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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1930
Page
4
A brief notice indicating a periodical or matter entered at the Dillon Postoffice for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter for a three month period.
The Naval Observatory in Washington sets country wide clocks via radio signals from three master clocks kept in an underground vault. Signals are transmitted at 2 55, 11 55, and 9 55 PM EST and reach observatory derived stations, with Byrd and Alaska surveyors using the readings. Officials seek funds to replace aging clocks amid defense spending debates.
A historic radiocasting of Christmas melodies and greetings from Germany, Sweden and Holland to America marked a new era in international broadcasts. The NBC network carried three hours of programs as Europe and the United States shared seasonal tunes and messages, signaling broader cultural exchange and future global reach.
A quirky exchange reveals a plan involving a front door wait and a clear back route as a backdrop for a playful pursuit. The dialogue hints at a family setting with Mr Staylate and Miss Yawnsome in a humorous domestic moment.
Dillon and Beaverhead county friends report the marriage Thursday morning last week of Miss Elizabeth Metlen and Ike Rife Jr in Los Angeles where the bride taught and joined him during holidays. The bride, eldest daughter of George and Mrs Metlen, is a Beaverhead native educated at Helena High and the University of Washington. The groom, youngest son of Isaac Rife, grew up in Dillon and works with his father in the sheep business. They will reside on the groom's ranch.
Bill Bates son of Mr and Mrs H H Bates visiting California with Mr and Mrs George Melton and family is making Sun state handball sharks sit up and take notice. He and George have played at clubs in cities they stop and Bates stood out as a scorer wherever he went. He was offered a post at a Los Angeles club with 2000 members and a salary of 100 dollars per month to instruct juveniles in the art of killing the little black ball.
A greeting cards firm owner tells a clerk he must be let go, stating sentiment has no role in business, a line echoed in a 20th century American Legion Monthly style.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote notes that the man is the sole creature who must undress to sleep and wake to an alarm clock, reflecting a humorous or observational study of nightly routines.
A compact quotation attributed to Epictectus circa 60 A D emphasizes starting with small tasks to master discipline before tackling larger challenges. The saying highlights gradual self-improvement through attention to minor details.
An Ex change article notes how English words such as check chess theque chequer avast bow keelhaul and others derive from Arabic and Dutch maritime links. It traces findnee to Latin finis and explains linguistic shifts during eighteenth century France impacting tax collectors financiers.
A note from Capper's Weekly directs readers to contact Mr. Robin for standardized labor work. It mentions his long habit of digging worms in a repetitive method dating back to ancient times.
Old Fort Fort McHenry, famed from the Star Spangled Banner, remains standing with many fortifications intact. Drives and walks are lined with siege cannon balls, and two Francis Scott Key memorials overlook the river and the entrance as it becomes a national park.
A fragment from the San Francisco Chronicle discusses a social dilemma where a guest and hostess hesitate to defer the first move in etiquette. The brief note frames waiting for the other to act as the central tension in proper hosting.
An early quotation emphasizes virtue as the highest reward and a precursor to all goods including liberty safety life property and family. It argues that virtue itself affords all good things and guardianship of personal and communal wellbeing.
A reflection on human nature as a living tree rather than a machine, arguing people must grow and develop in all directions driven by inward forces that animate a living being. Quotes Mill on self-directed growth and inner tendencies.
A compact reflection cites Sir Thomas Browne on solo thought versus social company, noting that those who never learn to be alone become prisoners to themselves while active minds may seek others to escape their own crowding thoughts.
The Freer Gallery of Art holds Chinese and Japanese works and Whistler paintings and etchings from the late Charles L. Freer. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution but located in a separate Freer-provided building.
The article traces early use of coffee urns in 1691 Boston coffee houses and notes a leading manufacturer claim of copper-tinned coffee tea and water urns with copper baskets or percolators dating to 1855. Heating methods included steam coils alcohol lamps and gas burners.
The Women’s bureau began as a war service in July 1918 and became permanent in June 1920. It consists entirely of women and sets standards and policies for wage earning workers to protect homemakers and mothers while serving national interests.
The law states that after a certain point increasing labor or capital yields a less than proportional rise in output from a fixed land area. Though commonly attributed to Ricardo, the concept was identified earlier in economic thought.
