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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1895
Page
7
The Montanian emphasizes rising news enterprise and circulation with bold coverage and timely updates. The paper highlights its commitment to delivering current events, local reporting, and strong readership engagement.
In Philadelphia on October 29 Holmes began his trial with the prisoner conducting his own case after counsel withdrew. District Attorney Graham and special assistant Barlow led the prosecution as Judge Michael Arnold oversaw proceedings amid sudden lawyer withdrawals and the appointment of new counsel.
A Missouri Pacific pair of suburban trains collided near a curve in St Louis, killing both east and west bound engineers and fatally injuring firemen and several passengers. A switch error at Grand Avenue is blamed, with 80 people aboard. Names of victims and injured listed. Other items note political and legal news from across the country.
In Philadelphia H H Holmes dismissed counsel and began to conduct his own case after the court refused a continuance. He later asked for his lawyers to resume defense as testimony began, with star witnesses including Mrs. Pitzel Detective Geyer and Agent Perry expected to testify. The district attorney warned the trial might outlast the Durrant case.
In San Francisco on October 31 the defense closing in Theodore Durrant’s murder trial drew the city’s largest crowd yet. Attorney Deuprey, aided by wife and medical staff, argued from a seated position noting witnesses placed near Emanuel church. He challenged the prosecution's assertion of Durrant’s guilt and suggested clergy suspicions deserved equal scrutiny.
The New York Post outlines fall fashion trends with Roedingote costumes, Alpaca and mohair fabrics for house and street wear, Marie Antoinette fichus, varied tweeds, and a vogue for roped silks and all wool materials. Velvet blouses and crushed silks appear with new sleeve sizes rumored in Paris.
The St Louis demonstrated speeds above 22 knots for four hours proving its value as an auxiliary cruiser. Reports praise the liner for achieving 32.3 knots in the English Channel, noting it surpasses prior flag voyages and marks a milestone for American shipyards and builders.
William Henry Gibson, renowned self made author-artist, joins the Royal Academy alongside sculptor Onslow Ford and painter W. 3B. Richmond as new associates. Jules Simon’s family name Suisse is noted as a concierge equivalent in France. Victor Cousin advised dropping Simon’s first book, Doubtful fame with such a name. Duez reports a Honfleur discovery of a dirty canvas linked to Murillo, bought for 60 francs with a 17,000 franc offer. Yeats is criticized as part of a degeneracy in verse and fashion seen in Dublin streets.
The text cites old maxims linking moon phases to rain and weather, including beliefs about the new moon and old moon, and sayings about the moon on her back signaling fine weather. It notes that English farmers once read sixth day weather to forecast the month, but modern scientists have disproved these practices.
A NZ Industrial exposition section notes a fig tree with 137 foot circumference. Ohio’s largest sycamore near Upper Sandusky stands under 160 feet tall and 48 feet base circumference. New York’s biggest apple tree near Wilson, planted in 1815, once yielded 33 barrels in a season. The China tallow tree contains a pith up to two feet wide and its waxy matter can ignite, burning the tree to its roots.
A collection of satirical lines from Nashville American Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph Detroit Tribune and Chicago Record. The remarks question presidential messaging durations nomination considerations and party dominance in Kentucky reflecting press opinion and political humor of the era.
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