This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
4
A clipped 1897 Dillon post office notice assortment discusses a new comet, bimetallism debates, taxation views, and patriotic anecdotes. It mentions Dawson City Alaska’s daily paper, Chauncey Depew’s silver demand warning, and Thomas Platt’s election influence, concluding with Cuban question remarks and Spain.
A selection notes the meeting of leaders and the evolving world view, contrasting slaveholding old regime with liberty and modern invention. It cites Edison as the wizard of Menlo Park, describes his 1800 experiments, and includes Gov. Robert B. Smith declaring Thanksgiving a religious holiday on November 25 in Montana.
The article notes ordinary armpit temperatures around 98.4 F and oral around 99.5 F. Blood is about 100 F, with thermometers showing 19 degrees F marked for reference. Fevers surpass this, often reaching 105 or 106 F, sometimes higher but usually dangerous if not dropping quickly. Some rheumatic fever cases report temperatures up to 109 F and even higher.
The Christian Register notes Kansas has ten years of municipal suffrage yet only 16 women have served as mayors in 898 cities, while about 1,500 men hold the post, suggesting women show limited eagerness for office. The piece also cites X ray tests for death, Dr Forbes Winslow on kleptomania, and that most victims are women.
The passage mentions the raft spider as the largest British species and its water path using silk rafts to catch prey. It also notes lobsters smelling and orbiting decaying meat near water. A legal affidavit from Frank J. Cheney of Toledo offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a hundred dollar reward per cured case.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.