Dillon Notes of Social and Business Visits
In Butte on business last Friday was G. T. Pan. Miss Lettice Squire assists Dr. Rathbone. Mrs. J. W. Morton hosts Priscilla club. Miss Isabelle Rife tours Dell Monday. St James Guild meets with Mrs. Paxton. Clark Anderson returns to Dillon from the East. The Needle club entertained by Mrs. J. E. Morse. J. N. Armstrong of the Big Hole Breezes visits Dillon. Miss Lucy Ford ill with mumps in Lima. Joseph Smith II of Virginia City in Dillon. George Conway attends basketball in Butte. Dr. Willard Osteopath office on Bannack. Thomas Haw, sheepman, visits Sheridan. Prof. F. L. Lewis tours Butter copper mines. Mrs. Maggie Morse and family to return from southern California. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup advertised. Jack Rogers ill with tonsillitis. G. M. Snow visits from Nampa. Rube Tritt sprains back. Landers family from Argenta. Palatable tonics and tonics advertised. Bale ointment and Snow Liniment advertised. Dr. Maurice A. Walker now in Dillon. George Woodworth to Bedrock with cattle. various local notices and ads throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lettice Squire
R. R. Rathbone
J. W. Morton
Priscilla Club
Isabelle Rife
Dell
J. N. Armstrong
Big Hole Breezes
Wiedow
Dillon
Lucy Ford
Lima
Joseph Smith II
Madisonian
Virginia City
George Conway
Butte
F. L. Albritton
Bannack Street
Price's
Oalla
Tom Landers
Argenta
Ballard
Williams
J. G. Willis
Willis
Maurice A. Walker
Stamm
George Woodworth
Bedrock
Omaha
Oscar McVey
Harry Zorn
Joe Woodworth
Big Hole
Williams’ Drug Store
Scott's Emulsion promises repair for the body
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for worn bodies from worry and disease. It claims the product strengthens bones and blood, with patches that don’t show, and offers a free sample and bottles sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Militia to Drill and Muster in at Dart Hall
Those chosen for the state militia company will hold a first drill at the Dart hall next week. The hall is leased for a year as drill room and armory, with measurements under way and uniforms to be ordered. Muster officer to muster on April 2. Petitioners for a Dillon National Guard company include J. T. Young, B. F. Holcomb, F. A. Johnson, Camas Nelson, Will. W. Simpson, F. L. Lewis, W. T. Soulley, A. A. Gruwell, E. Gruwell, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company of State Militia
Dart Hall
Governor Toole
National Guard
Dillon
J.T. Young
B. F. Holcomb
F. A. Johnson
Camas Nelson
Will. W. Simpson
F. L. Lewis
W. T. Soulley
A. A. Gruwell
E. Gruwell
C. Bennington
F. Upton
J. Taylor
George Wade
Bert Isham
Z. H. Maddox
V. Stolle
F.sharkey
E. Bateman
W. T. Graeter
T. Graeter
T. J. Sweeney
F. Rabashaw
RB. C. Hood
E. Bryan
George Black
E. H. Wade
Fred Qonger
A. R. Jacobs
W. J. Cushing
C. B. Barr
F. F. Price
Guy Finale
D. T. Hood
Bert Johnson
Floyd Best
Fred Dart
Wason Oliver
W. Scott
J. W. Taylor
W. Mauer
James
New Discovery for Consumption Cures Breathing Ailments
If members of the Hay Fever Association would use Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption the club would go to pieces for it always cures this malady and Asthma the kind that baffles the doctors it wholly drives from the system Thousands of once hopeless suffers from Gonsumption Pneumonia Bronchitis owe their lives and health to it It conquers Grip saves little one from Croup and Whooping Cough and is positively guaranteed for all Throat and Lung trouble 500 1 00 Trial bottles free at City Drug Store.
