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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1893
Page
3
A jumble of quotes and snippets includes archaic phrases about copper riveted overalls and a claim of guaranteed quality. It also contains two lengthy literary quotes and a remark about a religious bookseller, ending with a city newspaper quip about a rose on a coat lapel and a vine and fig tree remark.
A playful poem by Clinton Scollard describes a tiny brown wren building a cozy home in a tree limb. Sparrow intrudes with bravado, is easily repelled, and the wren remains poised on her perch singing that he will not enter without invitation.
Daisy narrates a quarrel with Dick Johnson and Aunt Maria as a strange stranger in blue serge woos Aunt Maria. A lunatic pursues marriage, arrests them on a wall, and is disarmed after Dick distracts him. Dick saves Aunt Maria. Daisy faints, then reunites with Dick at home.
The article notes Rush as the first native sculptor to gain European renown, describing the births and careers of American carvers like Frazer, Ezekiel Augur, Hiram Powers, Greenough, Hart, Clevenger, Crawford, and Mills. It highlights Rush as the father of American sculpture amid a fledgling domestic tradition.
The piece recounts Vidocq the French detective born in Arras in 1775 and his varied life from baker to chief of Paris safety, including pardons and ultimate poverty. It also touches on a Virginia slave tale about Ben the Bell Ringer at the University of Virginia, noting his drunkenness and death in a poorhouse.
The article notes Lady Anne Berkeley of York was allowed by Henry VIII to sit as a judge, appoint a commission, and sentence men over damage to her deer and park. It records at least one woman exercising judicial rights, citing New York Sun. It also mentions London Jewish annual income around £5,000,000 and that Jews were about 24 times wealthier than Gentiles.
An incident in a classroom ends with Professor Blackie comforting a student who lacks a right hand. He apologizes publicly, admits roughness, and praises the class as gentlemen, drawing a quiet resolve from the audience in the hush of the moment.
The drummer recalls a West Virginia town where locals warn that no hotel exists for strangers to stay except a boarding house known to locals. A passerby notes such a place keeps outsiders away, and the drummer concedes the town’s hospitality is limited.
A man in Hartford recounts a justice of the peace from a neighboring town asking for legal enlightenment. After receiving the needed information the visitor expressed thanks. As he left the gentleman’s door, the visitor returned and earnestly vowed he would never disclose the matter.
Noted historians remark that Julius Caesar Wellington Napoleon and Archduke Charles of Austria shared a history of epileptic fits. The observation prompts inquiry into how such fits may have influenced military leadership across eras.
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