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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1891
Page
10
The New York Sun reports on a trend of in-store restaurants in big dry goods houses. Customers shop while dining in a large airy room with pleasant service and modest prices, while the firm profits from increased sales and a separate staff lunchroom for employees.
John Gum argues English blood has improved pointers and setters, blending best British strains with native stock. He notes the pointer’s Spanish origin and describes ideal conformation, color not as important as intellect and endurance, and praises dogs as loyal companions.
An article discusses dog breeds including the English and Gordon setters and their roles on farms. It questions whether agriculture can sustain sport and notes farmers increasingly lack well trained dogs. It laments farm life without well bred dogs. A second piece by M O Gilmer Speed counts road companies since the season, listing 8 000 startups and survivors across genres.
Readable excerpts discuss celestial photography of the Andromeda nebula and Pleiades, noting star chains and formation hints. It contrasts Orion images with Australia’s varied geography, from mountain regions to desert interiors and coastal farmlands. It also includes lighter notes on Holmes poems versus a velocipede, cigar terms, an ancient will, and Montaigne on cats with a brief profile of Austin Corbin.
An excerpt compiles fearful musings on cosmic collapse and resource depletion, paired with domestic scenes of a couple and their family life. The Washington Star fragment follows Algernon and Henrietta, then shifts to a racey vignette from Harpers Weekly and Yankee Blade style poetry.
Fragment from a collection of quotes shows a livery clerk misunderstanding a customer request for a horse he can drive with one hand. The scene ends with a humorous instruction to send an old horse named Dobbin.
A fragment list of humorous exchanges quotes Abbe Liszt I can eat for two persons and a jab about social embarrassment at a table. Other items include a bird preference joke from Cora Bellows and a humorous hair color suggestion overheard in a casual chat, all from 19th century gossip snippets.
A cryptic verse hints at a rival observed ahead in snow, where footprints mark presence and forewarn of future actions. The speaker notes winter's knowledge surpasses summer in detecting rivals.
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