17 May 1912
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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
1
The Anaconda Standard editorial notes weeks pass without a conference agreement between House and Senate on the Borah Jones three year homestead bill. Secretary Fisher protests, committee members waver, and disputes over cultivation requirements and a conservation amendment threaten passage as the session nears its close.
The St Louis Wood Trade Association urges growers to compete with foreign wool by proper preparation and honest contents. Emphasis on careful bundling and avoiding wool twine defects, plus compliance with state tagging laws to prevent fraud and protect seek profits for American wool producers.
The interior department issued a circular dated April 16 establishing rules to enlarge homesteads to 320 acres. Entrymen may add land under the enlarged act while maintaining residence and cultivation, with final proof due within seven years on the original entry. Cultivation required equals one eighth to one quarter of the added area, with adjustments if land overlaps original entry. Settlement rights on unsurveyed land cap at about 160 acres and extension of settlement to enlarged areas requires residence and cultivation for the full period after designation.
In a suburb quarrel over fences a commuter's wife condemns neighborly selfishness while praising Mr Brown. The discussion spirals into a mock legal view of fencing duties and social fairness as they argue ownership and rights.
A New York barber proclaims a young patron the nerviest man alive in a wry tale. The youth, after a neck shave, refuses to pay saying the act was trivial and not worth charging, highlighting his bold, developing nerve.
The tale centers on Forrest in Richard the Third where a misstep by a low comedian disrupted the scene by declaring Buckingham is taken at an wrong moment. Forrest showed restraint yet later, when the line recurred correctly, challenged the actor with a bold reminder that he had warned him before.
Fragmentary remarks discuss alienists and public misconceptions about mental health. The text mocks claims of painless treatment and notes confusion between medical roles and advertising slogans. It references dentists and the idea of pain in care, signaling a dialog on understandability.
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