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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1904
Page
9
The narrator recalls a grim schoolhouse where the teacher used to trim jackets with a picket and a boy imagines meeting a famed fighter to demonstrate his skill. The verse reflects nostalgia and a longing for a different life beyond childhood.
A distressed wife cries of sorrow and vows to return to her mother as her husband coldly suggests going home and perhaps finding something to eat. The exchange paints a grim domestic scene with tension and hardship.
For weeks he was out of work and the factory closed. The wolf at the door haunts his hut as hunger grows. Children cry for bread while his household has only sample breakfast food to eat.
A rich, haughty beauty asks if giving all her money to a poor orphan would affect marriage. The poor but insistent lover answers decisively that he would marry her only if he were the orphan. The exchange frames a tale of love, identity, and social class.
A short poem notes a desire to thrash an octopus by law but shows restraint if a trust controls it. It reflects tension between regulatory power and private ownership without graphic detail.
Biggs touts a ground floor chance to cash in on a cake walk craze as the English embrace the dance. He bets on a plum pudding walk to seize the profits from the popular fad.
A short verse noting an elephant’s need to travel in a cage and the irony of not checking his trunk yet needing to check his rage.
A northern resident before the war, Dan Gers is described as remarkable for his longevity and peaceful stance, denying any involvement with underground railroad activities.
A collection of humorous maxims and wry observations on love gambling politics and farming. The narrator muses on male folly fashion and clever retorts using playful twists and familiar sayings. References to Napoleon and social mores appear in compact, quippy lines.
A humorous note suggests only a sausage machine could stop certain dogs from barking at night, reflecting a comic workaround rather than a serious solution.
Beaverhead county readers may enter from Feb 6 to June 5 1904 by sending coupons with name and address to the Contest Department Dillon Tribune. Voting runs Feb 6 to Jun 5 with 14 day coupon validity and coupons appear in each issue. Prizes include a round trip to the St Louis World’s Fair for top voter, plus related travel credits for runners up.
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