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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1938

Page

6

Josephine Steamboat Redefined Montana Yellowstone Trade

The Josephine, built at Pittsburgh in 1873 for Grant Marsh and used by Coulson Packets, operates on the Yellowstone and Missouri. It carries troops and supplies, aids surveys, and endures ice and low water while shaping river navigation and commerce in 1870s to 1880s Montana.

Josephine Missouri Yellowstone River Sellowstone Montana Peetonians Seventh Cavalry Coulson Line Fort Benton South Dakota Yukon River Alaska America Josep la Barge Grant Marsh Yellowstone Pittsburgh Coulson Packet Company Marsh Northern Pacific Survey Party Seventh ‘Cavalry Baier G. A. Custer General Stanley Key West Mart Coulson Far West Abner Shaw Custer Terry U. S John ‘Todd Ohio Mississippi St. Louis Glendive Creek Todd Cow Island Carroll May Lowry Wolf Union Powder River Big Horn Pays Pillar Billings Canadian Northwest Territory Benton Canada I. G. Baker Baker Coulsons Bismarck Down River Dakota Prairies U. S. Army Crook Gibbon Army Rosebud E. H. Durfee Coulson Upper River Silver Lake Little Big Horn Northern Pacific Manitoba Joe Todd Sioux Coulson Packet Co J. Maratta Coulson Company T. C. Power W. H. Gould John Belk Co Packet Co Tosee Government Co Upper Missouri River Shonkin Marins Judith Rivers Jim Hill F. Y. Batchelor U.S River Press Rowe’s Island River and Avalon Sioux City

Red Lodge Officials Near Finish on WPA City Hall

Rapid progress on Red Lodge's uniquely designed WPA city hall a 26000 project. Since July the work has employed about 28 workers with 23082 spent to date and interior finishing remaining before transfer to city departments including the jail. The total cost will be under 10000 and features native stone timber quarried locally by WPA crews plus 4600 cubic feet of granite and cobblestone on the first floor garage and jail walls with peeled logs on the porch and a creme stucco second floor.

Red Lodge WPA

Montana Women mobilizing Army fights cancer statewide

The Montana section notes a women led mobilization by the American Society for the Control of Cancer. Led by Mrs. H. W. Peterson of Billings with national backing, the effort promotes early detection education and a 1 dollar enlistment in a statewide crusade spanning January to March with a culminating public enlistment in April.

Montana The American Society For the Control of Cancer H. W. Peterson Billings Marjorie B. Illig New York Peterson Ed Henrichs Troy Aubrey Knowles Anaconda H. G. Merkle Geraldine W. H. Bunney Belfry Darwin Harbicht Fort Peck Helen Tupper William Rendicker Chateau

Nail cutting superstition in Yorkshire child lore

An old Yorkshire superstition warns that cutting a child's nails in the first year will cause the child to grow up a thief. The belief appears in local sayings reflecting moral conduct and folk wisdom of the period.

Yorkshire England

Flying altitude efficiency range for plane operation

Tests show the most efficient average altitude lies between 5 000 and 6 000 feet for optimal aircraft operation.

Former State Auditor recounts mining congress fate

George P. Porter recalls being pressed into speaking at the 34th Spokane mining congress about a decade ago. He describes being summoned to fill in for absent speakers on Montana day and delivering a two hour talk on the blue sky law, then narrowly avoiding a repeat invite years later due to fear of tempting fate.

George P. Porter Spokane Mr. Porter Davenport Francis Thomson Idaho University Montana School of Mines University of Wacoton Montana Charley Muffley Broadwater County Montana Mining Association Butte Erickson A, P

Enlistment Goal Set for Educational Crusade in Montana

The campaign relies entirely on volunteers and seeks one enlistment per 100 people, or about $5370 for Montana. Literature on cancer and its control available by writing Commander Mrs. W. H. Peterson at 605 Lewis Avenue, Billings.

Montana W. H. Peterson Lewis Avenue Billings

Louis XIV Aimed Versailles to Create Wealth and Jobs

The statement notes that Louis XIV justified building Versailles as a way to provide employment for 30,000 workers over many years, highlighting the project’s economic and labor impact as a motive beyond prestige.

Louis XIV Great Palace Versailles

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