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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
18
The article notes the Republican Party forming spontaneously in 1854, taking shape in Ripon Wisconsin as a response to political conditions, marking its birth and organization across the nation. It discusses how the movement arose from widespread sentiment and specific events of that year.
The article recounts how in Ripon on March 20, 1854 A. E. Bovay proposed the name Republican to unify anti slavery factions. It notes leaders Jedediah Bowen A Loper A Thomas and J Woodruff and that the movement spread from Ripon to Wisconsin and northern Illinois with a formal adoption at Tremont House Chicago on July 5 1854.
The article profiles Lady Henry Somerset, British temperance leader and heiress, noting her Eastnor Castle estate and vast wealth. It highlights her Fresh Air mission for poor workers, her focus on temperance, and her visit to America with Hannah Whitall Smith, drawing praise in New York and Chicago. It also mentions Uruguay’s improving trade balance and a speculative piece on blond population decline in Europe.
Jim, once the Smart Aleck of a Cazenovia area, travels to New York and spends his savings to prove his worth. After failing to make a fortune, he heads home secretly planning to confess and mend his ways, humbled by the experience and ready to work on the farm.
Conductor William W. Wilber has served nearly fifty years on the Boston and Albany railroad, totaling about 20 million miles with few disturbances. Since 1863 he has run the Pittsfield to North Adams passenger train, noting harsher winters in the fifties and a broken collar bone from a derailment as his only serious injury.
The Columbia Typographical union No. 101 in Washington plans a new union hall on G Street between Fourth and Fifth, costing about $30,000 with 1,400 to 1,500 members. The Italian Renaissance styled building includes stone first floor, brick upper stories, copper cornice, offices, assembly hall, lodgerooms, and rented spaces.
The post office sits in a roomy shed at the prairie center known locally as Bummers Roost. The owner and postmaster never turn away travelers but is hard to locate except when the mail is thrown from the cars. He commonly carries mail in his hat. A few farms are nearby, and the local factory that led to this site has vanished long ago.
A testimonial from Borre Cerry Montana and a letter from Mrs K R describe recovery from mysterious illness after Dr Schultz treatment. The text touts the remedy as restoring strength and curing diseases including gonorrhea and gleet in a short period, while claiming privacy for patient names.
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