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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
6
In The North American Review Elizabeth Bisland argues dreams are a baffling brain function not yet explained by science. She notes memory selectivity, involuntary recollections, and a restless night brain that crafts rapid phantasmagoria from light, sound, and emotion.
A National Review portrait contrasts Armenians and Georgians in Tiflis. It notes Armenian bankers guides and interpreters controlling commerce while praising the Georgian's looks and dandy attire. It also describes Persians in river bazaars and the Turkish Turkis dominating northern Persia, with Tartar figures adding unsettling humor to traveler sights.
A narrator recalls a Japanese servant whose overzealous desire to please leads to humorous misunderstandings. A praised consomme turns into constant scrutiny as the cook anxiously probes for compliments and reacts fiercely to any critique, shaping daily routines and dinner rituals.
The article notes widespread opium use linked to boredom and scarce leisure in China. It contrasts orderly sports with rigid gambling bans, describes poor interior life, and remarks a medical missionary may see the seamy side without overt display in Canton.
A nine inch diameter hole in a granite mountain near the City of Mexico is called Pluto’s safety valve. It allegedly emits hot air and smoke over 300 years, suggesting human workmanship not involved in drilling. The article also notes English bishops receive large salaries and palaces, and patents grant 17 year rights to manufacture noted articles.
A poetic plea from Pearson's Weekly exploring marital fault and forgiveness. The narrator imagines death and urges mercy from a husband, asking whether silence after unconfessed harm would cause greater grief than stern rebuke. The verse invites empathy and reflection on fault and reconciliation.
The San Juan and Mancos cliff ruins in southwest Colorado attract scientists and archeologists as possibly the oldest dwellings in the region. Prospectors long ignored archaeology while chasing gold along the San Juan River, with 1892’s big rush yielding little beyond stakes. The Rio San Juan canyon near Navajo Mountain features sheer walls, seven warrior pictures with bows, and seven antelope across the river, painted on inaccessible walls requiring a perilous ascent.
Instructions from the New York Ledger describe two compositions to pad sheets into tablets. The first uses glue glycerin linseed oil sugar and aniline dyes mixed and applied hot after dissolving and heating. the second combines glue glycerin glucose syrup and tannin and requires an hour to dry before handling.
Two physicians stroll on the boulevard when one notes a woman with a nose pimple. He claims he prescribed nothing and forbade piano playing. The joke hinges on the doctors sharing rooms beneath her residence as a playful misdirection.
A Chicago Tribune quote says anyone can learn shorthand after earning money and reading their writing. The item notes over a thousand New York women earning by their pens and cites Leeuwenhoek and Humboldt on spider web length.
The New York Sun argues that unpaced and singly paced cycling races offer fairer competition, giving riders equal chances to position themselves for the final sprint. It condemns tandem and multicycle pacing as biased, noting top starters often win from favorable positions behind pacemakers and urging public education on heady racing.
A compact collage of quips about bicycle culture and riders. Jokes compare a boy’s broken dream to a girl pedaling a wheel for relief while a couple debates buying a baby carriage. A dawn of comic banter explores cycling manners and mishaps with a touch of light satire.
Rural women distant from station or town find a bicycle a vital convenience to ease travel for shopping visits and errands. It replaces dependence on horses carriages and fragile public transport, enabling quicker trips and broader daily reach. The piece notes cycles suit robust users but dramatically aid those in green fields who otherwise face long walks and repeated journeys.
Clear headed cyclists warn that overemphasis on cycle paths harms road quality. Brooklyn authorities receive praise for twin cycle paths to the ocean while a central boulevard remains a disgrace, with cheaper fixes on paths than improving the boulevard for wheelmen.
The wheel has lifted the multitude above tail and tumult and allowed escape from drudgery. Whitney's machine advanced cotton production. the bicycle advances human health and comfort, freeing people to move beside lake and hilltop.
An English police court discussed a new intoxication test. The magistrate asked how the witness knew the accused was drunk and the reply was that he could not ride his bicycle. The exchange highlights evolving approaches to assessing intoxication in court.
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