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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
6
The New York Journal reports a two week cycle of legation sales where unwary buyers bid on wine furniture and other embrocations transported to America. Untaxed personal effects pass freely to Customs while bidders chase rare items. The routine repeats daily until stocks dwindle and the sale ends.
In a passage from The Ladies' Home Journal, Jean Fraley Hallowell recalls Lafayette's 1824 U.S. tour arriving at Staten Island on August 16 with his sons and son-in-law. The piece describes his age, appearance, dress, and reception, noting the era's joyous welcome and Lafayette's gracious demeanor. It also touches on a short will of Oliver Optic and bequests to his son-in-law Sol Smith Russell and George W. White, with the remainder to his daughter Alice Adama Russell.
A crowd watches as a salesman with three rat traps offers a lesson in science and doubt. The professor asks for the trap’s use and price, debating if a simple device can reveal earth’s ancient history and life’s origins.
The fragment recalls a harsh critique of a play describing it as execrable with no ideas. It also mentions Daniel Lambert born 1770 and dying at 40 from obesity, noting a weight of 789 pounds, with a stray line about Alexander II of Scotian.
The report surveys varied figures from the religious and political spheres. It notes resignations and elections, including Rev. Dr. S. and Dr. D. K. Pearson connections, updates on Mgr. Merry de Val and Chauncey M. Depew, and highlights Leprosy’s impact on Alphonsa Joosten. It mentions Warren Reese’s federal appointment in Alabama, Mendelssohn Bartholdy descendant Karl Mendelesohn-Barthaldy, and the 87-year-old abolitionist Samuel May with Harvard ties and notable contemporaries.
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt uses a colored exhorter’s tale of Joshua claiming to beat the sun in a grand struggle. Joshua bets ten dollars he will win before nightfall while kerosene costs a dollar a quart and the next grocery is ten miles away.
A Florida man accused of stealing a watch outruns pursuit but the tale shifts to a girl cycling for a century record. A river chase ends when an alligator swallows the thief and the crowd releases the reptile to recover the watch intact.
A storm exchange features a man reassuring “Don't be afraid” while a woman warns she prefers avoiding the moment when danger first strikes, illustrating a witty newspaper chat.
A child pleads the senator to buy a toy, prompting a furious blush from the official as observed by Truth reporters. The scene captures a light moment during a public event.
Fragmentary line shows a warning from a father about entering a place. The readable text hints at a rule or admonition possibly tied to a prohibition or danger near a home or property. No further context is available.
A report lists inventions including soft rubber nose pads on eyeglasses, a floor mounted cradle and clothes drier, an advertising armchair with transparent hollowary, a split shank hatpin spring, a two piece razor blade shank, a patented check design to deter tampering, and a sectional shade roller holder for variable curtain reach.
A parade of editorials and jokes from papers in Buffalo Cleveland Kansas City Minneapolis Des Moines Keokuk Baltimore and St. Louis reacts to the idea of airships. Witty commentaries warn against fakes praise forecasts and note growing interest and curious mysteries surrounding aerial craft.
Practical tips for homemakers cover cleaning methods for pans brass and wood objects. Proper advice warns against placing metal items on pianos to avoid vibrations and instrument damage. Brass cleaning relies on salt vinegar paste. bread boards should not be washed in iron sinks and require cold water and gold soap for upkeep.
An advertisement by T. A. Blocum M.G. claims a remedy named reliable.care cures consumption and throat lung wasting illnesses. It offers three free bottles to any reader who sends a postal address, asserting proven results and inviting cures to skeptical cases.
United States Land Office Missoula Montana advertises that William Montgomery of Fox Montana filed for final proof on desert land claims in Section 27 Township 6 Range 7 West and other lands. The date set for testimony is October 25 1897 with witnesses James Henneberry Swan Melin Thomas J Low and Albion Valentine.
Notice lists multiple filers from Fox Montana including Milton Valentine Swan Melin and James Henneberry with intention to prove irrigation and reclamation of desert land claims Nos 41 61 and 6 before Le J Price United States Commissioner at Dillon on October 25 1897 Names witnesses include Swan Melin James Henneberry William Montgomery Earl Peterson and Joan Evans withRegister Denert Land Final Proof Notice for Publication United States Land Office Missoula Montana September 9 1907 shows similar filings and witnesses for various claims
Notice states Eph Stoller and W H Wallace dissolve their firm Stoller and Wallace by mutual consent. Business will continue by the undersigned who will not be liable for Wallace’s contracts after date. W L McInerox Red Rock Montana August 1 1897. All hunting or trespassing on my land will be prosecuted.
Alfred H. McVay filed notice to make final proof before U S Commissioner L J Price at Dilles Montana on October 15 1887 for timber culture application No 1888 Lot 3 8 9 NWI NW RW in Township 28 Range W witnesses named George E Smith Wisdom MT James Innesnitman Owen J Noyes
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