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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
6
Good T Paul dominates politics in the era and a single divorce proceeding opens amid early 16th century housecleaning scenes. First National banks ship two gold bars valued at 2500 dollars. One horse traveling shows fail in Dillon as a mermaid hum bug show leaves the manager refunding an investor's two bits.
On Monday night Dillon celebrated Dewey's victory with a loud warlike salute. A battery of anvils cannons bombs and steam whistles roared for over an hour disturbing residents. Argenta sent seven volunteers from a 25 man camp as a show of support. Bert Williams organized a business leaders collection to buy powder for the salute.
Dr. F M Poindexter travels to Chicago for a meeting of the American Medical Association. Pearl I Smith handles business in Kansas City Missouri. M E Barry's Independents defeated Modern Woodmen of Butte 22 to 0 in the season opener last Sunday. Automobiles from Butte and other cities common on local streets.
A narrator notes a character admiring a tall building exclaiming its many tiers while another rebukes the design as the work of a "snivel engineer" in a lightly satirical exchange.
A Forest Service study shows over 11 000 unperfected mining claims within 24 national forests in Montana and northern Idaho, with 92 percent showing current activity. About 145 000 acres have been patented with 145 mines in operation, while logging for non mining uses remains low at three percent.
Purdue expert Albert A. Hansen outlines practical lawn tips for urban front yards. He warns dandelions buckhorn chickweed and crab grass as top pests and explains their traits and control, ending with a light newsroom joke about a Bronx hail-stone misidentification.
Odd Census Taking Nepaltzin devised a plan in which each household places a stone for every family member. Carriers gather stones and count them in an open field, revealing 12 heaps and a total of 3,200,000 tribe members after scientific counting.
A terse line captures a private vow as he jokes of no cheek for a kiss and she offers hers. The brief exchange hints at a developing intimate tension between two unnamed characters.
A satirical exchange about marriage shows a feisty old man lamenting his wife's nitpicks. A suspicious friend retorts that wives seek husbands at their best and that even an angel might misplace a feather.
The expression a happy faculty is often attributed to 19th or early 20th century academic discourse with varied attributions. no single definitive origin is documented. It reflects a period when faculty contentment was discussed in university governance contexts.
Gene Tunney favors Tom Heeney as next challenger for the heavyweight title after Heeney defeated Jack Delaney. Heeney, an Australian newcomer who arrived about fourteen months ago, is rumored to fight Tunney next July.
A witty squib cites the San Francisco Chronicle claiming animals do not talk and do not think, while noting cabbages and turnips share the same trait. The Argonaut relays this as a jab at editorial pundits who claim to think, underscoring the humor of newspaper talk.
State Bank & Trust Company sues Emanuel T. Webster and Lucy G. Webster. On June 1, 1928, at 2 PM, at the front door of the Dillon Court House, Lots 8 9 and 10 in Block 11 of Rife's Second addition to Dillon, Montana, are to be sold cash. Sheriff W. C. Orr conveys the tenements and rents. Under Sheriff C. H W. Hartwig.
State Bank & Trust Company files a civil action against B L Hoffman and schedules a sheriff sale for May 12, 1928 at 2 PM. The sale covers extensive Montana real estate described by sections townships and ranges in Beaverhead County including multiple quarters and sections totaling thousands of acres. Dated April 16, 1928. W C Orr Under Sheriff Hartwig.
Malcolm Wieming of Beaverhead County Montana files a petition in the Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead to legally change his name to Judah Judah. A court hearing is set in Dillon Montana May 8 1928 at 10 a.m. remonstrants may appear. Dated April 24 1928. Fred Rites Clerk of Court Roy B Herndon Deputy. First publication April 26 1928.
From Jas Edwards in Montgomery Alabama a medical advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a healing remedy for chest soreness coughing and sore throats. It claims the product soothes inflamed throats loosens phlegm and is safe for both children and adults with a guarantee and listing George M Gosman as the seller.
Special Master W. L Kyle directs all holders of receivers certificates and creditors to file claims by June 1 1928 with verified statements of amounts due. Notices to be mailed within a week and published in Dillon Tribune and Butte Miner four times before June 1 1928. Failure to file bars any right to proceeds or liens. First publication April 27 1928.
Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn offers a one hundred dollar reward to any private individual for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. The notice specifies rewards to non-officers of the law.
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