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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1888
Page
5
A fragment from a periodical page contrasts poetic reflections on time and change with short essays and jokes. It blends Morley inspired verse on tomorrow as April and May unfold with light humor about cockroaches in the Produce Exchange and a travelogue note from a Globo-Democrat writer praising Japanese virtues.
The passage contrasts conscious effort with sudden insight in invention and writing. It cites Thackeray, who after sleepless struggle awoke in despair, then sprinted around his room shouting Vanity Fair, illustrating a vital idea arriving instantly rather than through steady premeditation.
The New Haven contractor sued after payment was withheld claiming work was uneven due to two pine varieties. Virgin Michigan pine proved tough and splintered, while second growth Massachusetts pine was more brittle and less fibrous, affecting quality.
An analysis of over 6000 scarlet fever cases shows liability is low in infancy, peaks in the fourth or fifth year, and declines with age. Severity is highest in the first two years, diminishing yearly through childhood and adolescence. Females are more liable after infancy, while male attacks are more fatal.
An Englishman claims Americans cannot sustain a social system without an aristocracy and jokes that if any aristocracy existed, women would invent it. The remark appears in the New York Tribune critique.
English regiments test a machine named 2 center cycle with four small three-foot wheels and a central large wheel. Reportedly the device makes hill climbing easy, comparable to rolling off a log, as described by observers.
The Chicago Times discusses false confidence in fire proof buildings noting walls may resist exterior flames while interiors and furnishings fuel rapid fires. It cites coal oil products and varnish as top causes, with varnish benzine and related substances blamed for half city business fires and a Wa bash avenue blaze.
A ten year old newsboy on Stone Street hides papers in a water pool to dry them and distracts onlookers with a fabricated tale of hunger and beating. He pockets change from strangers, then resumes selling as a crowd gathers, defending himself against scrutiny with sharp language. The scene ends with the boy fleeing.
Edward L. Wakeman's letter describes a mysterious "Black Fog" seen over Mount Desert that sweeps from sea to shore, obscuring bays, mountains, and light, then vanishing leaving a clear sky. He recalls a skipper’s faith in the phenomenon and contrasts it with a painter’s inability to render its texture.
The Russian summer draws countless peasant beggars and paupers to Moscow. During the day they roam the city from gate to gate begging alms and eating scraps of bread. Many women are young and sturdy, fresh from field labor, while others are old and worn.
Edmund Nublo describes a nocturnal scene where the penniless and the miserable gather after vesper bells, wearing rags and bags, beneath a lit town with music and laughter. The piece notes their hidden rest among churches, cathedrals, and public buildings as night deepens.
A Harper's Bazaar passage contrasts city and country manners. It argues city life breeds guarded stranger contact due to anonymity and blocks, while country hospitality relies on scarce neighbors and the guest's favor. It notes city dwellers cannot greet all passersby or know neighbors, affecting sociable warmth.
The account notes drinking habits lingering into the early 19th century with ministers offered drink at calls. It cites an 1818 church council feast with decanters of brandy, wine, cigars, and pipes, and sketches fashions of town life including a few prominent men like Thomas Russell with European influences and distinctive dress.
An advertisement by A Selocom MLC invites readers with consumption to request two free bottles of a claimed remedy. The note pledges thousands cured and offers to send samples to those who provide express and post office addresses from 181 Pearl Street, New York.
The notice records a mining claim located south of the range west principal meridian with details of boundaries and a recorder's office entry in Heaverhead County. Adjoining claimants are listed and all adverse claimants must present their claims within the statutory period or be barred by law.
U S Land Office Helena Mont Sept 7 188s notices that William Hireck E Luman and Henry Giterett of Argent Montana filed for a 1500 feet lode claim on Bell Dade Mountain in Beaverhead County Montana. The described bounds include sections 3 33 and 39 township 7 south range 12 west. Adjoining claimants may present adverse filings within sixty days or be barred under law.
Mining Application No 21 24 describes a sandstone corner t 2271 at the northwest corner for corner No 1 in unsurveyed township 6 south range unspecified. It notes bearings and distances, acreage 2066 100, with location recorded in Weaverheml County recorder's office Nevada Territory style and warns adverse claimants to file within sixty days to avoid bar.
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