Cattle and meat shipments and horse export notes
The item lists multiple consignments to various firms: James Dodd sends one car of cattle to Silver Bow Meat Co. in Butte. George J. Staudaker ships eight cattle cars to Monida for feeding. B. F. White sends one ore car to American Smelting and Refining Co. in Helena. Lee Lewis one car of sheep to Lutte Butchering Co. in Butte. Dillon Implement Co, Montana Mercantile Co., and John W. Morton each send one car of baled hay to Butte. Dillon Implement Co. ships one car of oats to Salt Lake, with Montana Mercantile Co. also sending oats to Ogden. Phil Thorpe and Hawley Selway head east with four carloads of mutton sheep to Omaha or Chicago. Charles A. Smith ships three carloads of Beaverhead horses to Assinbrook, heavy stock loaded at 86 feet per car, averaging 1500 pounds each, price $90-$125 per head. The National Hen Incubator ads promote plans and agent inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dodd
Silver Bow, Meat Co
Butte
George J. Staudaker
Monida
B. F. White
American Smelting and Refining Co
Helena
Lee Lewis
Lutte Butchering Co
Dillon Implement Co
Montana Mercantile Co
John W. Morton
Salt Lake
Ogden
Phil Thorpe
Hawley Selway
Omaha
Chicago
Charles A. Smith
Assinbrook
N. C
Beaverhead
T. M. Selway
Frank Landon
Dick Reynolda Hinch
Peeper Visits Dillon Neighborhood in Odd Intrusion
A stranger seen prowling Dillon’s residence area Thursday night slipped away when spotted by a church choir group. He then knocked at Mrs. Waldorf’s home seeking a nonresident named Fred Graham, who was later found to be unrelated. Fred Waldorf caught the late train to Butte, while the intruder purportedly followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
John Waldorf
Fred Graham
DeWitts Little Early Risers Advertised Remedy
An advertisement claims DeWitts Little Early Risers cleanse the liver and bowels easing biliousness and constipation. Testimonial from C E Hooper Albany Ga says the pills helped with biliousness and improved his health without griping or distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
C.E. Hooper
Albany, Ga
Bate
L. J. Williams
Electric Show At Opera House Ends Week
The Blackburn Electric Appliance Co. show closed a week at the Dillon opera house. The promoter convinced many locals that health was at risk from climate and alkali water and offered pricey copper belt devices and questionable tonics. He swindled several hundred dollars from residents, diverting funds from local doctors and pharmacists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn Electric Appliance Co
Opera House
Dillon
Splendid Dr King New Life Pills Ad Claims Potent Cure
An early 20th century advertisement extols Dr King s New Life Pills as a grand remedy for liver and bowel troubles curing constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion. It promotes 25c availability at City Drug Store and cites a personal guarantee on shoe purchases from Orry Sho Store. It also quotes Col John Cockerell on Salt Lake City as one of three unique American cities and advertises west to east rail routes via Salt Lake City with through sleeping and dining cars and stopover privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cockerell
Cosmopolitan Magazine
America
Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Te
Salt Lake
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Omabs
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
W. O. McBride
E. Broadway
Butte
Geo
W. Heints
Balt Lake City
Pruning as salvation surgical plea from a patient
Paul Blouet known as Max O'Rell recounts his appendicitis operation at a French hospital in New York. He describes the procedure as safe with minimal pain and notes the sterilization and antiseptic practices that protect patients. He urges readers to choose surgery when ailments threaten life and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Blouet
Max O’rell
New York Journal
Lke
Mark Twain Adds Two New Maxims in Harper’s Magazine
Harper's Literary Gossip reports two new maxims by Mark Twain appear in the February Harper's Magazine novelette A Double Barreled Detective Story. The sayings urge caution in public scrutiny and restraint before ladies. The London Academy endorses a Mark Twain Own Book of Maxims for practical conduct guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Harper's
Harper’s Magazine
London Academy
San Francisco Sale Sets Record for Brights Disease Treatment
A group of businessmen paid 112500 in coin and stock on August 30 1901 for a treatment claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. They began serious testing November 15 1900 interviewing cured patients and over 30 cases were observed with 87 of them well or improving and 13 percent failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bright
Joan J. Fouron Company
Montgomery St
Cal
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G. T. Pan
The
St. James Guild
Yesterney
Mre
James Paxton
Kate Paxton
Clark Anderson
Needle Club
J. E. Morse
Beavers Head County
Thos
Haw
Sheridan
Willard, Osteopath
Thompson
Maggie Morse
Nellie
Stella Morse
Alma Thorpe
California
Tabler
Jack Rogers
H. 8. Pilon
G. M. Snow
Nampa
Idaho
O. M. Stolle
Rube Tritt
Drayman
Charles
Mwhite
South Washington Street
Landon’s Corner
Moree Street
Twin Bridges
Montana
Chamberlain
Henry T. Crook
Asheville
Gazette
Medicine Lodge Creek
Tor
Bowne
Dart
Joan H. Brunpase
Gen’lAgt
F. H. Oaks
Jamestown
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Peeper
Dillon People
Orry Sxot
Bright’s
McMillan Fur & Wool Co
KE. W. Grove
Brats Bank Bumpina
R. W. ¥. Kingsbury
Minnie Smith
South Washington St
D. James L. Jones
Bannack and
Washington Streets
Dillon, Mont
JNO
Dillon National Bank
W. Robison
Cushing & Bons
Graxnat Law
Edf Vennis
Attorney-At-Law
Piilon Public Library
St. James Parish House
E. H. Sherman
Lakeview
Mont
Chas, Dunham
Henry's Lake
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