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montana historical society; helena, mt

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Library of Congress1963

Image 2 of The Sidney herald (Sidney, Mont.), October 16, 1963

NewspaperPeople Affinity By Rosecoe Drummond More Americans are reading newspa pers more thoroughly than ever before There must be a reason Despite the decline in the total num ber of newspapers total newspaper cir culation in the United States today is at an alltime high There must be a reason The reason must have something to do with newspapersand people There is a special affinity between them between newspapers and people People must feel a great identity of interest with their own newspapers One of the reasons may well be that the printed word requires more of its read ers than any other media Readers get more out of newspapers because they put more of themselvesmore of their own thinkinginto their newspapers I do not speak disparagingly of other news media quite the opposite I think that radio and television reporting is a tremendous boon to our democracy Radio and television reporting greatly expands the surface of public know ledge In my judgement most newspapers greatly expand the depth of public know ledge Dictator Diem The latest clear act of dictatorship in South Vietnam where American boys are being asked to die fighting for the regime is the imposition of

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Library of Congress1963

Image 3 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), March 8, 1963

MONA NEWS A wedding shower was held at the Mona Hall Monday evening for Mr and Mrs Cliff Sowle A social hour was enjoyed the newly weds opei ed their gifts and lunch was served Mr and Mrs Calvin Steppler and ilj were Sidney shoppers Wed nesday and attended church that evening in Sidney Mr and Mrs Henry Miller were business callers in Sidney Monday Birthday dinner guests of the Harold Martin family Sunday were Mr and Mrs Roy Farr and fam ily Mr and Mrs Glenn Danielson i family and Moreen Taylor all of Kan view Clifford Martin from Sidney Mike Qualley of Lambert and Ellis Spencer of Seeley Lake Mi and M rs Buck Walder and family of Glendive Duane was celebrating his fourteenth birth day Spencer took his wife to Culbertson Thursday evening t tch the train home to Seeley Lake Ellis remained to attend to ome business matters Fosss Sowles George Fisher Y tgi 1 Cornclious and Henry Miller put up ice from the river on Thurs The Calvin Steppler family and Clara Steppler attended church in Sidney Sunday and the G Iden Wedding Anniversary at i Elmdale Hall in honor of Mr and Mrs Aldo

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Library of Congress1963

Image 3 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), February 8, 1963

MORLEY WP NATIVE WINS j AVIATION HONOR STUTTGART GERMANYLieu A Morley Jr mother Mrs Evelyn F Morley resides at 429 Dawson Street Wolf Point joined a select group this week when he was I irded the Master Aviation Badge by Seventh Army Chief of ff Brigadier General Selwyn D Smith Jr A veteran Army aviator Colon el Morley has accumulated up wards to 5000 hours flying time nc earning his wings at Shcp I Fa Id Texas in March 1946 Minimum standards for the I id are 15 years on active flight atm 3000 hours flying time a irrent pecial instrument certifi ate and dual qualification in ro tary and fixed wing aircraft nel Money 43 Chief Avia ifety and Training Division v 4th Army Aviation Section ooth types uuring the Korean diet when he logged 61 mis on with the 25th Division A veteran of World War 11 he ticipdted in five major cam gn both as an enlisted man nd officer They included the Papuan Campaign New Guinea uth Philippines Luzon and Bis ck Archapelego where he earn 1 the Silver Star Bronze Star nd Purple Heart Morley also the Air Medal with one Oak CI i in

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Library of Congress1963

Image 5 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), February 1, 1963

FARM NEWS BY PHILLIP E OLMSTEAD McCone County Extension Agent Communications School to Be Held On Feb 11 and 12 in the MeI morial building in Circle we are mg to offer a school on Com munications This is something new in educa n Wt all communicate with h other by voice hand or ex pression Many times we try to get a point n ross nJy to find that we still are not being understood This Communications school is unusual in that it locates our every day breakdown in Communica i We have room for about 30 in i twoday school which will be anted by Burl Winchester As ai Director and Art Jacobs Extension Supervisor We invite those of you who would like to learn how to Com municate with people better If interested let me know by Fcti i so we can have enough table space lined up Sawtana Good for Sawfly S wtma wheat is a newly re mmended solid stem wheat re sistant to Sawfly damage It has the following character II Sawfly resistant late matur ing with good yields under favor able conditions It medium tall in height beard th good milling and baking

