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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1890
Page
6
A New York Sun report notes two women hired as ticket agents on the Boerum line with $9 weekly pay while men earn $12, and discusses potential future gender employment policy. A Cooper Union mass meeting anecdote recalls women refusing front-row seating citing lack of foot space, challenging custodians’ seating cues.
A 19th century style counsel from the Ladies Home Journal urges young women to value modest living over fashion, avoid extravagant expense before marriage, and seek genuine affection. It cautions against writing overly romantic letters and stresses that a suitor is often preoccupied with work, not constant devotion.
A returned traveler shows jewel receptacles made from sea ugchin shells. Three four inch lavender shells lined with pale pink silk are attached to beveled triangular cardboard, forming a dainty toilet table addition. Shell openings widened, cardboard inserted, shells stitched to triangles, with sachet powder tucked inside.
Beatrice Potter, famed Englishwoman, disguises herself as a sweater shop worker to study abuses and exposes conditions forcing legislative action. Her covert life amid white slave labor shapes public debate and prompts Parliament to consider reforms.
A question among leading U S women on representation at the World’s fair federation. Large female groups unite under the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, King’s Daughters, Ladies’ Relief corps, Suffragists, Kindergarten association, and working girls’ societies totaling over half a million. The note suggests wise laws could yield progress and prosperity.
The piece highlights Parisian wedding gowns noted for rich brocaded satins with floral motifs and elaborate trims inspired by Worth designs. It describes fabrics such as peau de soie and silk with pearls, long polonaises, embroidered lace trains, and sumptuous silver passementeries.
Autumn winds prompt tips for skin and hair care. Rose water with brandy relieves roughness from wind exposure while alcohol and water offer a tonic. Egg white with alumin and sweet almond oil treats wrinkles. Carbolic acid in rose water soothes pimples. Strong tea darkens hair. sage tea colors hair, glycerine and lime water give gloss and clean scalp.
Springfield Massachusetts will get a nurses directory. The board of registration will include two trustees and two hospital medical staff members who assess applicants. The manager will track every nurse location to aid the unemployed and sick, benefiting both sides. Mrs. C A Nichols serves as a hospital trustee on the board.
Seventeen years ago Mies Ticknor of Boston started a society to promote home study for girls after frequent appeals to guide their reading. It began with about six members and now lists 524 active students under a planned and simplified curriculum.
The Boston office reports a North Carolina farmer operating a locally funded school offering inexpensive courses to neighboring residents. The school, started under the society, serves a large class and shows gains in intelligence and character, providing instruction to otherwise underserved borderland citizens.
A city landowner keeps a cherished garden in a parkfront lot, resisting offers to sell as she tends flowers, birds and a pasture view just outside her window. The piece notes her worldly modesty amid New York wealth.
A Lexington woman on East Main Street found a diamond earring in her shoe after a walk home. She cannot determine who lost it or where it was dropped, leaving the valuable item a mystery.
A New York Sun joke recalls a man who asks for help with a heavy box but is told to seek the elevator man next door. A light note from St Louis recounts Grant’s old war horse gifted to Judge Long near the Sappington farm. A Winona fair anecdote features Professor Boehm offering a history lesson for ten cents.
Itching moist piles described as bleeding protruding or blind are said to be cured by Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy. The treatment is claimed to absorb tumors ease itching and provide a permanent cure for 50 cents. Available from Druggists or by mail and from N A Styles of Philadelphia.
Legal notices announce final proof proceedings for settlers in Dillon and Helena areas Montana. Patricks Martin Maury Young and others file claims No 1818 2968 8011 with witnesses listed to prove residence and cultivation. Dates set before district court clerks in Dillon and Helena in 1890 1891.
Notice to creditors regarding the estate of J P Fletcher. Executors request claims from interested parties by a specified deadline. For further information, contact the undersigned executors at the listed address.
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