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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
8
A western firm begins manufacturing an electric lamp claimed to burn steady under police watch. Tiny, bicycle mounted, it uses a chargeable battery with ten hours per charge and a week’s life per cost. The device removes grease oil gas odors and smoke.
The Wheel reports 1896 bicycle sales surge with ten tandems sold this year versus 1895. Paris tracks ban bright attire, while Paris riders ascend 60 feet in a gallery built into a building. A New York youth’s death follows a bicycle purchase dispute. Suggestions include silk lined golf stockings for wheelmen and bicycle theft checks during church services. Walter Swearingen from Wabash, Indiana is noted. Pisa requires two lamps for each cycle after dark. France leads in pacing with a large fleet and pacemakers paid per meeting.
A collection of quips about bicycles and riders from Wheel and Philadelphia Press. It cites London accident figures for 1896 showing 184 crashes in three months, urges wagon drivers to signal when turning, and praises caution from continental cities. It also includes witticisms from Cervantes and Shakespeare about wheels.
The Barnum and Bailey group gains an interest in the Forepaugh and Sells combine, creating one vast show empire. The merged entities, featuring elephants, hippos, polar bears, rhinos, and other rare animals, will tour under a unified tenting plan with multiple rings and stages. A grand parade and Queen Cleopatra’s Barge of State are promised in Dillon on August 3 as the new alliance debuts.
The clippings lampoon Congress and campaign vigor with quips from multiple papers. They joke about Uncle Sam’s meals, erratic voting, and the abundance of veto messages by President Cleveland, contrasting old and new methods in political life.
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