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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1943
Page
3
A bank robbery prompts a fast police chase after a robber escapes with cash. A cashier’s alarm rings as officers pursue the suspect down the avenue and a bystander directs responders toward the correct route. Camel cigarettes remain favored in military service stores and gift cartons to service members.
A conversation at a military camp turns on a mistaken recipe. The new maid asks how to announce meals while a sergeant comments on looks from an explosion. The camp cook reveals the recipe simply says add baking powder and heat, misheard as blasting powder and heat.
A classroom joke centers on a teacher and student debating arithmetic over berries priced at thirty cents per quart. The student claims his mother would pay about fifty cents, prompting the teacher to accuse poor arithmetic while the student retorts his mother outwits grocers.
A terse item notes a driver refusing to check or replace oil, after a hoarding incident in a garage. The scene captures tension over shortages and personal resource measures during hardship. A bystander narrator highlights a defiant stance and improvised behavior in a constrained economy.
A city boy and his dad describe a dramatic encounter as a large animal snorts and bellows, surprising them and prompting a discussion about fresh cows mentioned by a nearby farmer. The moment captures rural life and farm realities.
A daughter quips that her new partner is a major industry figure, while the father notes the man has been fired seven times, highlighting a sharp exchange within a family dialogue.
A brief humorous item notes a Scotchman taking his girl for a ride in a taxi. The joke centers on his eyes staying on the meter despite the beauty beside him and ends with a playful slogan about brains and heads.
A New York Bronx, a Tennessee, and a Waukegan airman died in a San Juan Harbor takeoff crash. They were buried together with a Protestant chaplain, a Catholic priest, and a rabbi officiating. The piece honors unity beyond religious differences and denounces bigotry.
A fragmented newspaper item reflects wartime hardship with lines on auto use, gas rationing, and public complaints. It mentions a dodo on a pier, heating rules, and a bleak summary about fuel shortages and limited gas supply affecting daily life and mobility.
Willy argues girls should ride street cars, as conductors hand out a ring with each fare. Tilly questions the plan and Willy explains the rings reward riders.
A humorous dialogue imagines a physician offering a medical check for five dollars and proposing a split of any found money, highlighting a light mischief between doctor and patient.
A playful exchange where a passenger asks how to find the field again while up in the clouds. The pilot jokes he follows the shape of the clouds to guide him back, a witty metaphor for navigation.
A sewing circle notices Pattern No 8278 for a juvenile jumper with a Peter Pan collar and puffed sleeves in sizes 2 to 12 years. The set includes a blouse and jumper plus a matching undergarment pattern, with fabric yardage estimates and order details.
The article offers practical home care tips: use plenty of suds and luke warm water for woolens, avoid rubbing, and air dry at moderate temperatures. It advises repairing worn pillow slips, choosing bleached finishes, and adding vinegar when boiling eggs in aluminum pans. It also covers cleaning felt hats, enhancing confections with salt, laundering delicate wraps, treating rain stains, and handling glue corks and shrinking draperies with color accents.
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