Local news and society notes from Dillon area
Dr. L F Molleur resumes practice after illness. Judge Bennett travels from Virginia City to attend court. Residents from Butte Grant Polaris Jackson Helena and Pocatello visit Dillon. Weather brings fur coats and coal trade prospers. Fox deliveries and a rural carrier avert a runaway. Teachers attend conventions and hunting parties report conditions.
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Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
Moon Farming Debunked by Weather Bureau
The weather bureau states moon farming is unsupported by science and has no effect on crop growth. It cites temperature moisture soil and air composition light exposure disease soil condition fertility and weeds as the real growth determinants. Meteorologists assert the moon does not influence weather or soil.
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Weather Bureau
Forest of Inch High Trees on West Africa Tableland
A tableland six miles wide near the West African coast hosts a forest of trees only 12 inches tall. Each tree bears leaves rarely more than two per tree, with leaves sometimes six feet long. Trunks measure about four feet in diameter.
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Africa
Red Cross War Work Details Veteran Aid and Costs
The Red Cross outlines expenditures of 32 930 923 86 for disabled veterans and 507 852 34 for regular Army and Navy service. Chapter contributions totaled 1 769 000 for disabled veterans and 200 000 for regular forces. Chapters aid ex service members with insurance, claims, hospital care, guardians, and home conditions. Prosecution of claims grows tougher as cases rise. 55 051 is cited for various awards. The piece urges enrollment from November 17 to 24 to boost support.
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Regular Army
Navy
Red Cross
John Barton Payne
National Organization
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Veterans and Service
Fraternity Youth Craze Reported in Portland
Grand Guardian Minnie Hiner notes a surge in juvenile membership in September 1927 for the Neighbors of Woodcraft in Portland. She cites school influence reducing self consciousness and leadership urge, with under 15s in the juvenile branch and later eligibility for the adult order.
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Portland
America
Grand Guardian
Minnie Hiner
Woodcraft
Order
Berlin man claims ability to inhale gas without harm
Otto Omikron of Berlin asserts he can inhale deadly gas and exhale without injury. A Bourne policeman halted traffic when a duck waddled onto a road and sat to lay an egg, ten minutes later the egg was removed and traffic resumed.
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Otto Omikron
Berlin
Germany
Bourne
Ngland
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