Hears from Dan Smith at Deer Lodge Prison
Tom Gilbert received a letter from Dan Smith who is serving a two year term for first degree assault in Wisdom and now at Deer Lodge. Smith hopes to earn time and possibly a commutation.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
8
Tom Gilbert received a letter from Dan Smith who is serving a two year term for first degree assault in Wisdom and now at Deer Lodge. Smith hopes to earn time and possibly a commutation.
Chief of Police Sassman took John Simmons into custody last Friday night after he acted strangely for hours. Patrons at the Centennial restaurant alerted officers. Simmons was held in the county jail until Monday and later regained his senses. Authorities believe cold and hunger triggered temporary insanity.
Matt Barry state agent for the Cadillac and Roy Murray Montana Auto Supply manager returned from a Lima trip last Tuesday night. Leo Truax bought a Ford from Mr Murray while they were in Lima. Murray says the Dillon Lima road is in splendid shape.
Local corporations received forms to fill out and send to the internal revenue office the first of the week. A full statement on the corporation's condition must be sent to the revenue collector's Salt Lake City office.
Little Emerson Breda marked his third birthday with a red heart themed party yesterday afternoon. The gathering included playmates Dorothy and Evelyn Evans Donald Julson Earl Hedden Lenore and Milton Johnson Robert Finch Ruth and Donald Berry Jane Boone Ethel and Ralph Spencer Grace and Ella Hallstrom and Virginia Breda.
A Nessmity Georgia customer praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as safe for babies and effective for adults. The druggist Potts urges refusing substitutes and assures satisfaction based on family use and store sales.
County Attorney Shea and Sheriff Neville spent hours in Dillon examining a Mann Act case. The Rice brothers of Butte are jailed in Deer Lodge for living with common prostitutes. The women involved are said to be former residents of the city’s restricted district.
This notice advises taking three Chamberlains Tablets at the first signs of bilious attacks to ward off the illness. It claims appetite loss and dullness precede attacks and promotes the product as available from all dealers.
Sunday morning at dotclock the pastor will preach and a union meeting will host Miss Eda Rowan the general secretary of the Woman’s Temperance Union as speaker the public invited Also an advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Tablets as the best laxative for constipation sold by all dealers with a customer endorsement from Frank Strouse of Plu itland Iowa.
The public library issued 1600 books in January, the largest month in history. Over 15 evenings, 124 books were distributed per evening to readers organized by the librarian and assistants.
The new public school will open next Monday February 16. Pupils over six may commence then and beginners report to Miss Innes's room. No classes were held yesterday or today in honor of Lincoln's birthday.
For sale by E. W. Soar of Dillon Montana Rocky Mountain Balm is praised for colds throat and catarrh by several Dillon residents Demonstrators wanted H E Andrus visits Dillon Carl Syria returns to Melrose Fred Waldorf transacts Lima business Charles Niblack returns from the east James McKnight and Harvey McKnight arrive from Dell
Dillon social roundup records numerous visits and suspensions of travel from Butte to Lima and Hailey Idaho. Frequent names include Ellen Lovell Kemp Moore Gosman Loughridge Wakefield Metcalf Blair and Reed among others with busines trips, hospital and real estate activity, and travel to Florida Redlands and Idaho towns.
Advertisement for Mi-O-Na tablets praised to relieve indigestion and dyspepsia with quick, lasting relief. Sold by Potts druggist for fifty cents per box. Claims include stomach comfort, toned digestion, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A Dillon citizentestifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved weeks of dullness and low energy. The ad claims the remedy has helped for kidney troubles for 50 years and sells for 30 cents at dealers. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as the manufacturer in the advertisement.
Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish VI faced consumption after pneumonia and praises Dr King’s New Discovery as the best medicine for coughs colds and lung trouble. The ad notes relief after a first dose and lists price and distributors in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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