty at the top once common in breweries and distilleries.
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Earth
Heaven
Jacob
The Firm Foundation of Affection
The excerpt urges that true affection rests on virtue, not beauty or wealth. It warns a palace built on vanity will collapse, praising a heart whose foundation is virtue, surrounded by riches, beauty, and honor as protective walls and a lasting roof.
Epictetus on letting opinion inflame the self
Epictetus teaches that insults and reproof do not harm unless one interprets them as insulting. When irritated, recognize it is your opinion that wounds you. Seek calm by delaying reactions and avoiding judgment of appearances to master yourself.
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Epictetus
Forestry profits seen in renewed timber crops
Looking Ahead in South argues forestry can yield substantial profits now. The American Tree Association notes growing interest in renewing timber crops on lagged off lands.
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South
American Tree Association
Silence Is the Privilege of Insightful Hearers
A Washington Star quotation attributed to Hi Ho, the Chinatown sage, notes that silence is the privilege of those who understand all they hear and the refuge of those who hear without understanding.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Modern Hair Grooming And Shampoo Tactics For Women
The article discusses changing hair care trends over a decade, noting milady uses military brushes, magnifying mirrors, and permanent waves. It warns that true cleanliness starts with thorough shampooing and proper technique, advising owners to rely on finger strength, clean hands, and focused rubbing rather than excessive lather.
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Milady
Middle West
Miniature Books Stir Collectors With Aged Treasures
Collectors in England pursue tiny volumes as a growing passion. Printers have long produced miniature books across genres, not only classics, the Bible, or dictionaries. The oldest miniatures now fetch the fanciest prices.
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England
There Are Men and Women Who Refuse Belief without Proof
A quote from Grove Patterson in the Mobile Register argues that some people doubt anything not self selling to reason. It suggests limiting personal reason overestimates truth and recognizes many truths lie beyond comprehension.
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Grove Patterson
Mobile Register
Latent Joy and Heat in Life's Fluctuating Stages
A reflective quotation on latent joy and fluctuating well being. It contrasts periods of blank weeks with times of condensed fortune and the idea that joy can spread across days as a uniform sense of power and hope. The source attributes the meditation to Emersgon.
Italy's Marble Caves Attract Renaissance Era Trade
Italy's marble, a premier export and rich mineral of Italian subsoil, centers in Tuscany. In the Apennines near Versilia, Romans mined for pure white blocks. Michelangelo traveled there to choose marble for his masterpieces.
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Italy
Tuscany
Apennine Mountains
Versilia
Michelangelo
Versilin
Drugs and Cut Flowers Do not extend cut flower life
Two botanists tested aspirin and forty three other chemicals in water with cut flowers and found these substances do not increase life span of the blooms. The study concludes no advantage from adding these chemicals to the vase solution.
Early Railroad Signals and the Passing Pillar Tradition
In early rail days there were no signals. Trains meeting on a single line led to arguments until a midway pillar was erected. The rule stated the passing train could proceed while the approaching one must yield.
First Sawmills Reach Oregon and Puget Sound
The first commercial sawmills appeared in Oregon in 1844 and on Puget Sound in 1845. By 1885 there were over 228 mills in Oregon, with combined value over a million and a half dollars and annual product worth more than two million, per American Tree Association.
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Oregon
Puget Sound
American Tree Association
Niles Michigan Named for Newspaper Histor
Niles Mich boasts the distinction of being named after a newspaper. The town was platted in 1820 and adopted the name on the suggestion of Obed Téiey, a tradesman, in honor of a Baltimore Whig paper edited by a surnamed editor.
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Niles
Mich
Obed Téiey
Baltimore
Detrait News
Man Eyesight Superior to Animals in Color Vision
The eye sight of humans is better than that of almost all lower animals except birds. In daily life most lower animals do not rely on color vision.
Daring Armstead Robbery At Wall Pool Hall
About a dozen men were robbed at the Frank Rosspool Wall in Armstead between 10 and 11 p m Saturday night. A lone bandit, described as a young stranger, fired two shots through the roof then fled toward the railroad after taking about 60 to 100 dollars. Sheriff Orr was at Dell. Dillon authorities notified. search and lookout ordered. Jesse Brown and Roe ranch staff aided in a search without success.
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Frank Rosspool
Armstead
Dell
Orr
Dillon
Jesse Brown
Roe Ranch
Eyes Ruined by Unlicensed Eye Testers Warned
A Kalis pell Times clipping from January 31, 1929, reports state officials oppose itinerant sellers testing eyes with crude devices. The Attorney General defines such testing as practicing optometry without proper license, punishable by fines from 200 to 500 dollars or up to one year in jail. The State Board of Optometry aims to end this dangerous practice statewide.
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Kalispell
State Board of Optometry
L. A. Foot
State Board
Bar of Justice
Avenues Named After States in Early City Plan
In 1782 the Union states were laid onto city avenues and un named avenues were later designated as Tennessee Ohio Louisiana and Indiana reflecting a revised urban plan. The entries indicate a shift from unnamed streets to state named avenues in the early city layout.
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Union
Ashing
Tennessee
Ohio
Louisiana
Indiana
Modern Indians Buy Scalps From Picturesque Trader
The Osage, wealthy from oil profits, now buy scalps from Arthur H. Lamb who sells dried human scalps and moccasins. Lamb appears in frontier attire as his dress suit, while his clientele matches Fifth Avenue wealth.
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Arthur H. Lamb
Mr. Lamb
Fifth Avenue
Dillon Fourth Celebrations Highlight Parade and Awards
The Dillon Fourth featured a half mile parade of artistic floats, a spectacular fireworks display, and a strong sports program. Richard Hummel of Dewey won the state prize for an essay on Why I Would Rather Live Under the American Flag. Winners included parade categories, sack and three legged races, boys and girls events, and the golf contest with prizes awarded to top scorers.
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Tribune
Dillon
Fair Grounds
Richard Hummel
Dewey
American Legion
T. E
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AL Cain
Helena Rubinstein
America
Fact
W. A. Clark
Metlen
Hotel
Montana
Clark & Sullivan
Frank Ross Pool Hall
Dodge Victory
Dillon, Montana
Victor Herbert
W. B. Hartwig
Standard Lumber and Coal Company
Anderson Market
Beaverhead Auto Sales Co
Dillon Lodge
State Normal . College
Rebecca Lodge
Boy Scouts
Sth
Alice Peterson
U. S. Forest Service
Iist
Don Mecham
Paul Fiddler
John
Harry Spehar
Francis Gibbons
Clyde Brown
Francis Tonrey, Jr
Edwin Bourquin
Ist
Jackie Cashmore
Billy Jennings
Pete Cashmore
Frank Rebich
Johnnie Mayfield
Eugene Medsker
Drene Elford
Twin Bridges
Dorcas Hoffman
Martha Font
Lola Latham
Ghia
Elise Evans
Barret Tippet
Martha Fontaine
Bob Gordon
Freefor
Jack Kelly
Butte
Major Dansie
Méen
Spencer
Stewart
Blair
Kelly
Dansie
Smith
Forsgren
Hignight
Fitzullivan
Joe Stefanic
Mdichandise
Golf
Walter A. Stamm
Frank. OrKeffe
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