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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
7
Master sergeant Paul R Nelson of the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Totten New York has invented a submarine mine control apparatus and given it free to the army. The invention is described as very valuable.
The article notes that certain small yellow ants in Florida, living in sandy soil, prepare for heavy rain by moving their grubs from underground tunnels into the upper parts of the mound at least twenty four hours beforehand. Their instinct is described as certain though its mechanism remains unexplained.
Report describes Dungeness fishermen using flat wooden skis strapped to their boots to traverse the extensive shingle coastline. The improvised gear allows easier movement where walking is otherwise difficult and nearly impossible without them.
Secretary Jardine promotes radio as a rapid farm information channel for 6,000,000 farms. A five day a week noon program lasts three quarters of an hour, with segments from Montgomery Ward in Chicago and NBC Washington, then Chicago again. Fourteen stations cooperate including KDKA KYW WCCO WOC WHO WOW WDAF KWK KVOO WOAI WHAS WSM WSB KOA.
The article recalls a centuries old lighthouse at northern Jutland where North Sea and Kattegat meet. Traditions claim it was built by peasant Thorkel Skarpa and his shepherd clan, with a fishing village growing nearby. King Erik of Pommern granted a town charter in 1413 as dunes bury the village church.
A London Times note records how many equivalents for left handed are spoken in England. In village schools playgrounds children use informal terms like wacky at Wyeham and watty near Redditch, neggy at Castle Bromwich, and kefty cited by Bisworthy in his West Somerset Word Book.
The text explains that Mohammed describes seven heavens with the seventh beyond description and home to Abraham. It notes each inhabitant surpasses Earth in size with vast numbers of heads mouths and tongues chanting praises. Cabalists also affirm seven heavens with the seventh as God’s abode and the highest angels.
All Menace Akin quotes a late 19th century reflection on the sameness of men across creeds and opinions. The passage argues that no party or creed fully holds the truth and that recognizing this fosters pity for mankind and sympathy for its disappointments and hopes.
A tale describes Elizabeth a spoiled wife who marries a city cotton magnate. He discovers her dressmaker bills absorb most of his income and questions how she spends the rest. Elizabeth replies with a defiant quip about the remaining funds.
A scientific writer argues for transplanting European oysters to American waters and cultivating them. He notes fossil shells from 6 to 12 inches and up to 16 pounds, dating from the Oligocene to Miocene periods 19 to 39 million years ago.
A nostalgic ad extols Castoria for infants, promising quiet nights and uninterrupted rest. It claims Castoria is safe for babies, purely vegetable, and effective against constipation colic diarrhea and upset stomach. It cites large usage figures to bolster trust and urges immediate purchase.
The article recounts historic land purchases by adventurers: Peter Minuit buying Manhattan for goods worth 24 dollars in 1626, Simon van der Stell acquiring Port Natal bay for £50, an East India Company lease of Bombay from Charles II in 1668, Nantucket sales by Lord Stirling's agent in 1641 and Mayhew partners paying £30 for a joint tract, and Roger Ludlow trading wampum and assorted goods for land between Norwalk and Saugatuck River.
Dorothy Janis, a full-blooded Cherokee actress weighing 90 pounds, is hailed as the film find of the year and slated to star in a South Seas island picture.
The Femina Vile Teureuse prize awards 6000 francs annually on the Goncourt day to a best work in French. It is jointly offered by Femina and Vile Heu reuse. The jury comprises exclusively French women writers.
The lake lies in Lombardy at the Bergamese Alps foot, about 30 miles north of Milan. It covers around 5514 square miles with a maximum length of 43 miles and depth of 1365 feet. The southern part bifurcates at Bellagio into Lake Lecco to the east and Lake Como to the west with the city of Como at the far end.
A notice from the Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association offers a one hundred dollar reward to any person not a regular law officer who helps arrest and convict anyone illegally collecting bounty funds. Adv. 114m
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association offers rewards for convictions. Two hundred fifty dollars for sheep theft and one hundred dollars for camp robbery.
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