Community notes from Battrick mingle dances and daily life
Town news recounts New Year dance at Battrick, visits, travel to Sunburst field, and Christmas gatherings. It notes high school farewells, a hospital tooth operation, Masonic installation details, Legion orchestra talents, upcoming dances, and local business holiday bustle along with road work and a massive Guthrie-Riley steam shovel move in progress.
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Battrick
Casper Oien
Joe
Buell Reed
Cat Creek
Charlie Niswanger
Dora
Vernon
Legion
Fred Zringi
Gordon Campbell
Fort Benton
Wm. Metz
Alphretta
Beulah Kelly
Wesleyan U
Helena
Misss&mmaza Koetitz
Miss Koetitz
Philadelphia
Luther Clark
University of Montana
Hagstrom
Wildin
Attix
Ira B. Hedge
Forrest Charters
Frank McCartey
Legion Orchestra
North Road
St. Paul
Lewistown
Creamery Ad Tosts Louis Hanson
An old newspaper fragment touts Louis Hanson and a dairy offer. It mentions milk and cream quantities and a store or producer promotion, with emphasis on greem and local dairy goods.
Physical inspection of school children in Winnett and Cat Creek
All children in the Winnett and Cat Creek district have undergone physical inspection during the last three weeks. Arrangements have been made by Dr. Deal, county health officer, and inspections are to be carried on by Miss Frances Sullivan, county child welfare nurse. Tests will determine vision, hearing, dental decay, enlarged tonsils, or nasal obstructions and reports will be sent to parents. Children more than 7 percent under weight are considered malnourished and parents are advised on diet, exercise, and sleep.
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Winnett and
Cat Creek
Deal
Frances Sullivan
Ruined by His Bride
Booth Tarkington praised colored people saying they are a delightful race. A minister who married a young colored couple is asked how much he is owed. The bridegroom, captivated by his bride, declares the minister ruined him for life with such reverence.
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Booth Tarkington
Revend
Curious Evolution of Quotation Marks Across Typefaces
The piece traces how quotation marks originated in France and England, noting shifts between double parentheses the French way and inverted commas in English practice. It surveys tail directions in Ben Franklin and Bodoni styles, highlighting modern departures and the American typography standard.
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England
Theodore L. DeVinne
Literary Digest
Dr Shamon Eyes Specialist To Visit Lewistown
Lewistown eye expert Dr. Shamon will appear at Young's Hotel January 11 through noon January 12 for eye examinations. Get the facts about your eyes. With 81 years of experience he offers right glasses at reasonable prices.
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Shamon
Lewistown
Young's Hotel
Meadors Dinner Hosts Praise Cook Mrs Meadors
Mr and Mrs Paschal Meadors hosted a six oclock Christmas dinner at their Fergus County home. Guests included Mrs Skaags and her sons Joe Tom and Roy Mr and Mrs William Skaags and daughter Jamita Mr and Mrs Charles Skaags and son Robert Miss Hoffman Mr and Mrs Wm Wendt and two children Mr and Mrs Fred Beerman and son Phillip. The writer lauds Mrs Meadors as one of Fergus countys best cooks and Mr Meadors as well.
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Paschal Meadors
Skaags
Joe
Tom
Roy
William Skaags
Jamita
Charles Skaags
Robert
Hand Painted China for Sale at Montana Lumber and Hardware
Local ad invites shoppers to visit Montana Lumber and Hardware Co. to view and examine a selection of hand painted china now on sale.
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Montana Lumber & Hdw. Co
Safety First and the Stenographer’s Quiet Visits
A plain middle aged stenographer near the office hints at a wife who drops by occasionally. The observation suggests social routines shaping daily work life and personal presence in professional spaces.
Frugal to the End Whispered Deathbed Request
An elderly miser on her deathbed whispers to her daughter to “Flow out that stump of candle” so she may die in the dark, revealing her lifelong frugality in a final moment. The scene captures a moralizing anecdote about thrift and mortality.
Daily Thought on Life and Child Rearing
A pithy reflection notes that life is great but requires gentle humor with a child to keep peace until it rests, after which the care ends. The quote emphasizes patience and easing a child to sleep as part of caregiving.
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Temple
Excavation Finds on Crete Reveal Early European Civilization
Archaeologists uncover a vast palace at Knossos in Crete with a drainage system and evidence of an early European civilization. The fragment notes suggest sophisticated planning and organization in this Early Cretans era.
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Crete
Europe
Knossos
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L. A. Snyder
Omaha
W. R. Howard
A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. Engineers and Contractors
C. H. Anstett
Frank Gile
Frank
al Mead
Gile
Katherine Adam
Miss Hathaway
Adam
Garfield County
Gotfrid Johansson
Judge Trapp
Freddie Laird
Davis
Rev. Resor
Alice Wight
Wights
Woodworths
Jack
Jiggs
the Legion Orchestra
George Breckenridge
Russell Thompson
Horace Rinehart
C. A. Wilson
O. H. Houghton
Emma Koenitz
Sanderson Post
Louie Hanson
Dr. Shamon
Meadors
Patrick
R. & J. Clothing Co
D. Swift & CO
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
Liggett @ Myers Tobacco Co
Palace Merc Co
Che Terfield
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