Memorial Day Old to New Blue Gray and Khaki
A reflective essay traces Memorial Day from Civil War memories to a modern holiday honoring Blue Gray and Khaki. It notes Joe Wheeler’s career across union and Confederacy then U S Army, Arlington rites, and President Coolidge's wreath, urging peace and national unity beyond war.
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Francis Miles Finch
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
Seven Seas
United States
Alabama
Joseph Wheeler
Joe Wheeler
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert E. Lee
Sheridan
West Point
House of Representatives
Wheeler
McKinley
Joe
Coolidge
Arlington
Sherman
All Entitled to Honor in Civil War and World War Veterans
The Washington Star argues that all fallen soldiers from diverse battles and eras should be formally commemorated together. It emphasizes unity of nations in honoring Yankee and Southern, Union and Confederate, and all who served from Vera Cruz to the Philippines and beyond.
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Lexington
Cowpens
Lundy's Lane
New Orleans
Scott
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Grant
Lee
San Juan
Philippines
Hindenburg Line
Argonne Forest
Washington Star
American Dead in France At Oise-Aisne Cemetery
The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France holds about 6,000 graves. It has gathered American war dead from surrounding temporary burial areas into a final resting place.
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France
Oise-Aisne
First Division Memorials Near Soissons
Cemeteries including the Plossy site southwest of Soissons hold many of the First Division buried there. The unit suffered heavy losses in the major Allied counter offensive starting July 18, 1918, with over 1,700 fall during that period. One of five battle monuments in France sits near Soissons, bearing the names of the fallen on its four sides.
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Plossy
Soissons
France
Soissong
Montana cattle bloat prevention tips from state college
Montana State college livestock specialists urge guards against bloat with specific steps. Do not graze fresh pasture immediately, feed hay first, ease cattle onto pasture for short periods, introduce before grass sprouts, keep them on pasture after acclimation, provide ample salt, and use bridle bits to slow consumption on risky pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana State College
Revised Great Falls sugar beet acreage figures released
Sugar beet planting in the Great Falls area exceeds 1100 acres per fieldman George Barlow of the Great Falls chamber and the Idaho Sugar company. Thinning will begin in Cascade soon with ample workers expected as families move in. Weather remains favorable and 1926 acreage could reach about 6000 across the district.
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Great Falls
George Barlow
Crent Falls
Te Fieldman
Tearmose
Bartow
Cascade
Augusta
Fort Shaw
Chateau
Conrad
Fort Benton
Five year old Jersey cow Echo’s Fairy Lass crowned Montana Jersey champion
Echo's Fairy Lass, a five and a half year old Jersey cow from Churn Creek Jersey ranch near Hamilton, earned the Montana Jersey champion title and top overall breed honors in her age class. She qualified for the American Jersey Cattle Club gold medal after producing 706.02 pounds of fat and 13,475 pounds of milk in 365 days with a 5.24 percent fat rate, carrying her calf 230 days and freshening 14 months after prior calving.
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Echo's Fairy Lass
Churn Creek Jersey Ranch
Hamilton
Montana
American Jersey Cattle Club
Lass
Tiler
Lamb losses at Snyder ranch near Grass Valley Missoula county
At the Snyder ranch near Grass Valley in Missoula county forty pairs of twins were delivered but three lambs were lost. Warm water and stove ovens revived several lambs that seemed clinically dead. Herders, led by Mike Dietz, oversee the recovery operations.
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Snyder Ranch
Grass Valley
Missoula County
Mike Dietz
Lincoln county farmers organize at Libby and Troy
Farmers community groups formed in Libby and Troy Lincoln county. At the spring meeting plans for the coming season were made. Major projects include land clearing and gopher extermination. County agent F A Givan coordinates cooperation with local farmers.
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Libby
Troy
Lincoln County
Record Snowfall Drops Water Volumes From Glacier Park
Three hundred inches of snow fell in Glacier National Park, setting the stage for a massive spring torrent. From the Rockies, a torrent to the Pacific and Gulf is forecast, with millions of gallons daily flowing from the continent’s top as June nears.
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Glacier National Park
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
United States Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Three Legged Calf Captivates Miles City Institution
The State Industrial school at Miles City houses a pig with a single front leg. The inmates show keen interest and plan to raise the animal as a pet.
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State Industrial School
Miles City
Nutrition specialist opens meeting series in Phillips county
Susanne Thompson of the State college extension service launches a series of meetings in Phillips county. She will also address women in Lovejoy and Harb communities and in Malta.
