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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1931
Page
7
A syndicated feature by Fannie Hurst distributed through the McClure Newspaper Service shares a portrait of women and social concerns of the era, reflecting popular fiction style and moral themes.
Cyrus Markham, a retired mail carrier, pursues a six acre chicken farm dream with his wife Minnie and later daughter Etta. After Minnie dies and Etta marries, the farm’s harsh realities, family tensions, and a near accident erode the dream, leading Cyrus to take a dairy delivery job on a rural route.
The article argues Americans are not solely selfish and notes that while many wealth donors exist, thousands of millionaires contributed little. It cites 1928 data showing 500 individuals with yearly incomes of 1 million dollars or more, totaling over 1.1 billion in income, and highlights a small group like Carnegie and Rockefeller shaping major benevolence.
A defense of attempts to take something for nothing tempered by warning of morals and consequences. The piece argues the allure appeals to desire for possession, while success breeds risk, condemnation, or legal trouble, and notes the paradox of seeming ingenuity versus social judgment.
Grantland Rice recounts a golf tale from Collier's Magazine where an caddie hiccups for eight holes shaping each stroke. On the ninth green a quiet miss ends with the player knocking the caddie down. The duffer explains the hiccup timing and the angered response follows as the crowd reacts.
The 23 mile Delaware and Hudson line from Carbondale to Honesdale Pa built in 1828 to haul stone coal faces abandonment as a steam era trial showed rails and stringers insufficient for the Stourbridge Lion locomotive. The line’s future rests with Interstate Commerce Commission review.
The transcript notes a patient saying his wife shot him after being asked if she knew of the shooting. He stated she ought to know and claimed she was the one who shot him, mentioning his name age and address were provided.
Soap 25c ointment 25c and 50c talcum 25c. Proprietors Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Malden Masa announce pricing details for their pharmacy items.
The dialogue shows a hostess asking Fanshaw to save a few dances while gently asserting she seeks more than mere entertainment. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal agency in a ballroom setting.
In the Evidence section a speaker notes My mother was very handsome and asks if the child takes after the father. The lines evoke family resemblance and gendered beauty notions in London entertainment gossip.
Mississippi state forest commissioners studied a razorback hog to assess its impact on pine stands. Commissioner Pyon Howell trailed the hog for eight hours and counted 400 uprooted trees. Extrapolating, he warned the hog could destroy trees worth about $200 in 100 days, vastly exceeding the hog’s own value.
A fragmentary notice describes amendments to a revision plan involving a couple of named individuals, Wedmore Mayle and the spouse, with adjustments awaiting acceptance. The text hints at legal or clerical changes and draft proposals within a domestic context.
A note on how abroad observations influence domestic discourse. The remark frames cross border experiences as a lens on local social issues and prompts discussion on integration, attitudes, and policy responses.
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