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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
4
B C Baldwin announces his candidacy for County Commissioner in Garlye on March 1 1912. He seeks a direct East Side voice and enters the race subject to the Republican county convention.
Department of the Interior Land Office notice states Levi Millison of Ismay Montana filed intent to make final proof for a homestead in section 28 township 10 north range 56 east M P Meridian. It lists witnesses William Fisher Jesse M Huston Eber A Heigh Harry B Millison and sets April 4 1912 as the date before U S Commissioner Leon C Hayes in Ismay Montana. A Kircher Register.
Department of the Interior notices William B Walsh of Westmore Montana who filed May 10 1910 for Homestead Entry 08917 claiming nw4, NK sw in Section 32 Township 7N Range 57TE M P Meridian to prove up land before W R Barber U S Commissioner Baker Montana on March 11 1912 Witnesses include Fred Livingood Harry Thayer Julia Higbee and Mr Higbee all of Westmore Montana.
Notice under Montana law states registration books for city town and school elections in Miles City and the towns of Terry and Baker close March 21 1912. School district registrations in Custer County close March 27 1912. Electors may register with the County Clerk or before a Justice of the Peace or Notary Public. O C Haynes County Clerk and Recorder, Custer County, Miles City Montana.
The article states aerial gun practice extends beyond light guns to rifles like the Springfield. It notes the Springfield rifle firing at 3 degrees elevation can reach 6,000 feet and would deflect any airplane attempting bomb dropping feats, presenting an effective defensive measure.
At a Lambs frolic Mr. Charlies Frohman delivered a neat creech and drew a loud tribute when the audience shouted Author as Augustus 14.m%s rose on his chair.
Wealthy Americans increasingly act on trusteeship of great fortunes to aid the public good. The piece notes California’s notable examples of donors who devote part of their possessions to common welfare and moral duty.
The article explains how ancient Greeks in Pergamus processed hides into parchment by depriving fat and moisture, rubbing with pumice, and forming a smooth surface. The term parchment derives from the city of origin and entered English as parchment.
Mdme Nrmedzu, age 28, wife of a farmer in Tdza province, Japan, reportedly the world’s youngest grandmother. She married at 18 and has a 15 year old daughter who married years ago and bore a son. her grandmother, aged 92, remains alive.
A boy consoles a worried child blaming himself for both big and small misfortunes in the house. The kindly minister notes the common belief that God is blamed, while the child laments being held responsible for everything that happens at home.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt captures a sharp exchange at a wedding rehearsal with a bride insisting on equal footing and quarreling over obedience to a groom named Emery, highlighting conflicting expectations and regional dialect.
A London Chronicle recounts a man down on his luck who sought heaven for a penny. He turned on a gas tap in a wet room but the gas ran out before he entered the mansion, leaving a penny in the house as the missed opportunity.
For the first time in SFPD history a Chinese man named Ah Chong was arrested on the street after allegedly snatching a watch. A bystander wrestled with him, recovering the timepiece before authorities booked him in at the city jail.
The navel orange first appeared in Bahia Brazil and was sent to Australia where it failed to thrive. Washington, D.C. botanical department sent slips to an orange grower in Los Angeles. The trees grew and bore fruit named the Washington navel orange in honor of the capital's department.
A plant called the flower of the air grows in Chili and Japan. It has no roots and does not fix to a rock. It twines around a dry tree or rock. Each shoot bears two or three flowers that are lily white, transparent, and odoriferous. It is reputed to be portable over long distances while suspended on a twig.
The Norwich board of guardians unanimously decided not to use the word pauper in any records or minutes. Mr Millington a farmer urged the change noting relief recipients are not at fault and the term stigmatizes clients and their children. he proposed substituting poor.
Chicago audience hears Ade mock pretentious speech and slang in a humorous dinner talk. He cautions against misusing I and me and the word gat while quizzing common phrases and urging precision in language. He notes refinements in speech and the private nature of personal usage versus public propriety.
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