03 Apr 1914
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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
1
The piece notes calls from Wilson advisers for a national tour to explain the administration, while Wilson himself prefers staying in the White House. It contrasts his travel tendencies with Roosevelt Taft patterns of annual swings and public engagement.
Speaker Clarke dismissed a House inquiry into Ambassador Page’s remarks in London. He said a resolution to define U S foreign policy was not privileged since it sought opinions and conclusions. He noted there is no settled policy and questioned whether the State Department knows its current or future policy.
Leading House Democrats including Speaker Clark Leader Underwood and Representative Kitchin oppose Wilson’s stance on canal tolls in the Baltimore platform reversal. The White House notes divisions and signals a tighter rein from Wilson to press his position, testing whether the party platform or the president holds real control.
The next regular teachers examination will be held at Glasgow on Thursday Friday and Saturday April 30 May 1 and 2, beginning at 8 30 a m. Country Superintendent of Schools directs the event.
The Post Office plans an experimental parcel post system in several offices. Postmasters will gather willing farmers' names who will supply butter eggs and other farm products in retail quantities for home delivery. The aim is direct producer consumer relations reducing middlemen and cost of living.
Attorney General McReynolds is praised as a fixer who acts without new laws to dissolve trusts. His latest success involves an agreement to dissolve the New Haven railroad, while critics fear the process may be a soft dissolution or readjustment kept largely in corporate hands.
Fragmentary remark suggests a watch clock should run and, if it fails, be left with Miller for inspection or repair. The line conveys instruction rather than a full incident. Names and specifics are minimal in the readable text.
The government has tested Postal Savings Banks for three and a half years with mixed outcomes. By June 20 1914 deposits nationwide totaled 32 818 870 across 831 000 accounts. New York City private banks hold large sums, with Bowery Savings Bank alone over 100 million, prompting congressional remedies to raise deposit limits and curb government bank restrictions. Public preference leans toward private banks due to higher interest.
The article reports the engagement of Eleanor Roosevelt to Treasury Secretary McAdso, noting she is the president’s youngest favorite daughter. It mentions a forthcoming wedding date and a feature on the couple and the bride on another page.
A Kansas editor warned that if a man who was seen kissing the hired girl did not pay his paper bill by noon, his name would appear in the next issue. Reportedly thirteen different men settled their accounts before noon the following day.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces monthly examinations for stenographers and typewriters to meet department needs in Washington and other cities. Entry ages up to twenty, minimum skills, and yearly salaries are noted. examinations are held every month except December at principal U.S. cities with details available from the Civil Service Commission in Washington or district secretaries in major cities.
The page affair shows Washington leaning toward tolerating Ambassador Page's praise of the Panama Canal to the British. A proposal suggests teaching diplomats to be eloquent in appearance while restraint on public rhetoric remains.
A bill before Congress by a Florida statesman would deprive newspapers owned by public service firms of second class mail privileges. The country press would not be heavily affected now, but if enacted, city residents could lose access to newspapers quickly.
Jacob Scott Flegal died at his daughter's home twelve miles north of Saco on March 28. Born August 14 1834 in Clearfield County Pennsylvania he organized a Civil War company for the Union and later lived in western Dakota and Montana. He was married in 1864 to Margaret Shaw and leaves four sons and two daughters including Mrs. George Dickson and Lee Flegal. Funeral services were held at the house by Rev. Meredith and interment was in Glasgow.
John C. Taylor of Blaine County is named to assist Fallon County farmers under the extension service. The program uses federal state and county resources to employ field demonstrators for farm management, seed, livestock production, and diversification. Cooley, director of extension, notes collaboration with the USDA and State Experiment Station.
Several broke teams available near Saco three miles east of town. A quartet of four year old Percheron mares weighs about three thousand pounds. Contact R P Lolcomb for details.
The report notes Mrs. A Walsh is very ill while Mr. Walsh arrives with two loads of cows and heifers from Minnesota. Midlands traders auction horses from Spillers with Fjeldheim and Solheim among sellers. Distemper hits local horses. several owners plan spring plowing as moisture improves. Some settlers quit farming near 8S D and anticipate relocations.
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