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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1893
Page
3
A survey of displays at the Columbian Exposition highlights new techniques and notable exhibits. Notable attractions include innovations in lighting, machinery, and educational showcases reflecting 1893 world’s fair aims.
A brisk guide describes how to reach the World’s Fair in Chicago and navigate Midway plaisance. It outlines transit capacity, key buildings from the Women’s Building to Machinery Hall, and notable exhibits including horticulture, mining, electrical displays, and numerous international villages.
The article discusses animal speeds with a crow at 25 miles per hour and a sparrow hawk covering 150 miles in the same period. It notes sturgeons’ weakness to swordfish, eye development in crabs by depth, Norwegian horse water habits, and the legendary Arabian phoenix said to renew every 800 years.
Mrs Poindexter horrified claims Mr Collingwood leads a double life. Miss Forty sighs that is better than a single life in a Brooklyn Life item reflecting gossip humor.
A brief Life society item notes Miss Clara is questioned about a peculiar object waved by her younger brother, identified as a coattail belonging to the young gentleman who visited earlier. The exchange underscores intrigue surrounding a prior caller.
A terse exchange between a loving husband and anxious wife reveals a plan to prevent the husband from returning home for supper. The wife asserts no need for a note, claiming she already removed the messenger’s bag seat pocket item, highlighting a strained domestic moment.
A woman rushes from a train and clutches the conductor on the platform in a scene of wild distress. She struggles to speak clearly revealing a claim that someone has robbed T Pye while the conductor calmly questions her to clarify the situation.
A facetious man boasts of a new stone house and veranda while a friend criticizes it for a lack of expression. The owner replies with a quip about its stony stake, then both laugh on the front steps. Detroit Press.
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