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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1894
Page
3
A poetic tribute to the Middle Basin celebrating its purpling sky, high hills, blue grass, and the legacy of fathers who built homes in the land. It evokes a sense of freedom and natural beauty as a providential gift from God to Tennessee.
Douglas Metcalfe and Herbert Grierson, both sixth form pupils at Denmark House, battle strong currents during a hat retrieval swim. Grierson steadies Metcalfe after cramp, saves him from drowning, and both return safely with help from classmates.
A Baltimore American piece describes a monkey subjected to facial nerve cutting under chloroform. After healing one side remained passive while the other moved, producing dramatic grimaces that amused thousands. Observers likened the effect to a popular actor known for similar one-sided expressions. An exam found the actor’s success due to a paralyzed half of the face preventing coordination.
Scott Swartzlander aged 80 from Phelps county is described in lurid terms as the ugliest man in Missouri. The piece recounts his arrest for cutting timber on government lands in Pulaski county and a Springfield court proceeding where the judge dismissed the case after remarking on Swartzlander's face.
A Victorian account lists a household staff of about 12 with a watchman seen as essential though linked to theft. It contrasts Hindu trust in kept money with servant risk, then shifts to Vatican expenses and a judge's Oxford circuit remarks amid a hot summer, noting official salaries and duties.
Gifts valued at 3 000 000 francs were presented to Admiral Avelan and his officers in France. The offerings included 300 pounds of tallow candles and thousands of bottles of champagne and wine along with liquors soap perfume linen and bric a brac. A painting by J Maillart was given for the chapel aboard the admiral's vessel.
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