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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune lists rates for notices of church festivals dancing parties concerts and socials with admission or profit from sales charged by line. Card of thanks obituary poetry and business correspondence also priced per line and directed to the Tribune Publishing Co. New agent P Fisher based in San Francisco is authorized for advertising.
The note covers Dillon Montana and surrounding issues with bridges, roads, and sanitation. It mentions high Mississippi flooding nearby, Greece and Turkey war signals, and a Montana cattlemen convention at Miles City. It also recalls Franklin and Deane in Paris, naval manpower strains, and the push to fortify ships. A brief wartime and civic duty undertone runs through the items.
Reports to Anaconda Standard misled outsiders about the disease in Dillon. Quarantines were lifted for business, no epidemic occurred, and nine cases of genuine diphtheria at most were recorded. Doctors carefully diagnosed all cases. Local press urged not to spread news of contagious illness.
The article notes the transfer of power by ten officials and argues the public service need not hurry new appointments. It praises honesty across administrations from Cleveland to Harrison, then McKinley, stating the public has trusted upright leaders despite party bias. It cites April Review of Reviews as the source.
A Brooklyn dealer introduces a British chainless front-driven bicycle with an 80 inch front wheel and 20 inch rear wheel. The frame resembles the old high wheel with saddle on a spine and cranks attached to the axle, producing a forward thrust. Gearing is encased in a metal box and the design lacks front fork rake. This model, a long-used English export, marks its first appearance in the United States.
Public warning against mercury based catarrh treatments. Cautions readers to avoid unprescribed products and warns that internal use harms the senses and overall health. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Care by F. J. Cheney & Co. as containing mercury and urges verification of genuine products.
Hugh Kirkendall a well known Montana pioneer and horseman died in Helena pneumonia after a week long illness. Born in 1835 in Pennsylvania he joined frontier life and aided Montana exploration with Colonel Rollins in 1858. He helped build rail lines and managed Army transport in 1876 at Big Hole. He left a wife and four children. The Stockmen's Association of Southern Montana formed in Twin Bridges to unite ranchers across Ruby Beaverhead and Jefferson Valleys with a 2 dollar membership to obtain a brand book and coordinate range riding and stray notices.
A minister tells a tall adventure story to friends while his 10 year old daughter asks if it is true or not indicating the gap between teaching and practice. A contrast about charity party dress costs and a note on the first Bible printed in America John Eliot's Indian Bible from 1663 is discussed with readability since the language is extinct and few can read it.
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