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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
2
A terse pricing notice lists publication frequency and rates with daily, weekly, and yearly options. It notes evening publication and weekly publication schedules for the period, indicating per week and per year terms.
Secretary Long received a Siboney dispatch reporting the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera destroyed with no escape. Our forces claim about 1,300 prisoners including Cervera. one killed, two wounded. several hundred dead or missing on the Spanish side. The Colom, Infanta Maria Teresa, Oquendo, Vizcaya burned or blown up near Santiago. Furor and Pelayo destroyed near the port.
Dillon celebrated Independence Day with a sunrise cannon, a municipal parade under P P Walsh, and a 1:30 pm public reading of the Declaration at the race track. Prof Monroe delivered the oration amid wind and dust storms while praise was given to sailors on the Sampson and Dewey battles. Floats and bands entertained, but a brief race interruption marred proceedings. overall parade and evening events drew strong crowds and good order.
The article describes the Manila expedition leaving port with the third convoy. San Francisco offers a hearty good speed. It notes the First Montana may depart July 10 and reports battalion reassignments, mutiny impact on expedition inclusion, and improving camp life health and rations.
The text lists pigments and their origins including carmine from cochineal, sepia from cattle fish, Indian yellow from camels, ivory black from ivory chips, Prussian blue from horse hoof matter, various lakes from plant roots and gums, blue black from vine charcoal, turkey red from madder, gamboge from Siamese tree sap, raw sienna from near Siena Italy, raw umber from Umbria, India ink from burnt camphor, mastic from the mastic tree, wood ashes for Bistro, ultramarine from lapis lazuli, and Chinese white in zinc. It notes iodide of mercury and vermilion from quicksilver ore.
Steward Music House states it handles only top tier catalogs and price items, emphasizing quality over quantity and offering premium selections for discerning buyers.
A editorial urges balanced patriotism amid Spanish American War coverage. It argues citizens should attend daily duties at home while supporting the war, warns against unbalanced zeal, and stresses humanitarian rights in Cuba alongside local community interests. The piece endorses humane measures under victory and calls for broad but focused national effort.
An item notes an excursion in Butte from January 2 to August 6 and talks of an Anaconda race event. It mentions druggists failing to cure, defund money, and Cascareta candy as a cathartic option.
Reverend Francis W Poole of Helena Mont and Rev John Reid Jr of Great Falls endorse Ely s Cream Balm as a positive catarrh cure when used as directed. The preparation contains no mercury or injurious drugs and is priced at 50 cents.
A Yale Camera and Photographic Outfit valued for 2x2 inch photos is offered free with a new subscription. The package includes a camera, plates, trays, developer, hypo, printing back, sensitive paper, ruby paper, and an instruction book, aimed at all ages in the United States.
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