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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
4
A fragmented 1895 Montana column notes Quay at a Harrisburg convention, Utah statehood ambiguity, women voters, strikes in Rochester, prize fighting chatter, and a looming Chinese Six Companies dispute. It cites a Helena Equal Suffrage meeting, praise for Prof. Birchard’s Normal Herald, and urges business backing for newspapers to grow towns.
The Evening Republican argues for a qualified licensed engineer to run the Missoula school heating system to assure student safety. It cites the Denver hotel disaster as a warning against cost cutting and notes typical steam systems operate at low pressure with minimal explosion danger.
The Great Northern and Northern Pacific combination scheme remains in negotiable suspense. Whitney for Montana Mining Area claims Cleveland is the most popular Democrat in America today. Eli Perkins is urged to step off his pedestal as the champion liar.
Missoula Republican notes Idaho is the only western state not prohibiting buffalo killing. The paper laments the lack of legal restraint as buffaloes, near extinction, wander into Idaho from the National Park and are killed annually.
The Denver Republican notes that nearly all Missouri Democrats favor unrestricted coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1. The Perth Springs convention is cited as strongly backing silver coinage, with only a few administration Democrats in St. Louis and other areas in the minority.
George W Shaw's Friendly Visitor argues Boulder dealers should buy local work to cut labor costs and keep business in town. It laments that three fourths of Boulder job work is done in the east and urges local production to match eastern quality and price.
The Dillon Tribune claims Teton county has no completed church while Sam Carson of the Chateau Montanian asserts there is one. Effie A Hardin signs a card in the Montanian noting the children have not had a voice in the first church’s progress, prompting questions who is lying.
Anaconda businessmen condemn the recent legislature citing heavier taxes. They blame an anti gambling bill for raising corruption funds, but the measure passed. With gambling revenue cut off, legitimate interests must cover the gap and officials fear continuing gambling will erode state county and city revenues.
San Francisco reports reveal defense aims to link Pastor Gibson to Rominy Street church scandal and portray him as former London pastor. The case then shifts as Theodore Durrant defense agrees to reveal evidence placing him downtown during Minnie Williams murder, with Burnett and McPherson corroborating a key time frame.
A playful verse about a modern woman who avoids constant engagements and shifts style with the seasons. It sketches her habit of wearing her sweetheart’s picture in a gold heart locket and a loose veil, while foreseeing city life in fall.
An argument lists Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy with testimonials and a 75 cent price. It promotes De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure and notes other products by local druggists and merchants.
A pet lynx was turned loose in a back alley Thursday causing excitement until James Quane killed it with a shotgun. The owner kept two lynxes and let them roam toward the hills, often returning after a few days.
The article argues China has no capable government, describing its regime as a mess of dough. It warns of possible British or American occupation of Chinese territory and expresses a cautious hope no such intervention becomes necessary.
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