Dempsey Gibbons Fight Hinges On Shelby Money Drive
Great Falls Montana June 16 The Shelby heavyweights Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons will headline July 4 events after a tense money scramble. George F Stanton bank president offered to advance 50000 if the remaining 54000 could be posted by next Wednesday. Major Jim Johnson of Shelby and local bankers raced to secure funds to save the show and assure the fight in Shelby.
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Great Falls
Mont
Gold
Reno
Jefferies
Johnson
Shelby
Prairie
Here
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
George F. Stenter
Stanter, Trust and Savings Bank
Kearns
Stanton
Jim Johnson
American Lenion Post Committee
Montana
Stanton Bank
Ian Tracey
Russell Strain
Lou Melumby
American Legion
Tracy
Gibbons
Newromi
Stenton
de Seuca
Mirthful Bets and Historic Finds Highlight Oddities
A stray eight lobster wager leads Harry Wahl of New York to eat nine lobsters for a $25 win. An oak tree near Orang Texas yielded a 5 by 4 inch pipe scantling from 1865, likely storm-driven. The Everglades region ships millions of fish from Aberdeen, and a Lord B statue graces a British school praised as oldest in the empire.
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A. Atures
Everglad
United State
T | Aberdeen
Grammar
Lord B
Orang Texas
Harry Wahl
New York
Dutch East Indies
Building Homes by Bill Dellar in Monroe
In Monroe Bill Dellar extols home building as a civic engine. He argues homeowners keep dollars circulating locally, build pride and character, and underpin a stable future for families, urging savings and self reliance to secure independent homes.
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Bill’ Dellar
Monroe
Words of the Wise for Today and Tomorrow
A reflective piece offers aphorisms on wisdom and restraint. It urges measured speech, self surpassing effort, and understanding in human relations. It references faith in old numbers and cautions against mudslinging as words fade like dust.
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Ife
Quotes on life and virtue from a 20th century oracle
A collage of maxims extols charity optimism and restraint while warning about revenge and the value of daily personal sermons. It notes plans for a five million dollar municipal auditorium in St Louis including smoking rooms for women and men and reports New Orleans 15 June sentencing of Chinese Tom Mercee for brutal murders and life imprisonment.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Tom” Mercee
State Penitentiary
Warning on Mosquitoes and Dengue Fever Threats
An old advertisement warns of mosquitoes carrying Dengue and potential Yellow Fever. It promotes JIT insect killer in vapor form for homes, claiming quick death to pests and antiseptic air purification without harming fabrics or people.
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Advt
Bread that Builds a Meal with Jam or Jelly
A promotional blurb extols bread as the meal’s start and core, inviting buyers to choose bread so good it could standalone with jam or jelly. It emphasizes bread’s central role in many meals and urges purchase.
Bread that satisfies with flavor and nourishment
The description emphasizes a bread product offering rich flavor and nourishment designed to satisfy hunger. It highlights the bread as a staple choice for meals and daily sustenance.
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Williard
Raggio Drug Company
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