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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
3
Arbor Day plantings by the American Legion created living memorials along St. Louis’ King's Highway for 808 Missouri lads who died in World War I. Each tree bears a gold star and a metal plate naming the unit and branch, honoring the fallen as mothers helped place the stars on European trees flanking the parkway.
From buck private to top-ranked cadet at West Point Charles J Barrett led the 1022 class as honor man. He joined the 26th division in finance and helped excavations for the academy. Barrett served as resident commander editor of the school magazine and chairman of the board of governors while excelling academically.
A Paris story honors Marshal Ferdinand Foch who, while visiting as a guest of the American Legion, guided a blind veteran toward the wounded soldiers institute. The janitor refused aid, saying he had no time, until the veteran revealed Foch’s identity and urged better help for the blind.
The Washington IT post of the American Legion planted 539 memorial trees for 530 World War II veterans who saved lives. During Memorial Day exercises wreaths shaped like the Legion insignia and American flags will be placed on each tree.
William Harrison Littleton known as Hap py Littleton is a southern middleweight boxing champ famed for baritone singing and reading classic literature. He recently knocked Billy Shade in New Orleans, and has defeated or fought Joe Chip Battling Ortega Joe Borrell and Jack Bloomfield as part of his career with the American Legion boxers.
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune praised the American Legion and pledged to attend the fourth annual convention in New Orleans Louisiana. He recalled Louisiana as his native state and cited his long military career spanning the Spanish American and World Wars with command roles in major campaigns.
Governor Cox signs a Massachusetts bill extending a $100 state bonus to more than 00 World War veterans. The measure allows veterans who lived in Massachusetts within the year before enlistment to qualify, or those whose parents were residents a year prior, even if the veteran served elsewhere.
Marshal Joffre was welcomed by American Legion officials in New York. Mme. Joffre was sent upstairs to wait as a scuffle neared when a New York officer threatened action. A rescue party led by General Bullard arrived and escorted her to a waiting car.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced a critical demand for reconstruction aides in physiotherapy and occupational therapy to aid disabled World War veterans. Applicants are rated on education training experience and physical ability without written exams. Information from the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington D.C.
The Seattle American Legion probes rumors that state prison labor undercuts private industry. A Philadelphia group plans a Lusitania salvage expedition for the $5,000,000 wreck. Grinnell College athlete Leonard Paula, scarred by shrapnel, broke 100 and 220 yard records in a Chicago intercollegiate meet. Virginia American Legion suggests a memorial highway across the state to honor World War II heroes.
The Livestock Journal notes baby beef, early maturity with quality and thickness, yields higher returns than older cattle. Better breeding and feeding drive profits, with 25 to 50 percent advantage for younger animals and flexible market timing for ready or held stock.
An average high grade sheep can produce a fleece weighing five to eight pounds and raise a tank weighing 80 pounds in a year. If necessary it can live without a single mouthful of grain since forage crops and permanent pastures will carry the sheep year round. Sheep have two important advantages over other livestock: they require practically no grain and they destroy brush and bushes.
Hogs fed mineral mixtures containing wood ashes salt and lime show greater appetite for feed and improved general health. The article notes these additives help satisfy hunger and enhance well being in swine.
The article notes oats as a common crop and strong hog feed, advises against self-feeders for brood sows, and recommends scattering oats on a clean floor for quick consumption. It also mentions barley as a good swine feed that can be soaked and fed whole.
The text notes that scour and thumps are dangers to young pigs in the first days of life. It highlights health risks and the need for care to prevent these conditions in newborn swine.
Purebred live stock command higher prices as they cost no more to feed than common stock. Breeders highlight profit potential and market demand for higher quality animals.
Report notes horses are highly susceptible to poisoning from moldy silage, with multiple deaths linked to contaminated feed. Emphasizes danger to equines in rural farming areas reliant on stored forage.
O D Duncan Jr, former head of the radio research lab at the signal corps, claims to have invented the superphone a device for transmitting radio messages in secrecy.
A Florida bean carving of Christus De Profundis, planned for a New York shrine, has vanished. Said to be crafted by a prisoner condemned to death in Guatemala, it drew funds from photo sales but disappeared, prompting a fresh fundraising push.
Four year old Lee Junior Bassett of Columbus Indiana studies efficiency and applies it to a Twinkle Twinkle Little Star recital. He reworks the line to Two twinkles little star how I wonder what you are after a moment of thoughtful study.
A man entering a North Woodward barber shop on Wednesday afternoon found four chairs filled with hairdressers and five more waiting, creating an improvised crowded salon moment. The incident contrasts with the usual barber shop sanctuary atmosphere.
Goods manufactured in the United States during 1920 reached a value of 62 910 202 000 dollars. A Rhodes Scholarship holder is entitled to an income of 300 pounds a year for three years.
A quirky note claims tomatoes ripen best in moonlight. A Chicago man entered a tree-planting contest with forty five entrants and won first prize. An old European reference notes Mexico's preconquest agriculture and aquatics with 700 farms.
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