Local Dillon Notes Highlight Visits and Ads
Nate snippets from Dillon area include Mose Smyth from Blaine transacting business, George B. Conway from Hecla mines, Hazelbaker selling public land script, and Clayton Howell visiting from Dell. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy toured Melrose, Miss Cora Taylor returned from Butte, and Rev. Edward Smith aided Bozeman Deaconess hospital fundraising. For Sale land, horses, equipment, and brick contracting listed alongside ads for Krimp Krust and Tanlac. Mandela, Hammett, and local notables appear with multiple short notices.
Silent Youth Denies All Temptations in Gospel Herald Quotation
A Gospel Herald piece presents a youth claiming strict parental prohibitions on smoking joking flirting drinking and dancing. He asserts he does not kiss girls and has little fun, expressing confusion about how it is done.
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Gospel Herald
Up In the Air Essay About City View From a Tall Building
Willie writes of visiting a tall city building with his uncle. He describes looking down from the top and seeing his uncle appear as small as an ant. The piece reflects a pupil’s impression of urban scale and perspective.
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Willie
Ring Talk Sparks Witty Wedding Dilemma
A humorous exchange centers on a widow's marriage as the groom jokes he would rather be a widow's second husband. The brother of the groom remarks he cannot bear to be a widow's second husband, prompting playful banter about status and marriage.
Argentina beef price hints at dealer profits
A New York banker states Argentine beef can be sold in the American market for 12 cents a pound with good dealer profit. He notes cattle are killed for hides and best beef sells for seven cents a pound while cows fetch $2 and sheep $1 each.
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Argentina
New York
Dillon resident C B Hansen returns from Rochester
C B Hansen, long time Dillon resident, recently passed through on his way home from medical treatment in Rochester, Minnesota. He now resides at Mackey Idaho and was formerly connected with Anderson Bros in the local stage line.
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C. B. Hansen
Dillon
Rochester
Minnesota
Mackey
Idaho
Hansen
Anderson Bros
Canadian Patrol Fights Sea Lions With Gun Steamer
A Vancouver based patrol steamer equipped with machine guns sails to deter marauding sea lions blamed for salmon losses. The Canadian government orders action against the Hon.
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Vancouver
Landon installs Delca lighting at Blacktail ranch
Frank Landon outfits his Blacktail ranch with a 30 light Delca plant and night glow. He pipes spring water to his buildings and feed pens, signaling progress on the farm. Meanwhile 47 Norwegian coast fishermen report record mackerel catches with 10,000 fish per smack, selling at two cents each. Ferrymetal, a durable lead calcium barium alloy, is introduced as nearly unoxidizable.
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Frank Landon
Blacktail Ranch
Mr. Landon
Field Museum Hosts Largest West Food Exhibit
The Field Museum in Chicago opens a major food show with over 250000 vegetable items on display from the vegetable kingdom.
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West
Field Museum
Chicago
Vegetable Kingdom
Kidney Trouble Relief Promised by Foley Pills
A Lucasville Ohio man J T Osburn describes ten years of kidney trouble and relief from Foley Kidney Pills after trying many remedies. The ad notes backache rheumatic pains dizziness and blurred vision as symptoms and claims quick relief. Sold everywhere.
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J.T. Osburn
Lucasville
Ohio
J.E. Simmons
E. 50Th St
Portland
Ore
Ancient Philistines Mystery Leads to New Excavations
Archaeologist Professor Ciurstand returns to Palestine after a visit to England and plans summer digs near Askalon and Gaza. Trials will explore tells outside city walls to uncover Philistine origins once thought tied to Cyprus and Ishand, with pottery and rare weapons among finds.
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Garstand
Palestine
England
Askalon
Gaza
Ciurstand
David
Cyprus
Mexicans Embrace Movies Over Bull Fights in Chihuahua
Vice Consul Ott reports the Chihuahua district favors cinema as the top amusement. From a single defunct projector in Chihuahua city decades ago to 15 permanent movie houses now, with theatres hosting occasional exhibitions. Audiences, including upper classes, seek melodrama and thrillers while peons prefer Westerns and comedies. American projectors dominate, European makers failing to sell even one.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Ott
Department of Commerce
Chihuahua City
Consular
Tribe That Devours Its Children Excerpt on Schweitzer
A native girl writes of Dr. Albert Schweitzer who left in 1918 to run a four and a half year surgical clinic in the Ogowe fowlands of Gwaboon. She notes climate, hunger, rum and tobacco vices harming locals, with nicotine poisoning and a leaf tobacco economy as currency.
