Kansas City Echoes to G. O. P. Convention
Kansas City buzzed with crowds and confusion as thousands of delegates and visitors filled Convention Hall for the Republican National Convention. Notables like Secretary Mellon and Senator Fess drew attention while women delegates and a female sergeant-at-arms participated actively.
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Kansas City
Guy D. Goff
West Virginia
Goff
Mellon
Moses
Aioatt
Uoijudauoday Jouvuuiteya
William M. Butter
Longworth
Roosevelt
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Baker
Missouri
Kansas City Expert Declines Rival’s Higher Offer
A Kansas City man with specialized skills declined a rival firm’s attempt to lure him away. The new employer offered higher pay and a contract, but he cited a two-year commitment with his current company. The rival pressed, offering $100 then $150 more, plus a contract, but the man refused.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Jewels and legends linked to misfortune and discovery
The passage discusses how misfortunes around famous jewels are often seen as coincidences and how scientific explanations can dispel mystique. It notes a contrasting view where pawning jewelry helped finance Columbus' early voyages, highlighting the enduring appeal of jewel stories and legends.
Youth Laughs Last with Hats in Class
A George Washington University professor failed to appear for class delaying students 15 minutes. The next day he claimed constructive presence with his hat on the desk. On day three the instructor found hats on every chair, joking that American humor remains constructively present.
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George Washington University
Lafayette Journal and Courier
Burial of Giantess in Maquassi South Africa
A burial in Maquassi South Africa required 380 men for the funeral. The coffin stood 8 feet 4 inches high and 6 feet 8 inches long. Twenty men assisted placing the body in the coffin and 300 pallbearers lowered it into the grave. The young deceased had been bedridden for a year and a special bed had to be made on the floor due to her weight.
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Maquassi
South Africa
Sho
Still Time to Learn Every Man Should Ask Himself
A reflective note from American Magazine urges readers to consider how long since they learned a new thing. It champions continuous self-improvement and curiosity as a path to personal growth.
Disposition of Dead Has Wide Variation
Ceremonies for disposing of the dead vary worldwide. Cremation, once common in antiquity, has revived in modern times due to health and sanitary concerns. Early Christian era favored inhumation. Egyptians embalmed, Judea entombed, China buried. Cremation societies formed in the nineteenth century.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Egypt
Judea
China
Love and Youth Find a Way in Public Embrace
Boston Globe recounts an observer missing his train and watching a couple greet, embrace, then briefly part as trains arrive. The scene shows affectionate public display mistaken for a simple homecoming, highlighting public petting amid crowds and travel delays.
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Boston Globe
Fin
Tightwads and budgeters in a Kansas City note
Government budget expert defines terms like tightwad spendthrift and thrifty by living expenses savings and recreation fractions. The Kansas City Times remarks on balancing necessities with savings and affirms value of a budget maker who values more than just saving.
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Kansas City Times
Weather-Glass and its Meteorological Role
The first mercury barometer showed that weight governs all things and earned the nickname weather glass for its use in predicting weather. Its column fluctuates with atmospheric pressure, measured by a vernier device offering greater accuracy than thermometer columns.
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Nature Magazine
Naval Range Finder Description in Battleship Turrets
An optical range finder uses a long prism tube in battleship turrets to measure distance by triangulation. The base is the tube length and accuracy depends on visibility and distance, typically within a few hundred yards of the true range.
Progress in Lighting
A laborer today works about ten minutes daily to pay for electric lighting. Fifty years ago he would have spent two and a half hours for the same light from gas flames, and twenty four hours daily to cover the cost if using candles. Modern science is responsible for this great reduction in lighting costs.
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Modern Sciences
Scientific American
Ensure Correct Judgment Before Acting
The quote urges careful verification before action, warning that assuming opportunity without certainty leads to errors. It emphasizes disciplined judgment and avoiding premature claims or commitments.
Couple Keeps Secret Marriage Revealed in Dillon
Miss Nellie Little of Dillon and M M Johnson were wed several months ago at Anaconda. Mrs Johnson, a trained musician, has taught in Dillon for over two years. Her husband works as a telegrapher for the Oregon Short Line with temporary headquarters at Camas Idaho.
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Dillon
Nellie Little
M. M. Johnson
Anaconda
Johnson
Dan Little
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Camas
Idaho
Mallon Sets Course Record At Dillon Country Club
Johnny Mallon of Dillon Country Club smashed the local course record by shooting 68 for eighteen holes, four under par, with both nine-hole rounds at 34. Caddie Henry Mercer, visiting from Butte Country Club, posted 75 for two rounds with a 34 first round.
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Johnny Mallon
Dillon Country Club
Henry Mercer
Butte Country Club
Dillon
Hazelbaker Attends Rotary International Convention
Senator and Mrs. F A Hazelbaker traveled to Minneapolis for the Rotary International national convention. Ray Church was installed as governor of Rotary's Sixth district, replacing Hazelbaker after completing his term.
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F. A. Hazelbaker
Minneapolis
Rotary International
Ray Church
Rotary
Montana
Hazelbaker
What, Indeed The Smoker And The Barn
Evansville Journal notes a critic frames the average smoker as using many matches to build a barn while questioning the motive behind such a goal. The item lampoons excessive curiosity about trivial habits and ironizes public commentary.
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Evansville Journal
Stanley Scearce for Congress Campaign Notice
Campaign committee in Lake County announces frpnlated and paid for by Stanley Searce for Congress Club with J A Lemire serving as Secretary.
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Stanley Searce
Congress Club
J. A. Lemire
Willis Probate Named Ex Executrix of Barrett Will
Miss Helen Bulger was named executrix of the will of the late Mrs Maria P Barrett. The will was admitted to probate in the district court last Monday morning.
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Helen Bulger
Maria P. Barrett
Trade Vessel Flow Sets Record For U S Year
The statement notes that 5 761 vessels carried 26 38 million gross tons of trade entering and leaving the United States in the previous year.
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United States
Lost herd of five work horses with brands
Five geldings missing from Anderson Brothers branded with a heart on the left stifle and other marks. Descriptions include bay horse with a stripe in the face, straight black, black with white hind feet, light grey flea bitten, and dark grey. Reward offered by Anderson Brothers.
Water Users' Reservoir Co Shares for Sale
For sale 200 shares of Water Users' Reservoir Company listed by A. L. Stone. Adv.-23-25.
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A. L. Stone
Adv
Special Election Notice for Beaverhead Schools
Notice by Clerk F P Bulger of School District No. 10 Beaverhead County Montana announces a special election at Dillon Public School June 23 1928 from 1 to 6 PM to vote on a five mill tax levy in addition to the existing ten mill levy to operate maintain the schools and pay outstanding warrants.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Dillon
Idaho and
Reeder Streets
Board of Trustees
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Des Moines
John N. Johnson
Lawrence
Kansas
Cleveland
Istra
Ion Sale
Dillon Horse Sale Co
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Edison Marshall
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