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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
2
An advertisement urges parents to nourish children with Scott's Emulsion rather than ordinary foods alone. It claims the product provides life sustaining nourishment, improves appetite and flesh, strengthens muscles and brains, and helps winter health while warning against alcoholic substitutes.
A May 20 update from Reichle lists Carl Sassman visiting from Dillon, Joseph Herzog visiting his father in Reichle, Mrs. F E Dodds and Miss Louise Dodds from Dillon, and many locals hosting or traveling to nearby towns. Fishermen from Butte stopped at the Reichle hotel, and Earl Holder returned from St James hospital after a successful operation. Pearl E Joy plans a dance at Reichle hall next Saturday.
A Ohio woman Jennie Flemming says Dr King's New Discovery cured her three year cough and urges readers to buy a 50 cent bottle. The ad promises to stop coughing and throat or lung trouble with relief or money back and notes prices of fifty cents to one dollar. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for pimples.
J W Sutherland traveled from Dillon to assist with Morse operations. Oneal and Son bought the Harry Rutledge sawmill and set it in fir timber. Frank P Birrer and associates work at the brickyard and prepare the $10,000 brick schoolhouse for fall occupancy. Charley Lawrence notes engineers staking for a new railroad project, seen as a likely success.
The Wisdom Public School announces a field day on Saturday afternoon May 23 starting at 2:30. A full program of events is planned with generous prizes donated by local businessmen for each winning participant. Forest Ranger Clack and E. N. Jones were noted on business trips to Dillon and Butte respectively. George Ditty of Dillon visited the valley this week to view Ruby ranch horses.
Reports from Butte to Big Timber describe suffrage demonstrations in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia St. Louis and Kansas City. Jeannette Rankin and Jane Thompson visit Montana towns Lewistown Bozeman Ismay Ismay Hardin and Big Timber host meetings as local clubs form leaders are elected and rail lines offer cut rates to the June federation events.
Event details describe a historical pageant in Montana featuring period costumes and weapons, with a gold seeker, stage coach, and prospector among the acts. The cow days will play a key role and Charlie Russell is to appear as a principal character in the featured parade.
An advertisement by Potts the druggist promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming they relieve irregular and painful bladder distress through strengthened kidneys. The copy promises quick relief, a tonic restorative effect, and stresses safety with no harmful drugs.
Twenty one car load of hay fed steers from the Big Hole basin Montana arrived in Chicago after a five day drive from Red Rock to the railroad. The shipment averaged losses of about sixty pounds per head but fetched prices from $7.80 to $8.15 per 100 pounds with weights averaging 1049 to 1304 pounds. This marks the first direct shipment from Big Hole cattle to Chicago, enabling local feeders to compete among buyers Walters and Dunbar.
Mrs A L Luckie of East Rochester New York suffered sick headache and despondency from a weakened stomach. After taking Chamberlains Tablets she found them pleasant mild and effective and was restored to her former health within a few weeks. Sold by all dealers. adv. Im.
P. W. Fann died at his home south of town on Wednesday morning in his 95th year. He crossed the plains to California on foot in 1848, rode the frontiers of Tennessee and the West, and settled east of Hamilton on Gird's creek in 1866. He married in 1884, was known as a Democrat and a longtime Hamilton resident who enjoyed talking with old-timers and politics. Funeral was held Friday afternoon at his home conducted by Rev. J. C. Irwin.
The undersigned will close their stores all day Tuesday May 12 Arbor Day and Saturday May 30 Decoration Day. OLMSTED-STEVENSON CO Dillon Cash Grocery Co Graeter Grocery Co Forsgren-Thomas Co Montana Mercantile Co 1922
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