Bill would penalize librarians, teachers for 'obscene' material
The House Judiciary Committee listened to testimony last week on a bill that would add penalties to school teachers for showing so-called "obscene" educational materials to students.
Montana history
Harmon’s Histories: Street urchin artist lamented clean city streets, universal education
“Cleaner streets and compulsory education” are to blame! The number of street urchins were getting “scarcer every year” and the president of the American Water Color Society, John George Brown, was very concerned that he couldn’t “find any more ragged boys to paint.”
Harmon's Histories: Blue Bear was THE 1960s teen hangout in Libby
“A jolly little blue bear, illuminated at night, sits above the main entrance inviting all to enter and enjoy themselves,” reported the Western News in Libby on September 23, 1948.
Harmon’s Histories: Snowbirds have long departed wintry Montana for warmer climes
It’s a birdwatcher’s paradise this time of year. The annual southern migration of the “Northern Snowbird” is underway to destinations like Palm Springs, California; Destin, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; and numerous locations in Mexico, Costa Rica and Hawaii. It's a longstanding phenomenon in these parts.
Harmon’s Histories: Amazon can’t compete with shopping from the 1932 Hardin Tribune-Herald
The Hardin Tribune-Herald of November 11, 1932 kept our fearless history columnist busy for hours, trying to order popcorn from Iowa, brides from San Francisco and predator exterminator capsules. What did he order? Read on ...