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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
4
Last Monday evening Christian Hansen and his accompanist performed a concert at the St James Guild hall before a large audience that encored them repeatedly. The violinist offered a masterful mix of classical and popular airs while Miss Ethel Bell Haynes impressed as a gifted pianist and reader.
Virginia daughter of Ed Smith nearly choked on dry cocoa in a kitchen incident. Cocoa blocked her windpipe. mother called a physician. Heroic measures revived her breathing. she remained ill briefly but recovered with no lasting harm.
Several students return from illness including Viola Hollingsworth Bessie Straud Winnifred Fuqua and Agatha Lovell. The track team trains for the Missoula meet the week ending May 11. A declamatory contest is set for Saturday April 27. Farmers institutes are planned for Bannack Jackson Bristow Wisdom and Melrose May 15 16 17 and 18. Freshman class elects Newell Evans Eugene Bond and Katie Helming as officers. Mr Tower is named class professor.
An old time ad touts Buck Len's Arnica Salve as a quick relief for pimples boils scratches sprains and bruises for boys and girls, burns cuts and piles, priced at 26 cents at Potts the druggist.
Postmaster advises letters remaining uncalled for in Dillon Montana will be forwarded to the dead letter office in Washington D C within two weeks. Names listed include Grace Lamont and many others with multiple initials and surnames, dated April 19 1912.
Fragmentary note records Charlie Perry going to Butte on a Monday with unclear details about a Diyett, a gts needay, and a 1008 payment.
No amateur show at the Normal due to the operetta and wet weather kept crowds away Friday. An extra comedy reel played for those who came. Upcoming features include Enocy Arden, the Danites, Diamond 5 Ranch, and Colleen Bawn, with Colleen Bawn praised as the standout three reel panorama filmed in Ireland.
C L Parsons secretary treasurer of the C H Ward Drug Company in Pasadena California states that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has long been sold and recommended. He calls it an efficient expectorant containing no opiates or narcotics and safe for children with no nauseating effects or digestion interference.
Archdeacon and Mrs. S D Hooker of Dillon arrived in Missoula yesterday. Mrs. Hooker will stay several weeks as guest of Mrs. Lindfors on South Fifth Street.
Joseph McGovern died this afternoon after a lingering illness at age 60. He leaves a son William two brothers James of Butte and Patrick of Alder Gulch and three sisters Mrs Flynn Mrs McGuire of Wisconsin and Mrs un in Colorado. He came to Alder Gulch in 1863 and resided in Butte for 15 years. He worked in mining and was well known. The funeral will be held Wednesday from Walsh's undertaking parlors at 9 AM to Sacred Heart church for high mass at 9 30.
Omaha mayor James C. Dahlman known as the cowboy mayor writes of the benefit from Foley Kidney Pills. He says he has taken them and received a great deal of relief and cheerfully recommends them. Potts, the druggist. 1m.
First prize winners in New York Chicago Topeka Kas Ocononowoc Wis Breeze Ills Butte Helena and Dillon sweepstakes Fort Dodge Iowa. Eggs priced at 3.00 for 15 and 5.00 for 30. Cuar Les Hicnicut Dillon Mont 15 tf.
Monday evening session runs from 8 to 9 30 PM at 225 North Washington Street. Textbook is The Ancient Wisdom by Annie Besant. All are welcome.
Postmaster General Hitchcock authorizes sending undeliverable items such as picture cards and periodicals to municipal authorities for distribution to hospitals asylums and reformatories instead of the dead letter office. A Smoot bill would cut reclamation land title time to five years with a government lien until full payment. Joseph Sellwood warns U S Steel ores could exhaust in 25 to 30 years with western ore markets expanding.
The Misses Sarah and Hattie Elling of Butte came over from Dillon Monday to attend the Catholic dance and returned Tuesday. Sheridan Forum.
St James Episcopal at Corner Washington and Glendale with Rev S D Hooker holds Holy Communion first and third Sundays at 11 am Morning prayer at 11 am Evening prayer at 7 30 pm Sunday school at 9 45 am Presbyterian Church at Corner Pacific and Glendale with Rev E V Ostrander Morning sermon at 11 am Sabbath school at 12 pm Christian Endeavor at 7 pm Evening service at 7 30 pm
The bulletin lists Mass times: low mass at 8 and high mass at 10 30 on first and second Sundays, and low masses at 8 and 10 30 on the fourth Sunday. Sunday school follows the late mass. evening devotions are at 7 30. First, second, and fourth Sundays say Mass at Dillon, third Sunday at Lima and Melrose alternately, Rev. D Foley Pastor.
Grace Methodist Episcopal church at Bannack and Washington lists Rev. Jesse Lacklen as pastor with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League meets at 6 45 p.m. Evening worship is at 7 30 p.m. Prayer and Bible study are Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Baptist Church at Idaho and Se bree streets led by Rev. Thomas Anderson with Sabbath school at 10 a.m. worship and preaching at 11 a.m. and evening services at 7 30 p.m.
A London Chronicle summary recalls Wu Ting Fang, a close Chinese ally of Sir Robert Hart, who joked he would live 200 years. He cites diet tips such as avoiding salt and ending meals with olive oil, and keeps bilingual scrolls declaring he is young, healthy, and cheerful to reinforce his mindset.
An English resident in Turkey extols the pure uncontaminated Turk who has never seen Europe. He praises hospitality kindness and peacefulness while warning against painting all Turks rosy and notes mixed experiences from journeys into Macedonia and Asia Minor including remote villages.
Harper's describes rotifers or wheel animalcules that survive desiccation for months or years. A single water drop revives them, returning them to life exactly where they were halted, illustrating surprising resilience across life forms.
Austrian banks are exempt from liability for payments on checks and bills of exchange if the papers fall into unlawful possession with forged endorsements. Banks need not identify the bearer and forged indorsements can leave the owner unrecovered. Payment on a forged indorsement is charged to the bank only if it is presumed to know the payee's signature.
The Chicago Post outlines a dubious land profit scheme: locate a clay hole, brick the clay, use winter ice to access dumping, secure city funds to fill the hole as a dump, cover with topsoil, and then sell the parcel as a manufacturing site.
A judge quips about a man who acts like a drone waiting in a revolving door for others to push it around, illustrating a commentary on passivity and dependence. The exchange frames a critique of inertia in decision making.
A brief note from the Toledo Blade reveals a conversation about a newly given engagement ring, highlighting Estelle and Jack in a relayed social exchange. The item captures local curiosity and affectionate gesture within what appears to be a personal announcement.
A cautious stance prompts careful assessment before taking firm steps. The phrase emphasizes balance between thoughtful consideration and prompt resolve in decision making.
A wealthy wife boasts of a nonlocked trunk storing jewels in her room. She explains a knot bound trunk devised by a sailor coachman’s brother to resist burglars. The group jokes that a second story thief would still fail to cut the knots or guess the combination.
A woman recalls a past claim that the world brightened with his presence. He responds that her constant candor every several minutes about him changed how she felt. The exchange reveals strain in their relationship.
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