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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
7
The County Examining Board announces eighth grade tests. Examinations occur in Wisdom on May 14 15 and in Lima and Dillon on June 4 and 5. All examinees must report at a designated location on the appointed dates. Alice Herr chairs the board.
Reno reports Gov John Sparks died at 8:30 this morning at his Alamo farm home from Brights disease. The notice follows other early 20th century items from Arlington mills to Tokyo exposition bills and an airship accident in Oakland with injuries to 16 crew.
Report notes a trial model nearly 400 feet long with a plan for a 1200 foot ship carrying 500 passengers. Separately, night riders in Ripley Ohio destroyed tobacco sheds after a confrontation with Walter Hook. Other dispatches warn of a Congo tornado sinking Ville de Bruges with many dead and Uganda famine causing 40,000 deaths while government aids 50,000 natives.
The report covers several items: a burn remedy ad from Potts Drug Store and a San Francisco trolley collision that killed a traveling salesman Henry Baer and injured twenty others. Also noted are forestry plans in Pennsylvania, a murder verdict in Kansas City, a push for pine planting in multiple states, and political mentions of Bryan and labor leader John Mitchell.
Boston May 28 directors of Calumet and Hecla Mining company announce a quarterly dividend of five dollars a share the same as three months ago. A year earlier the dividend stood at twenty dollars quarterly. Hammondsport N Y May 25 J A McCurdy piloted Baldwin air ship White Wing on its fifth flight covering 183 yards in 103 and a half seconds at 135 miles an hour with a peak height near twenty feet.
Fort Worth reports a catastrophic flood with seven dead five thousand homeless and many killed in Fort Worth and North Fort Worth as Trinity River level tops historical records. Paris is tightening controls as gambling clubs are raided under Prime Minister Cremerceau.
An ad promotes Manzan Pile Remedy priced at 50c and ready to use with one application offering relief and healing for piles. Marti Paris notes Dr. Fernet's claim that 33 percent of Paris deaths under medical surveillance are due to alcohol misuse.
Representatives of southwestern coal operators and miners in Kansas City sign a two year working scale. The pact will return about 35 000 coal miners in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas to work. The same terms as last year are expected.
Advertisement notes bulk coffee pricing with refund offer. Customer may get money back if not worth packing. Mentions Ske Schilling's Best as the brand or seller and a guarantee policy on unsold bulk coffee.
Captain Paul C. Hutton assistant surgeon United States Army has arrived in Seattle from Fort William H Seward with a detachment of the Tenth Infantry.
An advertisement touts Beees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs and bronchial troubles including croup and whooping cough. It claims the product is pleasant for children and acts as a gentle laxative to expel phlegm from the system. In Mexico City a judge orders the court to bring Martin Jacoby, a millionaire and head of Jacoby mercantile house, to trial for misappropriation estimated between two and five million dollars.
It urges prompt use of Foley’s Kidney Remedy at the first signs of kidney or bladder trouble to correct irregularities and strengthen the organs, advertised by the Im City Drug Store.
Paris dispatch notes the American entry remains in the lead after two days of muddy roads near Nikolsk, Vladivostok region. The German rival sometimes lags in the mire as crews struggle to extricate their cars.
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