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Library of Congress1911

Image 3 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), October 19, 1911

rd Parlor Stoves Crawford Parlor A genuine indirect draft stove with full return flue the smoke passes down between the firepot and the outside casing of the stove to a flue beneath the ashpan thence up and out through the back smoke pipe to the chimney giving more heat and burning j less coal The grate center slides for i ward for dumping Large clinker door wide deep ashpan dust damper nickel rails removable Four sizes Tropic Crawford With or with s out down draft back pipe Draw center grate Best stove made at the price crawtord parlor Nickel rails removable Crawford Wood Parlor in this new heating stove for wotd the front dcxir j swings open to give the effect of a fireplace By moving fi a slide in this door the fire can be seen without opening the door itself The slide openings are protected by wire gauze The main top swings to one side and underneath it is a large plate that lifts to admit large pieces of wood j This stove is madein both direct and indirect draft styles It is strongly made and very handsome Three sizes to burn 19 22 or 25 inch lengths

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Library of Congress1901

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 17, 1901

MYSTIC GRANGE FAIR Mystic Grange held their annual fair at Helmont Centre Oct 2nd The weather was not all that could be wished but quite a ovd was in attendance and a good time as enjoyed by all The awards of prem i in the various departments were made i follows CATTLE ie yoke three year old steers Everett nnell 1st Albert L Marriner 2nd Hoy Marriner 3rd ne yoke two year old steers Oscar kins 1st Herbert Donnell 2nd Jersey cows F L Batchelder 1st 2nd I 3rd ne heifer two year old W S Foss 1st i ne heifer one year old G W Marriner F L Batchelder 2nd ne line Jersey heifer two years old A onnell 1st also had four generations of sey cows and heifers DRAFT HORSES ii draft horse a nice drawing pair Geo gilt 1st POULTRY Leghorn chicks Everett Donnell 1st yniouth Bock chicks Howard Elms 1st nett 1 hmnell 2nd ekin ducks Carl Brewster 1st SHEEP AND SWINE est flock of lambs W S Foss 1st L F Vnwood 2nd Kamboiilett ram Oscar Shibles 1st uck Y S Foss 1st L IS Marriner Ernest Piper 3rd st flock sheep Ernest Piper 1st

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of Great Falls daily tribune (Great Falls, Mont.), September 6, 1919

ZONE POSTAL LAW REPEAL OPPOSED BY EDITORS HOLD BREEZY BANQUET Press Association to Name Advisory Board to Act With Faculty of Journalism School The Montana State Tress association now meeting in Great Palls favors the retention of the zone second class post age law which the organization last year at Miles City went on record as opposing To that end a committee was named to draft resolutions to be for warded to the Montana delegation in congress urging theni to work and vote against the repeal of the law The sub ject was brought before the convention by F M Tenney business manager of the ïrent Falls Leader who stated his belief that the vast majority of the men who last year were opposed to the measure had changed their minds and were now in favor of retaining it on the statute books Mr Tenney moved the appointment of a committee to draft resolutions opposing the repeal of the zone law and it was warmly seconded by M L Hutchens editor of the Mis soulian Mr Hütchens declared that the law had been of distinct advantage to the newspapers of Montana and the west and to the local newspapers in

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Library of Congress1914

Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), January 16, 1914

li _ Utkhma VOL XXVIII COLUMBIA LA FRIDAY JASNUAIY 16 1914 RANTITRUST LW S ARE FORMULATED PROGRAM FOR LEGISLATION OUT LINED BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE WILSON TO PASS UPON IT President Is Expected to Give Ap proval to Several Drastic Meas ures That Are Proposed Wentern Newspaper U nion Nw Srv WashingtonA general outline or tentative draft of the intitrust legis lation prepared by majority members of the house Committee on the Judi ciary fir action by the full committee subject to a conference with President Wilson has become known While members of the committee REF talked with the president some weeks on ago the proposed bills so far as known a me have not the administration stamp and which they will be discussed at a confer lation ence between the president and the and h committeemen The bills drafted af which ter conference between Chairman Clayton Carlin of Virginia Floyd of tABA Arkansas McCoy of New Jersey and L others cover these Three points 1 Interlocking directorates 2 Trade relations and prices 3 Injunction proceedings and dam T age suits by individuals In every case President Wilsons idea of providing penalties for indi west viduals as well as for corporations

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 17, 1905

Naval Strength of Argentina It is Absurdly Overrated The National Navy Yard Interesting Items Concern ing our Distant Sister Republic Special Correspondence of Tlie Journal Tigre Argentina July 1 1905 This queer little town where is the national navy yard of Argentina is about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres at the confluence of two riversthe Parana and Lujan Several torpedo boats and other small craft that make up the navy of the republic are always to be seen off shore It is diflicult to imagine how these boats could be of any use in case of emergency because the water is so shallowin many places barely two feet deep though fairly rough and with a very rapid current that no vessel with much draft could possibly be gotten out without a very slow and tedious trip up this branch of the Parana river to distant San Pedro and then down again by one of the main branches We are given to under stand however that the torpedo boats are maintained chiefly for the overaw ing of the neighboring republics and are expected to furnish more employ ment to painters than to gunners They are rarely ever in practice hut are

