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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
2
The store announces a large sales event for white undermuslins with extensive displays and wide varieties. Emphasis on luxury looks, modest prices, and high workmanship aims to attract shoppers next week. The promotion stresses choice materials and exclusive styles to satisfy women and save money.
In a local sale a batch of muslin drawers with five and a half inch flounces and a hematitched edge are priced as a standout bargain. Normally worth 25 cents to 50 dollars, these now list for 5 cents to 1 dollar and 50 cents in the sale.
Flooding along the Mississippi drives a three quarter mile crevasse at Trice's Landing Arkansas after the St Francis levee breach. Three other Arkansas points near Memphis threaten, with hundreds sheltering as water rises. North and South Memphis inundated, streetcars and rail lines under water as rescue efforts strain resources.
Former Minneapolis mayor Adelbert A. Ames left Boston for the western states to face bribery indictments. Accompanied by his wife and Sheriffs Dreger of Minneapolis and Doane of Manchester, NH, a crowd at South Station heard his vow to prove his innocence and to get well.
Natchez Miss March 17 The fifteen foot embankment of the Texas and Pacific railroad at Bongere thirty miles below Vidalia gave way and a two mile gap was cut by the river in hours. The break extended to lower Bongere and waters flooded Bougere swamp. Ends of the break will be sacked to prevent further caving with the railroad the greatest sufferer to date.
Indianapolis March 17 Dr J C Alexander of the Central Medical College was arrested on a new grand jury indictment accusing him of stealing the body of Rose Neichinger. He was later released on $1000 bail.
Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio river and the Wabash river both falling slowly. Louisville boats are back on schedule, but residents flooded in the river bottoms face weeks before they can return home.
Washington reports on March 17 indicate Justice Day of the supreme court is improving at the bedside. The latest bulletin notes a more satisfactory change in condition.
Adolph Krauss a German farmer near Belle Fontaine Missouri killed his wife and six children with a sledge hammer and then slashed his own throat. Neighbors described him as quiet and industrious and insanity was suspected as the motive. John Krauss, his brother, found the scene at about 7 pm after lights were out. The seven bodies were laid in one room before authorities arrived.
Tucson reports Mexican bandits raided a Potam to Torin stage on the Yaqui river in Sonora on March 14. All six passengers and the driver were killed and robbed. among the dead was Filiberto Alverado a wealthy Yaqui river ranch owner. The attackers left the scene after firing into the coach and are presumed to have fled.
A marriage lasted only two months. Alongside the groom, Senorita Julia Berdo and Senorita C. H. Gonzales, both from prominent families in the country, were murdered.
In Loestan's cafe two masked robbers opened fire killing Dr. J. F. Turner and wounding C. B. Bishop. Turner, 30, had moved from Iowa two years ago. Bishop remains critical at the hospital as authorities seek suspects.
Latrobe Pennsylvania March 16 A foothills mining town dispute over beer led to a free for all with revolvers knives and miners picks. Two men were killed and several others wounded as bodies were dragged into the woods after a chaotic payday melee. An Italian survivor sought police protection reporting the brutal assault and the beer dispute as the trigger.
March 13 report from Assessor Bullard of McMeekin details a violent clash between rival turpentine camps near Orange Springs. A dispute among workers led to a large fight that left eight men dead and many wounded.
In Indianapolis on March 16 Judge Anderson held Louisville attorneys David A. Sachs and W. W. Watte guilty of contempt for defying court orders.
The Caribbean squadron under Admiral Coghlan is ordered to Honduras to protect American interests amid a growing revolution. Ships Olympia Panther Marietta Vixen and the collier Brutus will proceed to Puerto Cortez and Ceiba with Vixen to San Juan as commandant. The move aims to project authority locally without constant department reference.
Government forces from Margarita island attacked revolutionists at Carupano during a blockade. After three hours of fighting they reentered the town, recaptured guns and Mausers, and took sixty three prisoners, thirty nine wounded.
Serious rioting in Coimbra Portugal over tax refusals leads to clashes with police. The toll includes three deaths and many injured as the military is deployed to restore order. Authorities report widespread unrest across Portugal and neighboring Madrid as the crisis escalates.
Pittsburg March 16 Recorder J O Brown of this city who tendered his resignation to Governor Pennypacker on Friday last died suddenly at his home here. The immediate cause was nervous collapse believed to be induced by the unusually perturbed condition of county politics.
Miss Julia Toombes was shot and killed by William Stevens Morse a rejected lover. Morse has spent three months in an insane asylum and faced court actions to prevent a federal receiver from taking possession of Myrier & Co. of New Albany. Attorneys were sentenced to sixty days in jail.
An advertisement claims beauty stems from health and promotes Wine of Cardus as a tonic that purports to strengthen female organs. It asserts pure blood yields rosy cheeks and cheerful temper, urging women to try the product for noticeable changes within a month.
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 Company via the El Paso Short Line. Open to the public with no fees. Requests for circulars of instructions should be sent to Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago.
A vintage advertisement exclaims distress from indigestion with questions about appetite heartburn and vomiting. It offers a trial of Pepsikola Tablets and a book Advice To Dyspeptics, priced 25 cents, via mail or druggists. Agents are sought for The Laxakola Company at 45 Vesey Street New York.
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