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Library of Congress1963

Image 3 of The Poplar standard (Poplar, Mont.), January 25, 1963

Poplar Montana Ihe Poplar Standard Friday January 25 19G3 3 THE POPLAR STANDARD Newspaper Advertising DOESNT INTRUDE It Goes Where It Is Invited PEOPLE BUY NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE THEY WANT ALL THE NEWS They are as much interested in the advertising columns as the news columns because adveitising is the news of what is avail able in goods and services at the stores they know There are no gadgets to turn off the advertising in news papers Nobody wants it turned off Every survey ever made shows that people prefer to have the newspaper they buy contain adveitising because the Advertising Is News The newspaper is there all day and far into the night It is there for the whole family to read And They Do It is there to be read at the time and under the circumstances When the reader asks to be informed It is there for the house wife to tear out the ads and take them with her when she shops And She Does There are no dials to turn on There is no problem of turning the dial at just the right time There is never a question about whether the advertisers message gets to

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Library of Congress1962

Image 10 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), October 18, 1962

10 Hardin TribunaHarald Hardin Montana Thursday October 18 1962 LEGAL NOTICES IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BIG HORN BROWN S OIL AND GAS COM PANY a corporation Plaintiffs vs HOUSER HOME CENTER a corp oration GLEN SPERLINE an in dividual doing business as SPER LINE ELECTRIt the unknown heirs devisees legatees assignees and creditors of any person who may be deceased the unknown owners the unknown successors assignees creditors stockholders members liquidating agents of any business association or corpor ation which may have liquidated dissolved or ceased to exist and all other persons unknown claim ing or who might claim any right title estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Com plaint or any part thereof adverse to plaintiffs ownership or any cloud upon plaintiffs title thereto whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent in cluding any claim or possible claim of dower inchoate or accrued Defendents SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND ANTS AND TO ALL OTHER PER SONS UNKNOWN GREETING You are hereby summoned to answer

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of The Glacier reporter (Browning, Mont.), February 15, 1962

THE GLACIER REPORTER Official Paper for th Town of Browning and the Blackfret Indian Nation Published at Browning MonUn every Thursday Entered m clms mailing matter at the Port Office Browning Montana under the Art of March 3 I7 NATION Al EDITORIAL I QOOOOOO I a ououo 6 i I QOOOO I BL ryninirn H THE AMERICAN WAY J X vtoteav stats c r RW A Most Sensible Question HOUSE UNAMERICAN COMMITTEE IS PRODUCTIVE From Life Linos The Mistaken haters of freedom would dearly love to destroy the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities This committee has done much to give the American people the knowledge of communism they must have in order to formulate sound laws and principles to protect themselves against this deadly enemy of all they hold dear This committee has distributed to the American people more than six and onehalf million copies of hearings dealing with the commumat menace These documents have been the product of intensive research and investigation They have resulted from the information developed from questioning more than thirtyfive hun dred key witnesses who have testified before the Committee Since knowledge of communism is the fundamental tool for the defeat of communism the amassing

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Library of Congress1961

Image 1 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), October 19, 1961

w f VOL 54 NO 42 Denny elected president of state School Boards Sam Denny chairman of the Board of Trustees of School Dis trict 17H since 1953 was elected president of the Montana School Board association at the annual convention of that organization in Havre last Friday and Saturday Denny was vice president of the group the past year When he completes his current term next spring he will have a record of 15 years of service on the local School Board He says he has only missed a meeting or two of the state association since that tmei Last May he was Mon tanas delegate to the convention of the National School Board as sociation in Philadelphia The new state president has been active in many other community affairs in Big Horn county He is Jbl Sam Denny a director of the Big Horn Soil Conservation district and the Fed eral Land Banks Wyola district He is also currently a member of the Federal Home administra tion committee and is a past ASC committeeman He is also a Past Master of Sts John Lodge No 92 A F and A M Mr and Mrs Denny returned Sunday from

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of The Sidney herald (Sidney, Mont.), October 18, 1961

She Sid neu Sderuid V A CORPORATION LEO N SCHWARTZ EdltorPublisliei OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA t W STATE PRESS NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASpC0TI S N AFFILIATE MEMBFR Entered at the Postoffice at Sidney Montana as Second Class Matter March 13 1908 under the Act of March 3 1879 Published Every Wednesday at Sidney Richland County Montana SUBSCRIPTION RATES RichlandMcKenzie Counties 300 a year 350 a year in Montana 400 a year outside Montana Single Copies 10c Foreign Countries 500 NEWSPAPER WEEK OCTOBER 1522 Your Newspaper Heritage of Truth Frontier of Free dom is the theme this week as it is Annual Newspaper Week October 1522 How do you measure your home town newspaper Is it by the number of errors you find the number of stories that please just you the ease of reading by good printing the advertisements or do you just like or dislike your home town newspaper for no particular reason There are many good reasons for liking your home town paper And whether you think it is good or not your paper will never have the chance to improve if the people and the merchants fail to understand that every issue is printed with utmost

