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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
7
A clipped item notes fascination with famous clocks and histories, linking Napoleon’s unusual strategic aims to antiquity and a curious plan of conquest. The piece blends historical oddities with vivid rumor about famous timepieces and legendary schemes.
An OCR fragment blends a sorrowful poem about a dying youth with an ornate note on Napoleons invasion plots and a museum style recounting of historic timepieces. It mentions Lincolns clock and a clock once owned by Napoleon, now in a presidential room display.
A narrator notes a clock placed in the admiral’s room has served well for around ten to fifteen years, finding it a respectable and reliable timepiece rather than an ornament.
The text traces the use of bells and similar awakening instruments from ancient Egypt and Orthodox churches to monasteries in Europe. It notes Osiris Isis feasts announced by bells, references Tin tin nabule, and cites William of Malmesbury and Bede tracing English use of small bells to the fifth century and larger campaniae to about 680.
A department clerk criticizes a wave of jokes about wives giving cigars pipes and other Christmas gifts to husbands. The piece notes the humorous focus on unsuitable items and recounts a scene around a perforator device and a presidential telegraph joke in a Pittsburg bank setting.
The readable text is garbled with scattered numbers and references to royalties and orders. It mentions 1905 and monetary values like £6 and £86, but lacks coherent events, parties, or outcome to form a clear news item.
An 18th or 19th century account describes a May Day procession in Westmoreland. Twelve maidens from Brough, aided by a viceroy approved guard, assemble at dawn to decorate with flower garlands shaped like crowns. They travel toward Mesgrave, parading through the Golden to the church where garlands are hung and songs are sung.
A historical note on the 1859 execution of abolitionist John Brown and later discussion about pensions and the phrases used in Civil War era debates. The piece contrasts revolutionary rhetoric with postwar memory and cites archival references.
A reflective verse describes longing aboard a lonely bark at dusk. The speaker yearns for companions and a distant isle as shadows linger and a reaper bell tolls. The poem contrasts fading happiness with memories of shared songs and beauty aboard the sea voyage.
Murat Halstead recounts the John Brown execution on December 2 1859 from a witness view in the New York Independent. He describes the procession the coffin wagon the scaffold and Brown in a black coat with a cocked hat and rope bound arms as crowds and officials observe the solemn pageant.
The article recalls the marching spirit in the Civil War era as German soldiers in the American army shared a famed tune about John Brown. It notes the song’s spread along Virginia routes and its use to rally “Father Abraham’s boys” as they returned to confront France.
A citizen recalls chasing a pension for an elderly woman tied to a Revolutionary War captain who helped lay the Bunker Hill monument cornerstone. He mocks politicians who prize kinship while linking pensions to current wars and a 1998 treaty, ending with a jab at history books.
The piece notes intense training and language instruction for French units to aid Russia Russia and tempering German naval armament. It cites shipbuilding activity with 58 ships totaling 205 806 tons and 34 warships of 115 435 tons built for foreign powers, plus trade and draft figures.
The piece notes increased work and wages while hours were reduced based on official reports from organizations and state authorities. It includes a personal aside about song and sorrow, reflecting a contrast between economic gains and emotional loss.
A historical passage extols 1898 as the birth year of a new industrial and political era in the United States. It highlights vast exports, domestic production, and policies shaping a global workshop economy with Carnegie and Tufnois Steel expanding in London and Australia.
The 1897 manufacturing summary shows total wages of 21 710 355 with average monthly male and female employment of 9 320 and 11 457 respectively, excluding eight prison factories. Wages vary by craft with skilled male workers at 2 22 daily and soap makers at 2 86 for men. cigar and soap trades report the highest and lowest female wages respectively. The department notes efforts to obtain labor group data, sending 297 blanks to organizations, but returns were incomplete.
The factory inspector James Crighell presents the annual Pennsylvania report for the year ending Oct 30. He notes 18,228 inspections, 4000 official visits, and 4,584 orders to enforce compliance with factory laws. Of 12,824 employees, 700 were habitually injured, 700 were unionized, and 169 were aliens. Fatal accidents numbered 7 with 827 personages listed as casualties. concerns include child labor and enforcement of safety measures, and authorities urge stronger enforcement to prevent violations.
Fragmentary OCR describes a swimming method where a Kad boy uses a heavy stone to balance and dive into a stream. With a companion, he places the stone to gain footing and momentum before entering the water. The text hints at the mechanics and potential dangers of such river feats.
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