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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1897
Page
3
Special Correspondence from the Tribune reports two men frozen to death near Lake Idaho during the severe cold spell. It describes grim scenes as residents and travelers, including Curtis and Stine, struggled in subzero weather. The piece notes widespread hardship and community efforts amid the early March storm.
A long discussion argues for exempting alcohol used in products other than beverages from taxation. Support cites boosting domestic industries and employment while reducing prices, with counterpoints about fraud and medicine quality.
Special Correspondence to the Tribune from Snewman March 17 notes the death of 16 year old Harry Stine of Sheridan by freezing at Henrys Lake Idaho. The body was found Saturday evening and shipped home for burial. Parents E V and Mrs Stine mourn their first born with sympathy from the community.
Will Kennedy died in La Colorado Mexico after months of illness. The Montana journalist and politician, 51, born in Indiana, helped found the Australian ballot system and served in the territorial council. He worked for the New Northwest Missoulian and other papers and led Boulder Age before health forced his retirement.
The Cologne electrical director compares lighting costs by illumination power. Incandescent electric lamps cost 10 per hour, ordinary gas burners 6 cents, alcohol lamps midway, coal oil lamps cheaper, and modern gas mantle lights and arc lamps offer greater economy, with electric arc lamps about 10 percent cheaper than incandescent electric light.
An excerpt describes vivid dress trends with velvet moire capes, scalloped satin edged gowns, india silk waists, and elaborate necklines. It notes the popularity of collarettes, bolero jackets with gimp trim and tassels, theater headgear on a skeletal frame, and capes made from black velvet with ivory blue brocade and looped neck decorations.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt details sponge fishing as a demanding craft. Fishermen lie prone on deck for hours peering into the sea to locate valuable sponges. With a 50 foot double hooked pole they detach sponges while contending with waves wind and rheumatic strain. Earnings barely surpass forty five dollars a month plus boat keep.
The article notes that buttons were not used by Greeks or Romans and only appeared as ornaments in the fourteenth century. It states that buttonholes were not designed for much of that period and that true button manufacture began recently, with steel buttons produced at the Suho works in Dirining in the mid nineteenth century.
Kathryn Kidder may appear in a new play while Bijou Fernandez joins Minnie Maddern Ward Wiske's company. Charles Krein and John Philip Sousa work on an operetta titled The Bride Eled. Davis retires from the Bostonians end of season. Spiritisme at Knickerbocker makes good impression. Alice Pierce stars in Tess of the D Urbervilles. Eleanor Carey set as Mrs Bradley in John Bradys Money. Daughters of Babylon fails to emulate Sign of the Cross in London. Nettie de Coursey notes patrons demand original comic opera. Agnes Booth to perform T Ars lesenne at Broadway after De Welt Hopper.
Items of interest note a French legal shift accepting gambling as valid grounds for divorce. Philadelphia preserves its boast of honesty by building 4 058 two story houses in the past year. Lowell Maine features a woman justice of the peace who sometimes officiates weddings. Jewelers advertise stadstone bags of calfskin lined with pigehin and finished in ebony and silver as durable and stylish.
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