Dillon News Roundup Touches People Places and Passage
Local notes report visits from Dell and Lakeview residents to Dillon. People travel to Butte, Kingsman Arizona, and Missoula for business, family, and graduation events. A final distribution decree is filed for F. L. Graves estate. haying starts in Medicine Lodge. and a search party heads for an old mine near Dyes creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Graves
Bannack
Richard Buchanan
Dyes Creek
Carl Knoll
Mr. Buchanan
Not a Secret Just Common Sense
Neighbors in Grasmere Illinois inquire about a medicine Mrs. Arthur De Mulle used to regain health. She credits Foley's Pills advertised as common sense and diuretic, claiming fifteen years of kidney trouble ended. Sold by Geo M Gosman and Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur DeMulle
Grasmere
N. IL
Foley
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
Lack of license fines local resident in Dillon
W. L. Wilborn, resident of Medicine Lodge, was fined 25 dollars in the justice court for lacking 1929 auto license plates. Sheriff W. C. Orr arrested him. Wilborn has a history of legal trouble in Dillon, including a prior disturbance arrest by Chief Nelson and a 250 dollar bond for another court appearance.
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W. LL. Wilborn
Medicine Lodge
Justice Court
W. C. Orr
Wilborn
Dillon
Nelson
Florida Leads in Minerals Despite Metal Shortages
The passage notes that while Florida has no metals, another state provides the main supply of fuller’s earth in the United States and supplies about three quarters of the phosphate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorida
United States
Reward for beef theft conviction on regional ranges
A $1,000 reward is offered for evidence leading to the conviction of anyone unlawfully butchering or stealing beef or veal on the ranges or premises of the Big Hole Horse Prairie Grasshopper Centennial Red Rock or Black Tail. Report evidence to Sheriff W. C. Orr or D. V. Erwin.
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Big Hole
Horse Prairie
Grasshopper
Centennial
Red Rock
Black Tail
W. C. Orr
D. V. Erwin
United States Civil Service Examinations Open
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Junior Typist and Junior Stenographer with salaries of 1260 and 1440 yearly. Applications close August 26, 1929 for the Eleventh U S Civil Service District across Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
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United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Civil Service District
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
Iolaho
Montana
Post Office
Seattle
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Northern Pacific Reclaims Lost 87-Foot Bridge Span
Engineers of the Northern Pacific railway found a 87 foot long steel bridge span weighing 57 1/2 tons after it vanished during a June 6 flood near Glendive Montana. The span lay 20 inches below mud and 230 feet downstream, with the track and creek bank displaced.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Glendive
Montana
Northern Pacific
Sauerkraut Traced to Asiatic Roots and Growth
The article notes sauerkraut, once alien, has become fully Americanized with 18,000,000 gallons consumed last year and a value of $8,400,000. It cites origins in Holland Alsace Asia via Tartars to Slavic peoples, then to Germans and immigrants who spread its popularity in the United States.
Anaconda Largest and Most Vicious of Boas
Descriptive piece on the anaconda the largest snake of modern times living in South American swamps and rivers. Notes olive brown body with black dorsal spots, white belly with spots, aquatic habits, nocturnal hunting, and grid-like feeding method. Claims it is the most temperamental of large bo es and details it submerging for prey with head raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Lightning Tricks and Fulgurites in Beach Sand Tales
A historic note describes fulgurites as glassy sand tubes formed by lightning’s heat after a direct strike. It also mentions a bolt that stripped a man’s clothes as his sweat turned to steam and the blast removed his garments.
North American national demonyms and cross borders
The text discusses how the term American commonly refers to U S citizens, while people from Canada Mexico and other nations in North America are foreigners to the United States and vice versa, highlighting potential confusion in demonym usage.
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Canada
Mexico
Alaska
North America
United States
Origins of Season Names Traced to Ancient Tongues
Explains how Spring derives from an Anglo Saxon sense of a water source and budding growth, Summer from Sanskrit meaning year, Autumn from Latin linked to increase, and Winter from Gothic referencing snow. Details hesitant origins and linguistic connections in past climates.
Hot Springs National Park Origins and Size in Brief
In 1832 Congress set aside Hot Springs and surrounding lands as the first national park reservation. The 924 acre area includes Hot Springs and four surrounding mountains plus Whittington Lake park. The Springs flow about 851,308 gallons daily.
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Hot Springs
Congress
National Park Reservation
Hot Springs Reservation
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs Mountain
North Mountain
West Mountain
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Whittington Lake Park
Music in the Ant Hill Stirs Tiny Lute on Ant Abdomen
The article describes how certain ants produce music using a natural instrument. A finely-edged lute on the abdomen and a plectrum allow rasping the surface to yield delicate high pitched notes.
The Fall of Man Sermon Reflections by Two Farmers
Two Scottish farmers discuss the Fall of Man after a sermon. Dauvit muses on how history might differ if he had been Adam, confessing he does not care for apples while Tammas reacts to the topic. Birmingham Weekly Post notes the exchange.
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Dauvit
Tammas
Adam
Birmingham
England
Speechless Bobby at Culver Guards Stare Down
An Indianapolis News item notes the boy named Bobby visits a Culver military function. He tries to speak to a guard in full regalia who remains silent, stands at attention, and gazes ahead with the chin strap under his chin. Bobby finally remarks the guard wont talk to the “sing un der bis chin.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Culver
Indianapolis News
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