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Library of Congress1961

Image 4 of The People's voice (Helena, Mont.), September 22, 1961

_ T I r I O I i INDEPENDENT 5 J 1 n _ irr r MONTANAS ONLYSTATEWIDE INDI 3 Searching for solutions to our social and economic problems in a manner that will meet the needs of our times bringing in formation and comprehensive coverage to readers on subjects vital to the general welfare The great dream of the founders of America was freedom Free dom from want fear from oppression and the most important to any free nation freedom of expression through the spoken and the written word Over the centuries the struggle to maintain these freedoms has gone on Financial Suppor VOICE Comes Fi Sources Even in America there have been times when freedom of expres sion has been hazardous In America freedom of expression through newspapers has been hampered by commercialismthrottling discussion of controversial sub jects through demands of advertisers and through outright ownership of the newspapers About 22 years ago in Montana there were many people who deplored the newspaper control in the state They decided to do some thing about it so they organized a cooperative corporation for the purpose of publishing a weekly newspaper Their dream of freedom was as deep rooted as

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Library of Congress1961

Image 7 of St. Ignatius post (St. Ignatius, Mont.), August 10, 1961

Dixon Mrs A C Paul and daugh ters attended the wedding of her niece in Missoula Saturday Mr and Mrs Gene Pitts and family attended the Great Falls fair last week Mrs Tom Carter of Spokane Babe Ruths have B2 season In its final game of the sea son the Mission Babe Ruth team won over Dixon by a 133 score Tom Orr with a single and a double drove in three runs while Gary Blackman with a homerun drove in two runs The locals ended with an 82 record for the season New records were made by Gary Blackman in the R 81 department as he knocked in 21 to break a record that had stood since 1957 Gary also set a rec ord with three homeruns and by striking out 57 opponents knock ed the old record of 46 set by Merle Matt in 1955 by the way side Gary tied with Alvin Mc Lure for the record of hitting six doubles Steve Atkin swiped 17 bases to establish a new record in that department Missing from Next years team will be Gary Black man Gene Sorrell Raymond Cordier and Larry Bicha The final statistics are as fol

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Library of Congress1958

Image 4 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), October 30, 1958

4 Hardin TribuneHerald Hardin Montana Thursday October 30 1958 Industries Corp Buys Newspaper The sale of the Flathead Courier Inc to Treasure State Industries Inc of Butte was announced today by Mildred H Murphy corporation president and editor of tne week ly newspaper for the past 21 years We are particularly happy to sell the newspaper and the busi ness to Treasure state Industries Mrs Murphy said since this a stateowned corporation committed to the Industrial and business growth of the state which will di rectly benefit this community in which our paper has played such a part throughout the years In Butte J J McCaffery presi dent of the 15million dollar cor poration that was founded last Feb ruary said Treasure State Indus tries was created to assemble risk and venture capital to expand worthwhile state industries basic to the states economy It Is the feeling of our board of directors that the expansion of the weekly newspapers in Montana is vital and we are especially aware of the growth possibilities in the Polson and Flathead areas We feel that the industrial and recreational facilities will expand rapidly in the immediate years ahead and it is for that reason

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Library of Congress1958

Image 2 of The Sidney herald (Sidney, Mont.), October 29, 1958

She Sidney Sderafhd A CORPORATION LEO N SCHWARTZ Mgr OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RICHLAND COUNTY MONTANA nintii HATiON Ai OITOIIAI Entered at the Postoffice at Sidney Montana as Second Class Matter March 13 1908 under the Act of March 3 1ST9 Published Every WedoesfUy at Sidney Richland County Montana SUBSCRIPTION RATES RichlandMcKencie Counties 399 a year 89 a year in Montana 400 a year Mftnide Meotana Single Cepies 19c Foreign Countries 599 Advertisers Help It is not often that we ask favors of our readers but heres one you can do for us Every time you buy from an advertiser in the Sidney Herald mention the fact that you saw the article purchased advertised in this newspaper As most readers understand the income of a newspaper is twofold from the subscribers and from the advertisers Naturally the way to satisfy readers is to publish as fine newspaper as possible and the extent of any newspapers news coverage depends to a large degree upon the amount of advertising carried The advertiser who buys space in a newspaper for the purpose of promoting his sales will be more inclined to con tinue his advertising if he gets definite proof that it brings results

