There is something rotten in America
An editorial cites profiteering and price hikes in sugar and clothing as evidence of systemic greed. It blames eastern speculators, calls for Congress and the Justice Department action, and argues local merchants bear little fault while middlemen inflate costs. It echoes the Hamlet line to underscore widespread waste.
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Hamlet
Prince of
Denmark
America
H. c
Cuba
Board of Equalization
Congress
Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
National Wool Growers’ Association
H. B. King
National Clothiers’ Association
Chicago
East
Far East
Department of Justice
Editor Berg and Fergus Oil Fight in Fergus County
The Winnett Times editor opposes Lewistown as the oil development hub while Grass Range and Winnett stake strong claims. A Democratic map draws debate as Grass Range and Winnett clash with Fergus county seat ambitions. The countywide dispute promises a loud, public contest.
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Berg
Winnett Times
Lewistown
Grass Range
Winnett
Democrat-News
Fergus
West Siders
County to Distribute Canadian Seed Wheat to Farmers
The county commissioners received two carloads of wheat from Canada this week to be distributed as seed wheat among local farmers. Priced at $3.37 per bushel, this rate is above former seed wheat prices, with elevators statewide coordinating distribution under the commissioners' arrangement.
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Canada
Argus
Basket Social and Dance at Three Buttes School
A basket social and dance will be held at Three Buttes School on Saturday evening February 7 to raise funds for an extra month of school. Everyone is invited for a good time.
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Three Buttes School
Wellman Sues Stone-Ordean-Wells Over Damages Claim
Walter R. Wellman, Grass Range merchant, sues Stone-Ordean-Wells for 1150 actual and 1000 exemplary damages. He says in May 1918 the defendant sued him in Cascade county, he paid the judgment amount, but the defendant had a default entered and obtained a 62.05 judgment recorded in Fergus county. He alleges repeated requests to satisfy the record were ignored, harming his credit and business reputation and leading to attorney costs totaling 8150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Wellman
Stone-Ordean- Wells Company
Cascade County
Fergus County
McConochie, Greene & McKenna
Local Farmers Eye Spring Planting After Misfires
H. H. Schwartz and Ira Ben der, holding north of town, have invested heavily in crops the past two years but faced disappointments. They plan another spring planting, hoping for a large harvest with public support.
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H. H. Schwartz
Ira Bender
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Fergus Hotel
Berlin
Grain Growers Elev. Co. Store
Richard Winger
Frank C. Laird
Tom L. Flemming
Depot
W. S. Smith
Big
Cash
Kash Kounts
W. S. Smith’s
East Main St
Gigham
Grass’ Range Rebiefs
J. M. Vrooman & Son, Proprietors
Basket
Wellman
Stone-Ordean-Wells
Henry Newman
First National Bank
Coyotes
Mink
Fourth and Main, Lewistown, Mont
K. E. Hoddes
Sharples
Per el
Purdue
Judith Hardware Company
Lewistown, Montana
A. M. Knight
Dentist State Bank Building
Grass
Pioneer Implement & Auto Co
Ford Agency
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