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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1888
Page
5
The piece traces how 19th century Boston attracted ambitious youths from modest roots who climbed to wealth in trade and industry as the railway expanded. It notes how sons and daughters of wealthy families navigated education, marriage, and property, including the rise of trusts to protect dowers and heirs.
The article discusses how husbands could obtain control of wives property as natural guardians, often leading to misuse and dubious excuses. It notes measures some wives took such as leaving portions of property to be disposed by will, and cites cases of trust in sons in law but warns of strong temptation for husbands to misuse funds, with references to probate courts and financial manipulation. The piece includes a poem reflecting lost loves and memory past.
A list of bank executives and several national and regional banks appears, naming Geo. M. Brown as president Joan F. Bistrov as vice president J. B. Dean as cashier R. J. Moonen as assistant cashier along with references to CORRESPON Hanover National Bank Merchants' National Bank Wells Fargo Utah National Bank and Montana National Bank in a historic financial excerpt.
The Buffalo News column quotes a statistician noting wear and tear costs per mile for vehicles. Buggies at a trot cost about two cents per mile, heavy wagons slightly more, and fast buggies higher, with overall ranges between two and three cents per mile influenced by paving type.
A Globe-Democrat excerpt notes a recurring oddity in marriage licenses where a large share on a given day come from a specific city section. The Marriage License Clerk suggests an unseen rule influences which residents obtain licenses, especially a recent spike from the northwestern area.
An at home medical ad promises a positive remedy for consumption claiming thousands cured by timely use. The seller T A Slocum of 81 Pearl Street New York offers two free bottles to readers who mail their express and post office addresses.
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