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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
7
A poem by Joni Benton wishes Christmas joy and peace, invoking evergreen and holly and ring of bells. The Tribune teases readers with a New Year surprise. Montana endures six weeks of winter as veterans reflect on hardship, while noting the country’s resilience and the fate of the worried poor.
A lengthy column critiques finance and silver versus gold in the US, praises Cleveland, and mentions Lyman D Morse Advertising Agency of New York. It also previews the December issue of Northwest Magazine with features on Spokane fruit fair Puget Sound and North Dakota topics, plus Western humor and life notes.
Press commentator urges Montana residents to buy Montana flour oats wheat baking powder soap beer sewer pipe butter eggs brooms wagons harness hams and bacon and candies for one year to stop sending millions out of state and support home industries.
Anaconda Standard praises Grover Cleveland for his administration while the Butte Miner lauds Samuel J. Tilden for his stance on coastal defenses, signaling broad public approval and ideological alignment.
The Chicago Chronicle revisits the idea that if government could pay debts with 12 dollars of silver for 20, it might raise values like pig iron similarly. It argues silver and gold became money due to their malleability luster destructibility and fixed legal value, noting labor needed to produce both metals and the historic monetary role. The piece challenges readers, including silver mine owners, to consider these notions.
A compact discussion argues silver should be remonetized as it influenced the value of money alongside gold. It notes how silver price moved with gold and other goods, the 1873 shift away from silver, and claims of legislative effects on metal values. The piece contrasts metal values with labor input and purchasing power. It also includes references toCatarrh remedies and a travel employment ad snippet, reflecting mixed newspaper content.
Anthony Hope Hawkins notes reading verse costs him effort. Sidney Cooper of the Royal Academy, 93, prepares paintings for next spring show after becoming an associate six decades ago. Bourget highlights women’s vanities while Riley remains the sole American poet with a smooth face. Stedman, Aldrich, Stoddard, and Gilder display beards and mustaches in varied styles.
Antwerp cathedral possesses 34 bells with the largest 7 feet wide and 8 feet high. The Metropolitan tabernacle remains England’s best attended worship site with over 6,000 members. Conwell leads America’s largest Protestant flock in Philadelphia while Whitefield’s first sermon reportedly drove 16 people to distraction. Global minister-to-population ratios vary from one per 900 in Britain to one per 487,000 in China.
A Rochester Post-Express quip notes Chauncey Depow would demand the peach as a political emblem if he runs. The New York Telegram reframes a white elephant aboard the Nestor from Singapore to hint at party allegiances. A Kansas City Times curiosity ponders campaign strategy in Japan amid walls. A reward is offered for a lost horse brand book found in Peterson field last Sunday December 8.
Advertises ear drops and screws from $2 up and all kinds of emblem buttons starting at $6. Prompt appears as a brief retail listing with low detail on items and prices.
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