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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1950
Page
6
In seventeenth century Paris, ladies sat outside cafes in sedan chairs as waiters served coffee, a early form of curb service illustrating social customs and service styles of the era.
In 1882 the United States had over 20 time zones though standard time was not yet adopted. There were fourteen years within this period when no standard time existed at all.
Caution urged for using bedrooms as sewing rooms with pins needles and scissors left out. A pin in a barefoot is dangerous and shows how hazards can threaten children and adults alike.
Railroads across the United States increasingly replace manual washing of passenger trains with mechanical washers. The shift aims to speed up cleaning, improve consistency, and reduce labor costs while maintaining car appearance.
A Pullman traveler asks to be let off at Hot Springs. He awakes days later hundreds of miles past the stop. In a hasty search, he confronts the porter and the attendant who realizes the error, exclaiming in their Creole style.
A student returning to school late struggles to find lodging. A landlady shows him a dingy bedroom and persuades him by saying the room is nice overall. The student responds that as a bedroom it is no good.
The aging actress Sarah Bernhardt lives in an upstairs flat reachable only by a stairs climb to tempt admirers. An old admirer, out of breath, asks why she chose an inaccessible dwelling. She answers that the height helps to excite men's hearts.
Walter A. Shead outlines the 1924 consolidation of the U S foreign service merging the consular and diplomatic branches. The article details the hierarchy under the secretary of state, six main bureaus, and their regional offices including German, European, Near East South Asian and African, and Far Eastern affairs. It notes key figures like George Drew McGhee and Dean Rusk overseeing Near Eastern and Far Eastern bureaus respectively.
Irene Beasley, mistress of ceremonies for Grand Slam, notes the show’s fourth straight year on air. She reports about 3,000 questions posed and 16,600 prizes distributed to contestants.
Willard Longthorp, born Oswego New York May 24 1899, earned AB Amherst 1920 AM Michigan 1921 PhD Columbia 1924 LL D Marietta College 1935 and served as economics instructor at Michigan 1920 21 Amherst 1921 22 professor economics 1926 34. He was deputy to assistant secretary of state for economic affairs and has served as assistant secretary since 1946.
Davidson of North Carolina noted as a Rhodes scholar as the Foreign Service Institute in Washington trains career men and women for initial field duty and advanced studies. Courses cover languages and social sciences to prepare diplomats for assignments in 75 nations and improve representation of the American people.
A jumble of crossword hints with many garbled terms and misprints. Clues include entries for river in Russian or Turkish forms, Greek myths, and assorted crossword staples like colors, shirts, and anatomy terms.
Lionel Ainsley meets Cynthia Trumble while forestry work keeps him in the wilderness. They marry before his return to Woodsville where packing firm owner Benton and his son Austin complicate their brief honeymoon as Austin covets Cynthia.
A Great Neck man finds a December 1947 letter from his wife in a pile of undelivered mail. He forgives her after reading of an affair, buys a wristwatch, and reconciles, while the column ponders lessons for troubled marriages. The tale blends two families with Woodsville and a packing house in its backdrop.
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