Local Short Stories And Sports News Update
Local notes report John F. Bishop recovering at home after a fall on ice resulting in a cracked rib. A high school basketball opener is set for November 9 in the gym between the Blue and White and Phillipsburg. City Baking’s oven top collapsed causing temporary use of a portable oven. Lawrence Price, a Dillon youth, returns Christmas morning after serving with mine sweepers in the North Seas. Prison food costs show a sharp decline from 1918 to 1919, with a drop of about $1,776.40.
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Phillipsburg
City Baking Company
Lawrence Price
Dillon
Navy
Price
North Seas
United States
New Year Activities and Local Notes in Dillon
The town recovers from holiday with reopenings at schools and shops. Prof. Robert Clark visits Butte for the week, while many manage inventories and stock-taking across Dillon. A wedding, Needle Club gathering, and several travel notes color a busy civic week in Beaverhead County.
Narrow escape as scooter collides with car near Andrus hotel
Mrs Frea Gilbert narrowly escaped serious injury last Sunday afternoon when her Smith scooter skidded from the sidewalk under an approaching auto near the Andrus hotel. Bystanders called the scene miraculous as the lighter vehicle was wrecked while the larger car sustained no damage.
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Frea Gilbert
Andrus
Jolly Club Hosts Social Evening in Dillon
Miss Mary Gist presided as hostess to the Jolly club on Tuesday evening with Mrs. Fred Conger and her daughters of Anaconda among the guests.
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Jolly Club
Mary Gist
Fred Conger
Daughters of
Anaconda
Tea Musical at High School Gym
The Good Government Club hosts a tea musical on Tuesday January 6 from 3 00 to 5 30 in the High School gymnasium. An engaging program is planned with guests attending a girls party earlier in the week. Ice cream and candy cakes will be served. Lutheran Aid Society meets January 8 at Berg Christiansen ranch three miles south of town to elect officers. Mrs Christiansen hosts.
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Good Government Club
Fred Waldorf
van de Walker
Lutheran Aid
Lutheran Aid Society
Berg Christiansen
Christiansen
Birthday Party at Williamson Residence Delights Local Youth
A lively birthday party for "Smithy" Williamson drew about three dozen young people Tuesday night. Attendees described the gathering as one of the liveliest parties in the city in a long time.
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Williamson
Opera Succeeds Bull Fight At Mexico City Arena
President Carranza bans bull fights and the Teatro el Toro hosts grand opera with dancers and concerts. A famed bull known as El Bonito charged three horses and injured several people before spectator Miguel Ballo offered sugar and calmed the animal, earning cheers as he returned to his box.
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Teatro el Toro
Mexico City
Carranza
el Bonito
Miguel Ballo
Batlo
Anglo Irish Tunnel Promises Shorter Transatlantic Links
The article discusses a proposed submerged tunnel from Lancashire in England to Antrim in Ireland, a 24 mile link aiming to reunite lands once connected. It would cut transatlantic journeys by about 48 hours and aid the Irish cattle trade and perishables shipping. Estimated costs range from 35 to 80 million dollars.
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England
France
Ireland
Great Britain
Lancashire
Antrim
Irish
Honest farmer outwits sewing-machine agent
A Bangor News note recalls an old farmer who refuses a sewing-machine pitch. The agent boasted of stitching a thick shingle but the farmer scoffed, recalling a neighbor’s wife sewing entire clapboard house facades, then the farmer quips they’ll have supper after sending the agent away.
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Rita
Bangor News
The Devil's Own A tale by Randall Farrish
Randall Farrish, a preacher turned novelist, writes about historical Western life. His latest book The Devil's Own is a well constructed tale that holds the reader's attention to the end, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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Randall Farrish
Chicago Tribune
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