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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1924
Page
12
Authorities order every male citizen to bring at least one dead crow to the nearest police station or face a 125 piastre fine. Crows, described as rocks, plague Constantinople and suburbs damaging truck gardens and fouling cistern water on Vrinkipos islands in the Sea of Marmora.
A method suggests immersing tools in a kerosene and benzine solution with a tiny piece of paraffin. After the solution penetrates all crevices, remove and let the benzine evaporate, leaving the instrument protected from rust.
Snowy linens are the pride of every housewife. Keep them in that condition by using Red Cross Ball Blue in your laundry. At all grocers.
One of the world’s rarest shells, the Cory of the Sea, resembles an unfolding rosebud. Only 12 to 144 specimens exist in collections, with three found in IS8S by a British scientist on a Philippine coral reef before the reef was later destroyed by an earthquake.
Quote from Rose Macaulay's Told by an Idiot on freedom across generations. It notes each generation believing it has first time freedom, then fearing the next has too much. The reflection questions historical growth of freedom.
A playful London column quotes Ile-I wonder what put that idea Into his head and She-Ihe says the dog doesn’t know enough to keep a scent, referencing a fox hound named after Reggie. The exchange reveals light humor about pets and naming quirks.
A lament in archaic verse questions why a cursed hunger for gold drives mortals to folly. The speaker pleads for restraint, fearing ruin from avarice and the moral cost of wealth pursuit.
A concise note on the nature of emergencies highlighting their surprise and inevitability.
Montana tests in Flathead County led by County Agent R B McKee show calcium cyanide as a poison for gophers with near 100 percent kill rates across three ranches. Trials on 487 burrows showed only a few left open, with ten day checks confirming effectiveness and plans for broader testing in other counties.
A community survey in Philips County finds farmers using large teams can profit despite low bushel prices. Harvest methods like corn cutting by Weststack and diversified farms on half sections show higher per acre returns and potential for good living with reduced debt, given higher value crops or broader farming mixes.
A detailed old recipe describes slack lime with water, straining, and adding salt, rice paste, Spanish whiting, blue, and a mix of alum molasses and cheap soap to improve adhesion penetration and gloss. The mixture is heated and applied with a brush, with rest days before use.
The sexes of ponies or young turkeys can be determined early by a tuft of hairs on male birds. The tuft appears after a small fleshy protuberance develops. Males show the tuft between three and four months old, while females do not until about one year old.
Medicine Hat is described as one of the greatest flour milling centers in the world, noted for its cold climate origin and prominent industry status.
County Agent A. W. Warden reports Daniels County diversification shows about half complete yet indicating strong advance. Cropland rose from 2 208 acres in 1923 to 4 318 in 1924 with flax leading gains. Hog, pig and turkey breeding rises accompany plans for more feed crops to secure livestock, including sweet clover alfalfa beans millet and cane.
Agronomist A J Quetard of Montana State College Extension says Montana’s corn outlook is brighter than some eastern states due to better late season conditions in July and August. He cites strong seed quality from last fall’s seed corn program and notes other states face early frosts and poor seed, impacting next fall’s corn value.
Montana State College Extension Service expert J Q Tretsven warns improper cream handling lowers butter quality and prices. Causes include milk standing in barn or nearby milk houses creating barn odor and poor ventilation leading to musty smells. Proper care on the farm eliminates both odors and preserves product quality.
Montana Extension Service reports considerable land clearing in Flathead county during spring. A caravan of sodatal from USDA sites was used to blast stumps in the valley, with 44,056 pounds of explosive distributed among 110 farmers.
Figures show that for the three years ending 1922 the average American consumed 4.22 bushels of wheat annually. Prewar 1900 to 1910s averaged 5.06 bushels. If prewar levels persisted, 90 million bushels less would be available for export.
A note traces the dumbell as a natural descendant of the blockhead Good Hardware, highlighting lineage and origins.
A Colorado Agricultural College guide explains preserving eggs in a water glass solution. Use one quart water glass with ten quarts boiled cooled water in a crockery vessel, keep eggs covered by one inch, store cool and ventilated, and use within one year.
