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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
11
Correspondent describes the convening of Sweden’s Riksdag with a graphic account highlighting the ceremonial opening and initial parliamentary proceedings in Stockholm. The piece covers key figures and early debates shaping the new session.
Stockholm dispatch recalls the grand opening of the Swedish riksdag by King Oscar with royal procession, palace band, and court spectators. It notes the ceremonial moves, the queen and princesses, and the formal speeches, followed by a formal exit of officials and members. Also cited are licenses for Stockholm dog ownership and remarks by Swedish officers on neutrality and naval power.
The passage notes that battleships and armored cruisers no longer dominate naval battles and that torpedo boats and destroyers are far more destructive. It emphasizes a strategic move toward smaller, faster striking vessels.
Premier Denitzer outlines measures to guard Copenhagen sea defenses and maintain neutrality. Reserve troops, fortified forts with searchlights, electric cables, mine stations, four torpedo boats, navy upgrades, and redoubts at Saltholm Island are funded at about 50000 dollars plus pay. Additional steps would follow with parliament approval. A St Petersburg correspondent notes Baltic access could be blocked if England enters war, backed by Germany and Sweden, while sixteen Krupp guns arrive for Ofe bund fortifications.
The piece hints at brisk trade when loans resume after current trouble between Japan and Russia. It also markets Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets from Riley's Drug Store and notes changing names of Russian war ships, suggesting fleets shift or vanish.
An eminent city physician notes that thin people lack reserve for emergencies and warns that weight loss signals disease. He promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to restore nutrition, improve digestion, cleanse blood, and raise flesh and strength, citing a century of use and vegetable ingredients from the Buffalo laboratory.
A brief notice touts Tabler's Buckhine Pile Ointment as a cure for piles with relief promised after use. It lists price 50 cents per bottle and 75 cents per tube at Riley's Drug Store. The piece also mentions a real estate dealer planning to sue a bookmaker for 75000 dollars after losses at Saratoga tracks.
A 100,00 cash prize is offered for naming the new Daily Limited train to California to be placed in service November 1, 1902 by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific via the El Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no fees. Address Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago, for circular instructions.
A brief nod to Baltimore’s resilience as it aims for greater growth and prominence, highlighting American grit and determination to prove capabilities to the world.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway known as The St Paul Road pioneered electricity for train lighting in 1888 and set a lasting mark in traveler comfort and luxury with its Pioneer Limited trains.
A Massachusetts minister who officiated at thirty five funerals last year posted a net profit of 2.69 dollars. The remark notes a hope for better luck with weddings.
LaGrange Georgia man P A Danforth suffered a six month running sore on his leg but reports bucklen’s arnica salve healed it in five days. The ad claims the salve is best for ulcers wounds and piles with a cure guaranteed and sold for 25 cents at City Drug Store. The copy also references Korea’s emperor and Solomon’s marrying mania.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as tireless helpers for indigestion constipation sick headach stomach liver and bowel troubles. Easy pleasant safe and sure at 25 cents.
Report notes Japan plans drills using a novel explosive type on Russiana targets. Early details describe the initial payload as reportedly salty in texture, indicating nonstandard composition.
A French dancing master hypnotizes chorus girls to improve their grace. Typically the girls are the ones who undergo the hypnotic sessions.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio writes of pneumonia and a terrible cough then credits Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with saving her child. The ad claims it cures coughs and all lung diseases, guarantees by City Drug Store, 50 cents to 1 dollar, trial bottles free.
An elderly man of 80 has been admitted to the bar and hopes, with fair luck, to slowly build a substantial legal practice over time.
Rioters aside, the ad claims Electric Bitters restore liver and kidney function, cure nervous tension, and revive run down systems. It touts relief from nervousness rheumatism and malaria germs, priced at 600 with city drug store guarantee. Excerpt also notes tall American girls popular in Europe.
A western railroad mandates daily physical exercise for its employees. The policy’s scope, including baggage handlers, is unclear and subject to interpretation.
Advertisement for Dr Gunns Blood and Nerve Tonic touts benefits for women and nervous conditions. It claims rapid flesh gain of 1 to 3 pounds per week with use and recommends one or two tablets per dose. Sold by drugstores at 450 per box or 3 for $2 with mail order from Dr Botanko Co Philadelphia.
A Harrisburg mother gave her two year old daughter Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for night-time wakefulness caused by stomach trouble. After two boxes the child slept through the night and fully recovered. the advertisement notes the remedy is sold by Riley Druggist.
Fragmented OCR text provides a garbled line mentioning an address, likely incomplete. No coherent event or names clearly readable to summarize a factual item.
A diverse set of short notices mentions Jacob Tassinger of New Orleans proprietor of the German Gazette who has died, and Congressman Benjamin P B Birdsall, successor in Iowa’s Third District, noted as a literature student. Other items note A R R Thatcher gifting minerals to Tongaloo University Mississippi, Dr James K E Lough named director of a New York University summer school, General Edward Bragg serving as consul at Hongkong, the late Heber R Bishop's jade manuscripts to be published with 75000 dollars, Senator James K Jones leaving Arkansas, and a Berlin Zossen tram driver C A Mudge of Williamsport Pa.
In San Francisco on August 30 1901 a group of businessmen paid $112500 in coin and stock for a specific treatment claimed to cure Bright's Disease and Diabetes. They began testing November 15 1900 by interviewing cured patients and placing over thirty cases under trial with physician oversight. Eighty seven percent showed improvement, thirteen percent failed, and the sale ended with the committee’s reports published for mail free upon request.
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A long testimonial advertisement praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for curing catarrh liver disease kidney issues and general weakness. Readership letters from Roy Reed Lydia James and others claim complete recoveries and improved health with multiple bottle use and accompanying All Healing Salve. The piece asserts the remedy purifies blood and builds constitution without alcohol opiates or narcotics.
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