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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
3
A young Georgetown woman hosted a fashionable luncheon for a visiting cousin, hiring a colored waiter who corrected her, saying his name was Johnson rather than Butler. The incident highlights social misnaming despite wealth and a traditional lifestyle.
Special correspondent notes Pageville residents back from holidays and a vivid reminiscence of Campanini's Italian opera at Harrow days. J E Dodson recalls a dramatic floral wire car scene with two wires, doves and a cheering audience as Campanini sang.
Balmy weather spurs talk of planting spuds as Mrs. Hattie Closten visits Butte for rest. Local updates cover health, farming, church improvements, marriages, business moves, mining plans, and travel ads for Burlington route to Omaha St Joseph and Kansas City with substantial time savings.
In a tale from a volume by Misa Edith Lichel the French revolutionary era tale centers on M. Condorcet who, seeking refuge with M. Suard, asks for twelve eggs to make a large omelet. The landlord suspects him, he is arrested and dies in prison.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt depicts a boastful actor at the Detroit Opera House stage door boasting of his originality. The dialogue claims he differs in performance conception linen reading stage postures and makeup from many others.
The Chicago Times Herald notes a circus in New York where rings measured 42 feet 6 inches in diameter, causing three riders to fall and one to be severely hurt on opening night. Rings were later reduced to the standard 42 feet.
A Newark item discusses about 1,000,000 Italians in the U S with one third in main cities and half of those as laborers. It notes illiteracy at fifty percent, strong work ethic, thrift, willingness to take any job, dislike of begging, and few Italian names in charity records.
A New York Journal quip notes the morning discovery of an overcoat retrieved from a souk, hinting at an unexpected purchase or heritage amid daily life.
A Chicago Post clipping recounts the life of John Allan a longtime family butler of 25 years. In old age he drinks and speaks of a son and heir while the mistress scolds him over a painted portrait and his calcimined livery. His tears prompt a final line about friendship versus motherhood.
A Mexican Spanish professor at a top Chicago private school stumbles over English pronunciation at a dinner in his honor. He states phrases like I haf learn to like to many queer thing and gar bage, prompting astonished reactions and a puzzled correction from guests.
The Chicago Post recounts Eliza Chandler leaving her rural home to serve a great city lady. Her mother consoles her with advice to keep her head high and ignore city folk, highlighting contrasts between rural plainness and urban society.
Hicks questions a séance error about a man claiming to be Uncle Ben. Wicks disputes it noting Uncle Ben would have weighed over 300 pounds and burst suspender straps if he had tried to rise under the table.
In this TVit Bits snippet a young lawyer fights for a win on his first case while the prisoner hints at offering to swear to the crime himself. The scene suggests tension between ambition and caution in a courtroom moment.
A playful exchange features a cock horse asking about the Milky Way while a cow explains it as the place she jumped over the moon. The vignette, attributed to the New York Press, tongue in cheek.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt questions what a misanthrope is and describes a misanthrope as someone who believes life is not worth living and who fights back hard when facing death.
A Brooklyn Life suggestion envisions turning a reluctant reader into a book reviewer. The idea follows the child’s engagement through guided reading and critical notes, aiming to spark interest and develop writing skills.
A verse fragment mocks fashion fads and arousal, describing a dainty figure with flaxen hair and small feet. The speaker fixates on hidden wet hands inside a mammoth muff, insisting and claiming the object of desire despite resistance.
Washington society joins the bicycle craze as lawmakers diplomats and spouses take to wheels. Notables include Speaker Reed Senator Chandler Senator Wolcott Justice White and many cabinet wives. Foreign dignitaries from the Russian Austrian Italian Spanish and Belgian legations pedal along Connecticut Avenue while Mrs Carlisle and Logan ride with ease.
A writer in The Sketch notes the Stanly exhibition highlights the shift to chainless bicycles using beveled gears. He admits no hands-on riding yet, but observes two chainless models with neat appearance and dustproof promise. The gear pitch accuracy appears a clear advance over older designs.
The law of war bans poison, treacherous murder, impersonating foe, and no quarter declarations. It forbids unnecessary pain, misuse of flags of truce, unnecessary destruction, and besieging only fortified places. Public buildings must be spared and private plunder forbidden. Prisoners must be treated humanely and property respected. Invaders must respect personal and religious rights.
A man seeks opinion on a diamond in a jewelry store, pressing for a price verdict. The jeweler criticizes the gem as flawed and miscut under a microscope, offering a finer stone instead. The buyer, who already deposited £10 on a different stone, decides not to buy and asks for a refund.
A mouse tries to convince a rabbit that a long tail confers elite status. While they argue a kite grabs them. the rabbit hides but the mouse is exposed and carried away. The rabbit notes the mouse would have fared better had he not boasted of society.
Seed oyster business in Connecticut reportedly at peak this season with an estimated 1,000,000 seed oysters to be sold. Observers note heightened demand as the industry enjoys its best period in five years.
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