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Albert Schweitzer
Primeval Forest
Ogowe Fowlands
Gwaboon
Doctor Schweitzer
America
Scientists Record Rare Waterspout Observation Off New South Wales
An American schooner engineer used a theodolite to measure fourteen waterspouts off the New South Wales coast. The largest spout formed two cones joined by a pipe spout. The inverted upper cone top stood 5014 feet above the sea, each cone about 100 feet in diameter, about 250 feet long, with 4500 feet for the connecting section.
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Anm
New South Wales
No Rest in This World
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote contrasts a soda fountain with a bar, noting the fountain offers less intimate sharing. It humorously recalls talkative, sympathetic patrons at the drugstore who detain others by recounting ailments.
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Mr. Grampson
Birmingham Age-Herald
Tobacco critique and personal quip quotes
A clipped remark ridicules tobacco as a dirty weed claiming it satisfies no need and makes you lean while also noting it harms hair. A second line from Leroy K Sherman contrasts pacifist stance with the saying the squeaky wheel gets grease.
New Grain Output Boosts as Pests Threaten Harvest Demand
The report notes nearly thirty million barrels of flour could be added to annual output from wheat, though pests and disease threaten crops. It mentions a newly developed gas cur renium for aerial navigation, priced at 4100 per thousand cubic feet cheaper than helium, non inflammable and non explosive with lift similar to hydrogen.
Copper Welds Iron and Steel Parts Through Porous Bond
A new copper process enables welding iron and steel by copper penetrating the iron pores to form a firm bond. The method promises stronger joins and potential applications in manufacturing and construction.
Glad Sister Escaped Operation
A man recounts his sister nearly dying before a gallstone operation. He claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy restored her health in three weeks, enabling her to walk to church. The ad touts the product as a safe cure for catarrhal mucus and various abdominal ailments with a money back guarantee. Potts drugstore markets the remedy.
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Mayr
Church
Potts
Everest Expedition Requires 50 Coolies and 3850 Yaks
An early report notes the mounting of Everest gear relied on 50 coolies and 3850 yaks to transport climbing materials. The arrangement reflects the era's logistics for high altitude expeditions and the scale of manpower involved.
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Mt. Everest
Carpets and Linoleum at Tatter Sall's Ad
Readable ad item notes carpets and linoleum at a store named Tatter Sall's. Includes terse listing style typical of old classifieds with a single line of goods.
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Europe
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Kemal ‘Pasha
Nevis
Tattersall’s. Adv
Tattersall’s
Mose Smyth
Blaine
George B. Conway
Hecla
Hazelbaker
Clayton Howell
Dell
William Lacy
Hans Peterson
Horse Prairie Valley
Cora Taylor
Butte
H. W. Sacher
Tanlac. A. Potts
Adv
Tribune
Fay Ervin
Murray Hospital
Edward Smith
Bozeman
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
Anthony French
Helena
Mr. French
Argenta
Carl W. Riddick
Madison County
Mr. Riddick
Birch Creek
Apcex
Michael Hagerty
W. H. Staudemeyer
Portage
Wisconsin
Leslie
Mrs. Ed.Lloyd
Krimp Krust
Andrew McCartney
Melrose
Ford
Beaverhead Motors Co
Jack Stocker
Grant
Chris A. Hansen
Lima
John Peterson
Jack Peterson
David Evans
Melrose Country
Marie Eggan
Wilson School
Taniac
A. Potts
Vannie Egan
Jimmy
W. E. Roberts
N. Montana St
Beaverhead
Silver Bow
Montana
E. B. Randolph
Salmon
Askaton
Fuller
Fullers Specification
Phoenix
W. P. Fuller & Co
Dept. 26
San Francisco
2Nd South St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Like
Leroy K. Sherman
Glad Sister
New Orleans
Aberdeen
Kemmerer
Rock Springs
Beaverhead Lumber
Land Office
CP Naan
Pearl I. T. Smith
Dillon, Montana
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