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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
7
A wartime switch to balata baseballs stirs debate among players and writers. Tigers star Roger Cramer recalls deadening myths while comparing historic sluggers like Home Run Baker and Ty Cobb. The piece traces ball evolution, hitting trends, and attendance spikes tied to more homers.
The piece contrasts Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth's influences on the game from scientific small-ball tactics to Ruth’s power hitting. It discusses how the shift to home runs changed strategies, scoring, and player roles, noting the era’s potential return to low scoring and faster, defensively focused play.
A fossil claimed as the oldest horse at about 45 million years is 11 inches long and was uncovered 40 years ago in Wyoming. It now resides in Amherst’s museum and is described as very ancient in scientific accounts.
A sequence of questions covers incendiary bomb weight lightest ship by material compare steel and wood ships definition apostate will o the wisp chinook twin US city names same weight unit foot pound nadir rattlesnake countries and the cruiser nicknamed one man fleet.
A compact quiz presents questions and answers across multiple topics. It tests knowledge on science history literature and general trivia with concise explanations and key facts highlighted for quick learning.
The notice describes a child’s bolero dress with heart shaped neck lauge pockets and bow tied belt. Pattern No. 8207c available in sizes 3 through 8 years. Size 4 bolero and dress require 214 yards 35 inch material and 4 yards ruck rack.
The article traces perfume history from ancient times noting perfume as essential in baths and femininity. It explains rose and violet oils sourced in France Italy and the Balkans with vast harvests and costly methods, citing 3 500 000 roses per quart and 25 tons of blooms yielding one ounce of violet oil for many thousands of bottles.
A clinical thermometer requires five glass types and 105 operations to produce. The finished device takes eight months from start to finish.
A compact series of aphorisms and lines from Shakespeare Lord Brougham Longfellow and Billings. It contrasts moral enforcement with smile and sword and praises education leadership perseverance and labor. The fragment preserves era voice and notable authors in a reflective quotation card style.
Pattern No. 8368s offers a beautifully cut princess dress in sizes 10 through 20 with a neck-to-hem rickrack trim. Size 12 includes short sleeves and requires 334 yards of 39 inch material and 12 yards of rick-rack. High demand and wartime conditions slow filling orders. send your request to Sew and Save.
A pattern order form from the Sewing Circle Pattern Dept at 530 South Wells Street Chicago requests 20 cents per pattern. Include pattern number name address and size to request patterns by mail from room 1958.
In Portland locations a naval mystery surfaces with a steel ship linked to a renegade and a mysterious light above marshes. A wind moves across areas as the U S S Salt Lake City stands out for its numerous naval actions.
The text provides compact advice on cooking and household management including protecting nutrients, quick cooking by smaller cut vegetables, lemon to prevent browning fruit, lace curtain repairs with tissue paper, pie sugar placement to reduce boil over, repurposed clothespins as pan scrapers, avoiding eggs rinsing before ice, involving children in planning, storing crisp cookies, and painting house numbers for easy delivery access.
A sharp voiced woman reminds her husband of a past romance on a train sparked by a pair of slippers given before marriage. The couple recalls how the slippers measured her feet and led to marriage while a young man nearby shifts his seat with a girl.
A girl attempts to reach morning religious services by radio for ten minutes but only hears silence. She asks her mother how people stayed on earth before a law passed, while noting gravity keeps feet on the ground.
Jim was accused of stealing a pig and hired a lawyer who later pressed him to confess. Jim, after hearing the lawyer, decided he may not have taken the pig, and he was acquitted.
In a witty exchange, a wife asks if her husband fulfills his old courtship promises. He replies that he always does by proving his commitment, even as he jokes about not being good enough.
A patient confesses love to a nurse and fears recovery will end their time together. The nurse replies with reassurance, noting the doctor is also fond of her after witnessing a morning kiss. The scene portrays tender, humorous hospital dynamics.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a diner asks a waiter to identify the pie by taste. The waiter cannot distinguish fruit flavors, prompting a witty punchline about the futility of asking which pie it is.
A father and son discuss the idea of political economy with uncertain certainty. The father admits he cannot define it and wonders if such a thing exists, reflecting skeptical doubt about the field.
Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard troops prefer Camel cigarettes in service stores. The visor salute tradition marks identification in armor, and Camel remains a favored gift for service members. Sending to overseas soldiers faces Post Office limits, but Camels can reach U.S. troops and those abroad.
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