Outdoor Fun Ad Line Pushes Self Reliance
A vintage advertising pitch urges readers to bring and buy their own camping gear including knives axes and waterproof matches. It promotes independence and owning equipment for a “bully fine” time outdoors.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
11
A vintage advertising pitch urges readers to bring and buy their own camping gear including knives axes and waterproof matches. It promotes independence and owning equipment for a “bully fine” time outdoors.
East of Town July 7 Miss Ethel Brown visits Dillon as guest of Miss Mabel Friend. Families of Bert Browning Dave Hogge Burns Perry Millard Holman Mynor Holden and Olla Eldridge picnic in Van Camp canyon on Fourth. Oliver Kurtz travels to Butte to join son returning from Murray's hospital. Mrs N E Holden loses gold watch on Fourth. Susie Cox of Missoula spends summer with sister Mrs J P Watters. Dr Bond removes steel from S R Eldridge eye. no serious issues expected. Kidney Pills advertised by Foley.
For summer diarrhoea in children always give Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil and a speedy cure is certain. For sale by all dealers. l-m
Rangers in national forests will receive portable telephones with flexible wire to reach isolated areas. The system aims to speed rescue calls and help prevent repeats of last Augusts northwest fires. Extra ranger crews will deploy lines as they move, with metal boxes holding firefighting tools and food along trial routes.
Advertisement for Chamberlains Liniment urging quiet rest and liberal use to eliminate soreness and restore health. Sold by all dealers. 1-m
Dr James Choate of Los Angeles replies to a cable urgent call from Mildred Browning who fell ill in Rome. He plans a 7500 mile journey via New York London Paris Milan to reach Rome within fifteen days. Browning's family are longtime patients and she recently finished Marlborough School.
Races at the Fourth of July event produced multiple winners across disciplines. Foots Race winners were Toots Smith with Rosenau and Tiin close behind. Potatoes race saw Kohl take first, Powers second, Burrell third. Three legged race topped by Metlen Smith with Dodds Arusia second. Sack race won by Cashmore, followed by Warner Metlen and Ed McMillan. 100 yard dash for under 17 won by Anderson, with Shannon second and Warner Metlen third. Free for all 100 yard dash saw Cole win, Galusha second, Stephenson third. Barrel race led by Warner Metlen, with Eddie McMillan second and Fred Metlen third. Pony races and other events completed with Ardor and multiple local youths competing. Baseball relay won by Eliel Bros. team. Buick 40 clocked 5 miles in 6:54 by Sheppard.
Spokane man F O Berg plans a rare cross country circuit starting in Spokane in June. He will travel along the Washington border to British Columbia then coast to San Diego, north to New York, and return via the northern boundary to Spokane. The family will camp as needed and avoid rushing for records.
Philippine imports of cotton goods rose from 4 902 854 dollars in 1904 to 6 944 978 in 1909 and 3 522 807 in 1910. The bulk of the increase in 1910 relative to 1909 came from American makes about 1 000 000 dollars, while the Bitten share did not grow.
A critique lauds a poem about aviation by a minor poet, praising its imagination and literary craft. The excerpt from George Sterling's House of Orchids depicts a solitary figure above the sky surveying realms of eagle and falcon, sea fog and storm.
A Pennsylvania farmer’s tame bear Tom breaks his chain at night and fights a wild bear over a stolen sheep. Tom pins the intruder, authorities report, and the farmer uses an ax to end the struggle and protect the flock.
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