Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress attracts global interest
Six hundred delegates attend the third Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress in Cheyenne. The event draws railroads, agricultural implement makers, and representatives from Russia Turkey the Transvaal Brazil Mexico Australia and Canada. Foreign officials plan future participation while Montana prepares for a Billings meeting to showcase opportunities and attract homeseekers and investors.
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Cheyenne
Russia
Turkey
South African
Transvaal
Brazil
Mexico
Australia
Canada
Choice of Hercules Inspires Pursuit of Virtue
A mythic teaching recounts Hercules choosing Virtue over Pleasure, leading a life of self denial, toil, and strength. The tale links his steadfast virtue to divine favor and crowns him among the gods, urging readers to follow Virtue as the hero did.
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Hercules
Pluto
Mt. Oetna
Trade Conditions and Weather Affecting Retail Trade
The article notes expansion in dry goods and agricultural trades but widespread uncertainty from price cuts in iron and metal markets, weak securities, and tariff revisions. Bad country roads and weather slow farm deliveries, dampening retail activity and making year over year comparisons less favorable than anticipated.
Wells Seeks Steady Course in Sheriff Role Facing Laws
Sheriff Wells, a nine year Montana resident with deep ties in Miles City, defends strict enforcement of gambling and cattle statutes. He notes public debate but vows to uphold duties and continue enforcing laws as he serves his term.
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Texas
Miles City
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
Ismay
Wells
Avery
Heriff Wells
Montana
The Gentle Drummond on Burns the Ploughman Poet
ARLYLE praised Burns as Europe’s true gentleman, a ploughman poet who loved all creatures and could enter any circle from his Ayrshire cottage. The idea of gentleness defines action and character, contrasting ungentle souls with loving conduct.
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Arlyle
Burns
Europe
The
Ayr
Montana Legislature Debates Whipping Post Bill Provisions
The article notes a bill introduced in the Montana legislature described as a whipping post measure. It generated notoriety for its author, seen by many as a freak proposal, and drew attention during the recent session.
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Montana
Whipping Provisions for Domestic Abuse and Vagrancy Offenses
Section 1 imposes whipping as an added punishment for husbands who assault their wives and for vagrants who live on earnings of fallen women. Whipping ranges from 10 to 30 lashes after outer clothing removal and is to be carried out by county sheriffs, constables, or city police within the local jail.
Norris and Roosevelt RATH Deep Purple Wrath
Butte Evening News argues against wasteful grabs of Montana resources. It warns that control of water coal timber means owning the state and its people, stressing the danger from those who seize forests fields and mines for profit and power.
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Montana
Butte Evening News
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F. P. Reiley
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