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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
5
Dillon Dun and surrounding notices mix merchants ads and social bits from 1897. The page highlights O. C. D. store sales, Altman Mercantile Co. updates, Elks lodge event, church programs, and local personalities like G. F. Phillips and Mrs. Nieman. Also lists furniture, pianos, dresses, and farm goods with brief community notes and ads.
San Quentin California 10 35 a m today saw the execution of William H Durrant for the murder of Blanche Lamont in Emanuel church San Francisco in April 1895 The warden Chas H Padley and prison physicians confirmed death at 10 50 a m The case followed a lengthy trial and repeated postponements before the final act of justice occurred in the prison yard
An account settlement notice states all accounts due The Fair Store must be settled with H C Lyon. It notes our impression books are sold cheaply with waterproof backs and mentions Tripunr Pun, Oo as part of the line or remark.
A misanthrope objects to post trip behavior and propriety as he recalls a family piano outing. He mocks travelers returning from Europe for loud songs about the voyage, contrasting it with their luggage and hotel needs and lampooning patriotic singalongs. Washington Star.
Nick Bravovitch died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Austrian Settlement on Wednesday January 5 after a day in the timber. He was 29 years old, born in Austria, who came to America in 1890 and to Montana in 1894. Survived by his mother and father in Austria and a brother near Laurin, who was visiting at his death. Funeral services were held at 10 o clock this morning at the Catholic church with high mass by Rev. Father Pauwelyn. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery.
Thomas Edison recounts selling his gold and stock indicator patent to Western Union for $40,000. He describes a tense moment with a bank check that would not be honored, prompting a return to Western Union to cash the sum in large bills. He then begins work on his Newark laboratory the next day.
Thursday afternoon from 4 to 7 Miss Bella Rife hosted a party of ladies for tea described as a Tea Test in honor of Miss Clara Sharkey of Glendale. Fifteen ladies attended and were presented with carnations, with guests including Mesdames Fyhria Orr Hodgens Cochran and Miss Sharkey of Glendale.
An asylum doctor notes a general tendency for lunatics to laugh more than sane individuals. He recalls a patient whose nonstop laughter began after illness and mood lows, alarming caregivers who misread the signs until a doctor diagnosed insanity. The impulse to laugh at sudden calamity is highlighted as a warning sign of madness.
To the many kind friends who assisted us in 83 in many ways and gave us so much sympathy at the death and burial.
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