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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
4
Dillon circulates with many Christmas visits and travel notes. Residents and visitors including Edinger Lima and Hughes McCaleb in Dillon, and Manners from Butte and Sheridan travelers fill the holiday column with social calls and shopping notices.
Christmas exercises at the Methodist Church featured music readings and a Santa visit with gifts for all children. Catholic and Presbyterian services added festive greenery and choirs while Baptist and Sunday school events included cake, candy, and a surprise hymn book gift, with resolutions recorded for minutes.
The Missoula smallpox case is noted amid a string of Montana items. Prisoners in Deer Lodge total 3854, while robbers steal a registered mail sack near Helena. Anaconda’s Elk lodge funds Christmas joy for 3000 children as state land grant revenue nears 200000. The Dome death of Nicholas Kohl, a Helena capital worker, is reported. Sheriff provides holiday dinner for county prisoners. Hardware store robbed thrice this year and more notices follow.
The Montana report details 354 inmates through December 1 1900 with 245 American and 109 foreign born. Silver Bow led county totals, Deer Lodge second, and Lewis and Clark third. Crimes range from robbery and murder to forgery, with 69 laborers and 85 miners among occupations. Seventy six varied trades are listed, and the report notes transportation costs should be borne by counties.
An ad proclaims SCOTT'S EMULSION as a world leading product with millions sold yearly. It credits careful ingredient selection Cod Liver Oil and pure Hypophosphites and claims skilled formulation yields optimal results. It notes the product's long, established reputation and strong market presence.
P. A. Danforth of Carthage Georgia suffered a six month running sore on his leg. He states Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in ten days. The salve is promoted for ulcers wounds burns boils and pain and is guaranteed to cure. Available for 25 cents at City Drug.
J. O. Smith, a well known Dillon figure and brother of Governor Smith, will add ex before his title after next Monday as he passes a successful bar examination. The supreme court admitted him and five others on Christmas Eve.
Advertisement notes Krause’s Cold Cure capsules promise speedy relief from stubborn colds. Sold in convenient capsules at City Drug Store for 2 1/2 dollars.
The first ceremonies at Helens on January 7 will be followed by a public reception. About 5 000 invitations were sent, but no invitation is required for attendance as the event is open to all state residents. The auditorium will host the program with band and orchestra music.
Word reached this city announcing the death of Andrew Switzer of Ennis. Switzer was one of Madison County's oldest citizens, having settled there in 1864. He was in his 90s and death was attributed to old age.
Dr J H Hansford warns in the Western Planting that treating the first cough properly can prevent the seed of consumption. The note highlights early lung illness concerns and urges prompt care.
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