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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1902
Page
2
A promotional piece extols Ivory Soap as the cheapest and safest soap for household use. It claims genius lies in superior perception of cleanliness and urges careful washing of embroidery laces and delicate fabrics with Ivory Soap.
J M Gragg returns to Dillon from Colombia recounting rich placer mines and opportunities for rubber chocolate coffee and banana production. He cites low local wages and harsh governance but predicts American capital will pour in after stability. plans a new Boston party to explore quartz lead and possible gold and silver ventures in the Darien region.
In Beaverhead County notes Julius Rounds argues the water cure in the army scandal should have used booze to extract truth, a view mocked as out of place for a harness maker. G. B. Featherly reports on crops rains and plans for a county fair under the Farmers and Stock GrowersAssociation. A dormitory joke closes the column with a quip from a newsboy.
Mr Gragg expects to begin again in late July or early August urging sober young men with business integrity to enter rubber chocolate coffee or banana industries in the country.
P X Sullivan of Polica Stone faced grand larceny charges after returning from Butte. arraigned before Judge Hirschman and pleaded not guilty. bond set at 500. bail not posted. Accused by Mrs Christensen of stealing a watch ring and jewelry. Sullivan known as Smith among laborers on the High school building. He also worked lodging houses and claimed to be a prize fighter. In Great Falls, teamsters threaten a strike over nine hour work day unless demands met.
An advertisement for Acker's English Remedy invites testimonials and a free illustrated book on Consumption. It lists bottle prices of 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. W. H. Hobker & Co. Proprietors, Buffalo, NY.
Kinney quota team en route to Birch Creek with giant powder for a saw mill road project. A derailment on Montana street when a freight engine struck the team sent them into mud and down Center street. The buggy broke but the powder did not explode.
A fragment from the Chicago Post notes a dialogue where onlookers discuss if a couple will marry soon. The exchange suggests public curiosity about the partners' intentions and social consequences.
A fragment shows Mrs Muggins and Mrs Buggins in a witty exchange about knowing a husband before or after marriage. Willie the Wag taunts with a quick punch line directing readers to Scribner's.
The text discusses writing to the pope in Latin addressed to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII and notes using two envelopes to help mail reach the Vatican. It mentions a minor official risking excommunication if opened, and a later joke about tying two and two with two brothers marrying two sisters.
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