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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
3
Dillon area social life shines with visits from Lima and Willis residents, millinery shopping at Mrs Hart, and club meetings including Needle and Browning. Local professionals advertise services from osteopathy to medicine, while bids Called for a Bannack Wisdom telephone line project with postal deadlines and technical specs.
An old circus prank report claims Barnum’s monkeys thrived after frequent doses of Scott's Emulsion. The piece notes decreased deaths from consumption and implies humans might benefit similarly. It is a promotional piece for Scott & Bowne, urging readers to request a free sample.
About twenty members from Butte and Lima lodges visited Occident Lodge No. 8 in Dillon on a Saturday evening. The event featured degree conferrals on Dillon members, a royal banquet, social speeches, and lively entertainment led by Dillon brothers. The visitors traveled by train, received hospitality Sunday tours, and returned home after trains.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Beat entertained Monday evening for the birthday of Mr. Best and their marriage anniversary. Ten place settings featured water colored cards tied with baby ribbon. Guests included Prof. and Mrs. E. J. Pasmore, Prof. and Mrs. J. E. Monroe, Prof. and Mrs. H. Tyree, and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Paul.
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier for weakness nervousness and poor appetite after grip. It claims they strengthen nerves and restore health and spirits and offers purchase at City Drug Store with a 50 cent price and satisfaction guarantee.
A. J. Noyes reports from Jackson that the Dillon and Basin Telephone company held a meeting with J. E. Morse George Woodworth Duke Gist and A. J. Noyes present. Officers elected were President George Woodworth Vice President B O Fournier and Secretary Treasurer George W Dart. Poles bids were not accepted and the board will seek bids to build the line from Bannack to Wisdom with final action on the first Friday in March.
An ad touts the Silver Seal Electric Insole as a method to keep feet warm and improve circulation, claiming it prevents diseases like rheumatism and back pain. It notes strong current fits any shoe, endorsed by doctors, with over two million pairs sold, priced 50 cents postpaid from Medco Spec. and Mfg. Co. Also mentions Ballard's Horehound Syrup at Williams' Drug Store for colds.
Dr Gwynne preached in Anaconda with Rev H F Cope of the Baptist church filling the Presbyterian pulpit in the morning. Both congregations attended in force and heard a fiery sermon. An invitation to both groups to attend the Baptist church in the evening was accepted by many, yielding another fine discourse.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio claims Pneumonia left her three week old boy a skeleton until Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption cured him. The ad touts universal cure for coughs colds and lung diseases and offers trial bottles free. Also promotes a Shire stallion Beorr Drexze Bedrock Montana a Berkshire Mills paper and Tribune Store items including bands linens and paper products.
The region lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. at M E Church with 12 p.m. class, junior league at 8 p.m., epworth league 7 p.m., and evening service at 8 p.m. Prayer meets Wednesday 8 p.m. St James Church schedules Holy Communion 11 a.m. first Sunday and morning prayers at 9 45 a.m. Other congregations include First Baptist at Idaho Sebree with 11 a.m. worship and Bible school at noon and 8 p.m. preaching. Presbyterian hours show 11 a.m. and 7 15 p.m. for Q E with Rev F H Gwynnz.
The Salvation Army conducts public services every weeknight except Tuesday and Sunday at 8 p m. Everyone is invited to come and join, with the message to “do thee good.”
Twenty five pure bred registered Hereford bulls, nine to thirteen months old. First class breeding, dark cherry red, curly coated, short legged and thick fleshed. Will sell at very low prices. Write for prices or inspect the herd. Joan B. Wellcome, Creeklyn Stock Farm, Whitehall, Mont.
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