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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
11
The article describes LL travelers admiring boat families living in Chinese harbors. A central curved shelter serves as a year round family space or winston with a rooftop garden in a box containing a tree. A mother and daughter steer with lilies on the oar while a boy wears an old American felt hat.
Fourteen years ago Earl Wheat of the Scenic theatre planned a free joy ride for the holder of the lucky number with an hours car ride as first prize. Harry Gilbert of the First National bank is visiting for a month.
From the Tribune dated November 10 1883 three inmates jailed on horse stealing overpowered jailer Al Fanshon and fled. A $300 reward stands for their capture with no leads yet. The same issue notes the new high school opening with about 100 students. three rooms plus a second floor hall, costing 14000. J E Morse of Helena visited town Saturday en route to Salt Lake on business.
Lorenzo Cushing Elza Smith and Charles Sassman enjoy a hunting trip on Lost and Willow creeks. The Dillon brass band plans a grand ball on Wednesday November 24 with Frank Ettel assisting as promoter and square dance caller to help ensure a successful social event.
Real estate transfers listed from the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending October 31 1925. Transfers cover multiple properties with details of grantors and grantees and recorded dates within the week.
For sale used cars of all makes with prices as low as 150 dollars. A landlord interview note questions renters about children and pets, including a quip about a squeaky umbrella. Also reports on Shilby Essex Stannail oil well flow of 1600 barrels daily at 1450 feet and Montana water power electricity production in August totaling 110 104 000 kilowatt hours.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup for children with constipation biliousness colic and feverish breath. It promises gentle bowel cleansing without narcotics and notes the need to ask for genuine syrup with full directions to avoid imitation.
Through a special arrangement with The Educational Book Co New York this paper offers extracts from that book endorsed by Eugene C Gibney director of extension activities New York Board of Education The puzzles promise to be intellectual and instructive.
Puzzle items describe arranging pumpkins to form a three digit number divisible by eleven. Another puzzle asks to fill a three letter word to reveal a president’s name reading downward. Additional puzzle on division of camels among three sons leads to a published solution next week with credits and prizes offered.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a customer taunting a bailiff at a livery stable. The customer, with a broad smile, insists he is looking at the first live stock kept there and calls it a perfect ass, reflecting a crude showdown in a small-town setting.
A steward reports the outside presence while a seasick man directs a dinner order. The command asks to prepare a roast duck and to toss it overboard once ready, revealing a nautical setting and a comical demand.
Short classified notice invites employers to offer work to college men. Readers may phone 144 Training School or 250-3 Normal, College for arrangements.
A 1904 letter recalls chronic catarrh relief after Peruna treatment with bowel and head symptoms improving in days and a 1924 update notes continued good health at age near seventy. The company promotes a catarrh book and Pe-ru-Na sales in Columbus Ohio.
Department of the Interior sets a three year proof date for John F. Wyatt of Dillon Montana to establish his stock-raising homestead claim filed under Cr. F 062198 and G F 062197. Proof before I A Hazelbaker in Dillon on December 23 1925. Witnesses include Charles Wilson Emanuel T Webster Charles A Burden of Dillon and Ernest W Smith of Donovan. 45-49
U S A grants Jefferson Mayfield 320 acres just west of Dillon and Shaffner William F 280 acres west of Dillon while a Shaffner 360 acre patent is also noted for the same area.
Property transfers listed include John Peterson to Anna P Mansfield near Grant and reverse, James Pinkerton to Harry Laphan near Jackson, Merritt Barnes to A E Scott 320 acres in Big Sheep Creek basin, Fred Rife to John Mansfield two West Park Lots Dillon, Graeter Park & Realty Co to L D Graeter three Stahl’s Addition lots and Dillon townsite tract, plus 8 10 interest in Senator Lode and Hendrick's lode in Bannack Unorganized mining district.
Chauncey R. Brown transfers to Claud Laph am 860 acres in the Big Hole basin. The note mentions annual representation on the Mar with Chas. Berry and Calvin Tibbetts. Bozeman State College reports 830 students, up 37 percent in freshman agricultural registration over last year.
A physician argues that proper care beats narcotic cough mixtures for winter bronchitis. He urges daytime airing of bedrooms and living spaces, unmade beds, and exposure to bright sunlight. Cold night air worsens coughs. keep windows open in daytime and minimize temperature shifts at night.
Bill Jones jokes that some folks try to wean their autos by buying little gas. Hank Hokums groans about wives spending all, while Sid Smith urges parents to kiss kids goodnight if they can stay up. A speaker vows not to shiver in winter, boasting a new two pants suit. Girls' clothing is noted as reflecting common sense.
A bank clerk grows weary as a customer arrives while the punchline about equality and bachelorhood echoes a line from a play. The scene hints at routine service and casual humor in a banking setting.
Reports from Ingomar indicate more than one million dollars worth of sheep were sold in a ten day period. Local ranchers and buyers participated heavily, signaling strong demand for high grade flocks.
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