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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
6
A reserved southern couple on their honeymoon at the Hotel Netherland in New York end up dining by cooking in their room after misreading a French carte de jour. They bartered hunger by frying vegetables, learned to navigate the European plan, and later enjoyed dining room meals and city sights with the manager’s help.
A frontier tale from southwestern Kansas recalls Ed Prather and Billy Wells, two notorious barroom rivals. After Prather shoots Wells in a saloon amid a drunken celebration, Prather mourns briefly before resuming the revelry, a stark note in this Detroit Free Press reprint of frontier life.
In a New York Sun report two burgalls in an aquarium tank chase a three inch nereis that poked above the sand. The first burgall misses the prey as the second sights it and both collide, the pursuer ending up besieged before reclaiming his dignity.
The canon law does not require the pope to be a cardinal or cleric. Since Urban VI in 1378 most popes have been Sacred College members, though noncardinals were voted for in 1758. Laymen have occupied the throne, and while they cannot vote in conclaves without special papal permission, trends show openness to noncardinals and debate on Albani’s orders.
The piece notes North Carolina's historic label Old North Colony later retained as state name and Turpentine State. It adds a fact about private Chinese schools paying teachers about 1 cent per pupil daily.
A Boston Courier item describes a trial where the twelve jurors are deadlocked six to six. The foreman confirms the jury has not reached a verdict and urges explanation, with a note that the outcome remains unresolved.
A fragment from a conversation shows Jones and Smith debating a subscription for society. Judy intervenes proposing restraint and urging support to avoid excessive drinking. The exchange reveals personal plans and social expectations.
A man waits in a drawing room for his partner to dress while noting bicycles outside. The pair banter about time and gender as her brother chimes in with a humorous line about her stockings. The scene captures domestic humor and autumn morning mood.
A self important congressman stayed at the Tremont House in Boston and criticized the hotel harshly over heating and service. He told the clerk the hotel was the worst in the country and vowed not to return. The hotel manager calmly urged a lighter flame for the evening.
An exchange in Chicago Tribune quotes a theologically minded student who preaches against mendicancy to a street beggar and admits to practicing on him with a half dollar donation. The dialogue contrasts preaching with charity as the student treats mercy as a lesson.
A historical snippet notes a smart, pretty girl who wrote advertising for a large dry goods firm. Her mind fixated on business, and she once mailed a letter to her lover with a casual postscript urging him to come early to avoid the rush. The quote reflects printers ink culture on marketing wit.
In a quip about disguise, Teuth remarks on wearing a new bicycle suit to avoid recognition after an incident involving a woman from the next block. Griggs confirms the change and notes the aim to avoid being identified.
An organist at a Frankfort wedding badly misplayed during the ceremony, starting with the tune She May Have Been Better Days instead of the wedding march, surprising attendees and delaying the music finale.
A brief humorous dialogue unfolds with a playful menace as a young speaker taunts an elder. The reply rejects the kiss with a sharp line about not kissing old ladies, attributed to Adams Freeman.
A speaker gazes at a pure child at home and recalls her laughter and tears. He cradles the child, reflects on her day of play, and hums a bedtime prayer. Her memory renews his life and courage, vowing to protect her always.
The North American Review essay argues early warfare drove natural selection by favoring the most valorous and best organized groups, noting cannibalism and plunder as motives, and claiming conquest accelerated human advancement while defeated tribes were slain and eaten. It links hunter origins to war and sociopolitical dominance.
A weathered birdhouse sits atop a dead pine high on Mount Tamati’s northern slope near Ross valley. The 70 foot high perch makes access unlikely and locals dispute how long it has stood there. Native observers report varying dates, but the exact origin remains a mystery.
A cavalryman twice returning to barracks intoxicated was pranked by comrades. They fastened a spur to his naked heel while he slept and he woke to excruciating pain. He vowed to quit drinking after realizing his boot slip had caused the ordeal.
In a Boston Tran script dialogue, Hicks imagines a comforting return of the dead to describe the afterlife while Wicks dismisses it as a nuisance. The exchange humorously critiques chatter from spirits and the lasting chatter of the living after such a visit.
A dialogue from the New York Journal notes a quarrel over home improvement as one partner paints a roll top desk. A Sallust quote on virtue follows, then a historic remark about Chinese waterproof paper spanning three centuries.
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