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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
4
The page surveys advertise church festival notices and admit charges, with comments on Hallowe'en, school tax plans, and the Philippines war. It notes Admiral Dewey's bride, U S poultry and pig iron values, and Dillon hosting the Montana regiment’s meals, plus South Africa reports and Klondike route debates.
Revelers across Dillon celebrated Halloween with mischief and odd sights. A chair hung on a Hag pole, yard items piled in front of D I Co, and misaligned street signs startled early risers. School janitor’s well house toppled and rebuilt at youths’ expense. Normal bridge vanished overnight then replaced. Cigarette funds diverted to cover repairs.
A string of satirical quips on women and marriage from a 19th or early 20th century voice. The remarks mock courtship, deceit, and gender roles with jokes about onions, wedding day boils, postal wedding proposals, diamonds, cats, economy, and intrigue among brides.
A brief Brooklyn Life excerpt contrasts a flirtatious exchange between Featherstone-Come and Bobbie with a quip about counting callers. It notes a sister’s remark and a critic’s line about humanity and the majority, reflecting social satire.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts nine in ten cases arise from catarrh and promises one hundred dollars to any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars offered free. price listed with druggists.
Keeper Snyder describes elephant training at Central Park noting that elephants vary in learning pace. He recounts teaching Tom to lie down stand on hind feet and head, drill right and left about faces, waltz, ring the bell and play harmonica. He explains trunk breathing and foot care, and contrasts African and Asiatic elephants with small numbers in the U S.
A fragment quotes a housekeeper quipping about a musician out of work and a playful exchange about cards in the woodshed and an obligato. Peripatetic Padrevsky responds that Chopin is not popular with him in a humorous exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times.
Horace Porter recounts a Civil War tale where a new colonel and veteran brigadier pursue deserters only to encounter Wheeler's cavalry. The joke ends with the colonel hoping for a compromise to end the fighting as Wheeler seems present everywhere. General Wheeler's activity prompts thoughts on possible settlement.
A collage of humorous mishearings and malapropisms from Chicago Daily News Tribune and Record quotes. Exchanges feature garbled speech by workers and figures like Larry Dinny Well and Wreddy Lightpayte and reflect playful banter about language and politics.
An old advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure la grippe in two days. It promises a refund if it fails and includes I. W. Grove’s signature on every box. The price is 25 cents.
Report notes Rilkins wed rather suddenly after receiving a railroad pass to New York for two. The passing remark from a Cleveland Plain Dealer source implies an unplanned marriage sparked by the gift.
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