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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
3
Local note hints at a widower who married too soon after his wife’s passing, then jokes that he is a wise old bird who knows happiness cannot last. The brief item reflects social commentary on timing of remarriage and enduring sorrow.
Readable line notes an advertisement seeking banquet and birthday candles and holders, with “always in stock” claim and Tribune Book Bore as the source. It mentions availability in stock and advert classification, suggesting a local shop catalog snippet.
A fragment references a lecturer asking who John Bunyan was and a line about Dumb Dan from the back row calling a chiropodist in Kalamazoo. The passage preserves local color and hints at literary trivia within a theater or meeting setting.
A humorous exchange plays on evolution and balance as a speaker notes standing on two feet most of the time since age fourteen months. The remark frames the debate with a light, self deprecating tone.
A cryptic local note mentions Clem Crowley, a native of Crowley Lord, who reportedly entered the soap business and "cleared up" after his departure.
A local remark about Tom's dedication to his blanket factory work surfaces in conversation. The line hints at his immersion in job duties and workplace culture without detailing any incident or outcome.
A comic exchange features a 102 year old man exiting a telephone booth. A visitor asks his age when he entered, prompting a wry punchline about age and time.
A family narrative traces Evelyn from baby carriage to college sport model, into marriage with a cozy sedan, and back to the baby carriage era as her parents offer the gift again. Also included are brief, factual notes on language, Sicily, library usage, Franklin’s postal system, platinum wire, python reproduction, and Port Moresby housing.
A humorous exchange features a farmer asking how to find the new hired girl and the farmer's wife quipping that she looks for the hired man. The quip reflects courting wit in rural life.
A wall inscription near ancient inns warned guests with the Latin line Otiosis locus hic non est discede morator, meaning Lingerer depart this is no place for idlers, reflecting strict social codes in Pompeii.
A single dollar greenback, the first of its kind issued by the U S government, is owned by the wife of an Internal Revenue Service officer. A warm current along the west coast of South America unleashed torrential rains, reviving deserts and breaking a long drought.
A lavish description of a map at the Louvre in Paris highlights its jasper ground, towns marked with precious stones and gold inscriptions, and rivers etched in platinum.
The piece recalls the long history of stock punishment as a cheap, parish funded penalty, with 1405 law requiring villages to provide stocks. It notes the last Birmingham exposure in 1844 and a Stratford on Avon case in 1868, and mentions biblical references to stocks in Jeremiah and Paul and Silas.
The dictionary and textbook shaped American pronunciation and spelling standards. It describes the dictionary compilers' role and tasks, including recording current and obsolete words, meanings, and word histories. The textcographer must trace origins and semantic changes and note when words die out.
The piece notes bananas are widely loved and sung about yet poorly understood until tasted. It explains imported bananas from Costa Rica and Jamaica are harvested green for shipment, while attempts to grow them in California and the Deep South fail due to frost risk. East Indies varieties are unusually long, but shipping challenges remain.
The text contrasts youth and middle age, depicting youth as energetic and loud with songs and gatherings, while middle age seeks quiet reflection under a fig tree. It frames youth as exploratory and strange, and middle age as seasoned by memories, morals, and reverence for the past.
Blanch Martin administratrix of Mattie Martin deceased calls all creditors to present claims with vouchers within four months after first publication. Address for claims is C W Robison office Dillon Montana, county Beaverhead. Dated May 16 1925.
In Juneau Alaska the thermometer rarely hits zero. Sikhs require births and deaths on ground. An African lake freezes to a three foot soda crust on a 34 square mile area. Karo Bataks of Sumatra write a Phoenician like language. A 75 year old Scotsman travels 7000 miles from Honolulu to Scotland for Heather and hapyris.
The administrator Samuel B Howell of the estate of Eva B Howell deceased invites all creditors and claimants to present claims with vouchers within four months of the first publication. Claims must be sent to John Collins law offices Dillon Montana Beaverhead County. First publication May 29 1925.
Mary J. Gray deceased seeks claims and vouchers for estate matters by the administrator at Dillon Montana. Albert Estell of Alder Montana files intention to prove a homestead claim for section 32 township 8 south range 5 west and will present three year proof July 24 1925 before Fred Rife. Witnesses include Henry Estell Frank Bird Samuel Campbell and Axel Bronzell. Non coal land. W E Bennett Register.
Department of the Interior announces Milton Bean of Monida Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his stock raising homestead entry G F 062874 Hele na 023569 for lots NW N and SW SEMSWH section 17 NE Ny section 20 township 18 south range 6 west P M Meridian before Fred Rife Clerk of the District Court Dillon Montana on July 28 1925. Names Milford Judy Jrdia J Hallas and Andrew J Bean all of Monida and Charles H Rody of Lima Montana referenced.
A humorous schoolboy note mocks classical phrases with two jokes. The first renders Pax in, bello as Freedom from indigestion. The second features Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh with a faux cloak incident ending in Dieu et mon droit translated as My God, you are right.
Catherine Tishem, wife of the Antwerp burgomaster, was a noted sixteenth century scholar. A preeminent Greek scholar fluent in old languages, she fled persecution by the Parma duchess to England and pursued university studies at Cambridge in later life.
Notice is hereby given that Ralph S. Cecil of Dillon Montana, who on July 17 1924 filed an Additional Stock raising Homestead Entry formerly G F 062916 No 023639 for S 4 N12 N148% section 28 township 10 South range 5 West P M Meridian has filed notice of intention to make three
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