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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
8
The piece argues Ivory Soap is a fine pure soap for cleansing pores. It cites figures on pore counts per hand and body and claims 99 41 per cent pure Ivory Soap is scientifically urged for cleansing pores and expelling impurities.
A Monday night republican gathering at the courthouse elected delegates and alternates to the county convention. John G. Wills was chairman and Wm Bernstein secretary. Ten top vote getters became delegates, next ten named alternates. judges were W M Knapp L J Price and Phil Anderegg. Delegates listed include O M Beat Fidel Huber J G Willis and others with alternating names. Partial lists from Argenta Barretts Bishops Blacktail Bannack Pioneer Medicine Lodge Bedrock Glendale and Dell precincts were also noted.
Mrs I B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a dire prognosis from her doctor for stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. After seven bottles of Electric Bitters she recovered fully avoiding surgery. Also reported a serious accident of H N Virden whose broken thigh from a wagon overturn left him under medical care.
Two passenger trains were damaged in separate crashes on Sunday. At Divide the northbound train met No 8 on the main line and a switch misthrow caused a sleeper to collide with an engine, tearing the steam chest and pilot but injuring no one. The second accident near Feeley station involved an excursion train with eight injured, two serious, as rails spread and the engine plus three coaches left the track. A relief train arrived in Butte about 4:30 the next morning.
R B Vickers received a letter from J D Foster a Co D member of the Thirty sixth regiment conveying the sad news that Tom Wilson a Co D man had killed himself while in possession of a rifle. Wilson who enlisted at Twin Bridges was in the guard house for a misdemeanor and after release lifted the weapon to his eye and shot his head away.
The fragment asserts a universal cure for every illness from headaches to cancer. It hints at a bold medical claim offered by an unnamed source, urging readers to seek remedy from them.
James L Weiser of Dillon Montana operates Enterprises of Dillon and plans to launch his extractor malt beer bottled like Blatz. A health report in United States Health Reports lauds the product for purity quality and sanitary production methods and endorses it for its superior malt hops and tonic qualities.
Isaac VanCamp a Beaverhead county pioneer aged 78 died August 28. Funeral held at the Methodist church the next day with J W Tait of Butte conducting. Interment in Poindexter Cemetery. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Sappington and son J O F Van Camp. Born in New Jersey he married in Illinois and lived in Iowa before joining Bannack pioneers in 1864. He later resided at Rattlesnake Creek before moving to Dillon two years ago.
John B. Welcome of Butte bought the Farrelton ranch on the Madison valley from T. J. Farrell. The 3,880 acre property was transferred in Madison city on Monday and the price is reported around 20000 dollars.
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best in the world for burns scalds and bruises. It claims rapid pain relief and prompt healing and lists cures for fever sores felons ulcers boils and other injuries.
E A Carleton superintendent of public instruction urges removing the State Normal schools from Dillon to Missoula to join with the State University. He cites cost savings in libraries apparatus and teachers and argues the union would strengthen both institutions while noting Dillon’s central location.
Dillon Public Library operates in St James Parish House with hours Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9. This notice outlines the extended access times for residents seeking after hours borrowing and reference services.
An extended travel pitch touts a grand summer route via Salt Lake City and the Rio Grande Western Railway with Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland connections. Highlights include the Mormon Temple and Great Salt Lake, with stopovers, scenic emphasis, and contact details for agents W. C. McBride and Geo. W. Heintz in Butte and Salt Lake City.
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