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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
4
A Dillon Montana column notes varied items: General Otis returning home, debate over Campbell and Clark in Montana politics, bubonic plague toll in Honolulu, and local blizzard mildness. Commentaries poke at Kentucky Montana ties and critique past Montana silver oratory figures like Hartman Whitesides and Connelly’s senate witness remarks.
A 100 reward claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, building up constitution and aiding nature. Proponents offer $100 for any case it fails to cure and urge readers to send for testimonials and address.
A Bangor Whig item recalls a quiet, prosperous man dining with another well dressed guest. A sudden remark about bread and sugar sparks laughter as both recount childhood meals and a pledge to share a sugar rite in memory of simpler days.
A New Orleans resident returning from a trip abroad describes how a Paris bank handles drafts. He witnessed a London style process where a person with a £100 English draft presented it in a large Paris bank, waited briefly, and left with banknotes after a brisk, no questions exchange. The teller cited no losses yet admitted the method risks.
The women of Shetland learn knitting in childhood and continue throughout life. Wool is grown, spun, and carded locally with primitive tools. Elaborate shawls take months or years to complete and can fetch up to 150 dollars, while most pieces are affordable and sold by the knitters. Shawl washing uses soap lather and a large wooden frame to prevent shrinking.
Why should Hartford be the center of insurance rather than New York. Why should Boston be the copper center though none is near. Why are most shoes made in Lynn while better sand exists elsewhere. Might Pittsburg lead in glass as it sits in ore and coal country. Providence is a major jewelry city.
A brief exchange centers on a bride's pearls described as splendid yet fake in a gossiping note. The dialogue speculates about tears implied by superstition, then clarifies the pearls are imitation. The remark hints at social commentary on appearances and marriage.
Conversation fragments reveal a dramatic exchange about marriage and trust between Kate, Carrie, and a man named Mr Tyler. The dialogue hints at deception before marriage and questions afterward, in a Boston Tran script style.
Bozeman Agricultural College reports 210 students enrolled. Fort Benton robs described as cold and successful with $200 in silver taken from a saloon. Northern Pacific Express office in Bozeman posts $13,500 annual business, up nearly $1,090. Ack of murder trial acquits W. R. Conn in Helmville case. John Ford killed near Kalispell while thawing dynamite. Madison County men may sail to Caps Nome this season. several have booked steamship passages. Wm McGrew dies from self-inflicted gunshot near Havre. Wolf bounty rises as county stockmen offer $20 plus state and pelts. Chateau County sheep quarantined. scab a serious risk. winter dipping advised but dangerous. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for colds and grippe. sells by Williams Drug Store. State lands deeds granted for indemnity fund to schools. 62,659 acres in several counties. January state finances show $706,219.53 in funds. $30,405.57 income. $118,907.56 outlay. school funds grow. List of Montana men killed in the Philippines arrives in San Francisco. Lewiston laundry owner Austed commits suicide. inquest cites mental illness. Liver Eating Johnson, famed Montana scout, dies at 75 in Santa Monica. born in New Jersey, part of 1862 era campaigns.
J E Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts a near death from typhoid fever and pneumonia. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with rapid relief after one bottle and full recovery. The remedy is advertised as a sure quick cure for throat and lung troubles, with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Leslie's Weekly notes odd government outlays beyond war and pensions. It cites the International Bureau for the Repression of the African Slave Trade in Brussels with 100 dollars yearly and other bodies abroad receiving funds, plus domestic items like the Washington Monument at 11,520 dollars yearly and artificial limbs for soldiers at 547,000 dollars annually.
Mr Curtis recalls a Kansas campaign tale where a father tells his six year old twins that voting for the gold standard would elect McKinley. The girls then mail their birth gift gold dollars in envelopes addressed to Mr McKinley and drop them in the mailbox, claiming their votes.
Mr C D Glass of Bartlett and Dennis Co Gardiner Mo testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured his severe cold and chest soreness after trying many medicines. He says it is the best cough medicine and now recommends it to friends. For sale by Williams drug store.
The Dillon Montana Tribune promotes its broad regional circulation across southwestern Montana and eastern Idaho. It emphasizes strong advertiser value with low rates and wide readership in a leading local paper.
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