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Newspaper

Dillon Tribune

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1919

Page

2

Higgins Eternal Writing Fluid Fountain Pen

A fragment lists colors and ink components with brand or product terms followed by assorted volumes and measuring terms. The text reads like a catalog snippet for writing fluids in quarts pints and halves.

Pastecon Tor Photographic and Scrap Book Use

A concise note details the use of the Paste Con Tor Photographic and Scrap Book project. It outlines archival practices, curation goals, and access provisions.

Butte Consumers' League Demands Coal Price Cap

The Butte Consumers' League urged Montana Trade Commission to cap coal at 7.50 per ton for consumers. They sent a telegram after the commission warned hearings and an investigation unless prices returned to the December 31, 1918 level. Text cautioned that some mines held to higher prices, while others raised costs due to production.

Butte Citizens Montana Trade Commission Helena Montana Butte Consumers' League The Trade Commission Commission Daniel Boyle Butte League Mont

Supreme Court Reserves Decision On Montana Power Case

The Montana Supreme Court halted oral arguments in the state power tax dispute after noon, reserving ruling on Attorney General Ford’s bid to require a new assessment of Montana Power. Court limited debate to one day and adjourned without final decision, with judgment anticipated in about three weeks.

Helena State Supreme Court S.C. Ford State Board of Equalization Montana Power Company Ford Dan M. Kelly Henry C. Smith John G. Brown Board of Equallation Frank Woody Brown W. B. Rodgers Woody

Wireless to operate in eastern Montana

Final organization of the first wireless telegraph company in Montana was completed when the Jordan Power company filed incorporation papers. It plans dispatching messages in Garfield Rosebud and Custer counties with terminals at Jordan and Miles City. Capital stock is $25,000.

Billings Strike Settled by Arbitration Board

In Billings the carpenter strike ending after tying up about a million dollars of construction since August 28 was settled. The arbitration board granted carpenters an eight dollar day for future contracts and set pre September 1 agreements at seven dollars for eight hours. A joint board will handle all future controversies.

Billings Carpenters Minster Builders and Carpenters

Lewistown Obituary Frank Flanigan Dies at Local Hospital

Frank Flanigan died at the local hospital from Brights disease after a yearlong illness. Born in Illinois in 1865, he moved to the county 26 years ago to farm and work with tractors. He weighed about 450 pounds and was a brother of William Flanigan of Gilt Edge, who was recently shot by ranch hand Joe Jacques. The funeral was held at the Catholic church.

Lewistown Frank Flanigan Bright Ilinois Flanigan William Flanigan Joe Jacques

Capitalist Reflections From the Boston Transcript

A fragment from the Boston Transcript argues that pronouns like I and the intersection O should not be capitalized. It suggests adding U to signal the writer has no capital at all.

Boston Transcript

Mystery Solved at Wedding Explanation

A person explains her tearful reaction, saying she cries more at weddings than funerals, noting the emotion of weddings as more uncertain. The Boston Transcript quotes her remark about the difference in feelings between ceremonies.

Boston Transcript

American Officers Flogged by Cossacks in Siberia Incident

Captain Johns of the Twenty-seventh US Infantry escaped and alerted command after Benjamin Sperling of the Thirty-first US Infantry was flogged by Cossacks of General Rozanoff near Iman. American forces reached Khorovsk and secured Sperling’s release after General Graves demanded an apology.

Spasske Sperling Khaborovsk Kalmikoff Graves

Potato tale of growth from wild nut to large tuber

Jean Henri Fabre notes in Field Forest and Farm that in Chile and Peru the wild potato is a small hazelnut sized tuber. Humans cultivate it, cultivate soil, water it, and over years the potato enlarges and improves in nutritive value into a farinaceous tuber as large as a fist or two.

Chile Peru Jean Henri Fabre

Prevent Mottles in Butter

The U S Department of Agriculture explains mottled butter results from uneven salt distribution due to improper working. Avoid extreme churn washing and working temperatures and keep wash water within two degrees of the buttermilk to ensure salt blends evenly.

United States Department of Agriculture

Homemade fly repellent for dairy cows advised by Horace Jones

Horace Jones of South Dakotn State College recommends two homemade fly repellents for use during milking. The first combines fish oil tar oil and crude carbolic acid with a sprayer, and the second mixes laundry soap with water crude petroleum and naphthalin. Caution is urged: avoid spraying before milking and move milk promptly to a odor free area after milking.

Horace Jones South Dakton State College

Dairy Advice for Farms from Pasture to Milk Quality

Instructions emphasize separating pig and cow pastures, letting calves nibble early, thorough stall spraying and whitewashing, abundant water for dairy cows, caring for calves to boost future herd size, noting dairy work pays well, warning against early breeding for heifers, and maintaining cleanliness to prevent milk dirt with cotton or filter cloth strainers.

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