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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1890
Page
6
A sensational dispute in England centers on a tooth claimed to be from the Hampden era. The tooth, once part of a skeleton stolen from Hampden’s grave, has passed through collectors and narrators, fueling parliamentary style rhetoric and antique lore.
The Gil Blas editor reports a tale of loyalty at Tilsit where Napoleon and the Prussian king test soldiers by ordering them to jump from a window. A Gardiste Marcau and a private obey, while a six foot uhlan refuses, prompting a lesson on obedience for German officers.
A St Louis Republic excerpt describes Europe after the fall of Rome with barbarian kingdoms in place of empire. It notes widespread illiteracy among both poor and rich, clergy as sole learners, kings unable to sign, seals replacing handwriting, common use of central fires, and a lack of chimneys chairs knives and forks among the nobility who ate with their hands.
The loom interlacing for gauze twists two adjacent warp threads together between weft passes. This creates a lighter texture with wider spacing than ordinary webs, giving gauze a middle ground between plain weaving and lace. The description cites peculiar loom appendages and contrasts gauze with plain weaving and babinet lace.
Miss Sarah Watson of New York city, famed as a music professor at Vas sar college, will resign to marry Danish composer Joachim Anderson. She earned high regard in the profession, studied under Ritter, and with Scharwenka in Berlin received many honors despite nervousness affecting concert performance.
A Boston Transcript anecdote recalls a girl crushing a caterpillar and wondering if God could make another. The text also notes Dr. Koch’s claimed discovery of a positive method to avert phthisis and halt its progress using inoculation, likened to Jenner and Pasteur's vaccines.
A playful tale from Youth's Companion shows Boy Blue recounting a pretend botanical lecture. He praises a specimen with many pistils and pinkish petals while miscounting leaves, then corrects himself, declaring seven leaves and a rare plant, a humorous mock science moment.
A passenger tormented a ferry office collector with nicked three cent pieces for thirty two days. The victim learned to pick up every three cent piece with his fingernails, a habit that persists to this day.
A yacht trip tale features Edwin Booth as a guest with a sharp repartee moment. Booth pretends to gag on waves and quips that he threw up the part after facing a rough reception from the swell crowd.
A humorous London Tit-Bits item recalls a florist who billed a girl instead of the customer for three years. The slow payer First Morist-Young De Pink finally settled the large debt after a recent bouquet delivery mistake and apologies.
The Philadelphia Press corresp mentions leading cranberry growers including Mr Makepeace with about 50 000 barrels and Mr Small of Harwich about 12 600 bushels. Pitch Co near Berlin Wisconsin yields 10 000 barrels and Joseph Hinchman of Trenton New Jersey about 8 000 bushels.
A late Rangoon Gazette copy presents ex King Theebaw’s account of how he lost the throne. He recalls his father the royal Mindoon Min and the royal court, claiming his own use of opium laden cheroots influenced his fate, while criticizing English misrule.
Cure for piles described as moisture related and itchy when warm. Claims to shrink tumors stop itching and provide a permanent cure for blind, bleeding and protruding piles. Advertises 50 cents with free treatise by Dr Bosanko at 329 Arch St Philadelphia and available via N A Styles.
Notice is hereby given that Gerhard Albers Transferee of George Mosher will prove up a claim for pre emption No 7225 for the NW SE SW NE and lot 3 in section 34 township 6 range 8 west at the Dillon district court Dec 13 1890. Witnesses listed: George French James Kirkpatrick Monroe Mann and Augusta P Mont. A Schaerrer Register.
Notice declares settler Pitter Gustaff Johansson intends final proof for land claim. Proof to be made before the district court clerk in Dillon Montana on December 11 1890. Witnesses include Arthur Sullivan Harvey Sullivan Benjamin Bond and Joseph B Townsend all of Illinois Mont. A Schaner Register.
In open court a notice announces sale of a ranch in Montana with improvements and stock. William Y Fisher and Walter P Fox are listed as settlers filing final proof for preemption and land claims. The notices set December and December dates for hearings in Dillon and Helena district courts with named witnesses and registrars.
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