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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1916
Page
7
William B. Stout argues in a paper on Aut and the Motor Car that exterior color and finish drive the final appeal of design and depend on buyer experience. Black flatters outlines, white emphasizes mass and can dull color. colors and finishes vary by vehicle size with lighter colors favored for cleanliness and utility.
Boston report shows Chevrolet plans 11 000 cars for October and 10 000 for November as demand for the new 490 dollar model outstrips production. Output will rise with Oakland plant operations and a price rise to 800 for the Baby Grand. An eight cylinder model for 1917 is expected to be announced soon.
Yuba City California reports six months without a prisoner in its jail and no marriages this year. Undertakers have left town and the city marshal's sole duty in a year was to kill a dog.
A courtroom quip notes a man has a large family including his wife, her parents, brother, and two maiden aunts. The exchange highlights social connections in a judicial setting.
Mirrors three feet by five feet placed at the outer edge of two sharp curves on a Denver mountain boulevard warn approaching drivers of oncoming traffic. The mirrors, height adjusted, are part of the city park system and have proven useful in preventing collisions. The success prompts proposals to extend use to other curvy sections, with donations from the Denver Motor Club and supporters.
Judge Fox notes an Englishman waiting for a train at a small Irish station who overhears two Irishmen trading Kil words. The men joke about going to Kilmill, Kilpatrick, Kilkenny, Kilmore and Kilpatrick again prompting the Englishman to call the police.
The speaker jests that despite recognizing forces that move the world they admit no verifiable method to prove the underlying mechanism, expressing humorous resignation about unresolved questions.
Daily Baker of Loogootee Ind joins the club as a new member promising fresh home baked bread every morning for the group. The note signals ongoing efforts to enhance clublife with daily bakery offerings.
Report notes improving prospects in Mexico with signs of peace, a recent bull fight in Juarez, and gambling houses reopening as the country stabilizes.
A short note outlines camel endurance noting a healthy animal can cover about 90 miles daily, highlighting travel pace and potential implications for travel planning or logistics.
New York reports that automobile engineers have created a universal motor language. The system divides parts into nineteen divisions such as cylinders and bodies with about 70 groups and up to 700 named parts. This aims to reduce delays in replacements and improve clarity.
Dodge Brothers place fourth in New York show space for last year s production as Chandler preserves prices and Allen introduces two closed models at 1075 and 1095 dollars. American Motor confirms Plainfield plant with 10 000 car yearly capacity and plans for a 5 passenger six cylinder car around 1100 dollars. Brock named director of sales and Speirs as production chief.
A nearly six year old boy, Frank Alvin Rudolph, is recognized as the youngest U.S. hero medal recipient for saving his sister Olive Lane from a river ice accident. The rescue occurred when the siblings crossed unsafe ice near the river, Olive fell in, Frank pulled her to safety as others shouted warnings, and the tale was honored by the Ralston Purina Hero commission at a school event.
The theater faces a sparse volunteer turnout as ushers decline to assist during a lecture. Local audience arrives expecting seating and guidance from staff, but support remains limited.
T Frank Lemmer advertises lifelike bird mounts rugs tanning horse and cow hides robes and overcoats and fur trimmings made to order at 1001 Central Avenue and P O Box 688.
A discussion of head shaping among Montana tribes cited by a national museum. The piece compares ancient practice with Martian grooming, notes early Crow and Flathead involvement, and explores how deforming skulls influenced ideas of beauty and intellect across cultures.
A historical overview notes the Gallatin valley as Bozeman’s market hub and gateway to the northwest. It recounts early explorers and traders like Sieur de la Varendry and Emanuel Lisa, the Bozeman Pass discovery, the 1862 search for a shorter emigrant route, Bridger’s race to Virginia City, and Bozeman’s rise and murder. It also covers Forts Reno Kearney and Smith, Gallatin City’s failure, the Northern Pacific opening in 1884, current population figures, and local agricultural and railway development including a world oats yield record.
Five million more bushels of small grain will be shipped on the Great Northern lines from Montana this fall than last year, totaling about 25,000,000 bushels in the next two months. Producer yields reach fifty bushels per acre with an average price of 1.50 per bushel, boosting local prosperity including a Joplin bank tripling deposit activity to 285,000 this season and a farmer selling 8,000 bushels for 12,000 dollars.
The lines declare a final sequence where the last German faces the last Briton while leaving the last Russian Frenchman Italian and Austrian to engage. The phrasing evokes a last man standing concept across nations in a clash of identities and power.
A quip questions the Census Bureau tally claiming 140000 idiots in the nation. The author dismisses official figures as absurd and asserts that meeting such numbers daily is routine.
A short note recalls a boy in love with his teacher and his regret that the school term ends in June. The reflection captures a quiet, youthful longing set against the school calendar.
A fragment from an old note records Samuet Side remarking that idle curiosity is rarely idle while musing on a strange observation.
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