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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
11
An American colonel in France struggles with a jammed headquarters safe. A black sergeant suggests Copral Hall and then Corporal Hall opens the lock. The exchange ends with the sergeant offering to confess if ever needed.
The Rouen New Jersey famous egg layer Peggy died after delivering a final egg and a quiet quack. The New York Evening Post lauds her as world champion egg producer with a year total of 825 eggs. Peggy avoided public stance on wartime issues and continued laying for national effort.
Elizabeth Frazer describes a World War I scene with American tanks at Argonne Wood breaking through to flank and rear. She observes a grotesque tank force marching across shell scarred fields and notes insignia resembling a deck of cards with suits and ranks.
A quirky vignette describes an armored Wetle ferrét figure with a grime streaked paw and a wagging tail gripping a ten spot in a bizarre scene likened to a dreamlike moment from Alice in Wonderland.
Report from Cowestry Wales describes a masquerade where a masked figure mimicked Death. Among 140 dancers, 122 fall ill with influenza and 12 die, including the death master, as the scene echoes The Masque of the Red Death.
Italian motor car exports fell in the first half of 1918 with 2,356 vehicles shipped worth about £1,400,000. This contrasts with 4,148 in 1917 and 2,731 in 1916. Touring cars totaled 728, a record for the period, beating 244 and 569 in prior years.
In Terre Haute a primary school teacher tested students by naming domestic animals then asked for wild ones. A boy named John quickly shouted Ghosts and Indlang, prompting a moment of playful mischief in class.
Wilmington Del is to receive farm products by parcel post truck service between Wilmington and Salisbury Md. The service began recently with two army trucks delivering eggs fish oysters crabs berries and similar goods direct from land or sea to the consumer. Stops occur at every town with a post office. parcels can be accepted for New York with transfers at Chester and a Wilmington to Philadelphia leg to be established.
Godspur jokes that a small grasp of auto knowledge led to a costly miscalculation after a repair bill of 154 dollars and 17 cents from a shop. The Ry mingham Age Herald carries the quip about overestimating expertise and facing the bill.
Patient recounts two years of stomach pains and relief after first dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Claims it cleanses the intestinal tract and relieves most stomach liver and intestinal ailments. Druggist Potts notes money back guarantee. Advy-1t
The note marks the 100th anniversary of the ship Thaddeus leaving Boston in 1819 for Hawaii and recalls the 1820 landing at Kailua Kona by Asa Thurston and Hiram Bingham with their wives and other companions. It notes early Hawaiians who accompanied them and the role of missionaries in Hawaii’s modern history.
A large automated vending unit sells bottled beverages sandwiches and gum. It features a 96 bottle cooling chamber a precooling water bath and a gum incentive for returning empties. A counterfeit detector rejects fake coins and a sales register logs all transactions. Only stocking and maintenance require human attention.
A front correspondent recalls the emergency ration issued to soldiers remains largely uneaten. Described as ground oatmeal fortified with meat and vegetable juices and gluten, the ration is said to be highly concentrated. A court martial reportedly punishes eating it unnecessarily, and hot field meals are scarce.
Springfield Union letters to the editor condemn radical tendencies and urge aliens to return to their countries, arguing the stance would not distress the American people. The heated exchange reflects ongoing tensions over patriotism and immigration in the era.
Two men named Jake and Pete trade quips about the sun and travel. Jake asks if the sun sets in the east, Pete wonders if he has ever been farther east than Denver. A widow figure remains silent nearby.
Records note the search for Juan Cabrillo’s burial place on San Miguel Island, a property of J P Moore in Florida. The tale links Cabrillo to death on the island by fever or by a warrior’s hand, with legends of a secret cave burial and hidden treasure left by Drake and other outlaws amid California lore.
Kiev contains about five hundred thousand inhabitants and four districts. Podol the commercial quarter skirts the Dnieper river while Lipki above it offers villas and fragrant greenery. Kiev proper houses the university and St. Sophia cathedral with golden domes and the theater district. Petchersk features caves and catacombs once used as refuges and monastic cells visited by around three hundred thousand pilgrims yearly.
Sweden may convert two largest warships by removing armament and armor to create passenger liners. Proposed vessels would carry 2,000 tons dead weight, at 4,300 tons displacement and speeds of 25 to 80 miles per hour. Sweden fields 69 warcraft, but few suited for combat. Popular Mechanics notes this signals a potential peaceful naval use.
Marshal Foch joins the pipe culture as he watches Haig and other British generals. He purchases an English briar pipe and, under military instruction, learns to smoke, initially using more matches than tobacco but soon mastering the habit and enjoying a good briar from an English firm.
The piece notes not all fighters return to birth lands. Most living men will come home while many horses will not, due to demand for draft animals in France and Belgium. Red Star animal relief in New York participates in rehoming former war horses to fresh fields and pastures.
Sir Douglas Hally's Grenadiers formed a guard of honor at Charing Cross for the homecoming man of the hour. The line stretched end to end with few men without wound stripes, and three guardsmen standing together bore sixteen stripes between them.
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