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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1896
Page
6
Dialect verse excerpt features Lucy and Eva discussing a man, with a neighborly tone and hints at gossip. Paul Laurence Dunbar appears as the author in Century.
A New Jersey hotel waiter named Jane, poor and uneducated, earns contempt from a polite guest who later mentors her. Miss B., recognizing hidden potential, funds a year of schooling and admission to a New York nursing program. Jane becomes a hospital head, illustrating life lessons about opportunity and service.
The excerpt examines early references to visiting cards and the term visitation in English drama and literature. It notes a shift in meaning from a formal call to a broader sense of social calling and contact within plays by Beaumont Fletcher and Ben Jonson, with multiple cited examples across works and acts.
Thomas Dalgieish in Century describes a river crossing above Big Ematu falls where a decayed stamp mill and mining gear cling to a long abandoned Dutch mine. A 100 foot shaft and a potential hundred foot drift descend into the hill while a quartz reef intersects the river. Gold indications lie in the river bed and the present owners pursue the ore body, suggesting a volcanic blow out as the mine’s origin.
The river Jordan rises and falls more than 1200 feet along its course and remains non navigable for any real distance as it flows into a sea devoid of living creatures. Agesilaus of Sparta gained the epithet the lame for a minor defect, a label echoed by Albert II of Austria Charles II of Naples and Heinrich II of Germany for similar reason.
A historic undersea link connected fia country to Europe in 1857 marking the dawn of transoceanic telecommunication. The achievement showcased early engineering prowess and international collaboration in long distance communication.
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a youthful wedding attire in which a young man flaunted extreme fashion. He details a stern father and a lavish outfit with half inch braid a flush inch wide vest patterns tight pants and paste shirt studs. The tale ends with a blush at the memory.
A London Globe retells a Canary Islands episode from the early eighteenth century in which Dominican nuns in Orotava besieged a Jesuit house to secure a new convent. After a three to four hour siege, the Jesuits yielded and the nuns moved in until a permanent convent was built.
Mlle Isabelle Kaiser wins the Swiss government prize for the best cantata to be sung at the Geneva exhibition opening. She is praised as facile princeps among competitors, and the council of state sends a bronze sculpture as a compliment. Kaiser has a history of winning puns in similar competitions since age 16.
In Beaverhead county Montana a special term of the district court is ordered to begin October 28 1896 to hear probate matters and other non jury actions including alien citizenship admissions. Judge R Z Thomas clerk. Filed October 18 1896.
Governor John K Hickards proclaims a statewide general election on November 3 1806 for offices from Governor to Superintendent of Public Instruction and lists county and district judicial seats. He offers rewards up to five thousand dollars for violations of the Penal Code Title IV Part 1 and signs the proclamation September 2 1808.
The notice sets the registration period for qualified electors in election district No 1 Beaverhead Montana encompassing Harretts Blacktail Dillon and Bishop precincts. Registration closes 10 pm October 28 1896. Registration offices and dates are listed including Dillon Barrett Blacktail Bishop and Vislon precincts with respective venues and times. Cons W Cancer Registry Agent District 1 Beaverhead County Montana chairs the sessions.
Beaverhead county Montana schedules registration of women qualified electors in election district No. 2 Argenta precinct. Books open daily from 10 am to 10 pm. Registration period ends at 10 pm October 21 1806. Registry Agent J H Mackay notes locations at his home office.
The article announces a registration session for qualified electors in election district No 4 Polaris precinct. From October 12 to 28 the registrar Frank Cabroll will sit at his home office to receive names of voters for the November 3 general election 1896. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on legal days.
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