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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
4
An aged Montana note cites Bateman & Co of Philadelphia and Helena Independent to argue against the Wilson tariff bill. It claims free wool would devastate American mills, lowering prices and harming revenues while urging cautious stance on McKinley era duties.
The department announces the extension of East to 30 days for excursion tickets to the California Midwinter International Exposition. Attendees from the East plan long stays as promoters push rail advertising and attractions from lacrosse to Dante’s Inferno exhibit draw crowds.
A survey of regal quirks: the Russian czar's simple tastes at banquets, Abbas Pasha planning a 1894 England visit, Victoria's ban on ladies smoking in her presence, Dahomey’s King Behanzin embracing fashion in letters, Princess Louise’s superstition, Elizabeth’s defiant reply on collars, William’s old fashioned spankings, and the Princess of Wales aiding poor neighbors at Sandringham with carriage deliveries and a ride to view their homes.
A survey of prominent figures from politicians to magnates details diverse quirks and life stories. Names include Secretary Gresham, Professor Swings, Jim MacWillan, John Shults, and Lord Rothschild. It notes honors, travels, and unique deeds with a playful, wide-ranging tone.
The piece notes blue roses and blue dahlias produced by chemical means. It mentions olives of Gethsemene with eight ancient trunks, the Anurajahpoora tree in Ceylon sacred for linking to Buddhas enlightenment, oaks in Palestine tied to Cain, and a hawthorn in Cawdor castle reputedly immemorial.
The article notes Edison is building a magnetic ore concentrator intended to boost northern iron production and restore furnace competition with the south. It also mentions safety ramp invention from a flame deflected by a fine wire net, an inclined elevator proposal for business buildings, a sheet music turning device by Medford youths, diagonal tubes in kettles like locomotive boilers, and a quick-boiling effect in such kettles.
A compilation of curious claims spanning history geography and biology. It notes acid etching origin in 1519, Ireland exceeding Scotland by 1200 square miles, higher spring mortality, 1672 Nantucket whale fishery, Little Greece’s 26800 seafarers, English speakers premier foreheads, 130000 to 150000 daily Central Park visitors, and Aitutaki children born with a shorter left leg.
The piece prescribes bright hopeful talk for the ill and offers home cures such as hot water soaks for sore fingers and boils, borax baths for red eyelids, and soaking a bruised finger in increasingly hot water for at least fifteen minutes.
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