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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1896
Page
3
A Victorian style puzzle card explains a ribbon puzzle attached to a decorative card. The item uses ribbons linked through a hole near a tassel and the goal is to separate them without untying or damaging the card. It suggests decorative colors and a date and guest name on the card.
Railroad experts cite that half of accidents come from curve derailments. A new headlight design on pivots swings to illuminate the track ahead as wheels hit curves, reducing dark sections. The concept, praised for potential value, parallels other bold mechanical claims of the era.
The bolita is a small South American creature that hides in a fortlike shell, curls into a ball when attacked, and can be rolled like a ball by children. Its English name armading means little arima, and it burrows in earth during the day, venturing out at night to feed on insects roots and fruits. Natives are fond of its flesh and collect it where found.
Fragmentary note describes children tiring of a toy fortreanes replaced by large armatifies. Mentions centuries ago wagons as common and modern equivalents not growing beyond a certain length. Context unclear but hints at long wooden toys and carriers.
Doctors warn that tea cigarette use, a common trade item, causes severe nervous troubles and insomnia. They report cases of fasomola linked to the habit and fear it can trigger mental hallucinations in sensitive individuals.
An illustration shows a Camden New Jersey inventor’s device that converts the old tin speaking tube into a telephone. The receiver with a rubber cushion attaches to an inner rubber tube so the talker can hear an answer without moving from the mouth. The system promises interior communication advantages being simple, cheap, and unlikely to fail.
A fragment describes a promising soldering alloy for glass made from tin and bismuth with a metallic luster and heat resistance, plus another alloy from tin and a second metal. It notes methods of joining glass and frames a broad metal industries agenda with French input and American investor enthusiasm.
Fragments describe a royal carriage ordered for Queen Victoria, built on a tubular frame with a front steering tube and three wheels. The body uses plum inoue and michel Uires, with a gyname drive and pulmes linked to steering and propulsion.
The article defines Apergy as a force claimed for the Keeley motor. It describes it as charging a body with negative and positive electricity from the third element, or stare, to alter greyi tation so the earth repels the body with equal or greater power, enabling suspension or upward movement.
A simple experiment shows freezing by placing a salt water mixture on a board over a hot stove. Add ice and salt to a tin cup then place it in the water on the board. Rapid evaporation is cited as the cause of the cooling effect.
A garbled excerpt shows a Cumminsville sage musing about age and sound with unclear wording. The text appears as a phonetic or corrupted line, lacking a coherent narrative or identifiable events.
The critic extols James Riley as a master of lyric tone likened to Whitman and Burns, praising his ability to fuse pastoral calm with social empathy. It lauds Riley for a humane art that balances beauty with democratic spirit and thoughtful critique.
A critical appraisal praises Riley for capturing living Hoosier speech in dialect poetry. It highlights his humane perspective, democratic sensibility, and playful yet precise use of end-line caesura. The piece notes strengths in child poems and a masterful finish, with some critique of occasional weak rhymes and dialect spellings.
A garbled OCR passage cites Magela Cilue accusing a New York woman of borrowing her name for posters. It references comparisons to Melba and Calvy, with showy boasts about singing abilities and identity disputes amid a chaotic, misprinted context.
A religious reflection arguing that without love even gifts like prophecy knowledge or faith are worthless, citing a passage attributed to J. Garrett. The text contrasts human speech with love as the essential virtue guiding all spiritual gifts.
At West Point the four year course mixes civil and military engineering and science with modern languages law history geography philosophy and drill regulations. Cadets from districts join by congressman recommendation and president appointment with a limited ten at large admissions. Incoming cadets receive 245 a year and must not accept extra money without permission. Saturdays feature dances for cadets and town residents, with marching to church a noted sight in the academy.
A fragment from Humorists Corner presents a spring themed verse about renewal. It recalls a breath of spring and a hopeful tone from a poet identified as the queen amid cheerful lines.
In a Toronto Canada News fragment the crane and river exchange quips about rheumatism, bed rest, rising water, high water marks and a jokey plan to sue for damages as the river jokes about a forthcoming flood and elevated stakes.
A shabby man wandered into a Siete street saloon and offered 15 canta to buy a drink. He began pouring himself a glass, but the bartender refused as the drink appeared to be too strong for him. The exchange ends with the bartender declining the toast.
A fragment from a Chicago scene shows Mrs. Robinson declaring Jack Roblingon drunk at the door while Mrs. HKefinson notes the trouble. The dialogue captures a tense domestic moment with garbled speech and a punchline about the final clue.
An apparent spoken reminiscence refers to hearing about electric traction and the speaker urges departure from a location. The fragment hints at a race or event involving trains or electrification without clear details. No named persons or organizations are readable.
A Washington Star quip recalls a cannibal warrior claiming to have eaten a foe after a dispute on ethics. The foe supposedly never concedes, leaving the warrior convinced he won the argument though the other never agrees.
A contributor scornfully notes lack of jokes as the editor replies with a wry line about preferring good odea. The exchange highlights tension over originality in the manuscript room at the St. Louis Republic.
A fragment describes a newly arrived spirit who yawns grandly while speaking to the narrator. The resident spirit identifies itself as Need in a compact, surreal exchange recorded by Denver Rost.
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