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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
5
The piece blends seasonal verse with notes on New Year expectations. JORG BENTON signs a Christmas message. It touches on winter, Americans’ troubles, and Carlisle’s congressional talk about the gold reserve and Treasury notes.
The passage discusses gold and silver parity, bond issues, and political opinions about President Cleveland and the Monroe doctrine. It lauds the Lyman D Morse Advertising Agency and highlights upcoming Northwest Magazine content on Spokane fruit fairs Fargo and North Dakota life, marking the close of its thirteenth volume.
A voice urges Montana residents to spend a year on Montana products including flour oats baking powder soap beer sewer pipe butter eggs brooms wagons harness hams bacon and candies to keep money within the state. The commentary brands current outflow of millions as outrageous and unnecessary.
The Anaconda Standard notes the first time in his presidency to applaud Grover Cleveland with a celebratory tone. The Butte Miner recalls Samuel J. Tilden’s stance in favor of stronger coast defenses, urging public appreciation.
The Chicago Chronicle argues that if government can make 12 dollars of silver pay a 20 dollar debt then iron value could rise similarly. It asserts gold and silver are royal metals with fixed money value, malleable and inexhaustible, and notes their dual roles in art and money under law.
The Salt Lake Tribune recounts a column arguing that silver and gold values are fixed by labor and demand, noting historical shifts since 1873 and urging Illinois to back silver remonetization. It claims legislation alters real money supply and cites silver’s enduring purchasing power despite gold dominance.
Anthony Hope Hawkins jokes about reading verse showing little will. Sidney Cooper at 93 paints for next spring exhibition and was an associate a half century ago. Bourget discusses vanity like a dressmaker and spots weaknesses. Riley stands as sole American poet with a smooth face while Stedman Aldrich Stoddard and Gilder are described by facial hair and styles.
The Antwerp cathedral houses a 34 bell musical set with the largest bell seven feet wide and eight feet high. The Metropolitan tabernacle remains England’s best attended worship site with over 5 000 members. Reverend Dr Russell H Conwell preaches to America’s largest Protestant church. George Whitefield’s first sermon reportedly drew bishop complaints for causing 15 people to go mad. Across nations church density varies from one minister per 900 people in Great Britain to one per 487 000 in China.
A Rochester Post-Express quip notes Chauncey Depew would demand a peach emblem in any run for office. The New York Telegram jokes that a white elephant, the nation’s second, arrives on the steamer Nestor from Singapore and asks which party it belongs to. A Kansas City Times item ponders campaign lies in Japan as nails are reportedly unused there. A reward offer appears for a lost horse brand book found in the Peterson field last Sunday December 8.
Ear Drops and Screws offered with prices starting at $2. Emblem Buttons available in all types from $6.
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that cures by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It includes testimonials from J. Y. Schenck and notes 75 cent price at N. M. White Drug Store. Also lists a job ad seeking trustworthy men or women to travel in Montana with salary and reference request from The Dominion Company in Chicago.
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