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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
3
A fragment reads like a festive puzzle theme with a poem line about a stocking full of gifts and a question asking the difference between an old penny and a new dime. The snippet hints at a holiday puzzle page task.
Riddle clues spell a word of universal appeal. Each line hints at a letter from a described word. The full solution is a source of joy for young and old, a common delight across ages and crowds.
Mountain States Telephone Company will construct a transmission line along the new Great Northern branch between Scobey and Opheim. The project outlines uphill terrain access and anticipated service improvements for surrounding communities. Construction dates and contractor details are not specified in the readable text.
A Miles City dealer reports buying and shipping hogs totaling $80,000 so far this year, reflecting ongoing livestock trade. The buyer did not disclose the supplier or shipment dates.
Doan's Pills advertised as a diuretic kidney remedy. Testimony from Mrs. Sarah Williams of Dillon cites relief from back pain dizziness and urinary issues after using Doan's Pills. Price 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Boston humane education bureau article by Ella Wheeler Wilcox extols kindness to animals as a gateway to broader moral reform. It argues humane education should shape children’s minds with justice and mercy, beyond arresting cruelty or sheltering animals.
John W. Harrington notes in the New York Herald Tribune that Chinese tea culture treats high quality teas as dessert drinks, contrasting everyday tea served in chop suey houses with rare blends like Mist on the Mountain. He ties tea’s ceremonial status to historical responses to disease and the culture of refinement.
A New York Herald note recalls the 1804 Clarendon Press edition from Oxford University that misprinted Matthew 13 43 as Who hath ears to ear let him hear. The anecdote illustrates how Cockney influence can reach even England's oldest university.
The New York World notes a fashion shift from old Inverness cloaks to full opera cloaks and capes worn with evening dress. After wartime popularity, dinner jackets declined but recent taste has revived tall coats and white ties in smart hotels, changing conventional attire for dining.
The article argues that lightning visibility is unlikely to result from heating air, a common textbook claim. Instead Dr. W. J. Humphreys suggests the luminous effect comes from electrical phenomena within atmospheric gas atoms rather than molecular heating.
During a dress rehearsal Richard Mansfield and his company endured a coughing fit when a dust shower filled the wings. A stage hand explained the dust arose from the rain-box and Mansfield asked how the rain could be washed.
A Honolulu talk by psychologist M C A argues that falsehoods are essential to civilization. He says strict truthfulness would ruin communities and cites a wager where a man lied about a piano performance and was expelled, illustrating the chaos of constant honesty.
A Detroit News brief notes the remote Changu country near Lake Edward in East Africa. It describes Bankola natives as cannibals with sharpened teeth and reports long closures of eastern and southern plains due to sleeping sickness and tsetse flies. Isolated tile pools of Kikural and unmarked papyrus islands are mentioned as warnings to travelers.
A stub born student resists spelling lessons and faces dire consequences. The teacher warns of great inconvenience or tragedy for refusing orthography, and years later the student dies by poison from oysters in Corgust as the old teacher recites a rueful remark.
The article details preparation methods for guinea pigs as food, noting they are baked whole or fried, fricasseed, and used in stews. It praises Cagles as entrees and describes serving with mushrooms, onions, peas a la soubise, or curry. It favors smooth white guinea pigs for the table and discusses flavor changes with age, recommending four to five months for males and about one year for females.
The New York World reports that some people endure sleepless nights due to cold feet which they deny as a cause, noting the possible legal recognition of cold feet as a divorce ground in one state and its link to restlessness and bad temper.
In a humorous exchange Mrs Fumblegate questions reporting bias in court stories. Farmer Fumblegate notes that women in court articles are described by clothing while men are rarely described, as after legal scrutiny a man's clothes lose their value.
Secretary A. D. Call delivers an optimistic address on world peace noting a long road but an eventual end. He urges action over pessimism and contrasts pacifist grumbling with militant intransigence.
Glasgow Valley County Poultry Association ships a full carload of Christmas turkeys to distribute to local families. The shipment showcases community support and seasonal aid efforts during the holiday period.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office Great Falls Montana announces Ira Sallee of Dillon Montana filed notice of intention to prove up a stock raising homestead claim for Lots 1 2 8 SE 4 T11S R5W Mt Meridian pending before F A Hazelbaker U S Commissioner Dillon on January 15 1926 Witnesses listed Ray F Bays James H Faust Walter Hedge Edgar Johnson all from Dillon Montana
Philip I. Giudici of Dillon Montana files notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his homestead claim on lots 3 4 section 19 township 8 S ranger W P M meridian. Before U S Commissioner F A Hazelbaker at Dillon January 9 1926 witnesses Rael M Sexton Erma Sexton William H Estell Lawrence L Price all of Montana.
The Teton County Shipping Association has marketed produce valued at twenty seven thousand forty eight dollars.
Land Office in Great Falls Montana announces that Martin R Quigley of Jackson Montana has filed intent to make three year proof on stock raising and homestead entries for section 26 township 6 south range 15 west P M. Meridian and will appear before Commissioner B R Stevenson at Wisdom Montana on January 9 1926. Witnesses Harry G Davis William D Bailey James H Pinkerton Charlie Berry all of Jackson Montana. W. E. Bennett Register.
Erma Sexton formerly Erma Wright of Livingston has filed notice to prove up a homestead claim in Helena district. She entered land in Sec 14 township 8 S range 6 W and later added entries for SW and SE portions. Proof is to be made before U S Commissioner F A Hazel baker in Dillon on January 11 1926 with Philip Giudici William Estell Jesse Ditty and Roy Lyon of Dillon as witnesses.
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