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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
6
A sacred opera retelling the Esther Bible story features Esther Mordecai and Haman. Sixty voices in oriental robes enact the tale of peril and rescue with music and choral numbers. Performances are scheduled for June 3 and 4 at the Dillon theatre.
Normal executive board opened five bids for the dormitory project. A W Price of Butte submitted the low bid of 12558.00 and was awarded the contract pending funding. Checks were returned for all other bidders. In a separate meeting Miss Lucy H Carnon of Urbana Illinois was offered the English Latin professorship at 1300 per year for one year.
A Savanna Ohio undertaker Brundage showcases a transformed room with calcimined ceiling walls papered and linoleum floor. Mail Officer Burnett Mann recalls kidney trouble and credits Electric Bitters with a full recovery. Also advertised are new song copies and popular tunes by Horwitz Walker Von Tilzer Jerome Schwartz and others sold by Tribune Publishing Co.
Everett Conway killed C. W. Garrison and wife in Evansville Indiana then fatally wounded Patrolman Benjamin Wallis before killing himself. He had been feuding with the Garrison family and seized the chance to ambush them at the stable before setting fire to the property and turning a gun on the officer.
Philadelphia May 20 The Presbyterian Church will take up the long debated revision of the creed at the general assembly on Thursday. The hearing and report on credal revisions from the St Louis committee becomes a special order and remains under consideration until disposed of. The commissioners face uncertain action as six to seven factions contend for differing instructions to the proposed new committee.
In Youngstown Ohio on May 20 two workers are dead and three fatally injured after a Bessemer converter cover detached letting 13 tons of molten metal flow over the mill at National Steel company. The dead include two unknown Hungarians and the injured include Thomas Maxwell and John Sole. One body was burned to a cinder and another was nearly destroyed by fire. The crash is blamed on crystallized bolts in the plate.
Omaha May 16 Deputy Sheriff Hubbard of Hart County Kentucky identified William B Aiken as the man charged with the murder of Mrs Siss Shipp and her 12 year old grandson near Munfordville in October 1899. He seeks requisition papers to bring Aiken to Munfordville jail. Tecumseh Neb May 20 Dennis McLaughlin died after gunshot wounds from John Kavanaugh near Smartville. Kavanaugh remains jailed.
The joint committee of the house of kings and house of warriors of the Creek council at Okmulgee Station recommended ratification of the Creek treaty by 12 to 5. They opposed only the Seminole allotment clause, which should be eliminated. Ratification now practically certain.
In the presence of his 6 year old son, Frank Greipel was shot by his brother in law Henry Mingers. Three shots were fired, two near the heart and one in the left temple. Greipel died instantly. Mingers, former resident, had quarreled with the Greipels and left.
The Self-Denial Effort runs May 26 to June 1 to fund Salvation Army work. Originating 13 years ago for the International HQ in London, it has raised substantial sums, with Great Britain totaling about 1.5 million and this territory contributing 250 168.31 to date. The effort asks participants to forgo personal indulgences during the week, benefiting both devotees and the broader world while expanding army services worldwide.
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure as a disease-specific treatment for alcoholism. It claims home use without publicity, guarantees cure, and offers the remedy for one dollar with full directions and physician advice, sent worldwide from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia.
Howells Miners Code just issued provides full guidance on locating recording quartz and placer claims mill sites tunnels and more in Montana and Idaho It covers co ownership mining corporations miners liens patent procedures and cites US Montana Idaho mining laws Price fifty cents For sale by Triune Pusurserna Co Dillon Mont tf
All persons owing Gooch and Coon are requested to call and settle their accounts within ten days without further notice. W. S. Barzour, attorney for Gooch and Coon, signs the notice.
Edwin Kirk of Jackson Montana married Sarah Evans of England at the M. E. parsonage at 8 PM on the 17th. Rev. R P Smith officiated. The couple remained in town until Monday before returning to Jackson to establish their home.
Wyandotte Michigan resident T J Weatherwax credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his father and sister from consumption after pneumonia and a stubborn cough. He reports recovery after months of use and weight gain. Trial bottle offered free and guaranteed bottles priced at 50c and 1.00 at City Drug store.
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