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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
9
Poem excerpt reflecting on longing for youth and lost opportunities. The speaker imagines buying dreams to relive youth and the vivid joys of life, even at the cost of pain, and questions what would be purchased if such dreams existed.
A traveler says he will leave the city by the sea rather than endure the climate mosquitoes or the sweet potato vendor. He dismisses the place saying he would rather be elsewhere than endure the man’s clamor and the noisy market scene. Savannah News reports the exchange with light humor.
Dot Clarendon age seven earns fame on the stage and persuades SPCC president Mr. Gerry to allow her to act. She sits on his lap and pleads to stay on stage. tears flow when he initially refuses, then grants permission but bars singing.
A long, dialect filled piece rails at social inequality criticizing rich as dressers of fine clothes while hard working poor sew and labor. It laments wages, abundance of useless knowledge, and disdain for toil versus luxury. The stanza ends with a resolve to plant hope through labor.
A Boston Courier piece humorously notes spring’s approach as nature awakens and sings. It evokes bursting grass and birds, urging readers to welcome the season’s renewal while playful wit targets domestic bustle and daily rituals.
A fragment cites a humorous suggestion about inviting the Rosenthals and their many children, debating avoidance of a larger gathering. The line mentions writing Herr Rosenthal not and the idea he would come alone without tricks.
A visitor arrives at the Yarmouth Register, noting the editor lacks poetry and delivers a winter coal bill. The exchange reveals a tense but humorous interaction as the editor confronts the newcomer and fends off claims of rhyming, ending with discussion of payment.
A reader notes a landlord fix for a ceiling leak in a flat above theirs and suggests replacing the porous plaster ceiling. The item includes scattered verse snippets and brief social observations from period publications.
A jumble of quoted verse and satirical lines from periodical pages. Snippets mock leap year fate, a blind man, cards, and sharp epigrams about artists, hotels, and a medical prodigy.
F Nicholls Crouch born July 31 1808 in London and now in Baltimore is described as the composer of Kathleen Mavourneen He was a juvenile violinist at Drury Lane then a noted singer and violinist A troubled marriage led to retirement and in 1885 he wrote Kathleen Mavourneen He emigrated to the United States in 1849 living in Richmond before later serving in the artillery during the war and settling in Baltimore.
H. J. Atkinson, a Tory MP once of Boston Lincolnshire famed for lively debates with Speaker Peel, visited the United States to write a volume on the country. His stormy England career earned him resilience and sociability as he attended the Methodist Ecumenical conference in Washington and explored local life.
The Galetti family claims Lincoln era lineage to Christopher Columbus through Mrs. Maria Galetti nee Columbo born Bettola Piacenza Italy. Italian roots note Columbus possibly born Bettola rather than Genoa with the Columbo lineage Lat inizing to Columbus and Cristobal Colon in Spain.
Advert says Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery promises guaranteed relief for blood skin and scalp diseases from blotches to scrofula. It claims to cleanse and purify blood, heal ulcers, and offers best blood purifier at a dollar, contrasting with other so-called equal remedies.
Court in Beaverhead County Montana orders sale of Legal Tender and Tunnel Lode mining claims. Foreclosure judgment, 750 by 600 feet and 1500 by 600 feet parcels, located in Montana mining district Dillon. Sale set for April 30 at noon in front of Beaverhead County Courthouse, to satisfy plaintiff’s costs. Appison Onosk Sheriff and Thos F. Hamilton undersheriff.
Notice is published that Walter P. Vox of Fox Beaverhead county has filed to prove desert-land claim No 1985 for sections in Tp 4 N R 15 W before the District Court clerk at Dillon Mont on Saturday May 21 18. Witnesses listed are Benjamin F Hamby Robert Vaux Neils Neilson and Martin Sorensen all of Fox Beaverhead county Mont. Robert Fristen Register
John W. Morton sues W. W. Batterton and Mary A. Batterton in Montana Beaverhead County court. An order of sale mandates the public auction at noon on the 11th day of April 1882 at the Dillon courthouse to satisfy Morton’s judgment plus interest, for the described 160 acres and improvements including water rights. Sheriff Anderson Ross and Undersheriff Vansutos oversee the sale.
Notices from Land Office in Helens Montana and Beaverhead County court announce Harsha Farley Dillon to prove desert land claim 1904 in sections 17 and 1s near Red Rock. Also probate of Joseph B Crow estate with Harriet Crow’s petition scheduled May 15 1592 at Beaverhead Court House with clerk H Z Thomas.
Individuals including Samuel Wenger Niels Nielson and others protest the allowance of certain proof. They argue there is no substantial legal reason to exclude the evidence and state intent to cross examine witnesses at the allotted time and place.
Notice to Joseph Worfe that two hundred dollars in labor and improvements must be contributed to the Dye's Creek placer claim in Bald Mountain district Beaverhead County Montana. Failure to pay within 60 days will render his interest in the Worfel Norris Clarkson and Lapham claim the property of the subscriber per section 2324. Bannack City Montana February 11 1902.
The land office in Missoula Montana signals Samuel M Skelton holder of Homestead App No 4274 will prove up on May 5 1892 before the District Court clerk at Lillon Montana. Witnesses named Niels Nielsen Joseph Jorgenson Gona Wenger and Martin Sorenson reside in Fox? out. Objectors may cross examine witnesses and present reasons per Interior Department regulations. Reported by Register Frsuga on March 12.
Henri J. Burleigh serves as attorney for applicants in the case. First publication is March 20, 2882, with 13-10t reference.
Mining Application No. 3066 filed with U S Land Office Helena March 14 1882 by William G Galig her and Lafayette Scott of Argenta Beaverhead County Montana for 1500 feet of the Day Light Lode in the unorganized Montana mining district The claim lies in Tp 6 S R 10 W with survey No 3080 It covers about 20 35 acres after exclusions adjoining Brownelle lode and Clara lode are noted The location is on record in Beaverhead County Montana with A Swager Register and Henri J Porleigh attorney for applicants The first publication is March 25 1882
Philip Shenon filed for a patent covering 1500 feet of the Excelsior Extension lode and 772 feet of the Bannack lode in Independent Mining District Heaverhead County Montana totaling 247 acres. The claims lie in surveys Nos 2797 8822 and 3822 with adjoining claims Montana lode Empire lode and others. first publication March 11 1982.
An old advertisement touts a remedy named New Hemedy claiming to cure general sickness caused by excess and disease. It asserts it restores strength and vigor for private chronic and nervous ailments including blood and skin diseases and sexual health issues. The text mentions conditions like erysipelas scrofula and pimples and claims the remedy supplies a missing element in weak blood.
A Montana reader from Anaconda testifies to long suffering from sexual weakness and loss of manhood. After failing many doctors and European specialists, he says Dr. Schlez cured him with a new remedy and that he feels better than ever. He offers to attest publicly if needed.
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