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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
2
John W. Van Houten of Billings was fined by Justice Fraser after a jury found him guilty of accepting a $25 bribe from Wilcox of the Budweiser saloon to withhold evidence in a gambling law violation. He plans an appeal to the district court.
An old advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It guarantees no opiates and notes a yellow package from a city drug store.
Former state senator Benjamin D. Phillips has bonded the Ruby Gulch Mining company mines at Zortman to a New York syndicate for 7.5 million dollars. The first million is due in May, with four months to pay the remaining 6.5 million. This marks the largest mining deal in Montana since the Heinze Amalgamated sale and the greatest outside Butte.
W L Rawls of Bells Tennessee says twenty years of nasal catarrh vanished after applying Bucklen's Arnica Salve to the sore surface. He reports swelling and soreness disappeared and never returned. 25c at R L Riley Druggist.
Two Big Blackfoot Milling lumberjacks were attacked by a ferocious wolf Sunday morning near Camp No. 1 close to Potomac on the Blackfoot road toward Missoula. The men defended themselves in a desperate struggle as Ed Olson recounted the incident.
A passerby along the road shot and killed a wolf after an unarmed confrontation. The event ended with the wolf dead and no other injuries reported.
Ancel Brown, son of W. C. Brown of the lower Wisconsin creek area, was accidentally shot while rabbit hunting. A .22 caliber rifle bullet entered his hip and was located by a surgeon and removed near the knee.
J B Waterman of Watertown writes his daughter, once afflicted by epilepsy, has been cured by Dr King s New Life Pills and has had no seizure for over two years. The advertisement touts life giving tonics and cleansers offered by R L Riley s drug store.
Harry Pennawill not be hanged on December 28 as ordered. Attorneys filed a bill of exceptions and notice of appeal to the supreme court, which will act as a stay of execution.
An old warning advises against seeking advice for coughs and colds due to risks with unknown preparations. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a genuine yellow-packaged cure that treats coughs and colds and may prevent pneumonia, urging customers to refuse substitutes at City Drug Store.
Healy, general freight agent for Great Northern in Butte, reports a wire from headquarters saying the snowfall and storms blocking traffic have ended and business will deliver delayed merchandise promptly.
Butte inquest reports miner Anthony Murphy killed instantly at the Bell mine. He was being hoisted from the 1800 foot level when his cage failed and his body was crushed. Details remain unclear as Murphy rode alone near the 1000 foot vicinity.
Eminent writers on Materia Medica praise Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for mucous surface diseases including nasal catarrh throat laryngeal and bronchial affections with lingering coughs. The ad urges cleansing nasal passages with Sage's Catarrh Remedy and promotes the All-Healing Salve for open ulcers, claiming blood purification and numerous cures.
A worker lost balance and fell onto a wet plate, crushed to death. The incident occurred in a manufacturing setting, with investigators examining the cause and safety lapses as colleagues look for answers about the accident.
John B Wellcome of Creoklyn farm received word from Chicago that his blooded Hereford bull March On won second prize in the Hereford class for all ages at the national livestock exposition. The event drew a large number of entries.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut writes that after trying many remedies and doctors for diabetes he improved after Foley's Kidney Cure. He reports full cure after five bottles and passing a life insurance examination. The product claims to cure backache and all kidney and bladder troubles. City Drug Store.
A prominent Great Falls lawyer, T. E. Brady, is indicted for illegally erecting and maintaining obstruction to passage across 31 167 acres of public land in Valley county. Other names are alleged to be indicted but not yet disclosed due to marshal’s delayed returns.
W L Hill rose from 90 to over 180 pounds after using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He credits the remedy with curing a terrible cough and warding off death from consumption after doctors gave up. The druggist R L Riley guarantees the cure with 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles and offers a free trial bottle.
The state publishing board let contracts for the ensuing year. Independent Publishing company wins printing for state officers and reports at about 36000 dollars annually while Record Publishing company secures legislative printing at about 2000 dollars per year.
Minnesota Dairy and Food Commission reports Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar contain opiates and croton oil. They warn against acceptance of any except Foley's Honey and Tar in yellow packaging, noting Foley's contains no opiates and is a safe cough and cold remedy. City Drug Store.
Dave Stewart of this place gains possession of the S P Tin tinger ranch near the city first of next April under terms of eight thousand dollars. The price equals one hundred dollars per acre for twenty cultivated acres. Proximity to town adds special value to the property.
Mrs. Thos. S. Austin of Leavenworth Indiana faced serious female troubles and stomach catarrh. Her husband delayed surgery and tried Electric Bitters instead, which reportedly cured her. The ad claims cures for torpid liver kidney disease biliousness jaundice chills debility nervousness and blood poisoning. 50 cents at R L Riley's drug store. 1-m
Weather notes in Glendive warn of worsening conditions with heavy snow likely to strike the county. Reports from Big Dry and Missouri slope indicate thirty inches of snow on the level.
The Katzenjammer Picnic next Thursday evening headlines a lively musical comedy with dance numbers and a troupe of young performers. The program features Thelma Riley Vespersia Luce Little China Twins and many colorful acts plus a Gypsy John number and a wooden shoe dance.
A Dillon post office notice lists uncalled letters awaiting pickup. Items include Mrs. M Arnold and others such as R. E Camp F W Carl J K Kaiserman Ira C Kennedy Alzora Leaverton Thos Sustin Bepeek Wilson Theodore Williamson Wm Young Grace Lamont and postmaster. Also an ad warns Foley's Honey and Tar in yellow package contains no opiates and urges using only genuine product.
Notice to the people of Dillon that N S Wood is on the streets with a fast delivery wagon for baggage express and light freight to the depot and city areas including the Normal college. He specializes in stove wood and dry kindling deliveries and accepts baggage checks at Ribur Store.
Fragmentary text notes Cleveland in a context involving stockings to hang up and a misspelled place name. The readable portion lacks clear events or identities to establish a full news item or identifiable actions.
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