Experiment Station Man to Aid Pure Seed Flax Distribution
B W Whitlock tours Sheridan Valley Blaine Phillips and Hill counties to assess seed supplies and seed quality. He will promote immediate even distribution of available seed and start pure seed flax plots for about 200 farmers, ensuring weed free disease resistant seed and proper planting methods for Montana conditions.
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Sheridan
Valley
Blaine
Phillips
Hill Counties
B. W. Whitlock
Havre
Whitlock
Montana Experiment Station
Montana
Saving old couple and their furnished home tale
A compact exchange depicts an elderly couple whose well kept house reflects their care. The wife asks her missing husband Joseph where he is, and he replies he is resting on the floor not the sofa. She discovers he rolled up the grand carpet to rest.
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Joseph
Man Who Smells of Cloves Lacks Conviction Courage
A remark frames a man described by his scent as lacking true nerve, implying his beliefs are not backed by courage. The line suggests social judgment of character based on scent and perceived resolve.
Heavy Losses in Meat Supply Plan for Two to Three Years
Professor C N Arnett warns that meat milk and wool supplies are at historic lows and will worsen. He urges immediate planning to expand roughages and reduce concentrates, promote alfalfa and clover, grow more corn and sunflowers for silage, and seed oats peas and mixed grains for hay. Root crops can bolster winter feed.
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Northwestern
Northwestern Dent
Minnesota 13
Treating Flax Seed to Halt Disease Spores
Montana flax growers face wilt and canker losses. Treat all flax seed with formaldehyde at one pint per 40 gallons of water to kill spores. Apply evenly, avoid caking, and let seed rest briefly before sowing to reduce disease impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sentry Duty Set for Will Gard at Woodbine Club House
Will Gard of Woodbine Iowa is assigned to guard the club house during the war. This appointment places Gard on duty to protect the premises and maintain security at the wartime facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gard
Woodbine
Iowa
Names Is Names. C. A. Finefrock at Port Clinton Ohio
C A Finefrock is identified by name and Residence Port Clinton Ohio in a terse entry. No further context or actions are provided.
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Names
C. A. Finefrock
Port Clinton
Ohio
Bridge grafting to save girdled Montana fruit trees
A wartime style bulletin urges immediate bridge grafting to save mice girdled fruit trees in Montana orchards. It details steps: trim to living tissue, notch bark, prepare cions from last year’s growth, insert, wax joints, apply sublimate wash, and secure with soft cotton string and waxed grafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
The Joe Miller Contest Ends In Oldest Joke Claim
Maurice Weiss of Helens cites a dated joke about an Irishman and three Chinamen jailed for drunkenness. In police court each Chinaman is named Ah Sin Ah Ching and Chang earning thirty days. The Irishman fears he will also receive thirty days.
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Maurice Weiss
Helens
Ah Sin
Ah Ching
Ah Chang
Montana Chick War Bulletin Urges More Poultry
The Montana Poultry Breeders Association issues a war bulletin urging households to raise more poultry to lower living costs. It advocates keeping hens, marketing surplus roosters, and hatching through May and June to boost meat supply. President Wilson links food production to wartime needs. The call is signed by J L Dorsh, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Poultry Breeders’ Association
J. L. Dors
Df Butte
American Poultry Association
State Agricultural College
Wilson
The World Will Whisper Praise Then Blame
A reflective line notes that public opinion sways with time and mood. It contrasts quiet praise with public blame, suggesting that fame fades as judgment shifts. The verse underscores the transient nature of worldly reputation.
Call of the Last West advertised land sale
Anaconda Copper Mining Company offers Western Montana lands for direct purchase with 10 yearly payments and fixed values by appraisers. Properties boast fertility, climate, moisture, growing seasons, mountain scenery, railway access, telegraph, schools, and upcoming electric power, marketed by Blackfoot Land Development Co in Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Western
Montana
Northwest
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
World News Briefs From Across the Globe
A condensed round of world notes reports value estimates of James J Hill estate at 51,179,896 dollars in St Paul. Diamonds worth 2,000,000 arriving from Holland. Navy enlistment of Daniel F. Houston, son of the secretary of agriculture. Vogel of New York submits last year’s relief salary. Brazil’s foreign minister supports US joint action in the war. US Army stock of horses and mules placed at 70,000 with 360,000 dollars needed in six months. Swiss president pleads with Wilson over wartime exports. New Jersey firms produce 10,000 uniforms daily for army and navy. New battleships gain self salting air systems. Tokyo reports Japan may send 300,000 men to Russia. Colonel Pellegrin, Joffre’s son in law, wounded at Nice. A soldier’s pay rise from 26 to 32 cents per unit last fall. American merchant ships pay high wages due to submarine danger. Wheat seeding underway in southern Alberta. Trench guns with periscopes ordered in Springfield. British flag raised at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Nebraska grants presidential voting rights to women. Winnipeg children abandon gum and movies for Red Cross. Chicago bread rises to 15 cents a loaf. Saloons lose licenses amid looming prohibition. Lincoln fire kills five children. mother and aunt escape. West Virginia council to require employment for men 16-60. Winnipeg police investigate Hadash plot after breakfast blast. New York March cigarette sales reach 2.5 billion. annual total projected at 35 billion. Smoking tobacco sales drop.
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St. Paul
James J. Hill
New York
Holland
Newport
Daniel F. Houston
Houston
United States
Vogel
Washington
Chicago
Switzerland
Wilson
Newark
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Western Union
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Paris
Nice
Pellegrin
Joffre
Sion
Calgary
Alberta
North Dakota
Minnesota
Springfield
Mass
Independence Hall
Omaha
Nebraska
Winnipeg
City Council Finance Committee
Boston
Lincoln
Charleston
West
State Council of Defense
Charles Hadash
Hadashville
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Tod Block
Great Falls
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Ot Springs
Bowmphiet
J. M. Reynolds
Dearborn Street
C. N. Arnett
Bozeman
Joe Miller
State Poultry Breeders
Wisconsin
Mr. Oldbach
Mr. Younghubby
Lil Uick
Bree Gopher
Leo Shapiro & Co., Inc
1St Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
March
Harold Somers
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
McMillan Fur & Wool Co
Minneapolis
Butte
Evep Job Farwell
Coreat Falls
Ana
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