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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
14
The piece extols radio and film as transformative education tools, envisions broadcasting from deep Arctic frontline to flyable questions, and warns of costly mausoleum excesses while contrasting societal advances with housing needs and aging demographics.
Balloon ascension daily at the Beaverhead County Fair with Queen Horse Race purse 150 dollars and various trotting and running events. Entry fees range from two to five dollars, with money paid to two places if only three start and refunds for third entrants. Relay race and bucking events planned. balloon and free acts featured daily.
The article notes rising traffic in imitation stones and describes tests used by jewelers. Techniques include placing stones in water to watch for loss of brilliance, dropping water on the gem, and drawing a pencil point to reveal imitation. It also mentions a black dot test on white paper and hardness checks with a file to distinguish diamonds from fakes.
A Boston Transcript essay argues that true leisure is personal time free from work and social demands. It defines leisure as a sacred period for self renewal and soul searching, while acknowledging responsibilities and social coercion impacting use of this time. Freedom carries duties within a community context.
Historian documents suggest Bohemia in the seventh century housed a women led republic where key offices were held by women. Queen Libuzza’s counselor Whiske organized armed female forces attacking barons, imposing harsh laws on men and governing with women in charge for seven years before men won back control.
The newly elected mayor planned a ceremonial crown under a flower arch to honor him. A gust blew away the crown and a noose replaced it, bearing the words He well deserves it, as townsfolk who opposed him cheered at the disappointment.
A French hoax story claimed a farmer fed ducks to eat their fellows, with the last duck surviving after devouring 19 others. The tale, written in plausible prose, spread worldwide and shaped the term canard for such hoaxes.
The Interregnum followed Charles I death in 1649 and ended with Charles II restoration in 1660. England operated as a republic in name but a military despotism under Oliver Cromwell, who became lord protector in 1658 and died five years later. His son Richard then ruled briefly before retirement. Monarchy returned on May 8 1660 with Charles II arriving in London May 29.
J H Gilbert serves as president with Geo W Lovell as vice president and W Tash and G E Baker among listed officers. Dr W C Orr is the veterinarian, Sheriff Dan Mooney a peace officer, county commissioners include O C Gosman J E Shaw A L Anderson and Geo R Featherly as general superintendent all departments Miss Bertie Matthews is ex officio treasurer of the fair commission.
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