Local notes from Sarripan and Sheridan community events
The Moore County page reports a successful school entertainment raising funds for an organ and globe, with plans to improve the school. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Lake and Pat Carney are noted. The Sheridan Silver Cornet Band held an open air concert and a ball. People travel through Sheridan for lands sales, court sessions, and personal visits. A discussion praises traveling salesmen for patriotism and knowledge of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarripan
McIntyre
S. Lake
Sheridan
Gaylord
Pat Carney
Waterloo
Balis
Marie Scott
Mr. Elmer
James Page
Swiggett
Helena
Virginia City
Madison County
Page
Judge Bowman
The
Monitor
Twin Bridges
George White
Gould
Mr. McCaulley
Alpert McCaulley
Indian Creek
Walla
Wash
Underwood
Wilsey Station
Carbon County
Mont
Oscar Welcher
Frank Baril
O. F. Parmeter
Northwest
Spokane
British Columbia
Nebula Pulverea and Town Fog in Victorian Health Cues
The article explains town fogs or nebula pulverea as artificial fogs thick enough to obscure sunlight. It cites Rev. Clement Ley and Robert H. Scott, notes London mortality spikes during 1880 fogs, and describes fogs trapping noxious gases near the ground and hindering diffusion on clear days.
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Clement Ley
Globe
Abyssinia
Egypt
Robert H. Scott
London
R. Barnes
Harper's
Pageville Briefs Reflect Local Happenings and Travels
H Redfield is ill with la grippe. Two Mormon elders preach in the Pageville schoolhouse Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Oliver of Meadow Creek visited Twin Bridges and Pageville last week. Mrs N L Page and Miss Clara Barthh visited Dillon. J M Page returned from Helena and heads to Virginia City for Madison county state land sale. Mrs Chas Redfield convalescing. Friends celebrated G W Benny’s birthday and the birthday of the Father of his country in a lively gathering urging many happy returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacevinia
H. Redfield
Pageville
Mrz. Oliver
Meadow Creek
Twin Bridges
N. L. Page
Clara Barthh
Dillon
J. M. Page
Helena
Virginia City
Madison County
Chas. Redfield
G. W. Benny
New Year Lamps Offer Lighter Bikes With Interchangeable Parts
The Philadelphia Times notes 1897 bicycle lamps with lighter weight and many minor improvements. New models feature interchangeable parts and adaptable mounting, with kerosene or benzine fuels. Benzine lamps use absorbent cotton soaked in fuel to emit bright smoke free light. Simplified construction allows easy cleaning and maintenance.
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Philadelphia Times
Embroidered Bicycle Covers Gain Popularity
The Chicago Tribune notes a new fad of bicycle covers made from brown holland with one side open and embroidered corners. Enthusiastic riders prefer pretty designs to protect wheels kept indoors from dust and potential damage to delicate parts.
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Chicago Tribune
Pelo on Wheels Becomes Vigal Exercise At Academy
The port requires great nerve and thorough command of the wheel. Riders endure rough usage and ride like mad around the academy. It is an exciting pastime enjoyed by those who have associated themselves with it.
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Academy
Repairer ranks thorn punctures above tacks
A famous repairer notes thorns cause the most punctures while glass comes next and nails and tacks follow in that order. He says this differs from the common belief which gives tacks top billing.
Nervous Amateur Seeks Crowd Approval in Theatrical Role
The scene in New York Journal quotes a nervous amateur asking if the audience will accept him in a new role. His manager retorts that he will be killed off in the first act.
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New York Journal
Choosing new fields and the value of discernment
A passage discusses finding profitable new fields, warning that not all are fruitful and stressing the need to study opportunities carefully. It likens risk to pursuing bear licks and highlights the Glad giants of competition, urging readiness to engage when the right field appears. Also recounted is Bayard Taylor in London befriending a hippo showing affection and memory.
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Philip
Mr. Gratebar
Tropics
New York Sun
Bayard Taylor
Zoological Gardens
London
Africa
Taylor
Cat Salute at Indian Fortress Inspires Local Legend
Harper's Round Table recounts a colonial-era tale from India where sentries saluted a cat at the fortress gate. A high English official’s death coinciding with a cat’s exit allegedly cemented the custom, with Hindoo guards continuing the salute to cats for years despite exhortations or orders.
