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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1894
Page
4
P Fisher of 21 Merchants' Exchange San Francisco is our authorized agent. The paper is kept on file in his office for prepaid subscription advertising and record purposes.
Weather Service reports week ending May 28 1894 with high temperatures sunshine and showers fostering rapid vegetation growth. Eastern drought slight but floods threaten lowland crops and hay in many areas while streams run bank full. Irrigation ditches to be started. Deer Lodge hail damage. grasshopper indications noted. J M Strentzr observer.
The Madisonian defends its reporting on the Lima dam and flood damage, noting no injury beyond typical freshets and criticizing exaggerated press coverage. It cites damaged lists, disputes over waste weir work, and potential litigation while commenting on broader political topics and public humor of the era.
The speaker argues for twice per capita money supply, favors free coinage of silver under the American flag, and urges laws to require payment of debts in the currency in use when contracts are made. He blames New York bankers and rich interests for preferring gold and demands financial policies to favor silver.
Secretary J Sterling Morton once favored sunflowers on his farm. Senator Morrill marked his 84th birthday with a Washington reception. Whitelaw Reid faces chronic asthma and fears consumption. Boxer James J Corbett bought a New York brownstone for 25000. Lord Teynham pursues a legal career as solicitor. Kentuckian Austin Gollaher, 88, linked to Abraham Lincoln, once saved him from drowning. Georgia Governor Northen plans religious work after term. Rev T H Wesley, tutor to the Duke of Albany, is tied to John Vesey lineage. Ben Tillman, South Carolina governor, weighs 140 pounds but delivers thunderous oratory.
In Germantown Pennsylvania a visitor reports factory closures and rising unemployment due to free trade fears. A bill collector recounts a mill district cloth seller whose customers lost work and could not pay, illustrating how imported goods hurt domestic makers and workers. The letter closes arguing free trade harms manufacturing.
The New York Sun argues there is room for only two great parties in the United States the Republicans and Democrats. It questions whether Democrats will split into Republican and Populist elements or merge with Populism and wonders if the Democratic party can regain its true Democratic stance.
Susan B Anthony argues the suffrage cause gains strength from the middle class and faces opposition from New York moneyed interests. She likens plutocrats to slave owners in obstructing emancipation and predicts class legislation could end with women's suffrage. A cottage listing and generic ads follow, including a fireproof box claim and agency notices. Also notes 1894 annual meetings of the American Medical Association and Ancient Order of United Workmen with travel rate details.
The 1803 New York Herald warned against alien laborers and foreign goods before the presidential election. It criticizes free ships and imports as actions harming American workers and employment in shipyards.
A poetic celebration of freedom and home, pledging to protect families and spread opportunity. It envisions infants growing industries built by skill and toil, with peace and contentment as the nation drinks from plenty. Freeman pledges heart and vote to secure happiness and broaden liberty for all.
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