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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
6
Each morning a bright red rowboat ferries the Thames postman from London Bridge to vessels anchored on the stream. Weather and fog hinder his trips as boats drift, and the craft move locations daily. The postman’s position has long been held by a family member since 1806.
The death-watch beetle, a feared home invader, taps in woodwork and damages roofs floors chairs chests and frames. It appears in both old and new houses, threatening timbers and decorative items alike.
A proud father, a professional writer, edits his daughter's composition on Londion and adds polish. The daughter returns home with an A minus in the fifth grade, leaving the father disappointed at her modest grade despite his edits.
An Ohio State Journal remark notes a misapprehension among women about soup quality being tied to the label cream or similar terms. The reflection questions culinary vanity and taste while exposing broader attitudes toward domestic expectations.
In 1889 Dillon notes cold morning at 18 degrees and a lamp at the post office nearly causing a fire. It mentions Charles T. Bock and Nick M. Staudaher voting after claiming Montana birth before 1868. A Chicago invention of a steam powered mechanical buggy is described. A cowpuncher left his gun with a bartender after a spree, with bartenders noting he did this at four saloons.
From the Tribune dated September 8 1899 Deputy Sheriff George Tash and a party captured Fred and Bob Cole near Junction Idaho believed to be stage robbers Six teachers will join Dillon public school this year The First National bank reports near one million in resources and liabilities prompting notes of heavy business There will be a big welcome home for soldiers from the Philippines with a lively Dillon celebration planned
George Metlen ran a county survey last week and got caught in a snow storm while dressed in a linen duster and a Panama hat. Dillon is described as becoming metropolitan with seven cars lined up on Montana street. Norman Holden’s potato crop is valued at about $16,000 when harvested.
Proverb makers argue the saying misstates rose thorn presence noting thornless roses exist. They contend a rose remains a rose despite thorns and remark that thorns also bear roses. The reflection links reciprocal symbolism between roses and thorns in common allegory.
A quotation from Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown in the Washington Star notes that riches grant the illusion of entertainment while masking weariness. The idea contrasts lavish spending with genuine vitality, suggesting wealth can blur genuine enjoyment.
A quotation from American Magazine notes Americans are among the poorest listeners, a view held by those who have traveled widely in other countries.
The text notes that cows roam freely in Tunia due to sacred status, while true worship existed in history with the Apis cult in ancient Egypt. It describes the white elephant in Siam, believed to carry a dead man's soul, and mentions serpent worship including a temple at Whydah where serpents are seen as incarnations of deceased relatives.
The memoirs reveal how Longfellow’s daughter recalls neighbors reacting to lively children. Worcester, a renowned lexicographer, often scolded the skaters at the pond near Cambridge, chasing them away with blunt commands.
The Detroit News notes a historical peak for laborers when wages were high and food cheap. It cites short hours around eight per day, brief winter work, and pay for Sundays and holidays, contrasting with later costs and wage reductions.
A health notice promotes Foley Pills diuretic to support kidney function and urinary elimination. It claims natural relief from aches and fatigue, urging sale by Geo. M. Gosman, successor to Potts, with a guarantee.
The interstate commerce commission faces decide whether east central Montana about 150 miles square will be developed by one railway or two. Great Northern seeks to extend its Richey branch 105 miles to Jordan at an estimated $3,000,000 while Northern Pacific resists claiming conflict with its Circle Brockway plan.
A Boston transcript notes humor that after a kitchenette a dinette and a manstionette remain the humanette needed to complete the tableau. The quip plays on playful coinage reflecting domestic space trends.
Charles Miner built a unique log house in Kingsville Ontario using red drain tile shaped as logs. The tile logs form the walls providing dead air space for insulation and birds and wildlife exclusion, with a concrete block foundation and wooden frame.
Early man used circle draws and arrow casting to predict the future. The practice, described by Catherine Hargrave in the Boston Transcript, involved mystic ceremonies and divination rings with feathered sticks used by American Indians and Asiatic peoples alike.
The Golden Book Magazine states cats were honored four thousand years ago, with cat mummies interred near Bubastis temple. Discoveries reveal thousands of cat mummies near Ben Hasan tomb. It notes uncertain origins in China by 400 and Europe before the Christian era.
A quoted reflection urges building inner sanctuaries of pleasant thoughts. It envisions fairy palaces of thought that resist adversity, pain, and poverty, offering bright memories, noble histories, and faithful sayings as a treasure house for the soul.
The first Bible printed in America was John Eliot’s Indian Language Bible produced in Cambridge Massachusetts between 1661 and 1663. A German Bible from Christopher Saur’s press in Germantown Pennsylvania appeared in 1743. The third was an English Bible printed in 1782 by R Aiken in Philadelphia.
Watermelon seedless varieties have not reached commercial levels of production. Horticulturists and home gardeners have grown them for personal enjoyment rather than market sale.
A Madison National Forest alert offers a one hundred dollar reward to any private individual for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally, sponsored by the Sheep Growers Association.
Adelrnc Blanchard of Jackson Montana filed notice of intention to make final proof under the 1916 act to establish a homestead claim in sections 26 27 township 65 range 15 W Montana meridian. The hearing before Fred Rife in Dillon Montana is set for Sept 19, 1929 with witnesses Michael E. Carroll Harry G. Davila William M. Hermann and William P. Carroll.
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