Mrs Hjort Dies After Illness In Montana Home
Mrs Marie Hjort born in Faulun Sweden 1843 died Friday evening at 6 30 in her home near Saco Montana aged 78 years 19 days She came to America with her husband and two children about 33 years ago settling at Anowa Iowa then moved to Montana in 1914 Funeral was Monday at 10 conducted by Rev C E Auger Burial in Reitan cemetery 24 miles north of Saco Survived by husband and four children Anren Hijert Smithland A Fjort Saco Mrs A J Erickson and Miss Anna Fjort Omaha Algoister in Omaha Nebraska death notes mention faith in Lord.
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Marie Hjort
Faulun
Sweden
America
Anowa
Iowa
Montana
Hjort
C. EB. Auger
Reitan
Saco
Anren Hijert
Smithland Town
A. Fjort
A. J. Erickson
Anna Fjort
Algo Aister
Omaha
Nebraska
Saco High Debates Chinook at Saco
Saco high school debaters meet Chinook at Saco Friday evening January 6. The issue is Resolved that the United States should enact legislation rigidly excluding Japanese immigration. Chinook takes the affirmative and Saco the negative. Saco participants include Ruth Hunter Dorothy Garrison and Harry Malmin and all will give rebuttals.
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Saco High School
Saco
United States
Ruth Hunter
Dorothy Garrison
Harry Malmin
Plan Federal Probe of Retail Prices
Washington reports that Attorney General Daughtery ordered a nationwide investigation into retail prices of food fuel shoes and clothing. He instructed Burns to deploy agents to gather current retail prices and wholesale prices of corn wheat beef and meats to compare with retail levels and target anti competitive price fixing. He aims to lower prices through local and federal action, with Hoover invited to assist and publication of price comparisons to inform households.
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Washington
Daughtery
Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Secretar Hoover
Justice Department
Plan motor stage from Great Falls to White Sulphur Springs
Great Falls interests plan a daily motor stage service from Great Falls to White Sulphur Springs with stops at Milleran and Fort Leoan. Repair work on roads in Cascade and Meagher counties is noted as necessary before the project can be feasible.
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Great Falls
White Sulphur Springs
Milleran
Fort Loean
Cascade
Meagher
Michigan Agricultural College plans 225000 stadium for 50000
Detroit December 24 reports Michigan Agricultural College oragricultural college plans a monster athletic stadium costing 225000 to seat 50000. The facility aims to host intercollegiate sports and state fairs and cattle judging contests. Critics joke about tax money funding farming boys' sports ambitions.
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Detroit
Michigan Agricultural College i
Wolverine
Foch Thanks America in Cable Message of Greeting
Marshal Foch sent a message to the American people via United Press upon his arrival in Havre. He expressed a sympathetic welcome he cannot forget and called America a country of vast economic possibilities and infinite resources. He praised American resolve and noble sentiments and said he expresses unwavering affection.
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Havre
Marshall Foch
United Press
America
War brides on ship sing battle songs and hair pull aboard Cantigny
On the transport Cantigny returning 602 soldiers from the Rhine, 63 German wives and 12 French wives clashed in song and hair pulling. French women sang La Marseillaise, Germans answered with Wacht am Rhein, and officers briefly placed the combatants in the brig to restore order.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Amerca
Cantigny
Amsterdam
Brooklyn
Rhine
Officr
Charges and countercharges over Montana veterans welfare funds
Helena December 28. The board of examiners heard charges on the Montana veterans welfare commission. C E Pew urged buying about 9500 in welfare bonds to keep the commission operating. E G Toomey questioned expenditures claiming nearly 100000 spent to give 193000 to needy veterans and called for an audit before further funds are released. Attorney General Rankin pressed that bonds be purchased and blamed the examiners and warned against improper accounting.
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Helena
Veterans’ Welfare Commission of
Montana
Board of Examiners
C. E. Pew
State Commission
E. G. Toomey
State Railroad Commission
American Legion
Veterans’ Aid Organization
Rankin
Orthy
Silver Mine Discovered Near Windsor Hotel in Saco
A paying silver mine was found off First Street in Saco in the Windsor hotel basement ruins. Fire ashes hid silver dollars and coins until workers uncovered them last week. Claims have been staked and early investors report good returns, with the field reportedly large and durability uncertain.
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Fromt -Street
Saco
Old Windsor Hotel
Sunday School Christmas Entertainment at Methodist
The Methodist Sunday school presented a Christmas program to a full house with decorations a candy laden tree and Santa Claus distributing gifts. Every class participated in songs recitations drills and scenes pleasing all attendees.
