Dillon businesses adopt unified holiday closing plan
In December 1923 a Dillon committees of business men and Rotary club members surveyed local shops to set observed holidays. Hotels restaurants pool halls and garages were excluded while most others agreed to close on New Year Washington’s Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Armistice Day Thanksgiving and Christmas. Lincoln’s Birthday and Columbus Day were dropped after objections. Also notes about 1,084,128 women in agriculture and rising fruit imports to Britain and the decline of Holland windmills with a shift to electric pumps.
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Dillon
Rotary Club
Washington
Local notices and ads mingle in Dillon fair week columns
Community items list shoppers, visitors, and small ads from Dillon. Mentions include Hazelbaker supplying public land script, E W Johnson painting, Tattersall's ranges and sewing supplies, baby chicks orders, and various residents visiting or traveling between Lima Butte Grant and Blaine.
Hatch dragline bought. prices revert to former rates
W E Hedges purchases the Hatch dragline and will revert to the old price structure. Patronage is solicited at the Comer Cigar Store, phone 29 1. Ads note reports from the 49 tf listing and include names of local figures and a demand for explanation of a prior crop clean-up failure. Also offered is 85 tons of hay and 400 acres of pasture on the old Carroll ranch four miles north of Dillon suitable for wintering cattle or horses, with room for 200 head. inquiry to William Brown or Security State Bank, phone 271.
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W. E. Hedges
Hatch
Comer Cigar Store
Boss Quips About Smoking Cigars In Office
A humorous exchange has the Boss admitting to smoking a lot of cigars and a Stenog quipping that he’s surely smoking one of them, highlighting office banter.
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Boss
Stenog
A Dirty Knock Column Sparks Cynic Versus Diplomat Exchange
A sharp clash unfolds over a humor column as a cynic questions its value while a diplomat defends it, claiming even fever blisters and cracked lips could read it without pain. The exchange highlights tension around humor and reader resilience.
Ten Letter Riddle Ends with Stagnation
A witty exchange delivers a ten letter word meaning a country without women. The pun hinges on stag nation implying gendered absence.
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Crossyworder
Unclear Quote on Columbus Critics and Europe Map
A fragmentary remark attributes flat earth criticism to Columbus era debates and claims Germany and France lie in a distant direction. The speaker uses a humorous populist tone suggesting a discovered global orientation. The passage lacks concrete events or dates.
Appendix Mystery In The Hospital On The Table
A hospital scene features a friend asking about an appendix while Cot jokes that the doctors removed the entire Table of Contents. The exchange blends medical and literary humor with a playful misdirection.
Blonde Bess Opines at Boarding House Feller
A columnist characterizes a boarding house feller as roaming the globe daily, calling him Mike the goldfish in a playful flourish. The remark frames a lighthearted, gossipy tone about local lodgings and eccentric residents.
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Feller
Mike
Cough Remedy Without Opiates
An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound claims no narcotic substitutes are used. It emphasizes a plainly printed list of ingredients on each carton and is signed by Potts, the druggist.
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Foley
Potts
Advy
Newlywed banters over spring suit money at the bank
A husband warns against buying a spring suit due to low bank funds while the wife suggests moving accounts to a bank with ample money. The light exchange shows financial strain shaping couple's spending plans.
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Hubby
Honey Bunch
Purdy Notes Counter Attraction at Department Store
The item mentions a new city saleslady at Seth Thompson's Department Store and notes a counter attraction observed. It reflects a casual observation tone typical of the period.
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Seth Thompson
Cat. Beth and Gladys Exchange Cheerful Chat
In a warm exchange, Beth asks about Fred, and Gladys replies he is wonderful, noting Beth’s concern and mutual reassurance.
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Beth
Fred
Gladys
Jackson Sunday School Notes Highlight New Members
Two new members joined the Jackson Sunday School last week and a special meeting included a Home Department family and a Wisdom visitor. Rev. Edwin M. Ellis of Michigan praises the school for steady work despite cold weather and snow and notes the ongoing outreach to Sunshine Work. A frail Lawrence Kansas mother, active five years in the school, cherishes the children’s Christmas gift of cut-out Three Wise Men stories and praises their handwork.
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Jesus
Gethsemane
Edwin M. Ellis
Michigan
Jackson
Lawrence
Kansas
Civic Pride Items Banner Unfurled in Jackson February 12
Jackson Montana February 17 1925 readers celebrate American heroes with a new banner unfurled February 12 The piece honors stars and stripes with vows that Americans and people worldwide should revere rights and unity beyond gold or crowns The tone is civic and commemorative with patriotic verses and calls for fearlessness against spies and traitors
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Hill
Foot and mouth disease spreads to Belgium in August
The foot and mouth disease, once widespread in four southwestern states, is now raging in Belgium. In August, 143,292 cattle were afflicted and a large number of horses were also stricken.
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Belgium
Deer Herd to be Relocated in Kaibab Forest
The Department of Agriculture plans to relocate thousands of mule deer from Kaibab National Forest Arizona due to food shortages. Applicants pay only crate and transport costs estimated at 385 dollars per animal. Deer shipments restricted to east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges with release in parks estates or wilderness areas.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kaibab National Forest
Arizona
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Mountains
Read My Own Writing Becomes Sonny's Special Skill
A father and son exchange a lesson on specialists. The father urges mastering one task, while the son jokes that his special skill is reading his own handwriting, claiming he is already a specialist.
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Sonny Boy
Sonny
Father
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