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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
4
Fragments show a Friday date and notices from Montana advertising representative peers of the American Pilots Association. Descriptions are incomplete but indicate a foreign advertising notice and Montana regional involvement.
The piece urges shoppers to start Christmas buying now to secure stock, compare prices, and support merchants. It argues early shopping reduces stress, helps clerks, and avoids “all sold out” situations while allowing time to correct errors.
The article recalls Mark Twain’s Calaveras County frog jumping lore, noting Leaping Lena owned by Mrs Cravens set records at 8 feet 3 inches. After Lena’s death Valencia won a later event at three feet, failing to match Lena as champion and leaving no clear successor in the famed contests.
Bert Williams, well known and trusted, reportedly kept a turkey for Thanksgiving at his Rife street home. He chased the bird through the Normal neighborhood and, with help from local youths, killed it with an axe after cornering it. Investigators then found the neighbor's turkey had been taken.
A reflective column argues true reform is quitting wrong doing over grand promises. It praises action over talk and notes real change comes from ceasing bad habits and showing remorse rather than boastful vows. It cites Biblical guidance urging the evil man to forget his ways.
The Parent-Teacher Association sponsors a story hour with Christmas tales on the next three Saturdays from two to three at the Public Library. December eight features Mrs. A. I. Waldorf telling primary grade tales two to two thirty, followed by Mrs. Lambert Eliel for intermediate grades two thirty to three. Children welcome.
A postal department notice urges early Christmas mail preparation to ensure on time delivery. It details postage by class, packing and wrapping rules, address requirements, weight limits, and special handling for fourth class parcels, with emphasis on shop and mailer cooperation and shop early mail early.
Elizabeth Morrow daughter of the U S ambassador to Mexico is rumored as the intended wife of Charles A Lindbergh. Persistent reports say she has yet to say yes.
A playful page features rhyming couplets and limericks about characters like Willy Nilly Nell and a Luzon topper, with jokes on prayers before meals, champagne misadventure, a belled skating mishap, a pawnbroker’s baby, and a whiskey jug miscue.
A short note states that sprinkling a little sugar on a slow fire can help it flare up faster, implying an old wives tale method for hastening flames. The remark reads as a quick, practical tip rather than a formal instruction.
This notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy for hacking coughs. It claims immediate relief by applying the medicated liquid to irritated throat surfaces, highlighting that the product contains active ingredients with no opiates and is sold by Geo. M. Gosman.
In the District Court Beaverhead Montana the administratrix for Phoebe Crowell deceased calls all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Claims to be sent to J E Kelly Dillon Montana. Dated Dillon Montana November 28 1928 Adv 48-51
A $1,000 reward is offered for evidence leading to 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 Stock Inspector D. W. Erwin.
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