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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
6
Poem by William E. Sheffield in the Brooklyn Eagle celebrates the nativity and the redemption it brings. It envisions angelic praise and the heavenly gates opening for humanity saved by the Savior born on Christmas day.
In a Manila office on Christmas Eve 1900 the narrator hosts Captain and Mrs. Hale who bring gifts including a plum pudding. A sick sailor, Rufus, lies near death in a hut as Dr. McGregor tends him while natives beg outside. The Hales restore hope by sharing joy with children, and the narrator witnesses a mother’s cry of reunion as Rufus is recognized as their son.
The poem fragment notes the brooks and birds have passed away and that the earth is dead around Jerusalem, as stated by Cy Warman in the New York Sun.
Leila Herbert, daughter of ex Secretary of the Navy Herbert, died in Washington after a fall from a high window following an earlier horseback riding accident in Alabama. A nurse found blood on bed coverings as the patient severed her wrist, then leaped from a window to her death.
Congress adjourned until January 6 after approving a Klondike relief bill granting 200000 to aid gold seekers. The measure authorizes army use, requires purchased supplies, and seeks Canada’s consent to extend relief, with eulogies and other business noted in Washington.
Fire gutted the Holmes and Ninth streets complex housing the Big Building theater and Auditorium hotel in Kansas City after 1 a m. One hundred five hotel guests escaped in night attire. Losses total about 450000 with only 85000 insured.
United States Land Office Missoula announces that settler Louis Minder has filed for final proof on his claims and will appear January 10, 1808 before US commissioner W. A. Fran cie at Wisdom Montana. Witnesses August Wenger Jorgen Jorgenson James Tissett Fred Hirschey van M Kvana listed. Scaled proposals sought January 3 1918 for collar on the Poor Arm.
George N. Lawrence alleges Andrew Gray abandoned Entry No 2045 dated August 6 1888 upon N14 SE M 844 SW4 Soc 17 Tp 1S R14W Beaverhead County Montana Proceedings call Gray to appear January 29 1893 at 10 am before U S Commissioner W A Francis in Jadom to testify. Testimony will inform the final hearing before the Missoula Montana U S Land Office Feb 6 1893.
P Fisher Advertising Agent at 21 Merchants' Exchange San Francisco is named as the authorized agent and the paper is kept on file in his office.
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