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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
6
In Justice Holden's court Hugh Curtis was fined 100 dollars and jailed for two months for fighting. The county awarded the courthouse contract to Wincott and Riley of Omaha for 34 800 dollars after nine bidders. Dillon may host two baseball nines this summer and stage service between Dillon and Twin Bridges could grow to two daily trips.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick return from Old Mexico. A stranger attempted to sell a gold brick in Dillon but fled when authorities pursued. Butte reports a new street cleaning method roping off sidewalks and forcing ladies to promenade on cobblestones.
From the April 23 1909 Tribune. The spring term district court lists sixteen criminal cases. John Kent buys a Velie touring car for 2275 dollars. Lima dam completed and ready for water storage. April showers limited to snows. Col Alf Decker visits Armstead to urge a preacher for the commissioners, who grant a deputy sheriff.
Real estate transfers listed by the Beaverhead Abstract Company for the week ending April 13 1929. The notices detail property transfers and associated records compiled from title books.
A compilation of transfers including U S A to Rasmus Hansen 40 acres in Sheep Creek basin and various warranty and quitclaim deeds among Hoffman Hazel Dodgson Pederson Nay Brothers and others. Mining deed covers the Kumlux quartz lode in the Elkhorn district while one decree addresses the Samuel B Sheser estate and Alfred H MacVay property in Big Hole basin.
A Chicago college student earned recognition after tackling a hold-up man and surrendering him to police. The act highlighted the value of higher education in real world courage and civic duty as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
An aquatint is a copper or steel plate etching method using nitric acid to create a drawing like watercolor sepia or India ink.
Famous men receive two kinds of letters: praise from intelligent readers and disagreeable notes from crank correspondents. The piece examines how notoriety invites both admiration and intrusion.
A Women s Home Companion note states the first essential for successful study is to abandon personal prejudice and opinions. It urges objective focus and open minded inquiry as groundwork for learning across subjects.
Mr. August Strandell of Sister Bay Wisconsin writes that Foley Pills diuretic freed him from crutches after a restless night and a lingering ache. A returning twinge sends him back to Foley Pills with rapid relief and satisfaction guaranteed. Sold by Geo M Gosman successor to Potts.
Indianapolis April 17 The American Legion announces the 1929 Junior World Series rules guiding the program sponsored by major leagues with a $50 000 stake. Eligibility requires youth under 17 before Sept 15 1929. Regional and national play under Legion supervision aims to teach discipline and sportsmanship.
A veteran physician with 47 years’ practice promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe mild vegetable laxative. He argues against drastic purges and urges daily bowel movements, offering free trial bottles by mail from Monticello Illinois.
An informal breakfast room in a suburban home features simple quaint decor. Normandy peasant chairs, red flag floor, built in benches, and chintz curtains create a bright cheerful space lit by an east window. Short tie back curtains and sash drapes maximize sun while stressing cozy charm.
A brief note from Woman's Home Companion reflects on civilization advancing with beauty to ease grief and soothe sorrow. The remark links culture to emotional relief and refined sensibilities.
District Court summons Ruth Agnes Peay sues Lawrence W Gray for divorce on felony conviction grounds. Court seeks custody of four minor children Alvin Charles Floyd Stanley Donald D s Audry Dora and orders $50 monthly support. Attorney J E Kelly Dilllon Montana. WITNESS date April 4 1929.
A brief column notes a dramatic fertility claim and references the president and a Chinese minister asking for advice. The item appears as a clipped fragment from a newspaper page with terse topical headlines.
A 28 year old Frau Alfred Voellner of Demmin Germany has eighteen children under nine with ten sons and eight daughters. She had a boy in 1920 a girl in 1922 three more births including quadruplets in 1923 1925 1927 and 1929 totaling sixteen children in four births all alive. The piece links wartime rumors to German recovery and notes political remarks about President Hoover and farm relief and party strategy.
The aged Wu Tze Hui guaranteed Li Chai sun’s safety but the governor was executed by Nationalists. Wu, disgraced, killed himself though uninvolved. Western readers may find such self sacrifice difficult to grasp.
Montana State Highway Commission invites sealed bids for grading and drainage work on Federal Aid Project No. 241-D Unit 1 in Beaverhead County Dillon. Bids due 9:30 A.M. April 26, 1929 at Helena. Requires 5 percent certified check and corporate bond. Plans available at Helena Capitol Building and Missoula Bureau of Public Roads. Commission may reject any bid and waive technicalities.
Montana State Highway Commission invites sealed bids for two bridges on Beaverhead County road under Federal Aid Project 241-D Unit 2. Bids due April 26, 1929 at 9:30 A.M. in Helena. Plans and bonds on file. commissions reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Notice states on April 26 1929 at 2 p m a public auction will occur at the claimant’s Montana Street Dillon Montana warehouse to recover 69 dollars storage plus sale costs. Items include cook stove engine hoist forge pieces pump rod drill steel pipe vice saws hardware and assorted tools. State Bank & Trust Company by A L Stone President adv 13 17
Department of the Interior announces in Great Falls Montana that Anthony Dixon of Dillon Montana filed intent to perfect final proof on land described in Montana Township 8 South Range 7 West. The hearing before Fred Rife on May 1, 1929 will witness Ansel Town Frank McLean Fred C Hoyrup and Ernest J Duble all of Dillon.
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