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Susanne Thompson
The
State College Extension Service
Phillips County
Lovejoy
Harb
Malta
Shows Profit Andrew Sharp among Rosebud County’s top farmers
Andrew Sharp rises as a leading Rosebud County farmer with diversified crops and livestock. He rotated his three-year fields including Marquis spring wheat with 1,200 bushels harvested from 80 acres at $1.13 a bushel. His oats, corn for home use, 20 cows with six milking, 60 hens, and Duroc Jersey hogs underpin family finances with cream sales about $150 and hog sales around $300 last year. He now owns 20 pigs expected to yield further profit this fall.
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Andrew Sharp
Rosebud County
Sharp
Sharps
How to Get Rid of Lice on Chickens in Montana
Miss Harriett Cushman, poultry specialist for the Montana Extension Service, explains that sodium fluoride is a top lice control material. Apply as a powder dusting or a dip made from three quarters of an ounce of sodium fluoride per gallon of water, with warm weather dipping to ensure feathers dry and skin is reached.
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Harriett Cushman
Montana Extension Service
Butter Production Surges at Polson Creamery
Polson Creamery produced over 800000 pounds of butter last year announced by president T J Marsh. The dairy outputs meet local demand and are shipped by carload to eastern and western markets. Butter comes from Jersey Guernsey and Holstein herds around Polson Montana near Minthead Lake.
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Polson Creamery Company
T. J. Marsh
Polson
Montana
Minthead Lake
Montana Vistas Draw Eastern Vacationists and Farmers
Pryor residents plan a ktude ranch near Pryor Cap in Big Horn county on the Grow Indian reservation attracting eastern vacationists with scenery trout fishing and Indian life. Fred Dvorak in Dawson county leads Montana farmers by applying for hail insurance. Seed peas and beans may fetch 11 to 12 dollars a bushel in Florida for Milk River farmers near Harlem. A Wisconsin cheese maker arrives to operate the Sedan cheese factory in Park county. Eight carloads of immigrants arrive near Redwater in McCone county this spring and more are arriving as Montanans return from North Dakota South Dakota and Iowa.
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Charles Phelps
Pryor
Pryor Cap
Big Horn County
Fred Dvorak
Dawson County
Glendive
Montana
Hall Insurance
Milk River
Harlem
Florida
E. Farnum
South Bay
Win
Sedan
Shields Valley
Park County
Wisconsin
Redwater
McCone County
George BE
Lenz
North Dakota
South Dakota
Towa
Plan to Fight Gophers in Fortine Community
Farmers in the Fortine community Lincoln county prepare a ton of gopher poison for a control campaign. The Fortine Farmers' Community club directs the effort under county agent F A Givan. Co operation kept bait cost to ten cents per pound. rodent control districts formed in three sections of the community.
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Fortine
Lincoln County
Fortine Farmers’ Community Club
F. A. Givan
Nervous Woman Seeks Help in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati woman describes nervous symptoms and backache, reporting improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Blood Medicine, and Liver Pills, and Senitive Wash. She says she can work and eat normally and is willing to answer letters. Another Philadelphia reader reports similar relief and willingness to correspond about the medicines. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Aleeba
Lues
Dante
Lydia E. Pinkcamp
Lydia E. Pinkham
F.k.coriell
Peete Street
Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Dora Hott
S. 11Th St
Dean
Montana
British motor vehicle total reaches over 1.24 million
The Ministry of Transport reports Great Britain has 1,242,000 motor vehicles, broken down into 474,000 private cars, 441,000 motorcycles, 210,000 commercial motors, and 84,000 taxicabs and omnibuses.
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Great Britain
Ministry of Transport
Merit Wins Attributed to Luck Says a Skeptical View
A saying argues that when a man of merit succeeds many attribute his success to luck, reflecting on public perception and the bias against skill versus chance.
Derricks Fails to Raise Hopes of Some People
A cautious note on the limits of a derrick project. The draft plan promised employment and progress but did not deliver broad optimism for all residents involved.
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Alabama Dells
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Capitol
Brooklyn
Washington
Roosevelt
Henglish
Berlin
Sioux
Jan
Arlingtar
Ofey
Storra New
Caticura
Caticura Laboratoria Dept
M. Malden
Matt
Science Service
George W. Crawford
N. Platt Ave
Red Ledge
Mont
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfg. Chem
Buffalo
N. Y
Britain’s Motor Vehicles
Aspirin
Bayer
B. F. Adlen Co
Canal Street
New York Bay
Beecham’s
Pitts
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