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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
5
Indian war cries near Pine Ridge are noted alongside editorials on Montana coal output, Deseret News on Indian extermination schemes, Free Coinage silver bill progress, and banking failures. The piece surveys national finance, industry, and Mormon-Indian relations with a Western newspaper tone.
Letter argues silver coin must back U S currency to prevent monetary shortfalls. Claims gold alone fails to supply adequate money for the economy during financial downturns and supports public need for silver coinage.
West Shore attacks attempts to coax hostiles to surrender and condemns gentler tactics. It argues whites fear, education, and repeated skirmishes while risking thousands of lives. The piece urges harsh measures to end periodic outbreaks and avert further danger.
A Montana newspaper laments the first and second state legislatures for inaction and infighting, blaming self serving lawmakers and urging resignations. The piece cites the governor’s message on budget, insane asylums, schools, roads, lands, and public buildings while noting editorials from Pocatello and other towns.
Our Exchanges notes the Boulder Age thinning to four pages after a drunken excesses. Sam Roberts keeps to regular size with his temperance paper. Stevensville proves tough for new journals with several failed efforts. the Western News just six issues in. Mrs Merritt of Salmon City Recorder fires at Rev Mintzer over Salt Lake Tribune abuse. Recorder prospers despite feuds.
Messages from H L Willard Y M C A Lima praises Tripun EY as brightest and most newsy paper. M G Perkins American Press Association Omaha commends its handsome appearance. Carpenter Paper Co Omaha notes excellent print quality and workmanship.
The piece opens with a humorous exchange about packing for a fishing trip and the missing item fish hooks and lines. It then shares a neighboring town anecdote where an orchard oriole nest is disturbed for a child, leading to a mother bird feeding fledglings through a cage and a restoration of the nest. It closes noting London’s Sunday pastime of parlor box poxes.
A garbled fragment describes items from a wedding outfit and related handkerchiefs and accessories. It mentions loss and theft concerns and hints at charitable or ceremonial uses without clear names or dates.
A Detroit pawnbroker buys a young man’s claimed old-time watch for $3 after the caller, with country freckles and a weet awn, tries to explain his need for money and dismisses suspicions of theft. The exchange ends with a friendly farewell and a Free Press bystander quote.
In Lansing a man interrupts a late conversation at the gate with his daughter and her male friend claiming he woke to see the sun rise. The scene shifts to Aunt Esther urging Eddie to revive at sunset and a joking reply about the old hen going with them.
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