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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
6
A collection of light anecdotes from a Montana town and nearby locales. A diner frets over a dessert while quipping about pyrography, a coal firm’s religious wit, a doctor’s Pullman joke about air, a gnarly traveling salesman’s ugly tale, a girl’s vinegar mispronunciation, and a pompous hotel guest chasing a one eyed man.
Colonel John Jacob Astor, Harvard freshman, stands out with twenty outdoor suits ten shoe pairs and six trunks of shirts. He receives five thousand dollars yearly from his father and occupies Claverly Hall on the gold coast. The note mentions his notable wardrobe and living arrangements along with his father's financial support.
Five states have laws directing delegates to be chosen by direct vote in their primaries with dates set for North Dakota Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon and New Jersey. The push for direct voting comes from both Democratic and Republican camps as a cost debated shift in convention selection planning.
George A. Burns, longtime Pennsylvania railroad track watcher, completes 177900 miles in thirty five years. He travels 3.53 miles daily between Greensburg and Youngwood yard, inspecting 5725800 splice plates. Other record holders include Young, Watters, Owens, and Hein, with combined totals near one million miles.
The record notes that in 1562 England declared witchcraft to be a crime of the highest magnitude, reflecting harsh Tudor era attitudes toward alleged witches and the legal framework of the time.
The drum major did not gain general recognition until the end of Charles I’s reign. Earlier punishments used provost marshals. later drumsmen took on the duty. Coldstream guards records show an order that the drum major ensure no cat has more than nine tails. In 1661 a drum major’s pay was 1s 6d per day.
A barber asks a passing lawyer to judge a half sovereign. The lawyer deems it genuine and pockets the coin promising to return the change if the barber sends his boy to the office. The exchange ends as a wry moral about trust and deceit.
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