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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
1
An advertisement touts daily arrivals of clock and silverware items with set prices. Eight day half hour striking clocks with alarms priced at $4.00. Quadruple silver plated tea set four pieces at $8.00. Butter knives and sugar shells offered at 500 each. Call and see the goods.
Lima hosts a surprise for Nelson Porter with music cards and a birthday cake marked 1858. Sickness hits Lima as Dr Ford improves and Lewis Edwards dies in Salt Lake. Eva Metzel remains critical, and Christmas events loom in Lima and nearby valleys with dances and community gatherings.
A Tribune reader asks why the city ordinance restricting railroad crossing closures to five minutes is not enforced. He recounts trains blocking crossings from 9:25 to beyond 10:10 on a Sunday night near the Metlen hotel and calls for better marshal enforcement and city leadership to remedy the ongoing issue.
Headquarters urges shoppers to visit for a wide selection of fruits vegetables nuts candies oils extracts and more. The list includes apples oranges bananas pears pineapple cranberries celery cauliflower figs dates honey new crop nuts raisins olives and many specialty items from Plows Alleghrettis and Lowney's fresh express all at Crowell's.
Special correspondence from Mantua P I dated November 15 1898 describes the Montana and Idaho regiments in Manila after Cavite. It notes burial of eight men since muster in, health generally good, several men in hospital with malaria fever and a sore hand, and officers shifting to dress parade duties amid weariness of army life.
Beginning Saturday December 17 the Tribune Store will present to every person making a purchase an 8 box of fancy stationery. This offer holds good until the night of December Ath.
Mrs E W Slack died Tuesday evening at her country home from inflammation of the bowels after a bout with grippe. Born April 19 1866 in Xenia Bourbon Kansas she was 32. She married Mr Slack June 15 1889 in Dillon where they lived. Survived by husband daughter and six siblings. Funeral held yesterday at 2 pm from the residence interment in Poindexter burying ground.
Lorenzo Cushing reports from San Francisco that Renz Dillon, the lone Dillon volunteer to return from the Philippines, is in quarantine before reaching Dillon on the 28th. Doctors say the climate may not suit him, but friends hope the ocean trip aided his health after a 33 day voyage aboard Scandia via Manila Honolulu.
The article notes that children respond better to the pleasant Syrup of Figs than harsher remedies, praising its gentle laxative effect. It identifies the California Fig Syrup Co as the true manufacturer.
The Estes Cafe plans a March 1 1899 reopening after a winter closure while the saloon remains open. Jas BE Estes thanks the public for liberal patronage and promises up to date service.
G H Danver of the Butte Conference reports Elders Larsen and Hurst spreading Mormonism in Dillon. A new branch formed with seventeen members and regular services planned. He notes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew from six to about eight hundred thousand members since 1880 with sixteen thousand missionaries. Utah hosts four temples built by voluntary offerings for living and vicarious work for the dead.
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and liver trouble. It claims to restore appetite, digestion, and bodily regularity, promising health and energy. Available for 260 at Central Pharmacy.
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