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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1896
Page
2
A collage of stray items includes anti drilling stance by the W C T U, looming ultimatums for a sultan, a girl’s river jump, poetry on Booths and salvation, a critique of titles, kinetoscope money talk, Abyssinia, curfew bells, a telephone revolution, and a London prize ribbon. Also noted are Turkish Armenians tensions, a prison term for an obie marshal, and a Chicago theft confession.
Edmund Tattersall, head of the London Tattersall firm descended from the Tattersall auctioneers, is described as the leading figure in horse and sports circles. The article traces the family line from 14th century Lancashire to Hyde Park Corner and Albert Gate, noting his long career and his simplification of duties to his eldest son Sergeville Tattersall while remaining present at major sales in Newmarket and Doncaster.
The death of Sir Joseph Barney of London deprives the official musical world of a key servant of art. Born in York, he rose from chorister to renowned conductor and teacher, shaping music at Eton and the Holywell School. His decisive, uncompromising approach made him a respected figure in English music.
Two women servants in Paris are described as having died under mysterious circumstances with possession of $120 000 noted. The text hints at a writer’s misworded phrase about a woman’s laughing eyes and a blend of writings forming a tangled transcript. Further context remains unclear from the fragment.
Treasurer Abell of Brooklyn disclosed a former scheme to take control of the New York baseball club via a receiver sale. He said a syndicate of rich young men including Harry Astor Carey and William Astor Chauler would have bid, with Abell earning 6 percent and no office sought.
Sterling Hutlett elected president of the League of American Wheelmen. Born in Michigan in 1852, Hutlett has two decades in bicycle affairs and inventions including a square knot threader and a timing device for races. He has served in multiple Wheelmen roles and led the Massachusetts chapter, with long ties to cycling advocacy.
The article outlines A M Palmer and Nat Goodwin forming a partnership for a German comedy An Absent Sen with Signora Truse joining in Drury Lane May. It notes Nat Goodwin staged a three act play by a Chicago writer and cites the London season's hit adaptation of a French play revived in New York as The Survivor. It also mentions Deisy Diren, with Robert Hilliard, marrying B Fez Leonard of New York.
The article extols the Overland Route across Colorado Wyoming Idaho to the Northwest. It praises rugged pioneers and praises modern travel facilities from the Cajon Pacific system. It visits Denver Cheyenne and Sher men while highlighting the Atlas Thentisent the Dele Creek Bridge and Yellowstone Park. It also notes Utah scenery Echo Weber and Orden Canons and Utah fruit and mineral wealth.
Reports in the Edinburgh Scotsman describe new geographic finds near Timbuctoo including Lake Faguibure and connected lakes west of the Niger. French officers map the area noting rich agriculture, pastures, and natives with large herds, while debates resume about exploration and climate feasibility for year round habitation.
An opportunity is offered for a buyer with an identified longing to possess. Two volcano items are featured with testing noted in Jeeland and preparation for sale in Copenhagen. The asking price is about 755 for the pair, with separation likely as they may be sold individually.
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