Local News Briefs Touching Weather Court Race and Travel
Cement walk layers progress at about 100 feet daily with work near the First National Bank. Mildred Gooch returns with her uncle to convalesce after appendicitis while studying in Bozeman. Mrs. Ole Winger and daughter Arne Dahl visit from the east. Winger visits Lewis town. Heavy rain last night followed by a shower this morning as workers go to daily tasks. A gusher on Button Butte queried. Riddick brothers plan flights to Grass Range next Sunday. Big ball game locals versus Winnett and aeroplane exhibitions draw crowds. Rathbun versus Rinehart case ends with a tied vote and Mayor Charters to be re-elected until August primaries.
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Button Butte
Riddick Boys
Winnett
Rathbun Vs. Rinehart
Jackson
Butte
Miles
Rinehart
Why Druggists Die Young
A dramatic scene at a drug store shows a frantic rush for quick service as a woman demands genuine canary seed. She insists on fresh glaze colored seed claiming it is safer, while pharmacists caution. The confrontation ends with the prescription clerks fainting from the strain.
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Indianapolis News
Days of Chivalry Are Gone On Crowded City Car
An Indianapolis News piece recalls a hot summer day on a packed car where two hard working young women squeeze in amid crowded seats. An elderly man offers one a seat, a taller man nearby resists, and the exchange ends with the second man claiming the seat for himself. The scene highlights rudeness and crowded transit conditions.
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Indianapolis News
Airborne elopements defy shore limits claims Spokane pilot
Tom Symons a Spokane airplane pilot offers elopement services in flight asserting three mile offshore rule applies to sea captains only. He jokes about marrying couples from his cockpit far from preachers and disapproving fathers while noting air is national and vows to contest any court action. He muses about selling liquor in flight but cites legal risks.
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Tom Symons
Spokane
Tom
United States
Burquist & Brayton City Tire Shop Ad
Your tire is still good. It may have a blowout or ragged tread. If the fabric is sound, skilled repair will make it good for many miles. A tire or tube sent by mail receives the same prompt attention as if brought in personally. All work guaranteed. Burquist & Brayton 108 6th Ave North Lewistown. Phone 272.
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Burquist & Brayton “City Tire Shop
6Th Ave. North
Lewistown
Why That Headache May Yield To They Chamberlain Tablets
The article explains headaches often stem from constipation or stomach disorder and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets as an easy mild remedy. It emphasizes relief through correcting digestive issues and invites the reader to try the tablets for cure.
Big Curtiss Oriole Drops Into Lewistown Air Show
The Curtiss Oriole flown by J Y Stock and crew landed near Lewistown after a 40 minute flight from Roundup. They planned a potential exhibition with a parachute jumper and previously operated in Casper and Winnett as agents for Curtiss planes.
Deacon Reprimands Sister Over Half Filled Decanters
A deacon cautions a sister about avoiding the appearance of evil after noticing several half filled decanters on the sideboard. The sister asks for clarification and reveals the bottles may contain floor stain and polish to mimic spirits. The deacon explains he helped himself from the central bottle when feeling faint.
Wanted Cattle or Horses for Pasture in Becket Mont
Wanted. Forty or fifty head of cattle or horses to pasture by the month at $1.26 per head per month. LEW BARNEY, Becket, Mont.
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Lew Barney
Becket, Mont
Woman's Club to Meet at Mrs. R. J. French Home
The Woman's Club will hold its meeting next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. J. French.
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Woman's Club
R. J. French
How He Had Benefited
Chatty Waller teases a well-known customer growing stouter, noting the man’s stay down here has made him twice the gentleman he was when he arrived.
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Waller
Did Not Invent Steam Engine John Fitch Preceded Fulton
William C. Mills of the Ohio Archaeological Society at Ohio State University Columbus states that John Fitch built and operated a steam engine boat 21 years before Fulton’s Clermont. Fitch’s original boat model, built in 1780, is held by Mills and recently donated by A. N. Whiting of Columbus.
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Robert Fulton
Fulton
William C. Mills
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Ohio State University
Columbus
John Fitch
Fitch
Clermont
Hudson River
Mills
Ohio Archaeological Society
A. N. Whiting
Granteon
Pensioners Decrease in Budget Rolls
The house of representatives received a $214,020,000 pension bill showing 624,427 beneficiaries, 22,468 fewer than last year. The total appropriation is $1,010,000 less than the present fiscal year with 50,752 names stricken and 28,284 added.
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House of Representatives
Bombproof Sub Shelter Revealed During Canal Drying
A bombproof shelter built to guard the submarine entrance of the Zeebrugge canal was exposed as water was pumped from the route. The feature emerges after partial drying of the waterway, highlighting wartime engineering.
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frruges-Zeebrugge Canal
Omaha Grocers Battle High Cost of Living
Retail grocers in Omaha Nebraska plan a campaign to combat rising prices. When customers request high priced items they will offer cheaper substitutes and sell flour at wholesale prices.
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Omaha
Neb
Equity Mutual Insurance Company
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claims Internal Cure
An old ad describes catarrh as a local disease cured by internal remedies. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as systemically absorbed through blood and mucous surfaces. The copy credits a renowned country pharmacist, claims a blood heated mix of tonics, and invites readers to send for a free sample.
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Hall
NEY. & CO
Props
Toledo
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McCarthy & Stock
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Curtiss
M. K. Riddick
Wyoming
Western Airplane and Motor Corporation
Denver
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