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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
7
A Beaverhead farmer, George Edinger, yields oats averaging 147.12 bushels per acre and captures the silver cup for the best bushel at the Montana state fair, a record hailed as remarkable by oat growers.
Montana newspapers report public sentiment over inadequate hotel accommodations at Helena during major events. The Butte Miner cites 300000 dollars pledged for a suitable hotel site in Helena, though construction stalls amid a site dispute. The note adds Paowler's eastward flight humor and China’s potential move toward republican government.
A man residing near Philipsburg died last week after consuming excessive buttermilk. The report labels this otherwise innocent beverage as potentially deadly when overindulged, likening it to corn juice in its effects.
The list includes Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary of State Knox as possible successors. Senators Kenyon of Iowa and Borah of Idaho are mentioned, along with Democrats Lehmann Maxwell of Cincinnati and District Judge Gordon Russell of Texas. Other names cited are Senator Sutherland of Utah and Judge Francis J. Swayze of New Jersey.
The census bureau preliminary report places Montana atop livestock values in the mountain division with state totals over eighty five million dollars an increase of 64.5 percent since 1900. Montana also claims world records for potato and oat yields per acre along with high wheat and barley yields and abundant alfalfa and sugar beets. Indicators suggest strong fruit growing and Montana apples entering world markets. Also noted is a new Trinitary department Seen and Heard by the Man About Town and a Helena memorial service for Senator Thomas H Carter with a keynote by Lee Mantle praised as one of his best efforts.
Dillon officials announce firm enforcement of the railway drinking prohibition with penalties up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. A conviction this week signals a push to end boozing on trains.
A collage of quotes and quips from various papers praising small humor and odd takes on farming, politics, and innovation. Notes on potato yields, hats, suffragettes, and early aeroplane ideas mix with moral mottoes and weather musings from regional editors.
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