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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
9
A natural history sketch surveys clever deceit in animals. Deer lure hounds into flocks to lose scent while hares and birds employ distraction and misdirection. Dogs counterfeit mischief, opossums feign death, cuckoos parasitize nests, and spiders craft trapdoors with helper doors. The piece notes escalating craft across species.
William S Bruce, head of the Scotch south polar expedition, has sailed four Arctic ventures since 1896. He served as naturalist on an 1890s Antarctic voyage from Dundee and accompanied the Jackson-Harmsworth and Prince of Munster expeditions to Spitzbergen.
The column lists medical patent medicines from Central Pharmacy with prices, notes a Norwegian fishing fleet pause, and mentions various odd legends. It also notes a harsh Hottentot widow penalty and aging European anecdotes.
Health publicists tout Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for wornout women. The ad cites Mrs. Stephen Smith of St. Paul Minnesota who credits the product with lifting her from near death after influenza and restoring her strength to do her own work.
Travel advertisement highlights the Canyon of the Grand as a winter and summer scenic spot on the Rio Grande Railroad, praising its beauty with a quote from Cy Warman. It advertises cheap tickets and urges writing for rates and folders. The note ends with a civil marriage rule in Ecuador.
Advertisement promises simple income for women using spare time, requiring 25 cents or a money order to receive cloth and full directions prepaid. Located at Roxbury, Massachusetts.
A group of San Francisco business men paid 112 500 in coin and stock on August 30 1901 for a prescription claimed to cure Brights Disease and Diabetes. Investigations began November 15 1900 with tests on over three dozen cases and 87 percent showing improvement.
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