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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
4
Fragmented clipping covers ads and notes from the Dillon Montana post office, with references to China, wheat sales, conventions, and health of European leaders. It mentions Western Mining Journal in Salt Lake City, pension rolls, Booth family quarrels, and global power comparisons.
The gifted journalist Milton a Meline laments the press as a vast network linking humanity like arteries under the heart. He calls the press the guardian of public morals and the defender of justice driving truth through ignorance toward perfection.
The piece discusses the off year political mood favoring the people's rule over money power, with prospects for 1900 uncertain yet hopeful. It compares Colorado and Montana mineral outputs for 1897 and 1898, noting Colorado's rising milling camps and Montana's leading gold production, asserting Montana likely remains the top precious metals producer.
The article notes A. J. Watson training for a return to racing in England. Otto Zeigier may travel to Australia after this season. Wallie Sanger earned more prize money for others than himself over two years. M. T. Faulkner abandons plans to bring a pro team to Europe. R. H. English, London champion, died recently with hundreds of cups and prizes. Gaston Rivierre may race in the U S season and long distance matches.
An old advertisement promises one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure that Hal's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It cites F J Ongwey & Co as Toledo proprietors and lists local wholesale druggists as endorsers. The notice asserts the firm’s trustworthiness and financial ability.
Horace E. Willis from Eyak Alaska recounts a rough voyage from San Francisco. The party faced a leaky ship, twenty eight days of heavy seas, scarce water, and a stranded overland march west of Copper River. They weigh dangers and rewards of seeking gold amid glaciers and native stories of Yukon-like riches.
The notice promotes Cascarets as a candy cathartic and mentions a travel sale with Chicago tickets in first class forty three dollars and second class thirty eight dollars through Overland or Scenic Routes. It references November 24 and Atlantic chest points with rates and fare details.
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