Montana visit inspires editor Bruce's vivid travel letter
Marion Bruce of The Rolfe Arrow attended the National Editorial Association meeting in Montana, sending back lively scenes and candid observations. The piece highlights Montana’s vast scale, varied climate, rich resources, and the era’s political tensions including railroad and coal issues. Bruce’s letters promise a compelling, descriptive view of the state and its opportunities.
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Marion. Bruce
Rolfer Arrow
National Editorial Association
Montana
Pugh
Train wreck stunt planned at State Fair on Aug 26
Spectators will witness two trains collide at 60 mph as part of a staged wreck at the Town State Fair. Final plans announced for a genuine crash in front of the grand stand on Saturday the 26th. Trains are en route from Chicago and track work is under way at fair grounds for the one day event due to high costs.
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Harding
Ter
Grand Stand
Chicago
State Fair Grounds
The Wrong Saint
A child witnesses a boy with St Vitus dance and a joke about a boy named Riley. The story captures a Sunday morning misinterpretation of medical terms and a family reaction to the scene.
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Richard
Box
Tie
Ritecomb Riley
Fat Girls in His Office Allegations Stir Hiring Talk
A New York Sun report quotes a worker and a kind receptionist about a boss who allegedly refuses to hire anyone who does not appear fat and well cared for. The piece cites comments on the employer's stinginess and emphasis on a healthy appearance.
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Yous Wolk
Ein
New York Sun
A Day Dream Mishears Incoherent Bank Tale
The fragmentary dialogue shows a character Dube waite describing reckless actions in a bank and a tailor shop with references to a motor business and limousines. The misread phrasing and stray thoughts hint at a confused, surreal scene captured in a Birmingham Age Herald clipping.
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Dubewaite
Weste
Birmingham
Kerald
Silk Unreeling Machine May Cut Silk Costs
United States Commercial Attache H C MacLean reports from Rome that a new machine could mechanize the unreeling of raw silk, reducing labor costs. An Italian inventor and a new company hold the patents and plan production, potentially lowering silk prices to compete with cotton and linen.
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United States
H. C. MacLean
Rome
Italy
Penny Card Leads to Husband and Marriage
A business man advertised for a bookkeeper and a desperate job seeker spent her last cent on a postal card reply. He hired her after the note impressed him, and months later he proposed. She recalls spending a penny to mail the card and gaining a husband.
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Cath
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Engineering Triumph In Tunnel Improvements
Engineers enlarged busy railway tunnel bores without halting traffic by using 20 foot steel forms on moveable tracks and pneumatically blown concrete. The aim was 16 foot minimum tangent width 17 feet on curves and 22 feet headroom with reinforced concrete linings while trains up to 67 per day continued through.
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Traffc
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Reduced excursion fares to Des Moines and return announced
Reduced excursion fares in effect Aug 22 to Sept 1 1922 for Des Moines Iowa round trip. Fare based on live one third for round trip with minimum tax excursion fare of 1.00, usual half fare for children. Final return limit Sept 2 1922. Tickets and full information from Chicago North Western Railway agents.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago & North Western Railway
Sheriff’s Sale in Pocahontas County Iowa
Public notice states a special execution in a 1931 judgment to A. Colee against Inga Brock and W M Brock. It lists a one half undivided interest in the southeast quarter of Section 18 Township 93 Range 31 Pocahontas County and schedules sale to the highest bidder for cash at 2:39 PM on a August day in 1922 at the county courthouse front door.
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Pocahontas County
District Court
Iowa
A. Colee
Inga’ Brock
W.M. Brock
Court House
Inga Brock
W. MM. Brock
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