Dixon’s Record Defends Farmers and State Governance
The item praises Joe Dixon as a faithful Montana public servant proposing the Square Deal and a state Department of Agriculture. It contrasts his stance with radicals, warns of mob rule, and cites his agricultural reforms and nonpartisan record in Congress and the Senate to win support for his gubernatorial bid.
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Joe Dixon
House
Senate
Montana
Washington
Big Timber
Department of Agriculture
W. F. Dunn
Butte Bulletin
Dixon
North Dakota
Dunn
Great Falls
Dixon records strong support for Montana land bills and veterans pensions
The records show Senator Dixon backing multiple land bills across the 58th to 62nd Congresses including surveys and disposal of Crow Flathead Fort Peck and Billings lands. He secured passage for the Glasgow and Minthead measures and urged public land surveys. He supported the creation of a children's bureau and fought for veteran pensions, securing numerous claims and authorizations. He also spoke on im portance of irrigation projects and opposed Canadian reciprocity.
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Crow Reservation
Flathead Reservation
Billings Land District
Yellowstone
Carbon Counties
Flithead Reservation
Fort Peck
Yellowstone River
Dixon
Montana
Billings Land Office
House
Fort Shaw Military Reservation
Billings
Iganin
Merl Dixon
Helena
Six Hills
Fort Assinibone
Glasgow
Rosehid
Fort Teck Indian Reservation
Missoula
Minthead Indian
District of Columbia
Employers Linkblillty Act
United States
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Miles City
Fort Keogh Military Reservation
Congress
U.S
Grosvente
The
West
DHL
Bureau of Mines
Forest Service
Sennator Dixon
Pension Bureau
Commissioner of Pensions
Pressure on Eyeball Affects Body Functions
French researchers A. and L. Binet report that eyeball pressure alters the heart rate respiration blood vessels and muscle control in dogs rabbits and humans. The study notes surprising reflexes but offers no clear explanation of the mechanism.
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A. and
L. Binet
Persia Home of Nightingale Habitat
Persia is described as the natural habitat for a Nightingale species. The article highlights the location as the home of the bird and discusses its environmental setting and significance.
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Persia
Nightingale
Roses and Perfumes Dominate Persian Markets
The text notes abundant nightingales and songs in an area where Persian perfumes, largely made from rose petal juice, are highly regarded. Rose cultivation for commercial use is widespread there.
Roosevelt Letter Praises Joe Dixon as Straight Clean Public Servant
Theodore Roosevelt writes to a Helena citizen in 1916 praising Joseph Dixon of Montana. He calls Dixon one of the best men he knew and notes he is straight and clean in public service. The item urges readers that if he was good enough for Teddy, Dixon should be for them.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Helena
Oyster Bay
Long Island, N.Y
Sir
Joe Dixon
Teddy
Take Time for Play and Balance Work
A reflective editorial urges balance between business and leisure. It quotes the value of enjoying light humor and says even the wisest minds benefit from occasional playful moments. The piece invites readers to temper ambition with simple joys.
Thought Mother Was Hasty Rather Than Wise
A child recounts a quarrel with his father, noting the father’s strong stance and the boy’s frustration. He then asks his mother why she married, wondering if she should have shopped around first.
Microscope Reveals Nettles, Butterflies and Smoke Particles
A powerful microscope makes nettle sting details, butterfly scales, and smoke particles clearly visible, illustrating how tiny structures appear to the eye.
Poking Fun At Shopping Man Not Married Says Transcript
The Boston Transcript notes a man who jokes about a woman for shopping all day yet buys nothing. It suggests such taunts reveal the speaker is likely unmarried.
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Boston Transcript
Examining Opportunity Through Moral Principle
The text urges evaluating every opportunity by principle, noting it may bring money or status or power, but if it fails morally it results in loss.
Misplaced Sympathy in a Quiet Office Scene
A reflective Exchange quips about wives wiping chalk from husbands coats and crying for the long hours spent at a desk beside a plain whitewashed wall. The vignette captures domestic weariness and humor in workplace sacrifice.
Deepest Truth in Love Inspires Timeless Motto
A reflective aphorism attributes the deepest truth to the deepest love, credited to Nicholas Rowe, underscoring the bond between affection and profound insight. The quotation frames love as a source of genuine understanding and enduring wisdom.
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Nicholas Rowe
Weasel Boards the House and Scares Rats in NH Farmhouse
In northern New Hampshire Ella Shannon Bowles recounts a tale from Our Dumb Animals about Mrs. Emerson keeping a weasel as a living rodent control. The animal dined on bread and doughnuts, then hunted rats, and remained until spring when it left for wilder quarters.
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Shannon Bowles
62 Business Firms Forc ed To The Wall
Montana saw 62 commercial failures in the first nine months of 1920, nearly matching the 65 for all of 1919, amid price swings freight rate hikes and money tightening. State manager Philip S. Rush notes national trend and crops and mining labor conditions influence local insolvencies.
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Butte
Montana
Philip S. Rush
R. G. Dunn & Company
United States
Canada
Woman survives brain bullet extraction after Wolf Point shooting
Martha Levitt, shot by Fred Stock, remains alive after surgeons remove a bullet embedded about three inches in her brain. She has remained conscious most of the time. Stock killed himself after the shooting. Levitt, around 30 and recently divorced, lived with her sister. Stock, 45 to 50, had pursued her despite threats and a denied marriage.
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Wolf Point
Martha Levitt
Fred Stock
Lavitt
Stock
Mel Jewett
Montana Copper Sent to New York by Steamship
The Hannawa steamship will leave Seattle on October 25 carrying 1 000 tons of copper from Anaconda Copper Mining at Great Falls to New York. The shipment marks a switch to Panama Canal routes to save freight, with per ton savings claimed at 5 to 6 dollars versus all-rail routes.
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Butte
Hannawa
Seattle
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
New York
B. H. Lang
Western
Panama Canal
Young Hunter Accident Leaves Boy Wounded
Winnett Armour Reynolds, ten, son of Mr and Mrs H N Reynolds on the Swift ranch north of town, was shot in the left breast by his seven year old brother during a play with a 22 rifle. The left lung was pierced. Dr Alexander treated him and said recovery possible.
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Hunter
Winnett—Armour Reynolds
H. N. Reynolds
Swift Ranch
Alexander
Butte County Loses First Class Status Over Valuation
Butte officials report Silver Bow County must drop from first to second class after tax rolls show an assessed valuation of 37,126,395. A 1919 law change set first class at 50,000,000, reducing salaries for county officers tied to class.
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Butte
Montana
Silver Bow County
Mausoleum Underway at Billings Municipal Cemetery
Billings Construction started work on a new mausoleum for Billings municipal cemetery featuring 330 crypts and a chapel with a marble altar for funeral services in bad weather. The structure will use concrete bronze and marble with nonflammable materials. Landscape work will begin soon to create expansive lawns.
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Billings
Billings Municipal Cemetery
Six Reed Point Men Guilty In Heron Slaughter Case
Six Reed Point men pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the migratory bird act by killing 122 herons on an island in the Yellowstone river. They were fined $139.29 per bird total and cited that the action was to protect trout, with birds found in the birds’ gullets.
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Reed Point
Yellowstone River
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Ag Naual
Weasel
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Emerson
Chicago
Minneapolis
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Trade Commission
Railroad Commission of
Lee Dennis
Dennis
State Board of Health
Heron
Montana Railroad Commission
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