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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
7
A newspaper notice promotes a simple home remedy for rheumatism using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. It urges readers to prepare the mixture, claims relief after early doses, and says local druggists can supply the ingredients or prepare the blend.
Eli A Smith, a miner and former Alaska mail driver, arrived with seven Alaskan dogs in City Hall Park completing a land sledge voyage from Nome to New York in just under two and a half years. He won a $10,000 wager, reaching the city days ahead of the two and a half year limit, and received an autograph letter from Mayor McClellan confirming his arrival.
The People's Party convention in St Louis on April 3 nominated Thomas F. Watson of Georgia for president and Samuel W Williams of Indiana for vice president after stormy sessions. Nebraska and Minnesota delegations pushed to adjourn until after Democratic and Republican nominations.
Foreman J M Turcott of Charles W Lane & Co in Butte Montana recalls suffering kidney related backache for fourteen years. After using five to six boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills the symptoms disappeared and did not return. Sold by all dealers price fifty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Dean's.
A mob of about 500 in Wesson Mississippi lynched a young Black man today for the murder of a white 12 year old boy. Reports note a riot atmosphere and extrajudicial execution amid tense postwar conditions.
Postmaster announces uncalled letters at Dillon Montana up to date will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington DC if not claimed within 30 days April 2 1908 list includes James Barry H H Beagh Cora Campbell Leslie Gilbert John Hales J B Harrison John Jackson Bertha Kiefer W P Langley Bert Mallory Frank Nelson Power Mrs Mary Rea Thos H Stoll Charles R Turner Georgie Grace Lamont.
Anyone interested in Sunday schools or Home Classes for Bible study should write to Rev. Edwin M. Ellis of Helena or Mr. Wm. J. Barge of Billings. They are ready to assist across Montana so write to the nearest one now.
Help wanted for sewing by day or by piece. Address 4 Atlantic Street Dillon MT. Contact details not provided. Published 14 41.
Reports from Magdalena Bay praise U S Navy gunners. Maryland and Minnesota crews posted high hit rates, with 116 hits in 120 seven inch shots and 165 pound projectiles at speed, amid night searches and high seas.
Record of alarm and drill procedures listing ward notes. General alarms pausing with taps set at one two and three. Fire out at one tap. Meetings scheduled three taps and three pauses. Practice call logged with four taps and pauses for four cycles.
An item notes Manzan Pile Remedy priced at 50 cents sold by Potts Drug Store in Martin New York with a claim of ready use and prompt relief. In a separate item counsel for Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw filed in the supreme court for an annulment of her marriage with Harry K. Thaw on grounds of insanity at the time of the marriage. A third brief reports a mob lynching of Walter Clayton, a Black man released from a lumber stockade after assaulting a 20 year old woman in Bay Minette.
Colorado Springs on April 5 reports William J. Bryan spoke at two local meetings and voiced confidence in a democratic victory.
Old time ad style notes a ready to use Manzan Pile Remedy in collapsible tube with nozzle, promises inflammation relief and itching cure for 50 cents. Also mentions Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup and Pine Salve Carbolized line sold by Potts Druggist.
A concise ad style note explains a business name with a promise that grocers refund customers if a product fails quality, emphasizing consumer protection and retailer cooperation.
Statistics show sixteen factories in 1907 produced 165000000 pounds of sugar. In Judge Newcomer’s court twelve jurors ruled that $50 hats are excluded from necessary household expenses for husbands in moderate circumstances. Frank Gotch defeated George Hachenschmidt to win the world catch wrestling title in Chicago.
A 1906 letter from C N Cornell of Roding Georgia lauds Kohol for curing a stomach and bowel illness. The note dated August 27 1906 appears in a Chicago firm Be C DeWitt Co catalog with a closing wish for long life. Sold by Potts the Druggist.
New York on April 7 Miss Helen Gould via her secretary announces charity retrenchment. She closes part of her Tarrytown estate and rents a portion to Lyndhurst Girls Industrial School built for 75,000 dollars. Outings for Woodycrest children are discontinued this summer.
A vintage advertisement for BEES LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP claims a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough hoarseness and throat troubles. It notes the product is pleasant to take and gentle enough for children and is sold by Potts Drug Store.
Dog teams race from Nome to Candle and back covering about 400 miles to improve the breed. A purse of 2500 dollars awaits the winner. Promoters expect fast teams across Seward Peninsula to compete and the event to become an annual affair with increasing prize.
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