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India
Andian
Harper’s Round Table
A Scotch Child Confesses Forgotten Pennyworth of Cigarettes
An eight year old Scottish cousin admits he forgot to buy a pennyworth of cigarettes as a present to his father. The father finds four cigarettes in the boy's pocket but the boy escapes punishment that night.
Drifting Toward an Unknown Country Prayer Poem
A devotional poem by Francis A. Simkins speaks of drifting toward eternity and seeking divine guidance. It asks for protection from perils at sea, warning against storms, and hopes for anchoring in a heavenly port where troubles end and happiness awaits.
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Elysian
Francis A. Simkins
Boston Finishing Academy Teaches Gentlemen’s Servants
A Boston letter describes a new finishing academy for gentlemen’s servants. Cadets receive English style haircuts, are shaven or trimmed to a muffled mustache, learn menial tasks, wear livery, and speak in a nonexistent h-less dialect. They practice immobility between bars to gain “wooden rigidity,” with vigorous exercise for unfit physiques.
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Boston
The Lamp Lighter On The Elevated Road
A lone lamp lighter carries a compact alcohol lamp to light six lamps in a train car. He lights each lamp with practiced speed, then extinguishes his lamp, pockets it, and exits to the platform to continue his task or depart toward the next section.
Ride ready to defeat the oit train
A terse note from the New York Sun hints at a dramatic contest involving Ride as the challenger. The text references a three match series that could ignite an intense “alcohol lane” context, signaling a heated sporting or behavioral showdown.
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New York Sun
Early legal systems span from Moses to Justinian
The text traces laws from Moses circa 1491 B C to Draco 623 B C Lycurgus 844 B C and Roman law via Servius Tullius and the Twelve Tables 449 B C with the Pandects of Justinian 533. It notes Blackstone’s publications 1765 and 1769 and mentions the flat anthropological society founded in London 1888. It ends with the common house fly naming Musca domestica.
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Servius Tullius
Justinian
Blackstone
Oxford
The
Flat Anthropological Society
London
Cyclone Tales Of Hank Simons And A Milk Cow
A New York Sun excerpt recounts humorous cyclone episodes from 1878. Hank Simons ties a cow by the horns to an oat bin to protect it as a cyclone passes, the cow’s carcass supposedly blown to Nebraska and returned intact the next day. A second cyclone seemingly restores the cow, while another man recalls losing his cellar to a July cyclone.
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Hank Simons
Hank
Nebraska
Ana
Uni
New York Sun
The Thrifty Squirrel and the Bank Receiver
A fable tells how a cautious squirrel deposits nuts with a banker who fails. A crow warns of ruin, but the squirrel ignores it and becomes bank receiver. The vault holds nuts. the squirrel lives eight years settling accounts. Moral notes that a court appointed receiver faces no molestation for stolen goods.
Moglish With a Foreign Twist in Chicago Language
The Chicago Times Herald notes two pigeon English examples showing foreigners adapting to English. A Belgian scientist plans to move to Chicago in February and expects to settle there next time in the city. A Danish girl explains to a friend she fell on the sidewalk and feels ashamed by the misstep.
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Brussels
Chicago
Chicago Times- Herald
Very Queer Note on Authorship in Pick Me Up
A brief dialogue shows a young writer pressing for a byline and the editor explaining that famous bylines draw readers while anonymous work may go unread. The exchange contrasts editor pragmatism with the wish for recognition.
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Sins ‘Coated Rivet Factory
SAH Francisco- Tal
Madison County News
the Tribune
Washington
United States
Congress
New York
Maine
California
Washington Star
Nebula Pulverea
Pelo On Wheels
Ayer
C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Monthly Review
Duke of Ditchwater
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
John Reid, Jr
Great Fails
Francis W. Poole
Central Pres. Church
Helena, Mont
Minneapolis Penny Press
Twin Cities
Dillon ‘Tribune
H.* Bond M. D
Dillon Drug Store
Dillon, Montana
E P. Dungan
Fpwin Norris
Dillon Mercantile Co
Fiist National Bank
Montana
Attorney-At-Law
Orriog Wrra
Rt. B
H. J. Boniryas
Boesenan & Willis
Jno
G. Wilns
Attorneys-At-Law
Dillon National Bank
G W.rightenour
M. D
M. D. Church
Surnipan, Mont
LSU
Tribune Pub CO
Thos. Shaw
RETA
Sheridan, Mont
Lesterville
Virginia Stage Line
Shafer Bros
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