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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1930
Page
3
Smoother pavements cut motorist costs by reducing road impact and wear. Pennsylvania reports 276 miles of excellent concrete rural roads and a 19.5 inch average roughness across 852 miles in 1929. Samuel Eckels argues for universal adoption to ease congestion and extend road life.
A reader describes a modification to two-door sedans to improve rear exit. The right-hand front seat slides on a steel rod to increase space for rear passengers. Instructions call for enlarging front-leg holes and relocating brackets with a longer rod for maximum seat movement.
The Motor Quiz covers gap sizes importance with feeler gauges and tool recommendations. It states 1929 foreign motor vehicle sales at about 1,015,000 and American travelers to Europe at over 425,000 spending over 600 million, plus 63 percent and 46 percent loan rates for cars and trucks, and 345,000 trucks sold abroad, up 65 percent from 2008 figures.
A 1930 Bell Syndicate column argues base running has faded in importance as modern baseball favors home runs. It credits Babe Ruth with creating the swat era, discusses lively balls increasing attendance, and notes shifts from pitching battles to hitting power and star appeal.
Glenn Wright learns left handed throwing Ivy Olson returns to the Dodgers as coach Freddie Lindstrom salary cut and batting decline Giants trading Danning Mishkin released Hafey signed Zamloch recruits three Yankee left field candidates and other league moves The piece notes dire predictions about Ruth and circus talk and references Carlisle football locker room habits.
John Evers of Troy New York, son of famed Johnny Evers of the Chicago Cubs, entered Georgetown University and began practice with the Georgetown nine as a star on his high school team.
Reporters describe a new Soviet campaign against kissing as officials target the familiar embrace once common in prewar Russia. Travelers recall days of frequent greetings while a Moscow novel ends with a warning about what a kiss means, reflecting a stark shift in social norms.
A publisher recalls George Bernard Shaw claiming his Back to Methuselah is the longest play ever written during a vegetarian lunch. He cites Wells Clissold as the longest novel and Arnold Bennett planning a long uplift book, ending with Shaw joking that the trio are now the world's reading dry goods merchants.
Mrs London Shepard, former national commander of the American Legion Auxiliary and sister of the late Jack London, recalled a doughboy tale to a New York reporter. A doctor challenged a soldier with a rapid question about a lobster’s legs, prompting the soldier to retort that that is all the worry.
Edward Tane of Palo Alto California left tools unlocked despite warnings. He claimed they were safe after locking them in a newly finished garage, only to have the tools stolen by a thief during the night.
A customer shivers in the meat market as a sharp remark about being stuck all day meets a butcher’s retort that relief comes like mustard with beef indicating wit amid hardship.
A fragment notes that Pitch Lake in Trinidad is the largest exposed body of asphaltum in the world. It adds a line about opposing tariffs by refusing to buy the article and mentions an old-fashioned American family judging if a book is indecent, then references an agreement in disagreement.
Danger lies in careless laxative choices. Rely on a doctor's judgment in selecting a laxative. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, from a specialist's prescription, is claimed to be safe for all ages and very effective. Available in generous bottles at drugstores.
A playful exchange shows Aunt Maria noting the wife’s new life and shorthand practice ends. The bride retorts she still keeps busy, with Henry supposedly speaking fast even in sleep.
The earliest depicted sailing vessels appear on vases dating from 5000 to 3000 BCE in Egypt, representing middle pre dynastic era craft.
A twenty one year old bride from Franklin Virginia recalls how reduced vitality, pale skin and low spirits vanished after using Nujol a non medicinal internal lubrication. She describes rapid improvement in complexion energy and happiness following the product’s use and promotes purchasing from drug stores in sealed packages.
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