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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
11
An Englishman is astonished by the rapid growth of a skyscraper supposedly growing like corn. A Westerner explains they plant iron, water it with a street sprinkler, and in six weeks the structure is “full grown.” The Memphis Commercial Appeal quotes the humorous exchange.
Travel advertising from G W Frizeraup, general agent Butte Montana, inviting travelers from the west to the east or south to choose the Rio Grande Line for scenic grandeur. Rates and a Tourist's Handbook available on request.
An old advertisement asks about symptoms of dyspepsia and offers a free trial of PEPSIKOLA TABLETS with a book. It promotes regular tablets at 25 cents and lists The LAXAKOLA COMPANY address in New York plus agents and retail display at Tribune Store.
A young lad once picked 458 pounds of hops in a day earning 3.80. Central Pharmacy advertises Ballard’s Horehound Syrup, Liniment, and Tabler’s Buckeye Ointment. Worm remedies, liver tonics, and Chamberlain’s tablets are offered. Abner Dunton issues a challenge for a free sample. British warships will be painted green to test best colors for naval use.
The text recounts a Chinese marriage with strict decorum. The bride wears a red gown and black eye makeup under a scarlet headdress and veil. Bridesmaids sit with the bride as a silent feast is observed, then the groom leads a procession while guests scatter rice at the couple.
The London Chronicle chief John Black, who supported the Melbourne administration, never asks ministers for favors. A conversation with Lord Melbourne reveals Black’s stance as editor: he values journalistic independence over rank, declaring he would not swap places with the prime minister.
A Trinidad description details vast pitch lakes near La Brea where pitch covers beaches and rocks. The islands’ coastlined terrain glistens with black mushroom shaped mounds and liquid pitch pockets, with surrounding ground buried in pitch and coal debris deep underground.
The term geisha in Japan means actor and originally referred to a performer of any entertainment. In modern usage geisha denotes women trained to dance sing and converse for guests with shamisen and koto accompaniment. Geinin likewise means artist but now applies to performers in a higher sense.
In a terse square from the Boston Transcript a husband and wife exchange accusations over a rumor. Wisbin asserts he saw the wife kissing a man on the back stoop, while Butkins disputes and accuses Wisbin, suggesting a personal misunderstanding fueled by a hidden culprit.
In a Dublin court a witness answers no to selling a horse to Major Studdert, then confesses to selling him a mare. The judge and court react with laughter as the exchange ends.
The Tribune Publishing Co. holds the agency for Southern Montana for the American Sales Book Co. and can furnish sales books printed or plain on short notice.
A collage of quips and misprints from London Pick-Me-Up and Indianapolis News, citing a barber joke about shaving and a remark about a wife’s changing state after marriage. The fragment references the Swedish rikedag as the oldest existing legislative body.
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