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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
9
Notices detail posting rates for church events and obituaries at five cents a line plus a six cent obituary poetry rate. The column then presents a political snapshot discussing Roosevelt Harding McAdoo Cox and Wilson League of Nations with vivid quotes and satirical commentary.
Mrs Ernest Drepper left Monday for her home at Fulton Missouri after visiting her friend Mrs W C Jennings. Miss Helen Finch has returned home from Spokane where she spent the spring and summer for medical treatment. Many Dillon people plan to go to Armstead tomorrow to attend the Sacajawea celebration. Mrs E Free and daughter Ella leave tomorrow for Washington for a few weeks visit. Mr and Mrs Leslie Thompson, Mr and Mrs J M Page and Miss Lena Page of Twin Bridges spent Tuesday afternoon in Dillon. Mrs S B Truitt who spent the summer with her sister Mrs W G Jennings expects to leave next Tuesday for Fulton Missouri.
A nostalgic theater ad extols Campbell Bros Shows touring Riverside area praising high class entertainment for all ages. It highlights trained animals including Baby Louise the elephant, prancing ponies, and Mile. Roberts aerial act. Free outside exhibition at 1 and 7 p m on show grounds End of Glendale street with two performances rain or shine one day only Wed Aug 265.
Montana state auditor and insurance commissioner ex officio George P Porter announces his intention to run again. He touts cost savings and reforms in the insurance field, fire marshal duties, and investigations that reduced revenue losses and curbed abuses. He emphasizes streamlining of agencies and firmer scrutiny of insurers and public buildings.
The text contrasts diffused representative government with autocratic rule and praises Senator Harding for restraint. It notes his reluctance to overpromise, his stance against wrecking constitutionalism, and his cautious yet responsible internationalism as opposed to anti-nationalism, as echoed by the New York Tribune.
The candidate pledges to stand firm on his record and follow a wise broad-minded policy as president. The stance mirrors Taft's view that such a policy will help secure Senate ratification of the Versailles treaty.
Between Attorney General Palmer and Postmaster General Burleson scores of elderly faithful government workers are being discharged despite retirement protections. The pitiful cases will be brought to Congress for action.
A man recalls a domestic moment when his girlfriend brought eggs to his door. He comments on the eggs and she suddenly slaps his face, an event tagged with a playful or taunting tone from a California Pelican item.
A reward is offered for the return of a lady's diamond ring. Identification by the finder leads to a monetary reward. Return to the Tribune office at 84th Street is requested.
Dillon letter from Roscoe Cornell to Joseph Pope questions attorney Harry L. Wilson’s conduct for the Billings Brewery and alleged defense of Lewd women in local courts. The anti saloon league figure has not replied as of press time, and the paper notes growing public scrutiny.
A Notre Dame Juggler quips about a girl with a wooden leg believing short skirts are indecent. The light humor contrasts with social norms in a campus context.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims thirty five years of use and states the remedy cleanses blood and heals mucous surfaces. Testimonials supposedly support efficacy and urges immediate usage.
The high school opens September 13 at 8 45. A girls committee appointed by Associated Students reports on dress for students. They propose simple materials and styles, gingham for fall and spring, middies and simple wool for winter, old clothes pressed, voile or organdie for the Junior Prom, and discourage very thin waists tight sweaters tight skirts expensive hose and showy school clothes.
The article notes that thunder could be heard from 14 to 18 miles, with nine miles typical. World War explosions from 15 inch guns by Germans and allies in France were heard in eastern England up to 150 miles away, illustrating sound propagation during combat.
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