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 4, 1917

MAINE ITEMS j Bath Women Knit For U S S ManleyJ j Bath Me Sept 23 The women of Bath are taking great pride in knitting for the U S S Manley which leaves Bath early in October When the ship leaves here she will have on board 110 each of sweaters mufflers helmets wrist ers and twice that number of socks Many people will be interested to know that after equ ppingthe drafted men with the articles there are still remaining 46 sweaters 50 helmets 90 pairs of socks 89 pairs of wristers and 59 mufflers Even with this supply there is demand for many more More knitters are needed at once especially to make the sweaters Portland Diver Finds Ring Robert Chase of Portland deep sea diver packed up his diving suit and went down to Beauchmont Point dived into 24 feet of water and recovered a 3000 diamond ring which had been lost by Mrs Alexander Biddle of Philadelphia a couple of days ago while she was waiting on the wharf for the Rockland boat He was submerged only four minutes When the ring slipped from her finger she ac curately noted the place it hit the

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of Great Falls daily tribune (Great Falls, Mont.), September 6, 1919

GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE n U BOLE BdlUr S WARDEN UUlfW LEOVAJRD llOllBMI n niBHL lluaiw EDITORIAL PAGE MR WILSONS FIRST SPEECH President Wilson hit the nail squarely on the head when in his Columbus speech the first made on his swing around the circle he said that most of the derogatory statements made about the peace treaty were made by people who have not read it or who have read and did not under stand it It is a fact that the republican politi cians who have opposed the treaty and the league of nations have muddled the public mind in re gard to both of them at every possible opportun ity The presidents first speech was a clear and straightforward discussion of the issues at stake and they are tremendous The principal thought of the men who have devoted months of their time to drafting the treaty is to make Ger many repay in so far as it is humanly possible for the damage she has done for the terror she spread over the world for the blood she spilled for the homes she ravished for the industries she destroyed for the farms and the towns and the

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Library of Congress1921

Image 8 of The Glasgow courier (Glasgow, Mont.), May 13, 1921

r H S X New Millinery for Sports Wear Just received a shipment of Sport Hats These are just what you need to complete your Sports oufit We are also pleased to announce that we have Hose to match all our new shades in grey pumps SPECIAL Crochet cottons Coats and other standard makes on sale at 10 and 12 cents per ball Hosiery and Underwear Odd lots of hosiery and un derwear on sale at 25 percent off mpcuiim tyUQccdâCh I nc STATE COUNCIL AGRICULTURE Montana Farm and Livestock Inter ests United On Questions of Common Value Helena May 11Organization of a Montana Council of Agriculture through which farm and livestock in terests of the state can express them selves in a unitçd way on questions of commort interest was launched at the capitol in Helena Monday by repre sentatives of farm brççd and allied associations An executive committee of five was named to draft a consti j tution and bylaws and report back at a meeting that probably will be held at Helena next fair week George M Lewis of Manhattan secretary of the Montana Pure Bred Sheep Association is chairman of the committee and the other members

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Library of Congress1930

Image 2 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), November 28, 1930

The Wolf Point Herald A HOME NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED FRIDAY AT WOLF POINT COUNTY SEAT OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY MONTANA ESTABLISHED IN 1913 m Wi C B Marshall Associate Editor C L Marshall EditorManager SU STAINING MEMBER NATIONAL iiSf EDITORIA Official City Newspaper Official County Newspaper 110 19AO I ASSOCIATION 8200 PER YEAR IN MONTANA 82 60 OUTSIDE Full information Concerning Advertising and Subscription Rates Furnished on Request Subscription List Strictly Paid in Advance Exclusive in a A Valuable Advertising Medium Large Territory Including Parts of Three Counties Bnterod as seooadolass matter at the post office at Wolf Point Montana April 9 1918 under the Act of Maroh 3 1897 WISE CRACKS FROM The Coolidge bull market closed long ago but Cal still markets all of it he can write Some doctors say a draft cant cause a cold in the head but one of those overdraft things can bring on cold feet Perhaps Wouldnt it be great If the soft and sentimental boys who sing with their eyes closed would only try the idea on their mouths Another paradox Is that only by remaining a slave to art may one become its master Dumb Dora thinks it wonderful that the world

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Library of Congress1917

Image 1 of The City itemizer (Water Valley, Miss.), October 18, 1917

The City Itemizer Si A LEi Editor Devoted to the Interest of the Editor Exclusively11 100 Yees VOLUME 23 WATER VALLEY MISS OCTOBER 18 1917 NUMBER fco The Decay of American Man hood History records nothing so won derful as the development and pro gress of this great nation in the last hundred years Amerioan manhood is deoaying We are going down mentally and morally at a terrifying rate We have foes at home more deadly and destructive than our European enemies Davenport has shown that one in every hundred men is men tally defective insane epileptic habitually criminal or feeble minded Eeoent military examinations have brought out most appaling facts Major Orr a medical omoer of the regular army tells us that two to three out of every four appli cants for the army are rejected as physioally unfit Draft examinations show more than half our young men unfit for military training The examinations of the Life Extension Institute show only one man in a hundred wholly free from disease and physically fit The causes are many Among the most potent and direct are the saloon the brothel and the cigar ette These three evils are the greatest causes

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