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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
3
An editorial argues that bright uniform lighting improves city beauty safety and commerce. It praises modern incandescent and arc lamps for efficiency, recommends engineered layouts to avoid dark spots, and notes the shift from old horse car style lighting to electric systems and ornamental district lighting.
The piece notes ornate electric lights on iron poles or arches, with colored lamps enhancing urban illumination and advertising value. Store window lighting is crucial for attracting customers, aided by automatic switches. It contrasts practical signals and quirky anecdotes from New York about breath control and love letters, ending with astronomers' views on comets and a playful vacuum joke.
An essay argues that the negative holds greater moral force than the positive, as saying no demands more character and discernment. It compares wise choice, companionship, and deliberate restraint, concluding that mastering the don't is essential to strong character and enduring success.
A humorous collage notes fashion trends from harem and trouser skirts amid puns and social quirks. It mentions radium uses, a milk theft from an orphanage, a Connecticut unusual report, and a woman finding 3000 dollars in a dead husband’s pocket. It also comments on schooling and a Nova Scotia driving rule.
A child recounts a chain of smiling faces from pap and mam to Mary Ann, a hired man, office workers, a clerk, wife, child, teacher, and James McBride. Each smile travels through daily life, ending with a mother passing the same smile to the child at bedtime in a homey vignette credited to the National Electrical Contractor.
Captain Rhys Pryce, former general of the liberation army in Lower California, is in San Francisco seeking any job offering excitement and sufficient pay. He says the Los Angeles junta refused to supply food clothing and ammunition, prompting his resignation.
Friday morning in Ardenwald Portland police found Mr. and Mrs. William Hill and their two children murdered by blunt force. Mrs Hill and her 6 year old daughter showed signs of assault. Authorities link the killings to a prior assault and strangulation of Barbara Holtzman in a local rooming house.
A vintage health ad urges women to maintain a clean stomach by using Mi-O-Na tablets after meals. It promises rapid relief from gas belching indigestion and related ailments, claiming renewed digestion and energy, with a money back guarantee.
A 100 reward offer for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cunnnry Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsements by Waldind Kinnan and Marvin Wholesale Druggists attest to Fry Chenny's integrity. Cure advertised as internal with 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 1-m
Four railroad presidents, two interstate commerce commissioners, former cabinet officers, bankers, manufacturers, professors, lawyers and labor leaders will meet in New York on June 25 to frame a model law for uniform state public utilities legislation. The commission will be the National committee on regulation of railroads and public utilities announced by Seth Low of the Civic Federation.
Albert A. Borosky of Boston died in Everett Washington after traveling to claim his bride three days before the wedding. Ptomaine poisoning from canned salmon struck the household but all others recovered. Borosky was to marry Dr L B Molin's daughter.
Omaha police officer Harry L. Woodridge shot and killed Henry Metz a Burlington switchman while attempting to arrest an old man. A 1,000 strong crowd threatened to lynch the officer, but rapid police arrival prevented violence to the patrolman.
A brief local ad promotes remaining wallpaper scraps at discounted rates from Hughes and McCaleb, inviting customers to choose remaining stock at accessible prices. The note suggests a bargain-focused sale on home decor supplies.
Carl Mast, who recently bought N S Wood’s delivery and kindling wood business, will continue delivering baggage and parcels across the city with promptness and care, and will stock store wood for sale and coal orders. Orders may be left at the Tribune Store and the wagon flagged promptly.
Loretta Colom of Boston married Chief Wolf Wanna a full blood Navajo. Wanna, Carlisle graduate, has spent five years employed by the government as a lecturer on Indian life in war and peace.
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