The Story of Our States Virginia's Early History and Status
The piece outlines Virginia's origins with Captain John Smith and Jamestown in 1607, the London Company charter, and its later role as the Old Dominion. It notes the 1619 first representative government, the 1788 statehood, and that Virginia spans 42,627 square miles with twelve presidential electors.
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Virginia
John Smith
Jamestown
America
James 1
London Company
Old Point Comfort
Charles ID
England
Scotland
Ireland
Old Dominion
House of Burgesses
Kentucky
West Virginia
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending May 1 1921 Beaverhead Abstracts
Real estate transfers recorded in Beaverhead Abstract Company's title books for the week ending May 1 1921. Properties changed hands in Dillon area with entries noting grantor grantee and parcel details as filed by the local title company.
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Beaverhead Abstract’ Company
Property transfers and legal notices from Dillon area
Patent transfers for 160 acres in Centennial valley near Lima and 310 24 acres on beach northeast of Dillon. Warranty Deed from Lewis W. Richardson to James Raymond for three lots in Barratt's addition to Dillon. School District 36 receives 1 acre near Lakeview. Lima parcels deeds and prices, power line easement near Wise River, five year lease on Joe Butala ranch, incorporation notice for The Petroleum Land Company, water right at Spring and Korns creek, distribution decrees for Fidel Huber and Mary A Boyle estates, coroner bond by James I. Phillips. Includes two editorial clippings criticizing housing and money conditions.
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Ottilie Hallas
Centennial Valley
Lima
Cordellia M. Hardesty
Cordellia M. St. Louis
Dillon
Lewis W. Richardson
James Raymond
Barratt
Barrett Avenue
Montana J. Kent
Lakeview
L. C. Ford, Sr
Claud L. Downing
Joseph Butala
Andrew Hirsch
Stephen Boretz
Joe Butala
The
Petroleum Land Company
George R. Webster
Korns Creek
Fidel Huber
Poindexter and
Orr
Washington
Mary A. Boyle
Bond
James I. Phillips
Old Rail Fence Mourned. Embodies Rural Lost Ways
The piece reflects on the old rail fence once essential to farm life, noting its timber from black walnut chestnut and ash. It housed small wildlife like bob whites and ground squirrels, sheltered harvest workers, and offered shade and water storage. It contrasts with newer wire fencing and cites its historical value in rural Virginia.
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Bob White
Columbus Dispatch
Koka Seki Pumice Viewed for Boilering and Construction
The Koka Seki pumice stone from Niijima islands off Idzu peninsula is prized for durability and high heat resistance up to 1300 C. Vice Consul H T Goodier notes its limited Japan distribution yet growing commercial use in boiler furnace linings safes and ice chests. It is especially known in reinforced concrete barge building in Japan.
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H. T. Goodier
Yokohama
Niijima Islands
New Islands
Idzu Peninsula
Tokyo
Nisjima
Japan
Maeterlinck Refuses Pay After Pekinese Dies in Eye Surgery
Maurice Maeterlinck faced a court case after his Pekinese was bitten by Alaska an Eskimo dog. An eye specialist in Nice advised surgery but the dog died under anesthesia. The doctor seeks 600 francs which the author refuses to pay.
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Maurice Maeterlinck
Alaska
M. Maeterlinck
le Maitre
le Petit Parisien
Paris
Population density remark in Springfield Republican
The Springfield Republican notes that while U S population density averages 35 5 per square mile a good many people are denser than that phrasing highlights the contrast and implies urban concentration.
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United States
Springfield
Kentucky Driver Seeks Pay In Indiana Tobacco Sale
A Kentucky man in Indiana complains the cash for a tobacco load is short. The clerk explains weighing and selling costs exceed the value, leaving 59 cents owed. He returns with two chickens to settle the bill, saying he has another load of tobacco.
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Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Indianapoli News
Stenographer sought by wealthy English student at Penn
John Jeffries the sixth of England, armed with an $80 000 annual income, seeks a stenographer at the University of Pennsylvania to work Sundays indexing and preparing his law cases. He already has one stenographer but needs extra help as he studies Blackstone and related materials.
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University of Pennsylvania
John Jeffries VI
England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jeffries
Blackstone
Englshman
John Temple
Ireland
House of Lords
Japanese in Hawaii Sugar Camps Retain Buddhist Ties
Rev Ulysses G Murphy of the American Bible Society said about 80 percent of Japanese in Hawaii sugar plantation camps remain Buddhist and untouched by Christian propaganda. He noted elders are forty years behind Japan in thought due to isolation and warned that Americanization must address Japanese language schools to succeed.
