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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
4
Letters from the editorial desk urge Epviror TRIBUNE readers to inform the office if papers are not received on time. The note emphasizes regular publication and asks subscribers to ensure timely delivery.
At the Chicago Progressive conference New York was selected as the executive committee headquarters by a 32 to 12 vote. Washington will host the permanent publicity committee, and a foreign study delegation will be appointed by Senator Dixon. Jane Addams proposed funding for the next campaign with wide subscriptions and state pledges, aiming to create a large starter fund amid concerns about corruption in big funds.
Commentators argue the president’s action will affect common people, labeling it a farce and suggesting it lacks prima facie evidence of fraud.
President Taft dismissed two Texans D B Lyon and Eugene Nolte on November 30 for pernicious political activity while supporting Col Cecil Lyon, Roosevelt’s Texas ally. The action marks his first removals on this charge since November 5 and signals broad GOP approval of party loyalty over official duty.
The firm Parker Hatch Sheehan dissolves as Alton B Parker retires from general practice. Judge Parker will focus on a library of retiring consulting lawyers. Sheehan suffered nervous exhaustion after hard work for Parker in 1904. Thomas F Ryan testified he donated 450000 to Parker’s campaign fund. Roosevelt’s popularity and Democratic retreat shaped that political year.
Congressman Sulzer of New York, governor-elect and foreign affairs committee chairman, says a new Russia treaty is being negotiated. It would require American passports to be fully recognized in Russia regardless of race or religion and would acknowledge expatriation doctrine. He notes no treaty without these terms will pass Congress. Taft’s abolition of the former treaty is recalled.
A Butte Miner image shows three horses killed by a shell from Turkish guns bursting under an ammunition wagon for Servian artillery. The article contrasts horses lack of motive with soldiers driven by unseen orders from higher authorities in a critique of wartime patriotism.
In 1915 visitors to the Panama Exposition could include a Wild West carnival in Denver with a miniature Pike’s Peak and revolving restaurant to showcase views of San Francisco. Travellers would route via Montana sights like Yellowstone, Glacier, and Butte, prompting a See Montana advertising push and a $300,000 public funding plan.
The text argues that true peace on earth and goodwill to men requires equal rights and access to labor, land, and resources, condemning wars and capitalist profiteering. It promotes a united worldwide Socialist movement rooted in justice rather than profit as the only route to lasting harmony.
Winter and spring prove pneumonia the chief danger with colds and grip as its precursors. Dr King’s New Discovery is promoted as the best medicine to prevent and drive off these illnesses. Mrs Place of Rawsonville Vermont testifies it kept her husband from pneumonia and helps with coughs colds and croup. Guaranteed for bronchial affections. Prices 50 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottle free at Potts the Druggist.
Ambiguously stated text implies Taft’s reelection as president of the American Red Cross, though verification from the original report is needed. The note references leadership of the humanitarian society and a political outcome within the organization.
The writer suggests Governor Wilson be sworn in March 4 without pomp and proposes postponing ostentation to the last Thursday in April or moving inauguration to May 1. The piece notes crowds will come regardless and urges Congress to change the date, as has been urged for years.
Prof Oswald C Morison, a pioneer scientist and authority on Montana mineral and geologic history, died at Great Falls. Born 1841 in Leeds England he came to Montana as a soldier in 1872 near Cascade County. He studied state strata and collected fossils and minerals, recently donating a 40 year collection valued around 15000 to the Great Falls public library.
The excerpt recalls an editorial on choosing a life partner and a resigned exchange about wedlock. Penny’s friends doubt his knowledge of the affair while a character hints at familial consequences and past life context.
A reflection on charity equating good deeds with alms and kindness. True wealth is measured by acts of help to others, not possessions, as angels question the good deeds sent before a person.
Mrs M O Beach aged 74 died in Florence Montana after a long early life as a Lewis and Clark county pioneer. She came to Montana from the eastern states in 1868 and lived in the Prickley Pear valley. She went to Florence two months ago to visit her son David and leaves three daughters Mrs G W Kenney Mrs J E Keys and Mrs Ramada Hilgers of the Prickley Pear valleys.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Creagy & Co Toledo endorses Cheney as trustworthy. Walpine Kinnan Marvin Toledo wholesale druggists attest. Cure taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Ad.
Dr Wm Sadler argues common colds deserve seriousness especially when they hang on Foley s Honey and Tar Compound named a reliable household medicine for coughs and colds for children and adults Take it at onset to avert serious results and quick cure No harmful drugs Potts the Druggist Advt 1 m
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