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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
7
A well known authority on rheumatism describes a simple harmless prescription in a large New York daily. The directions promise an easy preparation that readers can make at home.
A local advertisement touts a vegetable extract compound named Pund Extract Daridelion and Sarsaparilla as a rheumatism remedy. It claims all ingredients are inexpensive, harmless, and obtainable at prescription pharmacies or mixed by local druggists on request, with relief improving after days of regular use.
Anaconda reports W. J. Ritz and Frank Bechtel have acquired the Dillon Beaverhead brewery. Ritz plans to ship Washoe Brewery machinery to Dillon to restart operations. The plant aims to brew after March and put beer on the market by May 1, signaling a new competitive effort in Montana.
Washington Moscow based State University of Idaho enters cooperative agreement with United States Forest Service to conduct annual tests on commercial timbers. Testing will follow government methods and include yearly inspections by a Forest Service engineer to report progress and determine best uses for Idaho timbers.
Dr. P. P. Clayton of the University of Tennessee spoke to a largely female audience on March 4 about southern education. He noted that every southern state has doubled its school funding in ten years, with new school buildings replacing court houses, signaling a rise from poverty to strength.
Washington reports the president denied pardons for five labor union members named Lenihan Plunkett Shannon Cutts and Edwards. They were convicted months ago for violating a federal injunction prohibiting interference with the Rocky Mountain Telephone company at Butte Montana. Sentences ranged from three to four months in prison with some fines. The president offered no comment on the denial.
The document details ward based fire alarm signals with taps and pauses. It lists First ward general alarm pause one tap, Second ward general alarm pause two taps, Third ward general alarm pause three taps, fire out one tap, department meetings three taps pause three times, and practice calls four taps pause four times for training.
The page blends small ad items for DeWitts pills and related patent medicines sold by Potts the Druggist with three dramatic fire and burglary reports. A New York City Railway car barns blaze destroys about 400 cars and causes over a million dollars in losses. A St Cloud bank vault is blown for 3000 dollars. A Pittsburgh fire leaves one woman and three children dead as a husband is missing and homes burned.
Burglars broke into a Bakersfield post office last night and stole $6,750 in stamps of all kinds. No clues were left behind, and investigators have few leads to pursue.
New York City owes 102,884,326 in overdue taxes, per a statement from City Comptroller Metz. The release outlines the amount due across various tax categories and signals ongoing collection efforts by the municipal finance office.
The House approved a bill extending the deadline for homestead entrymen to establish residence on lands within Yellowstone county Montana until May 15. The measure affects lands in the Huntley irrigation project and reflects ongoing settlement activity in the region.
Trettiori New Jersey February 28 F C Smith of Portland Oregon tonight broke the world record in the 60 yard hurdle race clocking 7.45 seconds. He beat Northridge’s 7.50 seconds set in New York on February 9 1907.
Charles M. Schwab arrived on the Mauretania from Liverpool after a 6000 mile voyage for a brief business interview. He spoke optimistically about the financial outlook upon arrival in New York.
An assortment of short notices includes Foley's Urino Laxative offer with a positive money back guarantee from City Drug Store Gillette Wyoming March 6. A town well near here hits a sandstone layer at thirty feet hindering drilling. In Washington a statistician says the Senate has 32 millionaires and the House 14. Pat Garrett, famed outlaw killer of Billy the Kid, was shot and killed near Las Cruces New Mexico by J Wayne Brazel in a ranch lease dispute.
Senator Carter introduces measures to place army surgeons with thirty years of service on the retired list at the rank of captain and to retire William H. Crook as a major.
Thirty Days trial offer claims Pineules relieve back ache lame back weak back and rheumatic pains. Advertises kidneys bladder and blood benefits with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Mentions sale location Jefferson City Missouri. Notes supreme court ruling that a last legislature liquor ban near a state university in Missouri is unconstitutional and applied only to the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Russell Page, civil war veteran decorated for Fort Donelson valor, was found dead at home in Cleveland. His wife, aged and unable to work, searched for food as Page, bedbound from war wounds, refused aid. In Teheran, a bomb killed at least three near the shah’s parade.
Customers unhappy with Schilling's Best coffee can return it to the grocer for a refund. the grocer is responsible for refunds. The note contrasts general coffee brands with Schilling's Best and who bears the cost.
Soldiers killed and 21 people injured including several spectators in a shooting as the assassin escapes.
Frankfort Kentucky February 28 The long drawn out contest for the United States senatorship ended at 2 10 this afternoon with a Republican victory by W O Bradley defeating Democrat ex Gov J W C Beckham by a 64 to 63 vote.
Mr. John Riha of Vining Indiana reports selling DeWitt s Kidney and Bladder Pills for a year with better satisfaction than any pill. He used them himself with fine results and they are sold by Potts the Druggist. A Los Angeles report notes a company plans to manufacture eggs locally, investing 35000 in machinery to offer substitutes priced to push real eggs down.
In Washington on February 28 three arrests disclosed a patent office conspiracy case. Ned W. Barton Henry W. Liverding and John A. Weany are indicted for defrauding the government and destroying public records related to a $500000 invention.
An article notes Manzan Pile Remedy sold by Potts Drug Store in a collapsible tube with a nozzle promising healing, reduced inflammation, and relief from soreness and itching. Also promoting Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a gentle, child friendly remedy for coughs colds croup and bronchial troubles.
In St Petersburg on Sunday dawn, seven men condemned for plotting against Grand Duke Nicholas and Minister Chtcheg lovitoff were executed at Lissyness. Included was Calvino the supposed Italian holder of a forged passport. Three women aged 18 and 19 were among the condemned.
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