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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
2
How To Gain Flesh states that persons can gain a pound a day by taking an ounce of Scott's Emulsion. It notes the necessity of a certain amount of flesh for health and promises gains if the product is used as directed.
Helena Easter services announced by Bishop John P. Carroll that 350000 is now available for the St. Helena cathedral project. Parishioners raised 100000 to secure a matching sum from an unnamed donor, enabling work to resume this summer. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended for coughs and lung trouble.
Butte report April 14 states Edward Madden, a young holdup, was shot while fleeing the Mountain View saloon after trying to steal the pot in a poker game last Sunday. Public details on his condition and the shooter are not disclosed.
A patient died at St Jamies hospital at 10 this morning after expressing forgiveness to those involved. In his final moments he spoke with a Sister of Charity and said he hoped to live until Herbert arrived to tell his mother. He claimed responsibility for the events.
Lester Brook pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter for the shooting of Charley Hegman at Corbin. He was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary while Hegman sustained only a slight wound.
Helena April 14. Section Director Young reports Montana stream flow this year will be normal or above based on this week’s snowfall bulletin.
A Springfield North Carolina merchant recounts doctors telling his son had consumption and a hopeless case. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with restoring him after three weeks. The ad claims it cures coughs and lung diseases, with prices 50 cents to 1 dollar and a free trial bottle.
Helena April 14 The attorney general advises the Flathead county board on deputy salaries under House bill No 202. Fourth class deputies clerks must be paid 1500 per annum with extra deputies capped at 125 per month. Deputy sheriffs acting as jailers under Senate bill No 120 may earn up to 90 per month.
Great Falls officials report the death in Los Angeles of Judge R. W. Hanson aged 74 a veteran Montana Mason and longtime community figure. He was one of the oldest Masons in the state and his death was announced today.
In Great Falls on April 13 Judge Leslie held that the law requiring domestic corporations to fence their rights of way is unconstitutional. J H Locke sued Great Northern for 350 for stock killed along the railroad path and was awarded 27 50 as judgment.
In Great Falls on Thursday evening a large mixed gathering of union and business men debated Greek presence. About 700 attendees heard heated arguments and adopted drastic resolutions aimed at ridding the city of the Greek element.
An opinion from the attorney general's office holds that under a law passed by the last legislature the state board of land commissioners must grant a right of way to any county or city seeking to build a public highway over state lands. The ruling was issued today.
An advertising item warns of river danger and kidney illness as dropsy diabetes and Brights disease threats. It touts Electric Bitters as a remedy and cites a patient claim from J R Blankenship of Belk who says a $1 bottle cured him, with Potts drugstore selling for 50 cents.
Butte reports the Master Horse Shoers National Protective Association of Montana will hold its annual convention in Great Falls on Saturday April 17.
Helena April 10 Rev Edwin L Norris issued a proclamation offering 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the unknown person or persons who murdered Mrs I A Crisp and F A Teear in Madison county on February 20 1909.
Albert Meili was convicted in federal court after an 18 hour jury deliberation for selling whiskey to a Flathead Indian. Judge Hunt sentenced him to 90 days in jail and a $200 fine in Helena on April 10.
M L Bingham of Princeville Illinois refused amputation saying I’d rather die. Doctors warned gangrene would kill him after eight toes were eaten away. He treated with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and fully recovered, curing eczema fever sores boils burns and piles. Potts druggist sells it 25 cents.
In Butte on April 13 Ed Madden once noted as a miner and railroad man attempted a robbery at the Mountain View saloon basement. During the escape he was shot in the back by John Seslin, the bartender. The shot damaged his sixth vertebra and likely punctured a lung, leaving Madden paralyzed.
Butte health office report shows 13 city deaths and seven county deaths from tuberculosis in March illustrating the campaign against the great white plague is a regional concern.
Cham berlain s Salve praised as a healing salve for burns sores sore nipples and chapped hands It relieves burn pain almost instantly and typically heals without scarring unless injuries are severe Price 25 cents Sold by Potts the druggist 1 m
Benjamin Strickland a longtime Park county resident died at his ranch home from paralysis after several days of illness. He lived in Livingston and was a respected local figure for over 30 years.
The jury returned a midnight verdict of manslaughter in the state case against Cornelius Crane. The judge will pronounce sentence on May 3 after Crane shot two Finns at Comet on July 3 last.
The watchman and deputy sheriff faced trouble with Sam Fors and Emil Martilla. He discharged them on July 2. The following day he confronted the men in front of a saloon and Crane shot both. Fors died quickly, Martilla survived several weeks.
Pittsfield Vermont attorney N H Brown praises Dr Kings New Life Pills as a reliable family medicine. He notes their effectiveness for chills, constipation, biliousness and sick headache. Available at Potts druggist for 25 cents.
Helena April 14 The state board of health issues a sweeping set of sanitation and ventilation regulations for all railroads operating in the state. Effective June 1 the rules require removal of passengers with communicable diseases, ban porters from using passenger bedding, and limit sleeping car use unless separate compartments exist. Train cleaning, cuspidors, and water and ice purity rules apply to coaches sleepers and diners, with sleepers fumigated at least every two months. Similar standards cover passenger stations.
Helena reports stockmen across Montana are arranging to turn their herds out on national forest ranges starting May 1 for the summer grazing period through October 31. Sheep will begin summer grazing July 1, continuing until October 15.
Six complaints were filed with the attorney general's department by railroad commissioners against the Great Northern railway company alleging violations of the dinky caboose rule. A library attendant quips about dictionary use and pronunciation in a separate remark.
Mandell Creighton, bishop of London, dreaded lending his books. A fellow clergyman borrowed an old Shakespeare edition and kept it for months. He finally sent a note saying he returns the volume. The bishop replied that all the joy was his.
Dialogue excerpt presents a quip about a servant’s progress. The speaker notes the servant’s slowness has worsened, prompting a dry, ironic punchline. The exchange reveals humor through reversed expectation about improvement.
The Louisville Journal notes the actor’s realism to excess in the play. In the second scene he is severely grounded, and the doctor issues bulletins between acts.
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