Shakespeare Club Birthday Entertainment at Episcopal Rectory
The Shakespeare club hosted about sixty guests at the Episcopal Rectory on Monday evening with scenes from Hamlet staged as tableaux. Performers included Miss Alma Thorpe as Queen and Mrs. C Weller as Hamlet, followed by refreshments and a closing note praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by W M Terry of Fikton Kentucky.
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Hong
M. Innes
Weller
Reinhardt Bone
Cnet
Eens
Hooker
Norris Sand
Hamlet
Rosemary
Yorick
C. ©. Weller
Ophelia
Milton Davidson
King
Alma Thorpe
Queen
S. Walter Hodgens
Palonius
Miss Coffin
Horatio
Lucianus
J. G. Shannon
Lillian Oliver
B. F. White
Gratitude for Sympathy After Husband’s Death
Mrs Juwnre Leason expresses thanks for sympathy and many acts of kindness during illness and burial. She notes appreciation for floral offerings from friends and the orders AOU, W, KOTM, and K of P.
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A.O.U W
K. of P
Juwnre Leason
Central Pharmacy Sells to L. J. Williams of Butte City
Phil Anderegg has sold the Central Pharmacy in Dillon to Mr. L. J. Williams of Butte City. The deal closed on Tuesday. The store is one of the oldest and best established businesses in the city and Williams brings ten years of pharmacist experience and strong local recommendations.
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W.'M. Terry
Chamberlain
Fikton
Phil Anderegg
Central Pharmacy
L. J. Williams
Butte City
Williams
Dillon
Coffee Spoons with Gilded Bowls For Sale
Large size coffee spoons with gilded bowls sold at 25 cents each. Six spoons available for 1.26 dollars. Sent by mail on receipt of the price.
Bear poisoned after nightly raids on Metlen ranch
A large bear that had been raiding the Metlen ranch and I. Rife's was poisoned after being fond of veal. Other notes report Tony Barrett ill at the home ranch, Indians restless with many heading to Fort Hall Idaho, ranch sales by A Graeter to Nels Nelson for about 38000 dollars, and various local moves and health updates amid high water and measles concerns.
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Autox
Metlen
I. Rife
Tony Barrett
Fort Hall
Idaho
Graeter
Nels Nelson
Big Hole Basin
D. M. Wadams
Big Hole
Dillon
Jack Kennison
L. A. Harkness
Sam
H. D. Hildreth
Harry Andrus
Kissick
James Selway
Horse Prairie
Lottie Bradbury
F. M. Andrus
Katie Rife
Sure Thing for You A Cure Ad From Cascarets Candy Cathartic
A promotional ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a liver stimulant and intestinal tonic. It claims biliousness headaches fevers piles and many ills stem from constipation and sluggish liver. It guarantees cure or money back with 10c 25c or 50c boxes and offers a free sample and booklet.
Local Births and Business Notes Trim Montana Headlines
Rev and Mrs Willis H Brooks announce a boy born the 20th at Bellville New Jersey. Thompson visits Glen to supervise the Big Hole saw mill start. A D Harding built a two story 28 by 82 barn for Ike Edinger on Blacktail Ranch. Wilson Implement Co iron warehouse on Idaho Street nearly complete for wagons and agricultural implements. Geo Banke returns from Virginia City bike trip four and a half hours. Perfimeri river travelers from Idaho seek Montana Mercantile Co supplies. W A Stevenson of Virginia City returns from a three months Klondike trip.
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Willis’ H. Brooks
Bellville
J.thompson
Glen
Big Hole
A. D. Harding
Ike Edinger
Blacktail
Wilson Implement Co
Idaho Street
Geo. Banke
Virginia City
John Dagan
James Ferguson
Pat Doolan
Perfimeri River
Idaho
Montana Mercantile Co
S. W. A. Stevenson
the Klondike
Steven
Lunatic Shakespeare Club Scene Ends in Custody
A late night Shakespeare meeting spirals into chaos as a professor is seized by locals guarding him overnight. Accused of lunacy, he faces sheriff and judge as townsfolk jail him for constitutionally declared insanity while discussing a possible Shakespeare club.
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Hamlet
Macbeth
Richard
Pardner
Lunatic Asylum
Atlanta Constitution
Insurance Refusen Makes A Man Accident Proof
Gimbly rejects an accident policy claiming uncanny luck and invulnerability after citing bicycle falls railroad wrecks and a near cellar accident. He insists no more premiums will be paid though a new injury soon follows from tossing a baby, illustrating ill luck.
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Gimbly
Detroit Free Press
Mirrors of the Ancients Unearthed Near Rheims
M Berthelot reports large finds of ancient glass mirrors dating to the third and fourth centuries near Rheims. The mirrors were coated with lead and a whitish lead carbonate oxide layer, with no other metals or organic cements detected.
