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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
2
In Peoria a washer spins water from potato slices to dry them before frying. The machine dries without damaging the slices, enabling faster production of crisp brown chips. Silas H. Alterfor notes washers find new uses beyond clothes drying.
The Waterbury Democrat reflects on how rare telephone outages reveal society's dependence on modern communication. It argues telephony, radio, autos, highways, electricity, gas, police, and a capable fire department are essential conveniences taken for granted until disrupted.
Mrs. Mary Jane Bushy, 90, of Ardensburg New York, nearly died while rescuing Louis Seigal, 63, after he slipped into the Oswegatchie River. She is noted as a heroine for two prior rescues of young boys from similar danger.
The article notes early horse racing origins in Greece with chariot and riding events at Olympic festivals. It contrasts Roman contests with rigid classification and uniforms, and mentions English lore of a Roman racecourse near Salisbury Plain and Chester races outside the Roman city walls.
The Juggernaut idol in Puri is an Anglicized name for Jagannath. The temple, built in 1198, cost 2 500 000 dollars. The idol is a pyramidal stone block with two large diamond eyes. At festival times the idol is drawn on a 45 foot high car with 16 wheels. Pilgrims yearly number from 1 200 000 to over 100 000 during great festivals.
The Hohenzollerns trace roots to Count Thassilo near Hechingen in Swabia. A 1165 split produced elder Hechingen Sigmaringen lines. The younger line, through Sigismund Frederick VI, received Brandenburg investiture in 1414 and founded Prussian kings and German emperors until 1918. Elder line lasted to 1849 when princes ceded rights for pensions.
The term originally referred to codified laws of Germanic tribes including the Salian Franks, compiled in Latin in the early Middle Ages addressing property and injury penalties. It later and chiefly denotes inheritance rules favoring males and, since the 14th century, restricts female succession in many jurisdictions.
Roses have accompanied knights and heroes, graced brides paths, and marked funerals and conquerors returns. The flower embodies unspoken emotion across centuries, from armor to tombs and beyond.
Captain Kilroy Harris reports Tasmania wedding custom where the bride’s father reportedly knocks out a front tooth to signal marriage. Guests allegedly cut gashes on the groom’s back and fill them with mud so the marks stay visible for life and prevent him from wearing a shirt.
A description of a large volunteer force roaming the world to distribute Bibles. The text notes their travels through Georgia passes Formosa prisons Nicaragua mines Sicily Japan rail cars and St. Lawrence lumber camps to sell gospels in markets and mines.
A doctor argues that cellular chemical activity generates electricity sustaining life and shaping emotions, including love. An electrical expert asserts body electricity exists, produced by muscles and nerves, with each heartbeat and muscle movement creating measurable electrical oscillations.
Excavations for the Bank of England foundations uncovered soles of Roman women and children's sandals. Bronze rivets held multiple leather layers, explaining long life. The preserved old leather resembled modern shoes in decay, and Roman practices for preserving and hardening leather were similar to those used today.
A humorous Kansas City Star quip praises a mother-in-law who times visits perfectly. It lauds cheerfulness, helpfulness, and farm gifts, noting harmony with sons and daughters-in-law and deft handling of grandchildren, money, and meals.
A New York Sun piece quotes a street-car rider describing an obsession with tossing cigarette butts at the live-wire slot protecting the street below. He contemplates getting off to push one in, hoping to fix his mind on other matters while riding.
The passage notes Louisiana likely leads in muskrat catches, with martens abundant in the Northwest, minks common in wooded areas untrapped, blue foxes absent, red foxes widespread in northern woods, and fishers found mainly in northern states with minimal civilization.
A young French auto mechanic student in a Detroit factory calls English one of the hardest languages, noting odd spellings and pronunciations. He cites American tourists abroad challenging the French language while offering examples like rough and through to illustrate the irregular suffix sounds.
A reflection on money as a medium of exchange and the value of work. It frames pay as a function of what you offer and are willing to give, stating you are your own paymaster.
New bulletin from the Tea Association of the United States announces that flying tea hostess is a newly established occupation for American women. It notes English and continental practice, and promises thrills, travel, and tea service aboard commercial airplanes as hostesses accompany passengers through flights.
C D Waggoner president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado confessed in New York after a nationwide search that he tricked six New York banks out of 500000 dollars to distribute among creditors and depositors in his tottering bank. It is said that two years would be necessary to untangle the financial snarl.
Signora Mussolini of Rome presented her husband the Premier of Italy with another child. The newborn is a girl and will be named Anna Maria.
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