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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
3
Diamond Dyes claim to revive faded garments and draperies with simple directions. The ad guarantees no streaks, spots, fading, or running and asks customers to specify fabric type whether wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Ad claims Cascarets clean the bowels without cramping or distress. Promises relief from sick headache biliousness gases indigestion sour upset stomach by morning. Described as the nicest physic on earth for grownups and children with candy like taste.
Lin coln Park in Chicago hosts a monument to Eugene Field the children's poet unveiled last week. Children of Chicago raised nearly $10,000 with Ferguson Foundation donating $11,000. Grandchildren Jean Field Foster and Robert Field unveiled the statue as Melville Stone and others spoke.
The Thuringian government imposes a special residence tax on foreigners in Weimar with Americans required to pay between 2 and 50 dollars depending on stay length. The move reflects tighter controls on foreign visitors in the region.
A short consumer notice touts Pape's Cold Compound as a rapid cure for colds and grippe. It claims the tablets clear head and nose within hours without fever, headache, or discomfort and assures no sickness from use.
A roundup of disparate 1922 items notes Col L H Rug gles of the U S Ordnance Department advocating wartime labor mobilization from bankers to laborers. Other items include a black defendant McIver Burnett electrocuted after assault, Hanford MacNider denying a second Legion bid, immigration limits urged by American Legion, a Tennessee family killing, a new government bond issue oversubscribed near 1 billion dollars, and various economic and crime notes across New York Cleveland and Washington.
The state livestock outlook notes better feed conditions than a year ago and October 1 reports. A mill fire near Charles Heights destroyed Hamilton George Harper’s planning mill and 115000 feet of lumber. Stadler, a guide in Ovando, is found dead near his camp. heart trouble suspected.
Babson’s latest report shows Helena leading Montana cities in business purchases at 9.566 million dollars. Great Falls follows with 6.292 million, Billings 7.385 million, Miles City 568 thousand, and Lewistown 3.393 million, per Helena Commercial Club.
Fort Benton resident Oscar Johnson, famed 1880s stage line operator, visited Lewistown for the fair after years away. He previously ran Martinsdale to Ubet and Ubet to Fort Maginnis routes, later establishing the Lewistown Fort Benton line with Dan Toby and Billy Rowe as drivers. Johnson’s Springs near Coffee Creek belonged to him.
Joe Benson and Miss Bessie Davenport earned a license in mid September in Broadus Powder River county. After multiple delays the minister proved hard to locate. they finally wed outdoors across the county line with sagebrush and cactus as scenery and a clear sky above.
Meyer, Jr., managing director of the War Finance Corporation, departed for a western tour to inspect drought affected areas and confer with agricultural loan agencies in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cheyenne, Billings, and Minneapolis on permanent financing for agricultural and livestock industries.
A man named Nick DeGolf believed he was Napoleon Bonaparte and wore Napoleonic dress in Conrad Montana. He was ordered committed to the state insane asylum at Warm Springs after a sanity examination. He spoke several languages and had been married about three times, having come from Kankakee Illinois.
Northern Pacific reports 98,223 travelers to Yellowstone in 1922, up from 81,656 in 1921, with Gardiner gateway seeing a 3,266 rise. Traffic manager A B Smith notes growing park appreciation and forecasts near 100,000 more boosters and favorable word of mouth. Rome experiences a strong earthquake shock with no damage reported.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports all Canada average wheat 17 1 4 bushels per acre, highest since 1915 26 bushels. Oats yield 34 3 4 bushels per acre, with reports of 60 bushels wheat and 100 bushels oats in the western provinces. world record 82 bushels.
Ringling Mines starts a 410 foot tunnel at Willow Creek iron property owned by R T Ringling to reach ore bodies below the present workings. The 110 foot depth aims to lower mining costs and prove a large, permanent ore body with the best fluxing iron in the state. A mining crew and machinery are on site as the tunnel drives through solid rock.
Frank Wemple of Florence discovers a peculiar formation in Sweeney creek canyon wall four miles back. The sampled rock is aluminum sulphate valued at $300 a ton by an assayer. Wemple files a claim on the discovery site.
An old advert claims hair loss comes from neglect and promises Danderine will cleanse the scalp, tighten pores, stop shedding, and revitalize weak hair. The spray is described as non greasy and suitable for men and women with millions supposedly helped.
Seager Wheeler’s Rosthern farm figures show 1921 yield records. fall wheat 16.93 million bushels, spring wheat 371.84 million, all wheat 388.77 million, oats 558.36 million, barley 76.40 million, rye 49.60 million, flaxseed 5.30 million. Total wheat up 29 percent from 1921, highest since 1915. oats up 31 percent, top on record since 1920.
The text explains aspirin as Bayer brand Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid used for pain and neuritis. It notes Bayer package directions, 12 tablets in handy boxes, and bottles of 24 and 100 sold by druggists.
Classified listing shares a Montana ad for a stock ranch with two sections priced at 6400, plus various local ads for pharmaceuticals radiators and services, plus employment and personal notices including telegraphy training and marriage ads. Names include Ed Fox and locations Jefferson county Great Falls and Helena.
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