Local Notices and Advertisements from Dillon Bulletin
Local brief items note visits by Mr and Mrs G B Whetstone of Grant to Metlen Hotel in Dillon. Frank Schwartz visited Bannack. Joe A Browne and other locals spotted in town. Beaverhead Motors promotes Ford deals. vacuum cleaner for rent available. Grace Smith returns from Toledo Ohio. Patrick Employment Office moves to Corner Cigar Store. Dillon Greenhouses advertises home grown flowers.
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G. B. Whetstone
Grant
Metlen
Herb Arnold
Centennial Valley
Dillon
Hazelbaker
Puzzle poem about Uncle John and a prize puzzle
A humorous verse describes Uncle John solving a newspaper word puzzle to reveal a statesman's name. He nearly wins a one hundred dollar prize but is told many others beat him, and he is offered a sales pitch to cure his itch.
Vision of wireless telephony in prophetic tale
An 1889 tract by Grant Balfour imagines a future device for wireless messages. The story uses Mohammed and the prophet to illustrate a rudimentary trumpet-like instrument for the deaf, predicting a broader, lightning-linked communication method. The piece notes the prophetic power to will, not rely on tools. Toronto Globe.
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Grant Balfour
J. M. Grant
Toronto
Jordan
Mohammed
Arabia
Toronto Globe
Greek Art Long in Making and Modern Perspectives
The piece argues that Greek inspiration persists in modern art and that classic traditions have evolved. Archeology reshapes understanding, showing Greek art’s golden age grew over two millennia, not by spontaneous origins but through long development across prehistoric to historic eras.
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Scribner’s
Golfing Tale Misreads Biblical Journey in Florida
A northern visitor and his caddy, both on a Florida winter course, discuss biblical history. The caddy, a deeply religious colored boy, corrects the visitor by saying it was Job who led the Israelites to the promised land, not Jonah.
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Job
Israel
Egypt
Florida
Henry
Jonah
Land of Ligypt
Desert Doctor Delivers Care by Air Amid Bedouin Camps
Doctor Martinez treats Bedouin patients across Syria from a Valmyria base using an airplane. He flies to encamped tribes, attracting crowds as his desert practice grows. He has treated over 100 serious cases and numerous minors, aided by clear desert air enabling distant sighting.
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Syria
Valmyria
Bedouin
Martinez
Leather Softening Machine by Massachusetts Inventor
Popular Mechanics describes a leather softening device using two broad belts on rollers arranged one above the other. The hide is placed on a metal plate between the belt faces and pressed by a lever to emulate the graining and staking processes.
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Massachusetts
Popular Mechanics Magazine
81-year-old Mrs. Sterling marks 50 years teaching in Little Rock
Mrs. Rene B. Sterling, 81, completed fifty consecutive years in Little Rock public schools begun in 1872. An estimated 6,000 pupils have studied under her during her long career.
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Little Rock
Ark
Rene B. Sterling
Bernard Shaw the Humble Master of Drama and Charity
Bernard Shaw is portrayed as a humble, generous dramatist with keen social sympathy. He eschews egotism, supports with money and mentorship, and embodies a paradoxical schoolboy charm as he moves between rehearsals and London streets.
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Shaw
Cosmo Hamilton
Spur
Tie
Mephistopheles
London
Adelphi
Piccadilly
Tle
Comet Finding Made Easier This Year
Seven known comets may return to Earth's neighborhood this year and, with a typical influx of new comets, researchers expect observing at least a dozen by year end. Some old comets may have suffered disruptions or altered orbits, reducing romance in discovery as astronomers now use synchronized telescopes and cameras to trap potential comets and study plates for signs.
Vicious mamba terrorizes Rhodesian farm and locals
A South Rhodesian farmer seeks help from Port Elizabeth museum to dispose of a great mamba haunting a wooded kopje. He recounts the snake killing two natives and over 100 other victims. locals fear it as the reincarnation of Lobengula, king of Matabeleland, defeated in 1893 and now a feared legend.
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Port Elizabeth Museum
Lobengula
Matabele
Senator Anderson Seeks Republican Nomination for U S Senator
The Sidney based Senator Anderson pursues the Republican nomination for the U S Senate. The piece describes his platform as a mixture of old planks aimed to appeal to non partisans and notes a strategy of uniting followers as in prior elections. It suggests the Republicans may be stronger than Democrats this year.
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Senator Anderson
Sidney
U. S
Anderson
No Man’s Land
Wheeler
Case to Beat the Highwayman Alarmed Money Case
A money carrying case for bank messengers sounds its own alarm if held up. It uses a gong and two trigger circuits in the handle. One trigger sounds immediately. the second schedules the alarm after an interval. The alarm can ring for six hours, drawing attention and likely forcing the thief to abandon the loot.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Sewing shop advert item at Tatter gall’s
Local ad lists sewing machine supplies including needles oil shut tles bobbins belts and related items at the Tatter gall’s shop with an early 20th century phrasing and abbreviated terms.
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Tattergall’s
Parson’s Snuff of Snakeweed in Gubernatorial Debate
The item mocks Rev. J. W. Anderson over his plan to accept a nomination on the Republican ticket for U S senator. The piece suggests he has misread the platform, likening his stance to chewing loco weed. The tone is satirical about political maneuvers.
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J. W. Anderson
U. S
Truck Service Hauling Freight and Passengers
Hauling freight passenger or picnic parties offered by Western Motor Supply Co. Phone 53.1. T. D. Moran, Proprietor.
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Western Motor Supply Co
T. D. Moran
Flappers Remember Wild Flowers Soon Seed in Washington Post
A brief Washington Post note reminds readers that flowers growing wild quickly set seed, a reminder likely tied to cultural or fashion commentary of the era.
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Washington Post
Cobb On the Corn for a Change
Ty Cobb of Georgia plays a second sport when opportunity arises though the great baseball star has not abandoned his primary game.
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Ty Cobb
Georgia Peay
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