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M. Berthelot
Rheims
Local Notices and Ad Highlights from Dillon
Miscellaneous town items including business ads for Mathews & Co. and Brown & Lea, new shops and goods, births, travel notices, and medical and household products. Mentions Flora Craver in Alice, A. F. Carpenter birth, and Drift of war coverage with Spain and Cuba. Also notes Dr M A Miller resuming practice and Wah Lee opens a laundry.
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M.A. Miller
Idaho St
Weenink
T. B. Craver
Alice
Beaverhead Co
Mont
Wah Lee
Dingley
Montana Street
We’re Ready When the Worst Comes In the Mornin
A festive call to endurance and resolve echoed in a wartime tone from the Atlanta Constitution. The speaker vows steady faith and readiness to rally around the flag, promising action when danger arises and to claim victory at the first sign of success as the crowd braces for adversity.
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Atlanta Constitution
The Real Thing Play Delights Critics in Chicago
A witty exchange reports praise for a new play with a joke about realism. The critic notes the third act robbery as exceptionally convincing, while the author smiles at the compliment and jokes about stolen words. Chicago News.
Not a Success as Athlete Contrary to Opinion
A Chicago Post remark notes that the subject was never a success as an athlete, with emphasis on his continued kicking on the baseball diamond or the football gridiron. The quote reflects a critical view of his athletic career.
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Alwa
Chicigs
Peaceful Contract and Summer Fishing Dreams
A poetic note speaks of choosing peace and a summer fishing plan over conflict. The speaker hopes no war breaks out, desires steady work to fund leisure, and seeks a personal, quiet victory through simple pleasures rather than glory.
Name Origin Tales of Alfred and Papa
In a humorous exchange from Harper’s Bazaar the names Alfred and Papa discuss why snapping turtles are not used for soup. They joke that the term snaps from their lack of use for culinary purposes, highlighting playful wordplay on turtle names.
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Dr. É Ie
Alfred
Papa
Harper’ S Bazar
Woman marries man believing him another in Chicago Record
A Chicago Record quips about a woman who marries a man thinking he is someone else. The witty remark notes many women fall for such mix ups in daily life and weeklong humor.
Surgical Triumph Reported by New York Herald
A tongue in cheek verse recounts a supposed surgical wonder where arms legs jugular vein lungs and brain are removed yet the patient dies. The piece mocks medical bravado and notes the tale spread in lectures and newspapers.
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New York Herald
Neighbor row fuels Chicago Record gossip
The Chicago Record quotes a neighbor pair, Mr. and Mrs. Dadsley, described as congenial and enabling, noting how he lets her have her own way about everything.
Mrs Grindly Known for Fancy Work and Quelling Temper
A Detroit Free Press quotation notes Mrs Grindly does much fancy work and can calm her husband’s temper when nothing else occupies her time. The remark frames her domestic role with a touch of humor.
No but a monkey wrench in jesting exchange
Verse excerpt shows a wordplay exchange about parting and a mechanical metaphor. The speaker notes a wrench of the heart and recalls the other’s stance, ending with a punch line about a monkey wrench in a bulletin context.
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L. A. W. Bulletin
Water lesson sparks a warning about drowning dangers
In a Vienna Fremdenblatt lecture a German professor notes that without water there would be no swimming and many would drown, urging gentlemen to remember the peril while discussing water.
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Vienna
Fremdenblatt
Alas Poor Goslin and Miss Giddey Exchange Witty Jabs
In a light chat from Town Topics, Kilduff praises Miss Giddey as out of sight while Goslin ruefully notes she is always distant when he calls.
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Mr. Kilduff
Miss Giddey
Mr. Goslin
Night Wind Strikes Upon Sleepless Home
A poetic fragment from the Detroit Journal breathes on a night wind disturbing a sleeping darling. The verse imagines the wind teasing the speaker and jokingly troubling the father with rheumatism.
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Detroit Journal
Great Truth Ice Cream Exchange From The Enquirer
A light moment from the Cincinnati Enquirer shows a mother teasing her child about ice cream as the boy protests having too much yet not enough, capturing a playful domestic exchange.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Fixed star with five year contract cited by manager
Quote from Baltimore American notes a fixed star described as a five year contract under a responsible manager, framed as a mother asking about the concept. The line conveys a business metaphor rather than a literal astronomical term.
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Joshnie
Baltimore American
No Chance For Escape Birds Your Berry Lot
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local note about birds and a berry lot with unclear context and missing names. The readable bits reference escape, birds, and a plot of land or lot but lack concrete details or dates for a fuller summary.
Portfolio of American Navy Cuba and Hawaii Pictures Sale
An advertising notice notes a ten part portfolio of half tone pictures of the American Navy with Cuba and Hawaii. The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways offers a special edition benefited by patrons and will provide the full set of 160 pictures for one dollar. Address Geo Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago Illinois for details.
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Quba
Hawai
Cuba
Hawaii
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
Geo. Heafford
Chicago, Til
Free photographic outfit to new subscribers
The Tribune offers a complete 4x5 inch photography kit with materials and instructions to every new subscriber joining a club of 15 at $2.50 each, paid in advance. The outfit is described as a high grade American made set.
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the Tribune
Perac
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