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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1896
Page
3
Dr Fraser experiments over years to immunize humans and animals from snake bites. He injects venom to build immunity similar to vaccination, reporting partial rewards and hopeful signs. A story of testing, risks, and potential for reducing fear and death from snakes.
A distorted report touts Dr Fraser claiming a cobra bite could become a luxury thrill akin to intoxicants. It suggests the bite cures feverish symptoms and could lead to private serpent stock tempting risky experimentation, frightening residents of India.
The region near Taylor Louisiana once had many water moccasins but numbers declined as new minks increased. Local chatter claims the mick is the deadly foe of snakes and that in a fight the quad ruped sivizys wins.
A sensational account claims Honolulu millionaire James Campbell was abducted by Oliver W. Winthrop and accomplices who attempted to force a $20,000 signature in exchange for his liberty. Campbell alleges a masked man fired, then tied and gagged him, while Winthrop, previously acquitted of poisoning a cemetery worker, fled. Campbell details a brutal scene with restraints, threats, and a staged escape plot as investigators pursue Winthrop and his alleged confederates with no solid trace yet of the other conspirators.
The article argues that wages and prosperity depend on laborers and producers, warning against monopolies and tariffs. It analyzes historical price comparisons, arguing that the gold standard benefits owners while harming debtors, and urges the plain people to unite against financial manipulation to secure broader prosperity.
Reverend Justina S Sich seeks divorce from Naznie Satth alleging marriage in Stillwater Oklahoma in 1893. He claims rumors of common law marriage harmed his ministry causing removal from position. He accuses her of spreading reports at Willowy and Osweep and of damaging property including windows and library threatening to shoot him before police were called.
The excerpt contrasts 1866 farm credit with today’s burden, noting $429 interest and debt leaving men ruined. It reflects skepticism about western farmers and predicts bankruptcy, then cites Mr. Cochran accusing laborers of deceit rather than systemic failure.
M. J. Bishop, General Worthy Foreman of the Knights of Labor, argues in a signed note that Bryan era anarchists and hayseeds resemble Revolutionary patriots of Concord and Lexington. He asserts future generations will honor the same spirit of self sacrifice the heroes of the Revolution showed, while noting anarchists at the time held similar aims.
The McKinley volume centers on the money question and tariff policy with the author’s approach provoking strong feelings. The piece notes strict orders and expresses the paper's sympathy for Mr. McKinley amid debates.
Movsting photographs on glass uses gelatin bath, proper drying, and careful handling to avoid air bubbles. Discusses ultramarine pigment from lapis lazuli, noting artificial version is cheaper and indistinguishable chemically, with real pigment valued at high prices and detectable only by microscopy.
A jumbled excerpt covers formulas for dioxide and water mixtures, soap cube experiments, wire coating with glycerine gel, and crystal cube sculpture with rainbow facets. It also references cleaning methods, musical pitch observations, washing tips, borax in milk, and stain removal guidance.
A fragment describes lapis lazuli as a peculiar stone with shades from sky blue to dark indigo and specks of yellow, noting it comes from various parts of Asia.
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