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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
3
F E Footy editor proprietor announces a public drinking fountain opposite the town’s main plaza in Dillon Montana. The note appears in a local issue with contact details and fee shown as two dollars for the year.
William Marion Reedy editor of the St. Louis Mirror urges workers to strike as a peaceful force to halt war. He argues wars are funded by bankers and financiers who reap profits while the masses bear the blood and burden.
The author argues war hurts the innocent, urges arbitration by impartial judges, and predicts a future where civilized nations abandon war. He laments the Hague Tribunal's impotence amid Europe’s turmoil and appeals to ordinary soldiers to refuse participation in mass slaughter.
A Butte mission advocates employing the idle to feed the hungry. More than 100 people are fed daily when willing to work. those who refuse to work should not be fed. The piece argues true charity funds self sufficiency by employment and fair wages.
The piece argues Democrats sought power with $1,159,446 spent by the Democratic National Committee and hopes the new administration will perform as well as Republicans. It notes Tim Driscoll as Silver Bow county sheriff promising gambling suppression, and humorously predicts a long legal crackdown with the calendar.
President Taft spoke to 26 state governors in Washington on Saturday including Montana’s leader. He urged uniform legislation to promote low interest loans for farmers so they can lower prices for consumers. A nine governor committee was appointed to draft uniform rural credit laws for state consideration.
Kansas City Free Legal Aid Bureau reports 323 cases of wife abandonment and non support in a year. Superintendent notes most offending husbands had blue eyes in nearly every instance.
A vintage print ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites testimonials from Toledo druggists Walpine Kinnan and Marvin and claims the remedy works systemically. Price is 75 cents per bottle with Family Pills for constipation also promoted.
William Stolte aged 79 a Montana pioneer born in Hanover Germany in 1833 dies in Butte He sailed the seas for 12 years reached California in 1854 and Nevada before Montana He worked in government surveys and later ran a store and hotel with his wife Christine Dries They left a daughter Mrs Joseph Landgraf a son William Stoke and a step son Frank Dries with ties to Bonner Big Hole and Potomac communities.
Great Falls Montana obituary notes Pamela Pambrun a pioneer of Montana and early settler in British Columbia Oregon and California died at age 83. Born in British Columbia his father worked for Hudson Bay Company and the family moved to Walla Walla Vancouver Island and later the American River gold fields. He built the first house in Deer Lodge Montana and later moved to Chateau with his daughter Mrs Frank Truchol.
Sigfried Abrahamson aged 72 died after a long illness. Born in Berlin in 1842 he came to New York at 19 and later moved west to Arizona California and Idaho before settling in Helena in 1886 where he ran a business. Survived by his wife and two daughters Elsie and Mildred. Funeral held Monday.
A New York physician quips that doctors would be bankrupt if not for women's thin stockings and shoes. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, claiming wide reputation from its cures and noting it is pleasant and safe to take. Available at all dealers.
The beet harvest is finished in Billings with many beets stored in silos and deliveries underway. Factory reports say the crop is unusually good and growers expect higher returns. acreage may double next season. Beets draw nutrients from air and benefit subsequent crops, with local quips praising the beet.
Senator Myers and William J. Bryan will meet President-elect Wilson soon to discuss gubernatorial Governor Norris’s possible appointment as secretary of the interior. The appointment is the chief topic for the discussion with the senator.
Georgia Senator Bacon offers to plant a hack berry tree in Washington City with trees from his home state. He pledges to plant it by his own hands as a gesture of goodwill and friendship between Georgia and the capital.
Governor elect George H Hodges plans to appoint women to state offices in Kansas arguing the ballot to women justified rewards. The text notes a Dillon school superintendent as an example and cites a courtroom scene with names Damp and a judge. A separate Montana notice restricts charges to merchant accounts after January 1 1918 signed by Mrs Harrison or J C Harrison.
Dillon notices detail New York Restaurant in Dillon under new management and advertise meals. The Dillon Volunteer Fire Department meets the first and second Thursday evenings each month with a three-taps meeting call on the courthouse bell.
Advert reveals a debut performance of new music from the Bulgarian War at the Reamal venue on December 13 with advance notice. The item highlights the event date and venue for readers.
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