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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1901
Page
4
The Inter Mountain notes a heated debate over an eight hour bill and campaign pledges in the Montana legislature. It highlights Henry T. L. Frank for second place and W Clark likely to win a top seat, while party dynamics and inaugural events at Helena color the capital scene.
Montana readers react to Fred T. Dubois securing the fusion nomination for United States Senator. Despite disagreements over the Philippine question, Dubois is praised as a defender of western interests and a strong fighter in Washington. Former Senator George L. Shoup is lauded for his honesty and loyalty as he prepares to leave the Senate on March 4.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester sat on the bench of the Cincinnati police court last Friday and watched a stream of petty cases go by at close range. Captain Sigsbee, commander of the Maine during the Havana harbor disaster, was recently asked about his first thought on realizing the tragedy.
The Gentleman's Magazine discusses comic American dialects used by writers known as Warmerists. It highlights Irish American, Negro, Western, and Yankee speech, noting the dialects are for humor not serious writing. It mentions Mr Dooley and Dinah as examples shaping popular perception across the Atlantic.
In Waywero, a northern town, a bishop's visit sparked the founding of a local church among Apache people. Baptisms followed, and while gambling and drinking persisted, public morals slowly shifted as townsfolk viewed vice with more shame. Yet lynching and swift court still punished crime, illustrating limited reform.
In a descriptive passage the Basutos are praised as among the finest tribe, contrasted with the Fingoes related to Zulu heritage through intermarriage. Details cover dress, body color, facial tattooing, and social cues. The text notes Basuto greetings such as u em, and responses like At or Ke rata ho eta ke no le ba bang for travel together.
In the Prichard prose from Where Black Rules White Haiti Christophe shows no mercy on a youth facing death. After offering a choice to jump or be shot the youth survives a fall and returns, only to be taunted to repeat the peril.
A vivid snapshot from Smyrna and Egypt shows a bargaining scene over a shop worth a few dollars. A Western buyer and a seller haggle fiercely, exchanging money, language barriers, and cultural tension before concluding a purchase for three dollars after long negotiations.
Henry Norman reflects on Georgian women's beauty noting youth offers loveliness with chiseled features dark eyes full lips alabaster skin and black hair. He contrasts matrons’ stoutness with youthful grace while imagining women who could whisper love sing war songs and play the lute, though dagger and war song feel outdated now.
John Christian of Elver county, named as the oldest moonshiner in the state, is under arrest for the twenty fourth time on illicit distilling. The captain recalls worrying about how newspapers would report the incident at home.
The article notes an elderly man asserting a perpetual right to distill whisky and declaring his intent to continue as long as he lives. It also mentions proposals that manufacturing potters build a monument to John Hart Brewer for his contributions to the industry and development.
A plan to raise about 2000 dollars from five dollar contributions for each of around a hundred pottery kilns is noted, with lead manufacturers possibly adding more. The account highlights Lieut. J Evans of the First Royal Linse Fusiliers who was wounded in twenty six places at Pieters Hill in South Africa and later recovered to rejoin his regiment. Also mentioned are pharmacy licensing triumphs in New York and Roswell Bardsley, a 91 year old long serving postmaster slated to attend President McKinley’s inauguration.
A humorous poem from the Baltimore American mocks the prince's trouser creases and fashion sense. It features lines urging Albert Edward to shake, scissor fringes, and improve style, with playful boasts about trousers announcing a man and a mock offer to send a shingle nail if buttons fail.
In a Baltimore American snippet, Mr Meddergrass complains the postmistress dislikes the new school professor. He notes rumors that the professor wrote all his postal cards in Latin or another odd language, reflecting local tensions over new staff.
Deacon Podunker milkman quips about watering the milk on Sunday morning. Miranda retorts that salvation should not be obstructed, and the exchange hints that half of churchgoers miss the word. The humorous vignette reflects local churchgoing humor and domestic dialogue.
Excerpt mocks churchgoers dozing in sermons and jokes about rich milk causing sleepiness compared to opium. Dialogue rails at perfumed politeness, with a quip about Mrs Meeks and a postscript about a mother’s lingering interest, reflecting era humor.
H Mumm's Extra Dry led imports with 109321 cases this year, 72169 more than the next brand. The note praises the remarkable quality of the famous brand and highlights its top position in the market.
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