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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
2
The bulletin lists Time Car No. 8 southbound mail and express and No. 7 northbound mail and express. Through freight Nos 30 and 27 run south and unspecified. Local freight Nos 29 and 28 run north and south with times 7 40 pm and 11 00 am and 1150 cm 10 30 a hla m.
State notes report the death of Deer Lodge lawyer Robinson from heart aneurysm and Whitehall mayor’s wife Mrs E G Brooks. A miner at Diamond mine Butte survives a 3 to 4 ton ground collapse. Great Falls resident Jim Lin known as China Jim dies of poisoning. Associate Justice Horace R Buck shoots himself, ending his life after a brief family visit. Education board meets in Helena. Butte miner Jerry Buckley dies after a cage fall. Butte faces water scarcity this winter. Electric cars delayed to May 1 to climb Butte hill. Amelia Sloan wins $15000 in suit over Kenyon Connell warehouse death of John Sloan.
United States shoppers buy Cas Carets candy cathartic at two million boxes per year and expect three million before New Year. The ad proclaims it a delightful bowel regulator for everybody year round with druggists selling 10 250 500 box sizes and a cure guaranteed.
Chas. Hunter, a rancher near Great Falls, receives a pack of English fox hounds from the east. He intends to use them on the range through winter to pursue wolves and coyotes, riding daily to protect sheep and livestock. A. Lowry or T. J. Mullany Dillon in Dillon, Mont, offer terms for Lowry patent air tight window rights.
Miss Frances Poindexter of Dillon and Dr William V. Kingsbury of St Louis united in marriage at St James Episcopal Church with Rev H D Hooker officiating. The ceremony featured a white satin gown, two hundred guests, and a reception at Forest Home. The couple will reside in St Louis.
The piece extols Dr King’s New Discovery as the modern household god for consumption coughs colds and throat lung ailments. It promises a 25 year trial period and money back guarantee with free trials at Phil Audereggs drug store. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00. A Floral Love Tale describes a Thursday party hosted by Miss White and others with prizes for Rose Poindexter Eugene Poindexter and fine refreshments.
An early 20th century newspaper ad touts Cascare as a candy cathartic that "discovery f" of the age. It claims gentle positive effects on kidneys liver and bowels cleansing the system and dispelling colds headaches fevers and biliousness. It urges readers to buy a box for 10 25 or 50 cents with guarantee of cure by druggists.
Grace Lamont postmistress lists letters undelivered at the Bolan postoffice up to date. Uncalled letters including Bolan John Burton Wm Clark Crosby Wm Hair Harold D Holverson John Hollingsworth Geo Harker L Jennett J B Jennings Fannie Johnson Daniel Kent Nelson Lamont Pat Messhaw Wm McGraw Thos Moakler John W Moore Al Myers Wm Phillips Ella Pullen James H Riley M Reiley Frankie Rogers Geo Stephenson Jon Wenger Young Julia Young A L will be sent to the dead letter office if not collected within 90 days.
A fragmentary advert lists a carload of holiday goods including lounges couches rockers fancy chairs sideboards iron beds and piano stools. The notice from Dillon Furniture Co mentions back orders and curing options in a dated sales blurb.
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission concluded a hearing on extending the time for railroads to comply with the car coupler and train brake act. A compromise extension is expected, likely three years at most, with possible yearly renewals and conditions on equipment rollout.
A midnight fire in La Crosse Wisconsin destroyed the Brick Pomeroy block and the McMillan opera house block. Major losses exceed 200000 dollars with most insured. Six firemen injured, three seriously. The McMillan opera house may be rebuilt.
December wheat jumped 8 cents after an attempt to buy about 15,000 bushels, closing 2 1/4 cents higher. May wheat firm. Corn and oats posted steady to higher prices with minor shifts. South Omaha grain and livestock prices show mixed gains and slight declines across futures and cash quotes.
Cattle receipts reach 10000 with Texas steers 2.90 to 3.66, native stockers 2.75 to 4.40 and cows 1.70 to 3.90. Hog receipts 20000 weak with bulk sales 3.25 to 3.80, heavy 3.25 to 4.45, light 3.25 to 8.80, pigs 3.05 to 3.25. Sheep receipts 6000 firm with lambs 3.60 to 5.75 and ewes about 2.25 to 4.60.
Chicago live stock market data for December 7 shows hogs receipts at 88,000 with steady tone and varied prices for light mixed heavy and rough categories. Cattle receipts 8,500 with beef prices to 5.15, Texas steers to 4.10, stockers to 4.25. Sheep receipts 12,000 strong with natives up to 4.75 and lambs to 5.80.
St Louis grain prices and futures quotes for cash and futures contracts list No 2 hard cash No 2 cash and higher bids for Dec Jan May across multiple grain categories with references to locations and price figures such as 8c 87 00c and 24Ses in a market update.
A correspondent argues The Scioto Tribune of Portsmouth, Ohio inspired The Tribune name. The Chicago Tribune notes the claim but cites prior uses by Ryan in Chicago and Greeley in New York, tracing the lineage through Scioto Tribune, Ryan's Weekly, Chicago Tribune, to the current Chicago Tribune.
Dr George Lorimer urges youth to abandon timidity and arm themselves with courage to confront evil. He warns against treason and corruption, calling for vigor of will and loyal purpose to defend righteousness, even at personal cost. His speech frames a new century as a test of integrity and public duty.
A playful exchange ends with Willie Jones receiving a big brass trumpet as a birthday gesture from the neighbor Mr. Jones. The woman hints at gratitude, while the man resists debt but agrees to the gift, highlighting the comic tone of the Chicago Post excerpt.
Boxers Joe Bernstein and Ben Jordan are paired for a London match at the National Athletic Club on November 5. The late Jack Burke’s friends raise funds for a grave monument. Tom Gourley’s brother travels from Scotland to lead at Kebo Valley. Palmer and George Dixon purse fight targets Nevada with $5,000 prize. Eddie Connolly versus Owen Ziegler set for September 11. John Fitzpatrick hired to train New York junior four for the Harlem regatta on Labor Day. Golf pro B F Nicholls shot an 80 at Lenox, praising form. Hawkins and Corbett lament US reluctance to seek fights in England. Hawkin s eyes match with George Johnson in England. Rumor Tom O’Rourke plans Tin Heggerty to face George Dixon in Nevada. original Dixon match with Jack McGowan shifted.
The annual meeting of the Atlantic association AAU will be at Wayne natatorium Wayne Pa near Philadelphia on Saturday Sept 18. Events include 100 yards and one mile for Atlantic amateurs and open races for all registered swimmers nationwide with a 50 yard novice 100 yard scratch 220 yard handicap half mile scratch and a race to settle the supremacy between Dr Paul Mouman American and Austrian champion now in Chicago and George Whittaker Milwaukee last year's champion who missed the Chicago meet due to illness.
Tom Simms, a one armed outfielder for the Courthouse team, drew attention in Kansas City baseball by going six times at bat with three hits and three runs. He was put out three times on grounders and a high fly, and he did not strike out. Simms lost his right arm at age ten when a wheel passed over it on a freight car in Shirley, Tennessee.
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