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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
7
A young ventriloquist visits his widowed mother and, after teaching a parrot to talk through ventriloquism, deceives her about the bird. On return to surprise her, he discovers the parrot had died and been stuffed to resume the cage. The tale ends with the mother’s shocked realization.
Anglin plans to propose to Gerla Tremaine at a skating party while Beresford wrestles with his own hopes. At Pilgrim’s Pond the masked ice crowds watch as Anglin mistakes Gerla for Geraldine in a costume swap. He finally learns the true pairings when Gerla and Geraldine appear.
The account from the Westminster Review recalls William Pitt, enjoying country life away from power, hosting a prank with burnt cork and schoolyard antics. Lords Thurlesbury and Castlereagh arrive, bowing as Pitt reappears in regal majesty and dismisses them with distant hauteur.
The Bombay Gazette reports a plague of monkeys at a Saran railway station in northwest India. Monkeys raided grain from wagons stored under tarpaulins until guards used sweets to lure them. An engine then attached to the wagons moved off, startling the colony. The monkeys fled into the jungle and did not return.
Billy Westbrook, sought by Fergus County authorities for horse stealing, was identified by Dillon police and sheriff’s deputies. After arrest in Dillon, Westbrook was transported to Lewistown where Under Sheriff Morgan confirmed the capture and commended Dillon officers for the swift work. Westbrook is described as tall with facial scars and considered a dangerous individual.
The late Peleg W Chandler was a leading war time speaker despite being hard of hearing. An interrupter shouted You go yourself and Chandler replied mild yet pointed if my ears were as good as yours I shouldn t be here tonight.
The piece reflects on the modern play shedding dialogue and natural talk. It notes a shift toward assemblance and purposeful speech, with soliloquies avoided. The excerpt endorses Ira and references new postal cards at the Tribune Book Store.
Sheriff Gosman and Deputy Gruwell arrested four women at Armstead for selling intoxicating liquors at a red light house. In Dillon the County Attorney Melton filed charges of selling or giving away liquors within five miles of a railroad camp. The defendants Jennie Mary Lucile and Margaret Doe pled not guilty before Justice Hirschman and posted bond. preliminary hearings set for the next morning.
A Dillon citizen describes relief from kidney trouble after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. O P Wilhoit of 23 Idaho St Dillon says winter stage jarring caused back soreness and kidney symptoms, treated with Doan’s from Riley’s Drug Store, with complete improvement. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan’s.
G A R convention set for Salt Lake City from August 9 to 14 with excursions offered via Oregon Short Line from Montana points leaving August 7 and returning August 28. Agents are asked for rates and further particulars.
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