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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
9
Notices of church festivals fairs dancing parties concerts sociables suppers and other paid events will be charged five cents per line. Card of Thanks and obituary poetry also priced at five cents per line.
Analysis shows Japanese imports rose from 1918 to 1919 under near free trade. The piece notes quadrupled purchases from Japan and other eastern nations, urges focus on domestic jobs over the league of nations, and endorses free trade advocacy by the American Free Trade League supporting Wilson-British proposals.
The article notes uncertainty over Hoover entering the presidential race as a Democrat or Republican. Herbert Hoover dismisses the rumor saying it’s a joke, joking that someone is fooling with a ouija board. The piece humorously suggests Hoover’s past food policy and spirit-world quips as context.
Senator Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia is chosen by Martens as council for a Senate inquiry into bolshevik activities. Once defeated amid Woodrow Wilson era meddling, Hardwick now gets his innings to expose bolshevik influence in the Wilson administration. Go it Tom.
At a public meeting in Washington Attorney General Palmer was introduced as a possible President of the United States. The remark drew sharp criticism for suggesting leadership by a man who releases criminals by compromising with them to enforce the law.
The passage contrasts why other nations ratified the Peace treaty more readily than the United States. It notes the United States faced a “supreme sacrifice” while others did not and mocks Chicago’s “hip” liquor scene as the city must cheer without the trendy term.
Secretary Baker asks state governors to issue proclamations and aid in the week of Feb 22 to 29 as part of a nationwide enlistment effort. The plan includes four months of compulsory training for 18 to 21 year olds, a 280000 man army, 18000 officers, and a reserve list for two weeks annual training.
Quote attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh extols ships as vessels of wealth and distant lands and likens letters to ships that traverse the seas of time, linking ages through wisdom and invention.
A Detroit Free Press reader overhears a street car conversation arguing that people will whisper crookedness no matter what occurs. The excerpt notes that suspicion is a common social habit among the human family.
Mrs J E Monroe plans to travel to Butte tomorrow to meet a friend from St Louis Missouri who will stay as a house guest for several weeks.
Over 30,000 dollars of baled hay shipped into Dillon and along the Oregon Short Line to relieve stock feed shortages. Gov. S. V. Stewart to issue a quarantine effective March 1 on hay and certain produce from Idaho Utah and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. State board of horticulture requests bans due to alfalfa weevil, with detailed shipping rules and certificates required for compliance. Also a Montana ranch for sale at 25 dollars per acre with 3 000 acres and leased land available.
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar for stopping a distressing cough. It promises rapid throat relief, clearing phlegm, and coating inflamed surfaces with soothing medicine. Mrs Mary Kisby of Spokane endorses its effectiveness and Potts the Druggist assures genuineness.
The text describes the Malay Archipelago extending across the equator from Africa and containing Sumatra and Borneo. It notes orangutans inhabit the forests of these islands and imagines the archipelago as a submerged continent that could form a land mass nearly as large as Australia with some geologic uplift.
After dinner Old Mr Ballington recounts fire engagements. Georgie remarks that five engagements are not many and jokes that his sister Mary has been engaged nine times prompting a scandalized reaction from his mother.
Durham cattle mainly young cows slated for March 1 delivery. Price on application. C. Newman listed at Mellen Hotel Dillon.
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