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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
13
Butte cinema woes grow as influenza hits and theatre owners refuse to raise admission prices. Music is dropped from vaudeville and silent films become the rule to cut running costs amid high taxes and dwindling crowds.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company’s three quarter million dollar ferro-manganese plant in Great Falls, built for war material supply, produced 1000 tons but closed last week without selling any, following war’s end. Experiments are exploring calcium carbide, calcium carbonate and nitrogen fertilizer production for western markets.
An old advertisement touts Gets It as a liber bottle remedy for corns and calluses. It promises painless treatment with a few drops that won’t stick and claims millions of users. The copy urges readers to buy at drug stores and mentions Chicago Illinois.
A notice touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for winter coughs and colds. It claims many families use it year after year with excellent results and notes availability at City Drug company.
After three months of negotiation and mediator involvement, Great Falls cereal workers secured a 60 cent per day wage increase. The raise took effect December 1 and will remain in force for one year.
Mrs Edward Hassett of Frankfort New York reports quick relief from croup using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The advertisement notes no opium or narcotic and claims it is safe for children and adults and lists the City Drug company as the seller.
The Park County Milling company in Livingston has started operations and produced its first flour. The mill, as currently equipped, can output 200 barrels daily and could raise output with further machinery if demand increases.
An old advertising slip invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package. The box promises Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
Elmore W of the department of census notes Butte leads in lighting streetcars and utilities. The census, conducted every five years, covers both Dakotas and much of Montana, with state and national results published.
Helena residents discuss petitioning the federal government to seize the Broadwater hotel and hot springs for reconstruction of injured soldiers. They say the hotel is fully furnished and could be readied at low cost, with the plunge and medicinal waters appealing to patients near the city.
A letter from Mrs. D. W. Isley of Litchfield Illinois reports Chamberlain's Tablets give quick relief for stomach disorders and serve as a laxative. The ad notes the tablets help indigestion or constipation and are sold by City Drug Company Adv-1m.
In Great Falls police arrested four suspects Monday related to a Thanksgiving theft from a Seattle fur store. About $4,000 worth of furs were stolen and recovered, with only $150 in small articles missing. Three suspects were in a car where the furs were found.
Mrs. L A Drinkard of Jefferson City Missouri reports rapid improvement from stomach trouble after using Chamberlains Tablets. She says the tablets helped from the first week and left her feeling better overall. City Drug Company sells the product. Adv-1m
In Billings a special Chamber of Commerce committee seeks support from Montana's next legislative assembly to establish a state normal school there alongside Dillon. Letters are being sent urging consideration and cooperation in the movement.
M. T. Davis of Bearsville West Virginia recounts a patron’s child with croup at midnight. The child recovered by morning after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound bought at Potts Drug Store. Parents praise Foley's remedy highly.
Members of the Gallatin county board of commissioners have asked the capital issues commission at Helena for permission to sell road bonds voted at the last general election. They plan to issue 100000 dollars, with installments of one quarter of the total amount.
J F Peck of Coraopolis Pennsylvania suffered severe pain that kept him from lying down at night. After trying three doctors he began Foley Kidney Pills three weeks ago and reports real improvement. The ad urges Foley Kidney Pills for kidneys bladder trouble backache and rheumatism sold by Potts the druggist.
Fergus county experiments advance as Roy to Brooks shipments send the first car load of the crop from the experimental stage overseas.
Mrs. M. E. Smith of Benton La praises Foley's Honey and Tar from Potts Drugstore as a cure for influenza coughs and colds. The ad claims the remedy is a grand household product during prevalent illnesses with no pinta. Sold by Potts, the druggist.
A fragment mentions Mrs Helena Eurtis RN living at 8809 as part of Curtis Hospital on South Washington Street, with unclear surrounding context. The item reads as an obituary or residence notice with limited readable details about people or location.
Growers report satisfactory profit from the sugar crop in Billings. The article says the last three cars were shipped several days ago and acreage is expected to be larger next year. Some growers couldn't harvest fully due to unusually cold weather freezing the ground too deep for root plows.
Estimates by J R Wharton and Eugene Carroll show Butte population fell from about 90 000 to 78 000 80 000 over two years due to war demands. Most men called into government military or naval service are expected to return.
A Spokane reader Mrs Mary Kisby shares relief from a cough linked to la grippe. She notes Foley's Honey and Tar helped her 76 year old self and her child. Potts druggist sells the remedy in town.
C E Sward of Billings sues the C B Q railroad in district court for 680 damages and 19 sacks of seed onions in transit from Rairdon Wyoming to Omaha Nebraska. He claims the February 1917 shipment was spoiled upon arrival a year and a half later at the destination.
W H Frear of 63 Myrtle Ave Albany New York says kidney pills relieved weakness and rundown condition. He claims the remedies stopped rheumatic aches and cheerfully recommends them and offers to let others use his name for endorsement.
An advertisement claims that a buckthorn bark glycerine mixture in Adler-i-ka cleanses the entire bowel and prevents appendicitis. It asserts one spoonful relieves sour stomach gas and constipation by removing foul matter, noting instant action surprising doctors and patients.
A wartime verse honoring sailors toiling in the boiler room and fighting through battle heats. It praises the coal dusted workers who keep the ship moving, stand firm under shellfire, and share in the victory and homecoming with quiet pride. The poem ends with a toast and a wish for lasting memory of the crew.
In the Fifth Judicial District of Montana Beaverhead, the Alder Sheep Company petitions for dissolution. A 1918 order required 30 days of newspaper publication in the Dillon Tribune, with first publication November 29 1918, and a deputy clerk to seal the notice.
In the District Court of Montana the estate of Oscar Creasey is ordered to sell real property. The hearing for authorization to sell is set for January 3 1919 in Dillon with notice by Dillon Tribune. Sheriff sale to follow January 3 1919 at 2 PM at the courthouse front door Beaverhead County. Westen half of the southwest quarter section five township seven south range eight west contains eighty acres with water rights and improvements. Terms cash. C K Wyman sheriff.
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