The article explains that nearly all cigarette papers originate in France. The paper, often called rice paper, is extremely thin and gritty, requiring hundreds of sheets for an ounce. It is not made from rice but from flax and hemp fibers processed into pulp and woven into paper.
The piece discusses who starts the playful rhymes used in recess and how they spread worldwide. It notes that many are ancient and folkloric, adapted over time, while others are modern, and emphasizes oral folk tradition surviving without printed records through generations of storytellers and minstrels.
The ancients favored heavy scents like musk myrrh and incense while flower fragrances rarely appear in their poetry or literature. This suggests the subtle scent sense is evolving with civilization as lighter aromas gain prominence.
An advertisement touts Foley Pills diuretic as dependable for kidney and bladder disorders for 25 years. customer Mrs Black of Petersburgh Virginia testifies she slept better and felt no pain after use. The ad urges readers to seek Foley Pills from Geo M Gosman in Potts successor.
A week ago a charming social event featured a bridge dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Cushing. Twelve guests enjoyed a perfectly appointed meal centered by a roses vase before an evening of bridge.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Orr acted as hosts at a Friday evening dinner at their Poindexter and Orr ranch home. Twelve guests were entertained with cards as the main diversion of the evening.
Mr and Mrs W H Clark entertained twelve guests at dinner on Wednesday evening of last week in observance of their twenty second wedding anniversary with pinochle after a well appointed repast.
At their South Pacific street home Mr and Mrs Roscoe Cornell hosted a dinner in honor of their son Roscoe Cornell Jr Cards followed the meal Roscoe Jr departed Saturday for Missoula to continue studies at the university
Mr and Mrs Harold Warner extended delightful hospitality to many friends with two pinochle gatherings last week. The Friday and Sunday evenings featured progressive pinochle at four tables and refreshments served after both events.
Miss Katherine McLean served as hostess at a dancing party Friday night at her North Pacific street home. Refreshments followed at midnight showcasing the social gathering.
Theta held its annual Christmas party Thursday night at the Country Inn with a fine dinner. Guests later moved to the home of Mrs. George Gosman for card entertainment. Hostesses were Mrs. Gosman Mrs. Florence Backus Miss Bertie Mathews and Mrs. W E Stephenson.
Mrs L F Molleur hosted the Busy Bee club at her North Pacific street home with a luncheon last Thursday. The group then enjoyed its annual Christmas party in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Victor Carrigan announce the birth of a baby daughter born Friday of last week at Barrett Hospital. The child joins the family in this welcoming at the Barrett facility.
Mr and Mrs W C Orr entertained last Saturday with a dinner at their home on South Washington Street. Fourteen guests from the Orr families and others attended. The long table was attractively decorated and dinner was followed by cards as the evening’s diversion.
Mrs. Harold H. Hanson entertained Bitterroot club members with a Wednesday luncheon at Grandview east of town. The gathering marked the club’s annual Christmas party.
The Ellen May Guild gathered Thursday afternoon at 420 South Idaho Street for a pleasant social. Mrs. A L Anderson and Miss Julia Anderson hosted as the group prepared annual hospital dressings for the Presbyterian hospital in Nakowa Siam.
Mr and Mrs W D Tovey hosted their supper club Sunday evening at their residence on South Washington Street.
Mrs. Joe Wedum entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club this week at her home on South Washington Street.
St James Guild was entertained on Thursday afternoon by Mrs Alma Harwood at her South Washington Street home.
Harold Warner chaired the Dillon Rotary meeting at the Andrus hotel. Melbourne A Jackson performed two piano pieces. Principal W. W. Wahl discussed a high school basketball double header. Bernard Williams, head of the high school agricultural dept., spoke on the federal farm board and its operations.
A proposal suggests giant balloons hoisted thousands of feet above ground to house hospitals giving patients pure air and sunlight. The concept imagines aerial wards suspended in the sky as a new healing environment.
The first real paper, a fiber sheet, is traced to ancient China about a century before Christ. It was made from bamboo and rag fibers beaten to pulp and pressed into sheets. The method reached Samarkand via Chinese prisoners of war.
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers' association offers a $250 reward for the conviction of any sheep thief and a $100 reward for the conviction of any camp trespasser. The notice seeks to deter theft and prompt legal action.
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