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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
1
A Midtown merchant advertises a fresh shipment from a major U S watch factory. He touts American made watches in a range from $2.50 to $40 and urges customers to inspect the second lot now arriving. Fidel Huber, merchant, invites early buyers to choose from many makes and styles.
Regular correspondence from Beaverheard County details deaths, dances, road needs, and local farming notes. Mentions a funeral, postmaster turning to poultry, a new baby, Klondike fever, roadwork needs, cattle sales, and community events in Wisdom Lima Red Rock and surrounding areas.
William Swan strum and Lloyd Frizzle from Blaine visited Birch creek with friends over the weekend. Ernest Maurer of Lower Beaverhead will stay with Mr and Mrs Fred Hopp. Duke Gist of Glendale looked after beef cattle recently. Mrs J W Frizzell is ill. Julius Hartwig and Morgas Klifer visited Dillon on business. J G B.
The article urges thorough cleaning of homes after winter to prevent disease. It warns that rubbish and damp cellars foster typhoid and other illnesses, recommending airing, drying, lime, and fresh air to keep neighborhoods healthy.
Mrs Mary Neagle will sell at public auction on Saturday March 19 1898 all furniture stoves and dishes from her lodging house and hotel business about 30 bedroom suites springs mattresses pillows blankets quilts and bed linen also stoves tables carpets lamps bowls pitchers looking glasses and more All goods clean in good repair viewing times available by appointment Mrs Many Nesave.
The readable fragments imply a cryptic line but lack clear events, names, places, or dates. No definite people or organizations are identifiable from the text to anchor a factual news item.
Weekly tourist trips start February 23 1898 and recur every Wednesday. Burlington runs Portland to St Louis via Salt Lake Denver and Kansas City in improved sleepers with experienced conductors and porters. Special care provided for children traveling unescorted. See agent for details.
The governor of Kerwan province routed insurgents in Persian Beluchistan and expected order to return. Hamadan saw serious riots on February 2 with clashes between rival priest partisans leaving 27 killed. Conflicting reports noted Indian personnel cited with Antelopes and apes in the miscalled text.
Elmer H Page and Phoebe Hammond were joined in holy matrimony at the Baptist church with Rev J C Jordan officiating. A wedding supper followed at the Patterson home. The couple, popular in Dillon, plan to reside there after a honeymoon in Twin Bridges.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a medical discovery that cleanses kidneys liver and bowels and dispels colds headaches fevers and biliousness. It urges readers to buy a box and promises guaranteed cure by druggists with varied carton sizes.
An imitation cure ad promises a guaranteed cure or refund for biliousness constipation and sluggish liver with Candy Cathartio as a tonic. It touts a 10c 50c 250 price scale and offers a free sample and booklet with a big ad notice.
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