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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1921
Page
9
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Villagers near Howth forest report a night of intense bombardment with German eighties and French sevens as Belgians fight a blaze. Gas fears trigger a mass exodus while trenches are dug to shield vast German and allied ammunition dumps. By dawn the fire subdued, but a million shells exploded, leaving a devastated四 square miles of forest.
The piece notes the difficulty of rapid communication between interior Colombia and the coast as flights cut travel time to under ten days. It discusses private enterprise versus government service to move mail and the potential for future air routes to other inland South American cities from New York.
A memorial in Inca style was dedicated at explorer and scientist James Orton's grave on Esteves Island in Lake Titicaca Peru. Delegations from Peru Bolivia and the United States attended on the forty fourth anniversary of his death during a return from exploration. Orton, a former professor of natural history, made three expeditions to the Andes and Amazon regions enriching natural history and geography and expanding American museum collections.
A young Italian boy, eight, asked for a fairy tale about a prince who killed a dragon with a crystal sword. The librarian found no such titles, apologized, and told him she would try to do better next time. The boy reassured her with a cheerful, harmless remark.
A highway department check near Hartford for the National Highway Association found one horse drawn vehicle for every 872 motor vehicles. On the test road built for interstate traffic, 25,038 passenger cars, 2,895 trucks, and 34 motorcycles were counted while only 83 horse drawn equipages were seen.
A London court heard the tale of a testatrix who wrote a will on a shirt cuff during illness. The document reportedly directed quirky bequests tied to cards and estates. Other odd legacies include shipwreck loot notes and Tolstoy’s tree-borne will.
Rep Wirnest T Ackerman, famed as the most traveled member of Congress, continues global tours to study foreign trade and aid the foreign affairs committee. He has logged over 600 000 miles beyond U S waters and returns with a prized private art collection while meeting diverse peoples worldwide.
National Kindergarten Association articles discuss raising well behaved children from home to school. Margaret Steel argues that consistent rules, courtesy, and responsibility prevent lifelong selfish behavior and ease parental burdens for mothers guiding their kids.
The clerk, appointed by the prime minister, earns 2000 pounds yearly, a rise from the eighteenth century when fees and gifts from MPs funded the post. He sits at the head of the table, wears wig and gown, guards records, directs staff, and advises the speaker on procedure.
A magazine article suggests opening a bank account for a newborn to secure their future happiness. Regular weekly deposits grow with interest, illustrating projected sums after 10, 15, and 20 years for both dollar and pound-denominated plans, emphasizing parental contribution and eventual child ownership of the savings.
A New York Herald report suggests repurposing burned out incandescent bulbs as carbon tetrachloride bombs to act as improvised fire extinguishers. The method involves removing the base, filling the bulb with liquid, breaking the tip under a bucket of the chemical, and sealing with wax.
G T R Brophy of General Electric announced at the American Society for Steel Printing in Indianapolis a new aluminum nickel iron alloy that resists 2875 degrees Fahrenheit, withstands seawater spray, stays polished in salt solutions, and resists atmospheric corrosion and most acids.
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