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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1928
Page
6
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for children. It claims pleasant taste helps bilious, feverish, or constipated kids without cramping or narcotics and warns buyers to insist on the genuine product with proper dosing on the bottle.
A property owner in East Milton Massachusetts sues the town for damages after the street widening required splitting his house in half. The owner refused purchase offers and the town proceeded with the cut through the structure.
An observer notes Britain’s diverse cattle breeds named by the Royal Agricultural Society. The list includes Short horn Hereford Sussex Welsh Long horn Aberdeen Angus Belted Galloway and others, highlighting a rich dairy heritage amid a small habitat.
Lou Henry Hoover, daughter of an Ohio banker, met Herbert Hoover at Stanford where he studied mining engineering. She joined him in China and learned Chinese to aid household management and scholarly work. In 1912 she helped translate Georgius Agricola's De Metallurgia from Latin with her husband.
Reports from across the state say Joe Dixon is steadily gaining ground in the race for the senate. Observers credit his campaigning energy, state service record, and courage, noting the public has reassessed past criticisms and recognizes his achievements.
Frenchman Charles Cros on April 30 1877 deposited with the Academy of Sciences Paris a device for recording and reproducing acoustical vibrations. Cros could not interest anyone in his invention and lacked funds for a patent. Edison was working meanwhile and filed a preliminary patent in December 1877.
In Dillon and Glendale last week Mr Thomas H Carter campaign events drew loud demonstrations. The Dillon procession featured 228 torches a brass band and fireworks while over 600 joined the Glendale event. Beaverhead county expects more than 1500 votes with women showing growing interest in politics.
The November 4 1898 Tribune notes women in fur lined coats and men in short overcoats as cold weather styles emerge. It reports 17 residents of a precinct did not register and suggests women should be allowed to vote.
In Beaverhead county every Republican candidate won by a substantial majority except the assessor county attorney and county superintendent of schools. Hon T J Walsh spoke at the final Democratic meeting in Dillon last Saturday evening. Election excitement subsides as farmers resume fall ploughing.
Real estate transfers listed for the week ending October 27 1928 in the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books. The notices summarize parcel transfers, grantors and grantees, property descriptions and dates recorded during the period.
In a 47 year medical view Dr Caldwell advocates near natural care for constipation. He promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a mild vegetable remedy not habit forming and preferred over drastic purges. The ad invites readers to obtain a free trial bottle by mail from Monticello Illinois.
Warranty deed records U S A transferring 320 acres to Christian Wilke in the Big Hole basin. Ed Gleed transfers Lima Montana property to Nellie Wakefield. Certificates of Location by Adolph Pahnish and S M Star cover Copper Cliff and Copper Age lode claims in Bloody Dick mining district Beaverhead County Montana.
Excerpt of John P. Altgeld's concluding address likening political endurance to a plumb line toward eternal justice. The notional argument links gravity to national steadiness and warns that institutions must align with justice to endure despite apparent triumphs of wrong.
Cecil arrives late to dinner and is barred from speaking by his mother. After the meal he tries to speak and reveals a playful, nonsensical line about baby filling father's socks with condensed milk in a family joke.
A prominent natural scientist claims ether energy equals the output of a 1,000,000 horsepower dynamo running for 40,000,000 years, while ether is described as constantly vibrating with particles moving at light speed and energy pervading all matter.
Coughs and colds worsen at night but are quickly stopped by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Hold a low throat dose like a gargle then swallow for relief. Effective for children and adults. Sold by Geo. M. Gosman, successor to Potts.
The District Court in Beaverhead County Montana schedules a sheriff sale for November 3 1928 at 2 PM at the Dillon courthouse. The attached description covers a 159.74 acre parcel in Township 1S Range 11W and an adjoining 27 acre tract, with details of boundary lines and river edge. Attorney G G Harris represents the plaintiff Cyrus Snell Brown against B T Moseley widow administratrix and others.
In the Beaverhead County Montana district court the estate of Traugott Ackermann deceased is administered. Creditors and all claimants must present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication to Annie E. Nelson administratrix at the law offices of J. E. Kelly Dillon Montana the county seat for the estate proceedings dated October 29 1928 Ady 44-47.
Notice announces submission to Montana voters of an amendment to Article XVI Section 4 of the state constitution. It provides three county commissioners in districts one to three and details district creation boundaries rotation and election timing. The act dates to 1928 with official certification by Secretary of State John W. Mountjoy.
A visitor notes a quiet town with empty shops except for loafer men flirting with girl cashiers. The scene contrasts constant dull business with light flirting, as described in E. W. Howe's Monthly.
Dr Eckener and officers of the Zeppelin express hope that American capital will back five trans Atlantic airships with a New York bank noted as interested. The article argues that financing is the next best step since the industry cannot fund itself and mentions Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors and McClintic Marshall of Pittsburgh as potential stewards of metal airframe fabrication and durable frames.
The piece notes high auto demand keeping plants at capacity as proof of prosperity. It cites strong activity in the Northwest and Middle West while acknowledging that not all share in the boom and some cannot endure the pace.
A 50 year old man in New York failed to hang himself and died after a fall from a third story. Roy Howard tests urge caution after drinking at 8 “high grade” speakeasies where agents bought deadly liquors at most locations. Dr Robert Mears, a Hollywood surgeon, removed his own appendix to prove anaesthetics can blunt pain, prompting a debate on courage and pain before and after modern anesthesia.
The report states that sugar provides 1800 calorie portions per pound and most candy is similar. Thick syrups yield about 1300 calorie portions per pound while jelly jam marmalade and rich preserves offer around 900 calorie portions per pound.
In the Matter of the Estate of Max Rost deceased the administratrix notifies creditors and all persons with claims against the estate to exhibit them with vouchers within ten months after first publication. Claims must be presented at the law offices of J E Kelly Dillon Beaverhead Montana, the place for estate business. Dated Dillon Montana October 22 1928.
The administratrix Gladys Burfiend of the estate of Henry C Burfiend deceased invites all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication. Claims must be shown to the administrator at John Collins law offices in the Poindexter Block Dillon Montana. First published Oct 12 1928.
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