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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1896
Page
2
A garbled Willon Examiner page from Dillon Montana contains scattered fragments on politics faith and weather giving a glimpse of reader notes and partial commentary. The text references fake propaganda and social topics while interspersing meteorological notes and obscure names.
A feature by H. Bp. Whitmarsh describes pearl divers in perilous work. The piece covers how natives once dominated shallow dives, then divers used time‑tested methods and gear to reach deeper waters around London markets, detailing diving dress, baskets, weights, and the risks at depth as they search for pearls.
The text describes pearl diving as perilous and luck driven. Divers face death from sharp rocks or coral and airpump failures. One diver may haul hundreds of shells with little payoff while another earns a fortune in a day.
A witty Detroit Free Press quip asks why prize fighters are never found on football teams and offers the answer they cannot endure the punishment.
At Freeport Minnesota the annual meeting of the Methodist conference opened with a sacred service led by Bishop Andrews. Professors Taylor and Hirst lectured, marking a notable gathering praised by Dr J M Buckley who hailed Chautanqua as a unifying promoter of religion and sectional harmony.
Geo E Hilton urges immediate hive assessment to judge stores and prepare for winter. If needed, equalize honey stores by swapping combs, then feed using a Muller feeder or similar device to supply thirty pounds of syrup or honey, ensuring proper ventilation and minimal disturbance until spring.
The Farmers' Gazette argues for merit based payments to dairy farmers and creamery suppliers. It contends that paying by fat content rewards careful breeding and management, discourages adulteration, and raises general milk quality while punishing dishonesty.
The article compares tropical and temperate rainfall. It notes more rainy days in the tropics but fewer total wet days, resulting in more sunny days overall. Examples include near the equator with 95 inches in 80 rainy days and St. Petersburg with 176 rainy days and 17 inches annually. London at 25 inches and Vera Cruz at about 230 inches are cited.
An Irish earl and his lady meet a tenantry woman who says she dreamed the lord would send tobacco and the lady tea. The earl responds that dreams go by the contrary, then asks the woman to include delivering the tobacco to the fay and her ladyship.
A humorous scene unfolds as a well dressed youth and a witty editor debate poetry, then the youth presents a document. The gas bill for ten dollars surfaces, quelling the exchange with a practical twist.
The notice extols LHos tetler's Stomach Bitters as a superior remedy to laxative pills and drastic cathartics. It claims these harsh products cause wrenching convulsions and weaken the stomach and bowels, while the Bitters ease constipation without pain and benefit the bowels stomach and liver. Continuous use prevents chronic issues.
A writer in Land and Water recalls a heavy sleet event near Bury St. Edmunds where chilling ice clung to bird wings and caused many to drop to the ground. No permanent injuries were noted as the ice thawed, with possible prior mentions by Gilbert White or Jesse.
Comfort to California with economy through Burlington Route personally conducted weekly excursions. Depart Omaha and Lincoln every Thursday morning with tourist sleepers clean and comfortable to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second class tickets only five dollars for a double berth. Write for information or visit the depot agent.
A rapid glassmaking technique injects a stream of oxygen gas into molten material to create transparency. The high heat oxidizes impurities, speeding up the rendering process and improving clarity in early production trials.
Readers are told a cure exists for catarrh at all stages. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a constitutional internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen the patient. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure.
An 1897 promotion copies The Companion calendar free with new subscriptions and extended free access to weekly issues through January 1898. Includes a illustrated twelve color folding calendar and prospectus, with offer details and address for Boston publishers. Also mentions bicycle plate laws in France and marketing lines for cold cures and laxatives.
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