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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
1
A local dealer promotes watches with factory movements built in the country. He claims they are reliable and in service, offering styles from $12 to $40 plus a full American line from $2.50 up. Fidel Huber sells and shows these timepieces to customers.
Special correspondence notes social visits household moves and travel across Beaverhead County. Dillon guests include Mrs Nelson Miss Hughes and Miss Hungate while Indians Bowman and Hughes from town attend events. Ranch activity includes cattle shipments to Anaconda and Butte, spring mining plans, and new brick cottage construction in Lima.
Special correspondence from Willis reports Mr and Mrs Jacob Hartwig returning from Town. J O Smith of Willis is said to have made a big strike in a mine between Willis and Willow Creek. Rich copper ore and wire silver with peacock pyrites found. extent not yet known. Also notes births, travel, a farewell sermon, and a school election on April 2 with one trustee to be chosen.
A collage of terse quips from papers in 1920s America notes rivalry between Chicago New York and Philadelphia. It mocks bunko schemes and regional stereotypes while hinting at urban pride and intercity competition. The snippets reference Philadelphia firms and St Louis commerce as context for urban bravado.
Washington dispatch compares Nelson Dingley of Maine and Joseph W Bailey of Texas as rival House leaders. It traces Dingley’s rise from 1863 through chairing Ways and Means and Bailey’s rise as an orator and Democratic leader. The piece notes potential alliances, speculates on 1900 ticket plans, and mentions naval court timing amid ongoing Spanish relations.
An old advertisement offers Beat Salve by Phil Anderegg for 25 cents a box, claiming cures for bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
The young wife asks if the pie matches her mother in law’s recipe but the husband says his mother never baked mince pies. He explains she was a health reform lecturer, then helps himself to a scoop out, in a wry domestic vignette from a Chicago Tribune item.
Instructions describe washing and cooking potatoes, peeling and slicing, frying in butter, dicing ham, and layering potato, ham, and tomato in a buttered pudding mold. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven, then turn onto a hot dish and serve with tomato sauce.
An ad-style notice touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation with a bold money back guarantee. It markets a laxative product with inflated health claims and instructs druggists to issue refunds if customers are unsatisfied.
Stationery and office supplies featured at the Trrunn Posuran tna Co shop. Catalog highlights include writing papers, envelopes, notebooks, and desk accessories advertised for local customers.
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