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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1890
Page
2
A dramatic tale recounts a locomotive engineer who lassoed a runaway at 90 miles per hour, then braved a collision to save lives and property. He describes the nerve required, the final coupling of engines, and quitting steam work after the close call in Galveston.
A Washington Star piece notes the shift to stringless eye glasses as a stylish self. A Forest and Stream item recounts Captain and T. P. fishing tale in Mira michi, where a captain saves his fly by slitting his ear. Bow stamps distribution explains stamp and card flow from New York to postmasters via regional agents.
Max O'Rell told a le cturing tour story where a young man thanked him for a night’s lecture saying it gave him immense pleasure. He confessed the family heard the show and the man had his girl at home all to himself, a happy evening.
A drummer recalls escaping a fire at the Drummer venue and notes the blaze reached his room an hour after he left. He feared losing forty minutes of sleep and described the incident as disgusting.
A prominent Topeka lawyer, famed for fashion and briefs, visits the state library on a scorching June day. He attempts to demonstrate a fountain pen, mismanages the cap, and ink erupts over him, leaving him soaked and discomfited, muttering about a technic education before retreating.
A New York Ledger idea argues that a critic who bluntly attacks others for specific faults often harbors those same flaws. The piece urges self scrutiny to identify personal weaknesses and avoid biased, color tinted judgment when inspecting others.
The newest town fad is the Bombay oyster a simple egg dropped into a tumbler with vinegar pepper and salt eaten before breakfast by many sportsmen to curb overeating and biliousness. An electrical engineer in Darphin Springs touts a nicotine reducing mouth piece for pipes a hollow ball with a stem that directs smoke away from the tongue.
A 1718 French Academy claim assigns extraordinary heights to biblical figures. Adam 128 feet 9 inches, Eve 118 feet 9 inches, Noah 27 feet, Abraham 20 feet, Moses 18 feet. Notes by J. N. Finllock in Christian at Work. Also a quip about chickens and a sly jab at etiquette.
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