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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
6
A parade scene shows waiting hands and banners as children sing Oh say can you see. The piece reflects on the flag’s enduring meaning across generations with lines from the Star Spangled Banner and a call to youth to honor the flag and uphold unity.
Alec Bundy and Tom Powers glimpse smugglers in Baldtop notch and, after Alec is captured, Tom uses eight giant firecrackers to scare off the band. The quick dispatch by Sheriff Smith traps the smugglers and frees Alec. The boys earn a promised reward for the capture.
The Chicago Record notes Japan based Fourth of July festivities in Yokohama with U S minister and consul general receptions in the morning and a man of war luncheon in the harbor afternoon. The Grand Hotel hosts lively social events while evening fireworks are shown from a float in Yokohama Bay.
In a humorous vignette from the Detroit Free Press, Mrs Best toys with bloomers while her husband George wagers consent. Her adventures at market and on the street provoke surprised reactions from bystanders as a brisk domestic farce unfolds. Washington Star adds a punchline about a laundry venture.
A judge challenges a woman about a boy’s confession in a schoolhouse vandalism case. She admits she pressured him with a harsh beating and a bed without supper, yet claims the boy spoke freely after her coercive method.
A dialogue from the New York World shows Tillinghast pressing Winebiddle about Miss Teaspot refusing marriage after encouragement. The suitor laments a wound to his feelings from her quiet reply and quick dismissal.
A fragmented dialogue from The Privations of Poverty mocks poverty and fear as a telegraph pole and cowcatcher speak of a crushed heifer while the landscape is described as a mad waste. The exchange contrasts harsh urban poverty with anxious talk of nervous prostration.
A brief note records a peculiar reply about a dog named Jack. The owner explains that in deep mourning he had the dog colored black to suit the sorrowful situation.
The Texas Sifter reports the feud between Tam and Jim McSnifter has calm ed with Tam released on bond and the coroner holding James. The case appears settled with no ongoing conflict.
A dejected man stands before a police judge charged with being drunk and disorderly. He claims he is not am but was and cannot recall his conduct. The judge probes, suggesting fishing, then cutting bait, as the case is continued after a searching party leaves. Separately a wife rails at her husband’s judgment and business college, noting he runs a downtown school.
Freddie asks Willie if he is glad leap year is near. Willie answers he will stay single unless a woman asks him to be her husband. The exchange appears in the New York World from late 1903.
A collection of cheeky asides and light banter from various papers. Ev erett Wrest and Dismal Dawson joke about water and a poke out while Mrs. Morton teases a humorist friend. A Cincinnati Enquirer quip labels a man as yunny, and a Chicago Record note mocks a spoiled eldest son with a hopeful line about his younger brother.
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