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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
4
The national waterways commission will hold hearings in Washington starting November 21 on water power. Invited speakers include Gifford Pinchot Secretary Fisher Louis Brandeis and Attorney General Wickersham. The commission plans to present its findings to Congress early next year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology launches a new course taught by Major Edwin T. Cole on knots and cordage. The program covers overhand knots eye splices whipping and practical uses for field structures with safety as a core principle.
A boyhood tale recalls young Beethoven isolating for violin practice with a spider that adored his music. His aunt crushed the arachnid, and the boy later composed a plaintive melody titled Elegy to My Friend Spider after three weeks away from the instrument.
An Indian beetle carried a stone nearly half a pound on its feelers for about forty yards. The beetle measured 2% inches long with feelers 3/4 inch and weighed a quarter ounce. The stone weighed 7 ounces, 8% by 2% inches, and seven inches in circumference, discussed in a Serampore Bengal letter. A separate note questions why a train is named the Comet, joking about keeping it moving after a collision.
Dillon resident Mrs. L. Robbins testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills easing years of backache and kidney distress. She recalls total relief after four boxes and urges kidney sufferers to try the remedy. Sold by Potts Drug Store at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. agents Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
The article traces presidential impact on the Supreme Court from Washington to Taft, detailing how many justices each president appointed, notable reversals in court size, longest unchanged periods, and profiles of junior and senior members. It notes specific appointees, terms, and key shifts shaping the bench.
The Rev. D. M. Spencer of Gentry Missouri finished a Bible printed with raised letters after seven years of work and a prior hymn book. He read aloud to himself while manufacturing the type and did all the work himself costing over $1,000. Spencer has preached in nearly every state and once built a three room house unaided and homesteaded a Nebraska claim.
Statistics from the Washington District Supreme Court indicate 40 percent of divorces result from elopements and 80 percent involve at least one party under 21. Women file about 80 percent of suits, and fewer than 10 percent of couples are parents. There is one divorce suit per four marriage licenses, and mothers-in-law are largely exonerated.
Dr Franz Bergman of Berlin warns American businessmen and women face earlier deaths due to high speed elevators in modern skyscrapers. He claims rapid up and down movement damages hearts and even toes from tight shoes, and urges regulation similar to autos to protect public health. He cites consensus of leading physicians in New York and Chicago and notes Europe has regulated elevator speed.
A light London Answers quip ponders a family dispute over visiting the zoo. A father proposes a joint outing while the mother’s plan looms as the preferred option, leaving the children to decide which path to take.
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