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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1888
Page
5
Grover Cleveland of New York is named as president with Allen G. Thurman of Ontario as vice president in a historic ticket. The pairing signals a major party alignment and regional balance ahead of the upcoming election.
The article describes termite behavior in Africa, detailing worker and soldier roles, mining earth to build subterranean galleries, and the queen and king termites. It notes sentry termites at tunnel mouths and the rare queen laying thousands of eggs daily while colonies number in the tens of thousands.
An Arab woman's dress consists of a shirt reaching the ankles, trousers, and a head kerchief. Wealthier wear gold brocades and silks, while in heat plain calicoes or muslins are common. The schele cloak remains the sole wrapper, richly trimmed for the rich, and never replaced until worn out.
Washington Blue Chip correspondent notes that over 400 American girls have married foreign titles, with most brides being wealthy while the titled Europeans are often poverty stricken. The writer questions if any rich foreigner has wed a poor American woman, calling the pattern suspicious.
The ostrich farm features sixty three full grown birds and twenty two chicks under manager Mr. Atherton. Birds require careful feeding to avoid illness and lay one egg every alternate day. Ostriches are sold only in pairs for about $1,000, with male plumage white and females varied.
A writer notes that domestic animals show possessive behavior over food, nests, bones, and caches. Dogs claim bones even after burial. cats defend possessions after touching them. hens acknowledge nest rights, while horses feel shame when caught in another's oats. Globe-Democrat reference.
A New York Mail and Express account describes Japanese camphor production from felled trees. Chips are steamed in a tub over a slow fire, releasing oil and camphor through a bottom hole into successive bamboo tubs. Crystallized camphor forms on a straw layer, then is collected, packed, and sold. the oil is used for rumination and medicine.
A physician from New York offers a remedy called Consumption Surely Cured claiming thousands cured. He promises two free bottles to readers who send express and post office addresses to 981 Pearl St New York.
The fragment lists bank officials including Geo M Brows president and Joan F Bisnop vice president with J B Crow cashier and R J Moore assistant cashier. It mentions correspondence with Hanover National Bank New York and other Wells Fargo offices in several states.
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