Montana News Notes Reflect Local Developments and Losses
Montana notes report a push for a $40,000 alumni fund for a new athletic field at the state university in Missoula, plus plans for a Park-to-Park railroad at White Sulphur Springs. Other items include a death in Harlowton, elk hunting openings in Powell county, and a Great Falls refinery milestone.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Winnett
Deer Lodge
Harlowton
William Ellsworth Davis
Milwaukee Railroad
State University
Missoula
White Sulphur Springs
State Fish and Game Commission
Powell County
American “Refining Company
Great Falls
Horace G. Bartlett
Livingston
Bartlett
Montana
Butte
Larry Dunxon
Court House
Great Northern Railway
George A. Scott
Agriculture
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Helen
James A. Murray
Murray
Thomas H. Spratt
Thomas Tf. Spratt
Lewis and Clark County
Helena
Spratt
Dillon
J. E. Gilbert
First National Bank
Missoula Lodge
A. I
A. M
George Washington
Rosebud County
Chamber of Commerce
Forsyth
Yellowstone Valley
Miles City
House of Representatives
F. Facey
Matta
W. W. Hamilton
Dodson
Phillips County
Catherine McCarthy
Glendive
Dawson County
Jessie Roscow
Silver Bow County
Anaconda
W. J. Carmichael
National
Swinegrowers, Association
Chickens and a Farmer Suspicions Trial
A farmer testifies he suspects Ephraim shot his chicken after seeing him in the yard with a gun and hearing a shot, but admits he cannot swear to it. The defense recalls the witness to challenge the linkage between sighting and the fatal shot.
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Ephraim
Wal
American Legion Weekly
Square Deal Slogan Spurs Veteran Rights Fight
James J. Crossley former World War I major and Portland Post No. 1 commander leads a push for square dealing for veterans. He cites civil service appointments blocked by politics and praises Legion members in municipal roles while urging vigilance against favoritism and protection of veterans’ jobs.
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James J. Crossley
Ound
Cormander
Portland Post
Portlannd
Ore
Crossley
Womens’ Bureau
Police
Park Bureau
American Legion
Legion
Prayers for Missing Son Leo Crete in Mass Town
Mrs Wilfred Crete of Fisherville Massachusetts pleads for her son Leo Crete who has not contacted her in over two years. Leo five feet five and a half inches tall 140 pounds dark complexion and eyes served in France and in the Army of Occupation in Germany. He last sent word from Conneaut Ohio saying he would work on Great Lakes ships after leaving Salt Lake City Utah. Leo enlisted at fifteen and re enlisted after returning to the United States.
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Plains
Edward Donlan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Bonner
Great Falls
Chicago, Milwaukee and
al Bedoo Temple
al A. O. M M.S
Billings
Edward A. Nodler
Rosebud
Ingemar
Winnett
Frantz Corporation
Cat Creek
Shelby
Midland Iron Works
Montana
Montana Railroad
Helena
Saint Paul
Hoganwell
Sunrise Oi Company
Frank S. Reed
United States Land Office
Glasgow
Culbertson
Reed
Treasure County
Montana State Teachers’ Association
Bourquin
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Sutte
J. D. Scanlin
State Republian Committee
United States
Forestry Service
Missoula
James Davidson
Harry Snyder Sheep Company
Jack Rankins
Knowles Blair
John E. Edwards
Red Cross
L. E. Stiles
Fisherville
Mass
Ufe
Agata
American Legion
Leo
Crete
Wilfred
Providence Road
Wisherville
Army of Occupation
Germany
Conneaut
Salt Lake City
Utah
Great Lakes
France
Charcoal Eph's Wry Richmond Daily Thought
A Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt features Charcoal Eph meditating on heaven and fate. He declares no man holds a mortgage on heaven and warns that a brick may fall on anyone near Broad Street. Mistah Jackson is casually named in a short aside.
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Charcoal Eph
Broad Street
Mistah Jackson
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Origin of the Word Dope Traced to Dutch Doop
The term dope in drug context traces to Dutch doop meaning a thick liquid. In English it originally referred to a treaclelike opium preparation used by smokers.
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Doop
Work and Play: Play Past Work Drives National Effort
A James Stephens quotation argues that play is not the reward of work but its precursor. It warns that without enjoyable activities a nation cannot mobilize effort for larger goals, suggesting recreation fuels broader productivity.
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James Stephens
Body Capacity Causes Radio Signal Fading and Fixes
The article explains body capacity as a cause of fading when tuning radios and offers remedies such as lining panels with tin foil, avoiding the ground post, using nonmagnetic spacers between close variometers, and grounding. It discusses cloud and rain theories of fading, and describes a phantom antenna method to estimate antenna resistance across wavelengths.
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Radio Division
Department of Commerce
Ciir
Colonel Green a Radio Fan at New Bedford Estate
Colonel Edward H W Green of New Bedford Massachusetts trails a new broadcasting station in his sun room and boathouse. The amplified sound will reach five miles from Round Hills as Green jets from Newark to Schenectady for a public listening boom. He compares his setup to Harding's inaugural address machine and says he is like a child with a new toy.
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Tillis
Edward HW. R. Green
Hetty Green
New Bedford
Mass
New York World
Colonel Green
Newark
Schenectady
Harding
Capitol
Radio Enthusiasm Grows For Wireless Across Nation
Reports say radio concerts in public parks spread public interest while an International union of radio operators forms in Brussels. A Plainfield boy builds a matchbox radio. Noorvik hosts perhaps the northernmost wireless station. Cattle are skinned by electricity. Edison hints he cannot claim sole invention.
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International Union of Radio Operators
Brussels
Plainfield
N. J
Thenamne
Montana
Noorvik
Arctic Cirele
Oklahoma
Edison
United States Naval Observatory
Australia
Venus
Abbott
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the Legion Oatmeal Cookie
Frederick Gehlman
Springfield
Wits International Contest
American Legion Auxiliary
Gehrman
Jars
Wawaii
Alaska
Canada
T’aris
Middle West
Suare
W. J. Marks
Indianapolis
Gehlman Hospital
A. O. Wiggin
Lima
Ohio
Mary B. Snodgrass
Highland Dark
Mich
Mary J. Robinson
Walla Walla
Washington
Herbert Pinnell
Pinnell
Merbert Pinnell
American Legion News Service
Ohio Legion
Clair A. Anthony
Toledo Post
Joseph Baker
Toledo
Anthony
Leland M. Bentley
North Haven Street
Clair A, Anthony
Portland
Oregon
Insiston
Fale
Leo Crete
Hetty
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