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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
11
Real estate transfers listed from the Beaverhead Abstract Company Title Books for the week ending January 17 1920. The notices name property transfers with names of grantors and grantees and brief locations or descriptions.
A list of deeds and filings including patents to William Rosenbaum and James Ryan, warranty and quitclaim deeds between multiple parties, 320 to 1200 acre transfers on Horse Prairie and Big Hole Basin, store building sale on Helena St, and various water and desert filings by James Johnson and Walter Thackery. Also notes annual statements for Best Candy Company and Bond Grocery Company.
A retrospective look recalls Curtiss glamorous ocean flights of 1910 with 12 minutes aloft and 1300 feet peak height. It also notes Hawker Grieve trips from Newfoundland to Ireland, Alcock Brown success, and a large liner like dirigible in fog. The article links aviation feats to public awe and social change in Nippon’s welfare progress.
A Christian Science Monitor report notes Florida gathered Seminole Indians to a defined reservation in the Everglades. The piece highlights the tribe's long isolation, moral reputation, and apprehension about civilization affecting their standards.
The English hotel opposite Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris housed liberal English travelers from 1792 including Tom Paine. Guests and hosts praised Paine as democracy grew, with Lord Fitzgerald noting daily meals together and growing respect. The hotel played a role in the era of the Terror.
Abe Kobei of Yokohama bequeaths 1,000,000 yen for Kana gawa public welfare, placed with Governor Inouye. The note mentions a prior Osaka merchant donation of 1,900,000 yen, signaling a trend of large gifts to public causes.
Sergt. Alan Nichols, blinded and handless in the war, has been taught to type at St Dunstan’s. A specially constructed machine for the blind and movable aluminum hands allowed him to pass a two hour test with only two corrections. This marks a landmark achievement for the England school for blinded sailors and soldiers.
Professor RE W Gudger questions the South American monkey bridge myth in Natural History noting origins from 1489 and later repeaters. Lea J Miller and George K Cherrie propose a plausible natural observation origin from monkey progressions across ravines or branches.
Lynn W. Meekins recounts a Scientific American observation on Chinese railways. An American locomotive failed to win a contract because its black, rusted appearance contrasted with European models painted to Chinese taste and touched up locally. The lesson: adapt presentation to Chinese preferences.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls a man who shifts in a train and unknowingly catches a woman's jacket, triggering a dramatic rip and a flurry of embarrassment. The incident ends with the woman telling the world about the mishap and both parties sharing a humbling moment.
In a curious dialogue Charley and Mrs Yorkins discuss how modern print links every sight to a problem. They wistfully long for their parents era and the puzzle pages in the Pack section of the magazine.
A late night drive home from a dance ends in a near disaster when a flivver car slides through icy ruts left by a farm wagon. The young man and his sister sleep, wake as the vehicle veers into a barnyard, and the sister brakes to a stop a few feet from the barn door. The correspondent says the tale is true.
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association offers a reward of $500 for the conviction of any sheep thief and $250 for the conviction of any camp robber.
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