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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
12
Notices of church festivals fairs dancing parties and concerts with admission or profit from selling items will be billed at five cents per line while Cards of Thanks and Obituary Poetry cost six cents per line.
A member of Congress Journal argues for enduring public discussion of officials actions postwar. He says wartime power was needed to unify the nation and calls for returning to traditional respect for the Constitution and the role of law beyond emergency measures.
A commentary warns against amending foundational principles and risking mob rule. It emphasizes three separate branches—executive, legislative, judicial—each independent yet constrained by the constitution. Encroachment by one department threatens liberty amid global unrest, citing Mexico and Russia.
The United States has a 10 percent surplus capacity needing foreign sale to maintain employment. To compete abroad the surplus must fetch prices that permit entry into world markets. Wages can be high if output supports them. roughly 70 percent of production costs are wages.
Editor C W Barron reports from Europe that the United States sees no government interference in telephones while England treats it as a joke and governments fund deficits through taxation. Advocates of government ownership tout low rates but ignore ongoing losses. rail reforms cited from England and Canada are weighed against experience.
A Pacific coast paper notes 16 Japanese ship owners visiting to gather data on depth water harbor facilities and port equipment. The piece argues that such visits signal a forthcoming trade war rather than military aggression, marking a shift from suspicion to strategic competition.
A ragged summary notes government talk of canceling war contracts to curb unemployment. It cites immigration data showing the U S population rose about 500 000 from alien arrivals in the last four years, vs larger gains earlier, as part of the debate on employment.
The speaker estimates 1,000,000 to 1,600,000 fewer workers due to the war, noting the gap reduces unemployment and provides ready jobs for returning soldiers when demobilization occurs. It argues most veterans will quickly find positions.
Winston Churchill declares that Britain will not accept any fettering restrictions on naval defence as peace negotiations begin. He stresses the navy’s suprem acy and vows no compromise, signaling a tough stance at the peace table.
The author ridicules the pelican as a creature failing in nearly all roles yet excelling as a fisherman. He imagines Walton and Grover Cleveland in a boat demanding more bait, framing the pelican as nature overdone and comically inept except when fishing.
A humorous meditation on the pelican as a designed creature. The narrator imagines nature shaping a “B C 4668” pelican with a streamlined body and non skid features, praising its unique engine and transmission while noting its odd combination of kitchen cabinet, government carrier status, and flight prowess. It ends with playful imagery of a feathered Annette Keller man in flight.
R B Cradlebaugh argues that progress has left the speaker behind, noting that times change and efficiency experts dominate. He mocks life with Pa Pelican as endless fishing, never taking a break, busy as an oyster at a church festival.
The Kansas City Journal notes plans for a duke to marry an actress. Reporters discuss expectations for the duchess and her background in musical comedies.
In a whispered aside Silas questions Ezra about glimpses of the underworld while in New York. Ezra admits three encounters, including two in the subway and one in a rats cellar, revealing seedy urban dangers.
In a terse scene a pursuer warns that Jones is a marked man while another observer notes a visible tattoo of a big eagle on his arm, signaling the danger surrounding him. The fragment implies pursuit or surveillance tied to a notable emblem.
A garbled OCR fragment references demands for more girls to graduate as war nurses and hints at broader wartime education goals. The text is incomplete and lacks clear specifics or dates.
Fragmented text shows a character naming himself count amid inconsistent dialogue. The passage hints at refusal to adopt a different title and a scene of tension around identity and authority. Specific names or clear events are unreadable due to garbled OCR.
The only school of its kind in the West selected by the U S government to train soldiers for actual war service. Best equipped automotive engineering and machine shop program west of Chicago with over 30 000 in equipment. New term begins January 6 with potential for board and lodging while attending.
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