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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
3
George Fisher, long a Cooke City district prospector who sold his claims for 17000 dollars, shot himself in his cabin. He lay across a table where 500 dollars in paper money rested with a contract for sale. A note expressed weariness of life and a will left all goods to a friend who allegedly envied the sale.
In Butte on July 4 a man hoisted a red flag in place of the U S flag. Sheriff demanded removal. Mrs Porter refused and slapped him when he tore the flag down. Neighbors cheered as the flag was removed and the officer dismissed the woman amid crowd cheers.
The court holds that railway telegraph lines used solely for railroad purposes fall under county assessment, not the state board. Granite county had taxed Northern Pacific telegraph lines in its area. the decision reverses the lower court and dismisses the case.
Five hundred men from Rocky Mountain states must enlist for the Fort Douglas training camp by July 15 or the project may be abandoned. Captain W. B. Wallace says a special campaign is underway with leniency for those affected by national guard mustering. Over half of the needed enlistments are secured, mainly in Utah, with plans to recruit business and professional men across Colorado Utah Idaho and Montana.
Inmates at the county jail stage a hoax by spreading word of a fake smallpox outbreak causing a trial halt and jail quarantine. A suspicious bottle with an acid agent was found on Sunday, capable of producing sores like smallpox, prompting fears prisoners planned removal to the pest house and possible escape.
A cloudburst near Winifred northwest of Lewistown washed a tent sheltering Mrs. Charles Stone and her two children. They were swept away by flood debris and drowned, per the report.
Plattsburg Mississippi resident Mrs Laura Beall reports chronic left side pain since April believed to be Bright's disease. After taking Foley Kidney Pills she feels well, noting relief from backache rheumatism and aches. Bladder troubles also corrected by this remedy.
Episcopal bishop L R Brewer of Montana marked fifty years since his ordination. Born in 1839 in Berkshire Vermont he studied at Hobard College and the Episcopal theological seminary in New York. He served in New York parishes before being named missionary bishop for Montana in 1881 and head of Montana church affairs since 1904.
The National Wool Growers' Association led by President F. J. Hagenbarth has appropriated $10,000 to the American Red Cross in case of hostilities with Mexico. The telegram offered blankets for hospital use up to the appropriation.
An old advertisement urges parents to treat pale irritable children with Kickapoo Worm Killer lozenges. The ad claims the remedy expels worms immediately and costs 25 cents at druggists.
Hay fever and asthma sufferers find relief with Foley's Honey and Tar. It relieves inflammation clears air passages eases coughing and soothes irritated throats. No opiates and a bottle lasts long. Potts the druggist advertises this wholesome family remedy.
June records show patents granted for more than thirteen thousand four hundred forty acres in Stillwater county. Home steaders report unprecedented speed as Washington issues patents in a short span, per county tabulations.
Men and women with failing or overworked kidneys are told Foley Kidney Pills provide prompt action and quick relief for rheumatism sore muscles aching joints backache internal pains and sleep disturbing bladder troubles. Potts the druggist Adv Inn.
The boys at the Montana state industrial school in Miles City picked 564 quarts of large red strawberries in one day. The berries come from a plot cultivated by the institution and plans are to repeat the harvest soon.
Helena report: The Montana Supreme Court ruled that physicians are responsible for patient welfare even if a colleague errs. The Stokes versus Long case from Lewistown ended with a $5,500 judgment after a California call-in failed to set a leg correctly, leaving it two inches short.
Mrs. Wm. Leonard of Pottsville Pa. reports her baby’s bad cough improved after the first dose of Foley's Honey and Tar, a safe family cough medicine with no opiates.
Fred A. Woehner a prominent wholesale druggist and Dr James B Reynolds a young physician were arrested Monday on a federal indictment charging them as dope peddlers. Bail was set at 1000 dollars each after investigations by Dr C A Haskell of the treasury department.
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin reports Foley Kidney Pills cured a severe backache lasting months. The ad states kidney trouble can cause backache and urges Foley Kidney Pills for weak backs and sleepless nights. Potts the druggist runs the advertisement.
Last week a cyclone struck Campbell's Carnival in Wibaux releasing wild animals. Cowboys lassoed ostriches while a search for a mountain lion ended with the animal asleep in a wagon. Loretta, the armless performer, was badly injured and her daughter faces possible death. J M Bassett of Eldorado Kansas died instantly. Several others were badly hurt as town property suffered extensive damage.
An advertisement touts Citrolax as the best remedy for constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels. It claims to stop a sick headache almost at once and provide a thorough flushing with no pain or nausea, keeping the system cleansed and wholesome. Potts the druggist.
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