Poultry farmers are urged to guard against red mites that sap a hen’s vitality. Keep houses clean and apply hot whitewash and carbolineum or kresol to roosts and inside woodwork to kill mites. With proper treatment, hens will lay more eggs as their vitality returns.
A recent Orange Judd farmer issue notes infertile eggs enadled from incubators can be cooked and fed to baby chicks. Thorough cooking eliminates danger from dead germs and the ground shells and contents provide feeding elements. Market eggs may be profitable as feed for the first two weeks when incubator samples are small.
The article discusses breeding practices for chicks and poults, emphasizing infertile eggs, brooding until fully feathered, and careful chick counting. It notes cheaper but rot-prone floor materials, highlights vermin control challenges, and stresses strategic poultry house location and half monitor designs similar to hog houses.
The wheel was a barbarous method used across Europe. Scotland practiced it until 1604, France until 1789, and Germany until 1827. Victims were chained to a wheel and their limbs broken as the wheel turned, with an iron bar delivering the blows. The term rove in French comes from this practice.
A Caxton Hall Westminster item describes a tobacco box claimed as the most wonderful in the world. Once bought for four pence over 200 years ago, it held three ounces. now it stands over four feet tall and is insured for £7000. Its value rests on the original box being nested inside six others, each encased in silver.
Advertises Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura trio Soap Ointment and Talcum. Promotes use for face skin baby and dusting while asserting it renders other perfumes superfluous.
A humorous note on reusing discarded inner tubes for practical tasks. It lists rubber bands to seal packages, secure jelly glasses, hold paper cuffs, protect sleeves during work, and even a child using them as garters. The piece highlights frugal ingenuity and playful household hacks.
A brief exchange over a golden wedding anniversary ends with a joke about three days of marriage and a tense moment between friends.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming it neutralizes uric acid and relieves rheumatism. It offers sample bottles by mail to readers who send ten cents and mention the paper. Large and medium bottles are sold at drug stores.
A humorous exchange centers on a menu written in Frenne as Jim and Jack joke about taste. One quip notes the menu language while the other quips that it can eat anything, highlighting playful diner banter.
The speaker retorts that very few girls would marry him and he replies that few would be enough, revealing a sharp exchange. The line hints at gender expectations and self-deprecating humor in the period tone.
A clipped quotation highlights a resident praised for consistency and dependability in the community, likening his steadiness to a reliable timepiece. The remark underscores trust in a familiar figure within the locality.
A brief quip notes the rare man of matrimony who claims complete certainty about life. It reflects skeptical humor toward self assured spouses and humility in daily relationships.
Mrs. Josie M Shaw of Cambridge Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from an operation after severe female troubles and pain She says the remedy improved after four doses daily for two years and helped her deliver a healthy baby girl four years ago A nationwide purchaser canvass reports 98 of 100 benefited.
A silk farm near Oroville California begins incubating over 2 000 000 silk worm eggs for commercial silk production. The eggs were imported from France and Italy. The farm has more than 25 000 mulberry trees for feeding the worms and supplying the silk material.
A house grows quiet after companions escort grandma to the train. Nellie speaks of wanting her grandma to go home tomorrow while a housewife admires clean laundry and the Red Cross Ball Blue brand. The scene blends family sentiment and domestic product advertising.
A fragmentary item shows a pastor debating church attendance versus travel. A note claims a character will park a car outside to imply presence inside, reflecting a dramatic exchange reported by the Columbia State.
A Detroit Free Press brief recalls a dispute after one person cared for a cat while another was away. The caregiver faced accusations of underfeeding when the owner returned.
In court the clerk's testimony sparked no dramatic detail as she blushed and offered only brief remarks. Her restrained response followed questions about the case, leaving other aspects to be clarified by attorneys and additional witnesses.
A witty remark compares loudness to size noting that if a man could shout as loudly as a baby, telephone companies would struggle to declare dividends.
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