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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
4
A blend of old frontier booster prose extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for lung and cough ailments, alongside a political update detailing Montana legislative maneuvers, filibusters, and bills passed or killed amid tense sessions and a Grant-Newlylisted local note.
Mail items report a boy treated in Butte after an incident, with ongoing county medical visits. Dr Jones, fumigation of the school and a private home followed. Mr Scarborough returned as chief dispatcher and Mr Northlake moved to Pocatello. Mrs Williams learns of her father’s Kansas City death and travels to attend the funeral. The railroad brought an ice shipment and stored it locally.
Deut Feb 26 report of George Hunt and Maude Crowns marrying Feb 20 by H J Just of Lima. Notes a successful ball with a late supper and mentions visitors Dowling Ball Robbins Dillon and others. Also mentions robins in Utah and beets in harvest talk.
Twin Bridges reports the new city council met at Mayor M H Lott's residence and appointed L A Thompson to fill the third ward vacancy. The Imperial Stock company performed to large audiences at the opera house. Ex Gov Spriggs and mining engineer L Elves were in town on mining business. Various residents and visitors, including Lynn Comfort, Dr Johnson, Miss Elia Virden, Miss Helen J Dullea, Miss Alice Mahoney, and Miss Marie Lott, are mentioned with social and professional notes.
Special correspondence reports widespread sickness in the Birch Creek region with many neighbors affected by the grip. Hood, Hood’s replacement Mc Manamy, and others from Dillon to Browne’s gulch are noted as ill or recovering. Local business and travel continue as residents ponder Ash Wednesday reflection on humility and generosity.
A Texan visiting Mexico City during the Spanish American War fell afoul of local authorities. After efforts by American, British, and other officials, and a key question about his nationality, the British minister intervened leading to the Texan's release from jail.
An anecdote recalls a band near the pyramids when a tune now known as We World Go Home Till Morning caused wild joy among Bedouins. They embraced and danced, saying they heard their favorite long cherished tune, carried from Africa to Europe in the eleventh century and enduring for centuries.
The passage states happiness grows in any soil and under any conditions. It arises from within, not from possession, and reflects a peaceful heart. True happiness comes from living with high ideals and personal growth rather than external gains.
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