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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
4
Public notices for church festivals fairs dancing parties concerts sociables and suppers with admission or profit from sales priced per line. Cards of thanks and obituary poetry billed per line. Business correspondence and job printing orders must go to Bone Physician Co. Editorial submissions to the Tribune.
A compact survey of April 1897 notes from Draxon Montana covering weather, a proposed turkey Greece exchange idea, Arbor Day plans on May 11, mentions of Nevada boom dust, pending air ship sightings, and a line on Arbor Day native trees. It also notes Theodore Durrant execution interest, tramp problem discussion, Milen City wool prices six to seven cents, Utah pioneer jubilee preparations, and a May article on spring diets. The Grant tomb dedication and Longstreet tribute are highlighted among national events.
The Western Mining World reports there is no truth to talk that Marcus Daly has resigned from Anaconda. R T Bayliss only resigned Montana company manager but remains on its board and now serves as consulting engineer for London Exploration company. Daly will continue to manage the copper giant, keeping miners’ wages steady.
The Paper Trade Journal reports success with making railroad rails from paper pulp in Germany and Russia. The process uses ordinary rag pulp, grinding and cooking, with careful stock preparation and fiber preservation. Additives include borax litharge paraffin wax tanners’ prease waterproof glue royin cement shellac and wood alcohol, then mixing and settling before final use.
An aspirant for honors as an amateur humorist invites friends to hear specimens of his genius. He asks about greatest US physical feat and surgical operation, proclaims West Virginia and Michigan as examples, provoking silence and mockery that ends with his violent demise, per a New York Tribune quotation.
A lecturer discusses coal loss under exposure to elements and alkali factors while a student jokes about a dog guarding coal. The tale recounts 72 percent coal loss at a pile, the student’s advice to buy a dog, and a remark that the dog reduces loss to under 1 percent.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt notes a horse described as exceptionally kind yet easily spooked by mishearing the command whoa. The quip highlights the animal's temperament and sensitivity to instruction.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt notes a Swedish bride who fills pockets with bread and shares it with all she meets on her way to the church, each piece said to avert misfortune. The item also mentions Hyde Park sermons and cautions about mercury ointments while endorsing Hall's Catarrh Cure as safe and effective.
Miss Parloa speaks at the New York YWCA on economy in French cookery noting high market prices in France and the emphasis on soups and sauces. She details simple recipes for a savory potato leek soup and a vegetable soup, plus a long keeping paste for thickening sauces using beef veal and pork suet.
Mrs. Pickett relates a Fredericksburg anecdote about an elderly mammy who claims to have nursed Washington. The story includes a kodak photo and a gas-on incident, with locals debating which George Washington is meant and noting the era's lack of gas.
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