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Methodist Sunday School
Santa Claus
Thompson’s Montana hunt hits nine mountain lions in season
Hamilton December 28 Nine mountain lions for the season are said to mark the hunting record of Lord Tompson of Hamilton who is employed by the federal government to destroy predatory animals. He has just returned to town with the ninth skin found near the Skalaho region.
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Hamilton
Lord Tompson
Thompson
Swearing In Own Home Deemed Legal by Judge
Police Judge Hardison ruled it legal to swear at home if quiet. Carrie Railstork’s disorderly conduct charge was dismissed after officers complained she swore fluently yet quietly. The judge said arrests for domestic swearing would curb personal liberties.
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Washington
Hardison
Carrie Railstork
Carrie
Start Dances Earlier to Improve Evening
A former plan to begin public dances at eight or eight thirty and end by midnight is urged. The writer notes current dancing runs from about ten to two thirty with four hours of activity and high costs. They argue earlier starts save money, avoid late work fatigue, and match other events.
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Jie
Global unrest and political upheaval in 1921 panics world
Reports from major capitals describe moves to curb sea armaments, Four Power arbitration aims, Irish issue settlement, Turkish Greek clashes, Albanian Yugoslav fighting subsiding, Portuguese regime change, German indemnity acceptance, Charles exiled, Russian famine toll rising, Moroccan Rift clashes, Hara assassination, Berlin revolt suppression, Moplah unrest in Bombay.
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Washington
London
Loyd George
Constantinople
Belgrade
Lisbon
Germany
Budapest
Charles Attemp
Charles
Moscow
Russia
Madrid
Morocco
New Era Planned for Milk River Valley Settlement
G. N. announces a new phase for the Milk River valley with 80 to 160 acre tracts to be offered to practical farmers at moderate prices on easy terms. The Upper Milk River Valley association based in Chinook backs the plan with Great Northern railroad agents aiding to start operations.
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Harlem
Milk River Valley
Upper
Plang
Irrigation landowners face repayment and work duties
A Maine style forecast warns that about 20 000 acres around Saco may owe the government for irrigation loans. Owners may pay three dollars per acre for twenty years plus annual water charges. The 1921 Milk River Valley report lists high per acre values for potatoes, garden truck, and corn as the best paying crops.
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Saco
Milk River Valley
Independent Sweepstakes Offers Swiss Watch Prize
The Saco Independent announces a subscription contest with a 15 jewel Swiss movement wrist watch as first prize and a handsome ring as second prize. Each new or renewing subscription earns 100 votes. entry runs January 1 to March 2 at 6 PM with no entry restrictions.
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Saco Independent
Education comes high but we must have it
Rural Farmer notes that the United States has rapidly expanded high school education from 500 schools in 1870 to 13 951 today. He cites 81 035 teachers funded by taxation and observes a shift from tuition funded by families to broad access for all students, with about two million youth entering high schools this year despite higher costs.
Dollar-a-day Worker Finds Oil Riches at Home
James Poteet of Simpson County Kentucky works for a dollar a day but his oil royalties boost his daily income to 51 dollars. He kept farming land paid for years ago and now earns from oil while paying his living costs with his daily wage. He is married with two children.
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Rich
James Poteet
Simpson County
Kentucky
Poteet
Advice to Foolish Wives by Miss Dupont
A cheeky advice column warns wives about marriage dynamics. It argues husbands stay in a boyish phase, urges kindness, and discourages snooping. It advises to believe small lies about Lodge meetings and to let unverified truths slide.
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Miss Dupont
Taffy
Thirteen Years Travel Letter From Aberdeen Reaches Webster
A letter mailed February 10, 1908 by Mrs. J S Goodmanson, widow of Dr J Goodmanson, to Mrs H C Tegtmeir of Webster fifty miles southeast, arrived December 2 1921 with a December 1 1921 Aberdeen postmark. Local postal authorities conduct an investigation.
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Aberdeen
S. D
J. S. Goodmanson
J. Goodmanson
H. C. Tegtmeir
Webster
Webstr
United States Signs Final Peace Treaty With Hungary
Washington reports the United States is at peace with all nations after finalizing the treaty with Hungary. Ratifications were exchanged and messages cabled from Budapest confirming the accord, following similar pacts with Germany and Austria.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Hugh Grant-Smith
America
Budapest
Germany
Austria
State buys Montana bonds as year starts
In Helena J. W. Rogers says the state uses land office funds to buy nearly all county and school district bonds offered in Montana. At year start the state held 366000 in interstae securities, with plans to expand purchases.
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Helena
Montana
J. W. Rogers
Butte
Bozeman
Charles de Land
de Long
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Robert Case
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Agricultural Department
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