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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
1
A Pacific Coast solar eclipse observation report notes totality of about 18 seconds with Harvard observers capturing photographs from four sites and a Northfield, Minnesota party. Separate items discuss Sam Bryant denying sale of Knott the horse and a Chinese imperial court concubinage decree amid other brief notices.
Chicago dispatch reports a proposed railroad line from Sioux City through Nebraska and Wyoming to Ogden Utah aimed at providing a western outlet for the Wings Central. The Union Pacific counters with work between Sioux City and Norfolk and a branch at Columbus, signaling a race to capture traffic. The Northwestern may align with UP to control trade, with right of way purchases recently made and early spring construction anticipated.
Baltimore dispatch reports a multi-hour fight last Thursday between police on the sloop Julia Hamilton and a flotilla of Vegas dredgers in a coastal fishing bay. Over 600 shots were fired, an unknown dredger was shot, and several boats were damaged. five dredging schooners were captured and towed into Cambridge by the steamer Gov. McLean.
Berlin dispatch reports secret experiments with a new explosive showing promise to destroy forts like those on frontier preaches. Experts predict rapid fortress destruction, revolutionizing defensive systems with movable ironclad bulwarks. Warsaw dispatches claim Todle ben abandoned and orders force construction of a triangular Korral Litewski Bialystock rail network.
A collage of 1880s notes reports horse sales in France, railway and mining ventures in Montana, and politicalers visiting the United States. It covers European negotiations, county industry growth in Leadville and Great Falls, jail escapes, cargo losses, and a fatal railroad accident near Helena.
The New York Financial Chronicle reports November earnings for 17 railroads totaling 31,059,483 dollars with a prior year comparison showing a steep decline. Analysts blame demoralized rates and rising operating costs, noting gains in traffic were insufficient to offset losses and criticizing management for rate decisions.
In a Denison House interview Rev Jas. Mefeod of the Second Presbyterian church suggested Mr Paine has little chance of a cabinet post, remarks seen as weighty by political circles close to the president elect and cabinet makers alike.
A sad tale shows a child’s death despite coughing and distress. The mother fled for help but no remedy was nearby. The piece ends with a moral urging Dr Acker's English Remedy and notes City Drug Store run by N M White.
Doctor Walter K. Hammond says two thirds of deaths from coughs pneumonia and consumption could be avoided with Dr Acker's English Remedy for Consumption used in time. The remedy is sold with a positive guarantee by N M White City Drug Store.
The City Drug Store of N.M. White offers Dr Acker’s English Remedy for consumption with a money back guarantee if customers do not find the statement correct after following directions. The advert asserts coughs can be checked in a day and consumption broken in a week.
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