I Shouldn’t Have Let Love Decide My Fate
A narrator recalls a past romance and the pull of first love, weighing life choices between New York society and a homebound future. She considers staying with Barry or returning to Curtiss, imagining a desire for companionship and a bold, uncertain path ahead. The piece ends with a cliffhanger and a note that it continues next week.
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Curtiss
Barry
New York
Ellie
Carmen
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Good Roads Bill Prompts Montana Labor Benefit Debate
Ottawa Automobile association backs Good Roads Bill No. 31 which would allocate 27 million of 86 million to Montana labor over ten years. The plan taxes fuel at one cent per gallon, funds engineering and maintenance, and argues better roads boost industry and living standards.
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Montana
Ottawa Automobile Association
Nore
American Federation of Labor
Crude Hooks in Use by Early Fishermen
In France caves dated about 200,000 years ago, researchers found what may be the oldest fishhooks. A banana-shaped stone with a ridge served as the hook, baited with meat to lure fish into the snare. Swiss discoveries show later bronze hooks, some barbed, but early versions were barbless and used two hooks at right angles.
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France
Switzerland
Cut Flowers Arranged to Express Sentiment
An analysis of Japanese flower arrangements explains why odd numbers of blooms are favored and how different stems symbolize heaven earth and man. The article notes bowing stems for wind, willow for departure sorrow, and the use of buds when giving flowers while red blooms signify funerals.
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Heaven
Earth
Man
The Gas Spirit Named by Van Helmont
The Brussels chemist John Baptist Van Helmont born 1577 first noted gas when heated crucibles belched forth a wild spirit he called geest. His discovery, though not destined to gold making, became essential fuel powering homes and industry.
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John Baptist van Helmont
Brussels
van Helmont
Malthusian Theory in an Essay
The article notes Thomas Robert Malthus 1766 1834 argued population grows faster than subsistence and urged governments to restrict marriages to curb growth. It credits earlier thinkers Plato Aristotle Franklin Hume and others and highlights Malthus as systematizing the doctrine with historical proofs. Kansas City Star.
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Thomas ‘Robert Malthus
Malthus
Plato
Aristotle
Franklin
Hume
Kansas City Star
Old Belief Is Error about Cordius Like Hair Snakes
The Department of Agriculture notes that certain Cordius relatives and horse-hair like organisms enter water to mate and lay eggs. They reproduce in hosts, producing many microscopic offspring that later grow into hair snakes inside the hosts. Horse mane hairs do not come to life.
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Department of Agriculture
Brick Through the Ages and Modern Uses
Brick making shows progress with advanced methods and beautiful brick faces on new homes. The material has centuries of history dating back over 2,000 years before Abraham and even earlier adobe use by Southwest Indians before Europeans arrived.
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America
Southwest
Normal College Notes Highlight Dr Swift Visit and Library Changes
Dr Swift will speak at the Normal College assembly next week during a three day Montana visit focusing on health and health conservation. Nina Nash appointed assistant librarian with extended evening hours and public access. The home economics department moves to the first floor. three rooms ready for use. Glee club chorus and drama notes from Miss Robe and Miss Sands with tryouts this week. Marie Evan returns after illness.
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Swift
Montana
the Normal College
Nina Nash
Vivian Robe
Glee Club
Madison National Forest offers theft and camp robbery rewards
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers association posts rewards totaling 350 dollars for convictions. A 250 dollar reward is offered for sheep thief convictions and a 100 dollar reward for camp robber convictions. The Tribune notes the policy is in effect for the forest district.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers’ Association
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Tribune
Norah Connelley
Beaverhead County
Democratic
Dillon
Montana State Normal College
University of Montana
Malthusian
Brick
A. B. Chapin
Chari Autocastes
Normal College Notes
Nash
Columbia University
Miss Sands
Marie Evan
Tribune Jis
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