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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
2
The Arctic tern makes the longest migrations among birds 11000 miles between its Arctic and Antarctic bases. It arrives in the Far North around June 15 and departs after nesting in late August. A few months later it returns to the Antarctic to endure the 24 hour daylight season.
The Mian-tst of Asia perform a burial rite involving ground testing with an eye. Male relatives stand at a designated spot with a basket of eggs, allow drops to fall, and choose a new site if the ground breaks. The ritual aims to divine the grave location through successive drops.
A garbled proverb hints a cobbler criticizing a sandal worn by a figure in a parade of Apetles. Greek artists display pietisms publicly in perches of their audiences. The cobbler’s faulting leads to a humorous reply from Agelies urging him to stay with his trade.
The Wesley family details the founder John Wesley who died childless. His brother Charles had eight children, five died in infancy, and the surviving daughter Sarah remained unmarried. Charles also remained single. Their brother Sunuet married and had two sons.
The text explains that fountains at Versailles are fed from Marley reservoirs. Water rising through a pipe to an appropriately placed orifice spouts up to a height just below the reservoir level, the principle behind Versailles fountains.
The national soup of Russia is described as a hearty stew rather than a soup. It includes sausage cabbage and onions fried before stock is added and is often flavored with tarragon vinegar. Other Russian soups feature beets in various forms.
James McGurk, executed by hanging in October 1802, became the district of Columbia’s first. The Intelligencer reports the condemned man was put to death after being found guilty of murdering his wife.
An advertisement touts Castoria as a harmless vegetable remedy for infants that calms fretful babies and relieves gas pains, constipation, and diarrhea. It claims doctors approve its ingredients and cites five million mothers using the product with twenty five million bottles sold last year.
A waitress in a New Yorker anecdote explains a cocoa and coffee order by misnaming it as the Panama Canal. The scene features a young, thoughtful worker facing a pettish customer, highlighting cafe tensions and humor in service.
The text notes that minute shrimps and marine worms emit bright flashes by oxidizing a fatty substance to glow. It mentions jellyfish and ceratium as sources of luminescence seen among breakers from a river boat prow.
Alesandria Italy hospital experiments by Dr Mario Ponzo suggest soaking bedclothes and pillows in somber hues to soothe disturbed inmates. In dark rooms patients reportedly become calm and quickly fall into deep natural sleep.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses a complete suit of chain mail with head body and leg defenses weighing 35 pounds. In the 13th century many full armors weighed as much as 70 and 80 pounds.
The text explains that market almonds are the seeds of the almond fruit and that in southern Eurea the fruit dries around the seed unlike the peach. Therefore people eat the seed, not the fruit, of the almond tree.
A historic stone bridge spanning the River Barle near Dulverton in Somerset is described as England’s oldest. The structure measures about 1,809 feet in length and roughly 5 feet in width, built from large stone slabs some reaching 8 feet 6 inches.
A girl named Mary Elizabeth at an aunt's home rejects potatoes she deems dirty due to pepper. She tells her mother she does not want the dish because of the pepper seasoning.
A study of the visitors book at Shakespeare's birthplace Stratford on Avon shows that three of every five visitors from outside the British Isles are Americans.
Forming gold atoms by driving an electron into the nucleus and removing a valence electron is proposed by physicists as a route to produce cold gold atoms. The concept involves altering electron configurations to create stabilized atomic states.
A rainbow is observed all day in a cloudless Siberian sky. It appears from reflected sunlight off fine snow particles suspended in the air.
A Washington Star quote portrays Uncle Eben as a skilled talker who wins arguments by omitting the sense and turning his side into a vocal solo. The remark highlights rhetoric over substance in a humorous voice.
A terse quotation attributed to Muareus Aurelius urges restraint in speech and action. It emphasizes that truth and propriety govern impulse and advise thoughtful restraint rather than rash expression.
A compact note from Woman's Nome Companion argues that the central driver of improvement is the desire for modern education. The text emphasizes personal motivation as the essential factor in embracing learning and advancing society.
A brief Dallas News item notes the awkward misfortunes of trying to find a seat in a dark cinema as patrons grope for space and endure indignant knee bumps in the dim.
The first map showing the word Australia was published in 1824, marking a milestone in cartographic history. The note highlights the naming origin and its early adoption in geographic charts.
The apple is described as the United States' most valuable fruit crop with high economic significance for growers and markets across the country.
The statement notes that Aa is the most common river name in Europe and derives from a word meaning water.
Edward W. Pickard reports alarm in chancelleries over Marshal Pilsudski's renewed threat to Lithuania. Lithuania concentrates troops along the frontier while Berlin warns Warsaw and seeks French mediation.
Shanghai reports France ready to negotiate a new treaty with the Nationalist government while Great Britain plans talks and Japan considers a position shift. Finance Minister Soong predicts all powers will align with the United States and China will gain tariff autonomy by next January. The Kuomintang fifth plenary session opens in Nanking, deemed the party’s most important in history.
President Coolidge with Mrs. Coolidge and John visited northern Minnesota in a summer White House trip. They traveled along the Duluth, Missabe and Northern line with W. A. McGonagle, saw the Albbing mines, the Virginia Rainey Lake lumber mill, and other regional sights before returning to Cedar Island lodge.
Erbert Hoover and Governor Smith returned from vacations as campaign managers plot to break the solid South. Funds are tight abroad, with emphasis on converting farm voters as McCormick and White switch allegiances. A federal grand jury indicted 188 New York club operators over city liquor laws, including Texas Guinan and Helen Morgan.
Federal judges in New York and North Carolina pursued liquor cases with rigor while a federal injunction padlocked Le Paradis for a year. Air mail postage rose on August 1 to 5 cents per ounce with larger volumes anticipated as 17 contractors operate 25 routes.
Ose de Leon Toral testified at a preliminary hearing in Mexico City stating Manuel Trejo gave him the gun and did not know of the plan to kill General Obregon. He also accused Mother Superior Concepcion Acebedo de la Lata of inciting Catholic unrest. The War of the sanctuary denied influencing Toral. American Ambassador Morrow praised Mexico's calm handling of the crisis before the American Chamber of Commerce.
Apt Charles T. Courtney and three companions flying from the Azores to Newfoundland on a world circling tour were forced down in mid ocean. Their radio call gave position and they were picked up within hours by the steamer Minnewaska.
William 8 Gobel, a central figure in the Kentucky governorship feud from 28 years ago and rival to the office, died last week in Indianapolis. He had fled there after an indictment for murder and remained since as extradition papers were not honored. Delphin M. Delmas, Thaws lawyer, died in Santa Monica, California. Other deaths included T. B. Walker, Minnieapolis timberman and patron, and Federal Judge D. C. Westenhaver of Cleveland.
The new board of engineers and geologists was formed to investigate the Owl der dam project. Secretary of the Interior Roy O West urged thorough unbiased inquiry to guide administration policy and the board was instructed to operate independently from Interior officials. Gen William L Sibert was named chairman and Prof Charles P Berkey secretary with a Denver meeting planned for data from the reclamation service. Toa Seaman medal awarded to Herbert Hoover for lifesaving and flood relief efforts in Mississippi.
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