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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
4
This fragment lists Tribune publication details and advertising rates for church notices dances fairs and socials with admission charges five cents per line. It notes obituaries poetry correspondence and manuscript submissions and identifies P Fisher as the authorized advertising agent in San Francisco. Date shown is July 14 1899.
The War Department advises volunteers in the Philippines will begin returning home by September 9. The Post Office ban on forwarding mail to Manila signals an impending muster out at San Francisco, disappointing many who hoped for local receptions. Cities like Dillon, Butte, Anaconda plan celebrations as the regiment comes home. a public meeting by the mayor is urged to organize a fitting welcome.
The piece argues federal storage reservoirs will reclaim millions of acres in the West, supply water at cost, and prevent private land grabs under Carey act. It condemns state ceded lands, stresses simultaneity of land and water, and ranks the project above projects like the Nicaragu a canal, citing Western development as vital.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Thompson will be at home to friends after July 15 and reside in a cottage on Madison street. James M Page travelled from Glen Dale to view the eagle scream and his survey party will be in Big Hole basin for two months. Twin Bridges hosts an Odd Fellows picnic on July 30 expected to draw 3000 from Butte and 1000 locally. Henry White after forty years patents a dry washer for gold now used in Rochester gulch China diggings.
The document lists lawful money reserves in bank and specie Legal tender notes. It notes a redemption fund with the U S Treasurer at 5 percent of circulation. Totals show $846,714.56 with various line items and decimals.
The New York Star advertises a daily word-building contest using the letters from THE NEW YORK STAR. Webster's Dictionary is the authority. prizes include watches, dinner and tea sets, silverware, and more. Entry requires a 2 cent stamp for a 13 week trial, contest runs June 26 to August 21, 1899.
An old advertisement states deafness cannot be cured by local applications as they cannot reach the ear’s diseased area. It claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube, often due to catarrh, and promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Halls.
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