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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1929
Page
6
A social gathering last evening at the Best residence featured games and instrumental music by Mrs Best. The item notes community fund needs for cemetery grounds and mentions a planned telephone line project from Dillon to Bannack via Argenta starting around March 1.
In February 1899 Tribune notes the Horse Prairie Gold Dredging company ordering a Bucyrus dredge for 36500 dollars. C H Padley sold 75 head of steers to Matthews at 55 dollars each. Spring arrival hints appear as pussy willows bloom, streams swell, and local Indians are seen. A Big Hole ranchman bought a new fur overcoat in Dillon.
In a small town a poker game ended with a change of ownership as a key property shifted hands. No injuries or arrests reported and participants remain unnamed.
Will Lovell traveled to Twin Bridges in a car bought from R I Riley. On return the machine stalled. The mechanic diagnosed a missing gas tank fueling a complex sounding failure involving the dooflicker and fandangle and other odd parts. Matt Barry has shown contracts from trips to several cities. A baseball team may form this summer. Muddy streets keep most motor cars indoors with few sightings.
From the title books James L. Cochranes transfers to Belle Henderson include 245 lots in block 9 of the Poindexter Orr addition to Dillon Montana.
New York night club dancer Constance King dozed off during a heavy date with former Crown Prince Ernest of Saxony and woke to find the prince had left. The incident plays on the Sleeping Beauty motif with a modern twist.
A report notes tennis player May Suzanne, Rainobe star, and Edwin M M Baldwin of a wealthy California family, as figures connected to a pending match or arrangement. No decisive outcome is stated.
A vintage advertises California Fig Syrup as a safe remedy for feverish, bilious, or constipated children. It touts a pleasant taste, no narcotics, and gentle laxative action. Parents are urged to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with printed dosing directions on the bottle to avoid imitations.
The text argues that the moon lacks an atmosphere because during solar eclipses the moon appears perfectly dark and sharp, with no Sun refraction, and stars occulted by the moon vanish abruptly rather than gradually dimming. Additional indications are mentioned.
An imprisoned architect supervises the construction of a stucco and wood circular birdhouse for 100 imprisoned birds at Sing Sing. The birds, many singers and handsome, include several parrots and belong to the Institution. the structure will be nearly forty feet in diameter with provisions for bluebirds.
A father presents his son with an unbreakable drum as a Christmas gift. The item astonishes observers and prompts questions about practicality and durability in family gifting.
Thousands of mothers rely on Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to ease children's coughs wheezy colds and night choking coughs. It quickly cuts choking phlegm clears the throat and helps a child breathe and sleep quietly. Sold by Geo. M. Gosman successor to Potts.
Montana legislators push bills to place irrigation under the state engineer and link public libraries under a state library commission. Other measures cover road repairs, gasoline tax refunds, a bank depositor guarantee, barber licensing, income and license taxes, and a county license for drivers with a 50 cent license fee.
A long mixed column discusses Senator Borah and American shipbuilding, Einstein’s gravity and electromagnetism link, Woolworths advertising plans, and Mrs. Pankhurst’s wartime suffrage legacy, with notes on fur farming, public policy, and media strategy.
George T Banks administrator of the Chris Luck estate in Beaverhead County Montana informs creditors and all claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months of the first publication. Claims must be shown at The Waldorf Company Dillon Montana the business place for the estate. First published February 1 1929. Adv 5-8.
The undersigned Nick Salvo will on March 11 1929 apply to the County Treasurer of Beaverhead County Montana for a tax deed to the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 15 Township 5S Range 9W containing 40 acres. The amount due is 15.14 with interest and costs. Wales dated January 26 1929. Adg. 5-8.
The obituary notes Mr Goodban of London known for lateness. In a prankish will he instructed the undertaker to delay the body ten minutes for the funeral. The undertakers followed the instruction after his death.
The fragment presents a mailed exchange about shifting focus from old statements to new, startling claims to distract attention from past remarks. No definite event, person, or organization is identifiable in readable text.
The basis of treating sickness has not changed since 1875 when Dr Caldwell left Medical College. His Syrup Pepsin, a gentle laxative blend of senna and herbs with pepsin, remains a safe remedy for constipation biliousness headaches indigestion and related Indispositions. A bottle lasts months and is available at drug stores or by writing for a free trial bottle to Pepsin Dept BB Monticello Illinois.
In the District Court of Beaverhead County Montana the estate of Zetta Landon Carter deceased appoints Charles J. Kelly as executor. Creditors and all claimants must exhibit their claims with vouchers within ten months after first publication at the law office of J E Kelly Dillon Montana. Dated January 28 1929 Dillon Montana.
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