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Library of Congress1957

Image 4 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), October 4, 1957

Harlem Rod and Gun Club Plan Extermination Campaign The Harlem Rod and Gun club is planning to initiate a new pro gram in the extermination of mag pies and skunks this year accord ing to Frank McCollum Bob Thron son Cully Dolven and Frank Or lando It has been noted that this year the skunks and magpie popu lation is quite high and they have been doing a great deal of damage to pleasant and duck eggs mak ing the count of those birds very low So if these predators want eggs the Harlem club plans to give them a real feast In order for the pro posed program to work the aid and assistance of farmers and ranch ers is requested Country people having an extra dozen or so of eggs are asked to bring them in to Dons Pharmacy of the Harlem Dry Cleaners and receive in ex change the same amount of treated eggs which contain a poison These are then to be placed in the farm farm or ranch vicinity in ditches culverts or any place that skunks or magpies might inhabit The poi soned eggs will be colored with a dash of paint so that

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Library of Congress1957

Image 8 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), September 19, 1957

Bulldogs Upset Custer County Cowboys 126 Hardin Scores Two IDs in Third Period To Overcome Halftime Deficit The Hardin Bulldogs pulled the first big upset of the season in the Little Ten by downing the highly rated Custer County cowboys 120 on the Hardin field Friday night Mlles City left the field at half time with a 60 lead but the fight ing Bulldog eleven came roaring back in the third quarter to push across two touchdowns The fired up Hardin team spotted the big Custer team between 30 and 40 pounds a man but outplayed and outfought the heavy opposition es pecially in the third quarter to ac count for the win Although a few Hardin players were especially outstanding the win would have to be termed a team victory as the entire Bulldog squad played a beautiful brand of ball The Hardin line did a tremendous job in bottling up the Mlles City running game and gave the pass er little time to pick out a receiver The Hardin backfield both offens ively and defensively were equally outstanding as they covered the Custer receivers well and backed up the line on defense and ran with power and speed

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Library of Congress1956

Image 17 of The Sidney herald (Sidney, Mont.), October 4, 1956

Oct 5 Is Last Day for Acreage Reserve Signup Montana wheat growers were reminded this week that Friday October 5 is the last day they may sign agreements to partici pate in the 1957 Acreage Re serve program The reminder was offered by Leo S Kolstad State Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion administrative officer as he pointed out that October 5 is the end of the twoweek extension made by USDA to give farmers more opportunity to learn about the program and sign agreements Farmers who will grow only spring wheat in 1957 or who have normally planted spring wheat will have an opportunity to sign agreements before spring plant ing time Any producer who has a regu lar wheat acreage allotment Is eligible to take part in the Acre age Reserve program Kolstad explains Payment will be earn ed by reducing the wheat acre age below the 1957 allotment in accordance with terms of the agreement The acreage reserv ed from wheat production may not be cropped or grazed during the period of the agreement which will be from the date of signing or January 1 1957 whichever is earlier through December 31 1957 Although agreements are calendar

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Library of Congress1956

Image 10 of The Hardin tribune-herald (Hardin, Mont.), October 4, 1956

10 Hardin TribuneHerald Hardin Montana Thursday October 4 1956 OnraEiRTV rTT 1 XWMB O3 Published every Thursday and entered April 4 1952 at the Postoffice at Har din Montana for transmission through the mails as secondclass matter under the act of Congress March 3 1879 EDITORIAL Why National Newspaper Week National Newspaper Week is being observed nationwide October 1 to 8 The following article written by John B Long general manager of the California Newspaper Publishers association and founder of National Newspaper Week explains the founding of and the signifi cance of the annual observance Whv National Newspaper Week The answer to this question which is raised every year goes back to the depths of the notorious depression oi the early 30 s in the United States During those harrowing days the free press ot America was made the whipping boy of prominent men and women in high government positions We were dubbed capitalistic press with a sneer ing snarl of degrading connotation These same impor tant officials kept telling the people the nation s editors were owned and controlled by the big advertisers and editorial policies of American Newspapers were dic tated from the counting room Public confidence and

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Library of Congress1956

Image 2 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), May 4, 1956

The Harlem News JOHNSONS PUBLISHERS Frank R Norberg Editor NeR Johnson Manager Maxine Johnson SecyTreai Ulate Iitil as secondclass matter at the post office at Harlem Montana July 13 1908 under the Act of March 9 1879 Nail ON A L EDITORIAL J A S C 3 T N VTATE PREsWi rns433CHiniH SUBSCRIPTION PRICES One year in county 300 Six months 175 One year outside county _ 359 Six months 200 One year in Canada 450 Payable in Advance Just Along for the Ride Most merchants of a town are interested in seeing their town expand Yet it is surprising to see the number of merchants who deliberately stop a town from expanding They do this indirect Ay of course They do not realize what they are doing I have long maintained that a town that is filled with alert aggressive businessmen is a town that will progress and expand lit cant miss These businessmen never miss an opportunity to Wiring about this expansion They exploit their town and their businesses They do this mainly by advertising in their local newspaper because they realize this will not only help them di rectly but will aid them more indirectlyby having a

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