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Hawaii
Ulysses G. Murphy
American Bible Society
Honolulu
Murphy
Ward school contest tests memory with standard songs
In Terre Haute a ward school held a contest to see which children could identify tunes after hearing short meleodies. After several plays of Home Sweet Home and Old Black Joe the teacher played Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms and a boy correctly named it from the list of songs.
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Terre Haute Ward
Indianapolis News
Croquet Outfit Largely Wooden Across the Game
The American Forestry Magazine notes croquet remains a wood intensive sport with most equipment including balls mallets and stakes made of wood. Only the arches may be bent wood, highlighting croquet as a wood consuming pastime compared with golf and tennis.
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American Forestry Magazine
Washington
Commissioners in May Session Continue Ledger of County Payments
The May session ledger records payrolls and assorted claims approved for payment. Officials authorized warrants totaling thousands to support prisoners, stamps, printing, office supplies, jail repairs, road work in Beaverhead, Red Rock, and Big Hole districts, and various county poor relief costs. The list names Mooney, Hazelbaker, Anderson, Baker, Mathews, Thomas, Qpp, Martin, Soper, Phillips, Gilbert, Linson, Olson, and many department suppliers.
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District Court
F. Mooney
A. Hazelbaker
A. L. Anderson
Jno
Baker
Georgia Mathews
Dillon Examiner
Chas
P. Thomas
Geo. W. Qpp
Charles Martin
Spl
H. H. Soper
Dan I
Mooney
Elliott Studio
Sheriff's Office
Pepeeene TE Gilbert
Cere L. P. Phillips
Justice of Peace
Union Electric Co
Dillon
Louisa Pierce
J. O. Mellon
L. J. Woodside
Dillon Impl. Co
Graeter Groc. Co
Montana Market
J DD. Lee
Veternarian Service
Chas. W Scott
Enone Gracter Groc
Poor
Beaverhead
Big Hole
Redrock
D High School
Int
George R. Baker
Piano Recital by Miss Nellie Little Pupils Delights Lima Audience
The Lima opera house last night hosted a highly praised recital by Miss Nellie Little's pupils with Grace Little and Mrs. W A Sewell of Dillon assisting. The program featured varied pieces from Waltzes to duets, highlighting Little's training under Prof. Mc Clellan of Salt Lake City and signaling Lima's rising musical standing.
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Nellie Little
Lima Opera House
Lima
Grace
W. A. Sewell
Dillon
Nellie
McClellan
Salt Lake City
Largest emerald claim challenged by Urals find
A South American emerald once touted as the world’s largest at 630 carats was eclipsed by a Urals discovery weighing six and three quarters pounds. The Russian crown jewel stone’s current whereabouts are unknown.
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Ural Mountains
Russia
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W. A. Graeter Cashier
A. L. Stone
Jonathan Brace
Joseph O. Williams
Annie Roe
Roe and Fagan
Ford Schmidt
Boston-Montana Corporation
Wise River
Washington_Post
Land Office
SVP Tva Ago
Pearl I. Smith Title Building
Montana
Shorthorn Bulls
Anderson Bros
Dillon, Mont
Maeterlinck
Grover
University of Pennsylvania Law
Dervice
Southern Montana Abstract & Title CO
Frank Hazelbaker
Yan Ng
Jennie. Watters
J. L. Hughs
A. J. Sherlock
E. H. Brundage
Montana ‘Auto Supply Co
Pemdcd Csecsengs
Steeses
Etereets
Fred Bower
Supy Pahnish Livestock Co
James Ashworth
C. Ackershaw
George, Warren
Carl G. Knoll
Retallack
Louis Stahl
Earl Coyer
Walter Brown
Sparr
J. C. Ferguson
Earl Goyer
Guy S. Gray
Reader Mont. Auto Co
H. D. Mayfield
Dart Hdwr. & Impl. Co
Willard H. Smith
C. L. Harrington
C. L. Warrington
John Troupe
A. McLeod
Ernest McKenzie
Keas & Hopkins
Helming Bros
J. P. Lossl & Co
F. B. Connelly Co
Pennsylvania Oil Co
Stevenson
B. R. Stevenson
Opera
Dick Peterson
Robin
Spaulding
Etna Rose
Wild Rose
R. Streabbog
Eva Taber
Ducet
P. Willey
Minnie Rose
Bees Spaulding
Alice Dowell
Gurlit
Spaulding Frances
Wilmot Lemont
H. Englemann
Florence Beterson
NV Oca
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