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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1919
Page
9
In advance notice The Tribune Publishing Company limits liability for employee debts to orders signed by management. Notices of church festivals fairs dances concerts sociables suppers or events with admission or profit from sales will be billed five cents per line. Card of Thanks obituary poetry are five cents per line.
An admirer recalls President Theodore Roosevelt’s deep grasp of federal machinery and personnel. A Porto Rico official sought Roosevelt’s guidance on an insular audit matter, learning he should write a letter to the Governor for forwarding through the Secretary of State to the appropriate official.
The narrator describes following advice to go directly to the Comptroller of the Treasury, which sped settlement to fifteen minutes. They then returned to Porto Rico while the final action occurred six weeks later as predicted.
The Walla Union warns that a small, active group can shape legislation and elections, outvoting the silent mass. It urges citizens to voice opinions at the polls by choosing men of sound convictions over loud but untested candidates.
Red Lodge Mont based Picket Journal warns that under a North Dakota plan the state would control industry commerce and public notices. It claims one county newspaper would be the sole publisher of notices to force propaganda and throttle opposition to non partisan league principles.
An unusually severe Montana winter is forecast from 30 year Montana Power statistics. The author cites a natural law of compensation where drought periods precede heavy, prolonged winters, suggesting one of the harshest winters in recent memory for Montana.
A correspondent recalls employing a blind piano tuner who brings a companion to teach tuning. The narrator leaves them briefly, pays the tuner scantily dressed, and learns the visitor is not blind after all, prompting a shock and sudden departure.
A London Chronicle cor respondent argues that losing a limb need not curb ability. He, who has lost his left arm, claims he can perform tasks such as tying a tie, lacing boots, riding, driving, and playing billiards golf hockey tennis and swimming with ease.
The article lauds Luther Burbank for innovations like the spineless cactus and Shasta daisy and mentions his famed patience. It recalls a Los Angeles reporter calling him the wizard of California and Burbank quipping that they might better call him the gizzard of California.
A local newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to cure catarrh through constitutional treatment. The firm F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo offers 100 dollars to anyone not cured and invites readers to request testimonials from the company. Products sold by all druggists at seven cents.
The article traces tennis roots from Greek phennis to Roman tenfludium and medieval French tennis linked to Tennois. It explores possible sources for terms such as deuce racquets and rachette, noting Chaucer Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth observed the game in England.
Lieut. Col. J. A. Beazeley reported to the Geographical Journal an aerial survey near Samarra showing a long ruined city along the Tigris. The site, 20 miles long and 2 1/2 miles wide, could shelter about 4,000,000. The photographs reveal its plan, fortifications, canals, and streets guiding a British archeological expedition now starting in the region.
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