New Type Edison Lamps and Lapel Buttons
16-C. P. NEW TYPE EDISON LAMPS 25( EACH LATEST K. C. T. M. Lapel Buttoms 75c each. Latest K. . T. M. Charms, $1.75 each. Ladies' Maccabees and Daughters of Rebecca Pins.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
1
16-C. P. NEW TYPE EDISON LAMPS 25( EACH LATEST K. C. T. M. Lapel Buttoms 75c each. Latest K. . T. M. Charms, $1.75 each. Ladies' Maccabees and Daughters of Rebecca Pins.
A brief note indicates mail orders will receive prompt and careful handling, reflecting efficient service practices of the period.
The notice promotes The Place to Eat run by Mrs. Kate Hollcoms as a first class place for travelers with single meals and board by day week or month located on Bannack Street Dillon Montana. The Salt Lake Tribune announces a price reduction to 2 90 per year starting June 1 1896 and reaffirms its front rank status. Newbro's Witch Hazel Cream is advertised as replacing other toilet preparations.
Prices paid for produce at a wholesale market include butter per pound 0.25 0.30, eggs per dozen 0.15 0.20, potatoes per hundredweight 0.55 0.75, wheat per cwt 0.75 0.95, date per cwt 0.75 0.85, Timothy baled 9.50 11.50, blue joint baled 7.00 8.00, Wiley rooted 8.80 13.0, alfalfa etc 7.00 8.00.
Special correspondence from Bannack reports the death of Frank Sears on May 24 after rheumatic fever. Sears, 58, born in Vermont, long a Montana settler, served as territory probate judge and was active in mining and Masonry. His funeral May 26 included Masonic rites with about 40 teams in the procession.
The column ponders fleeting fashions and opinions on weather forecasts with humorous verse and questions about persistence of past trends. It toys with phrases about durable items and ends by invoking Washington Stir to ask if the summer fashions and fluffy trends will endure.
The prosecutor argues that the defense got the key witness drunk and moved him out of state, beyond the court's jurisdiction, prompting the judge to question the situation as described in the Detroit Free Press summary.
A mash of poetical lines and snatches from city papers parodies art and labor culture. The collage mentions Cincinnati Enquirer, Memphis, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Press, and Brooklyn Life with quips on art, bacilli doom, eight hour advocates, and fairy tale lore.
A terse exchange describes a rushed inquiry in a high office about a daughter. The terse chatter implies a swift outcome with little detail given and a focus on the rapid conclusion.
An aphorism from the New York Herald discusses wind and its tempering compare to lambs, noting that at times wind cannot be harnessed or raised by even cautious hands.
In a Chicago Tribune report the boxer Fitzsimmons towers over rivals, with all other men in the ring placed under his influence as the dominant slugger in the scene.
A brutal tornado struck St Louis on May 27 at 5:15 PM with winds near 80 mph, destroying buildings, sinking river steamers, and causing extensive fires. By May 28 the death toll and injuries were rising toward 400 across St Louis and East St Louis, with hospitals overwhelmed and streets plunged into darkness. Major structures damaged include the Eads bridge, grandstand, jail, and several mills and factories. river boats and freight facilities were lost.
The note mentions bites 5 through 20 and 25c with references to Excel quality and a remark about excellent standard. The fragment implies product quality assessment and cataloging.
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