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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
2
An advertisement argues that scented bath products inflate prices and encourages buyers to select pure Ivory Soap for cleansing. It urges consumers to buy perfume separately and notes Ivory Soap as a strictly pure product with premium presentation and wrapper.
A columns piece from Dillon Montana reflecting on Mary MacLane, the Devil, and social life. It jokes about insanity trials in Great Falls, the Mary MacLane drink, and the town’s shift from all night saloons to calmer days. It notes the poetic scenery around the Normal College and a hit letter from a Dillon lover.
Townspeople urge Dillon to build a regulation size bowling alley with a shooting gallery to provide year round recreation for both women and men. Estimating cost at not over 1500 dollars, supporters say such a venue would attract steady business if conducted properly after completion.
A six year old boy named Jimmie Doyle was put off a train near Melrose and taken to the police. He told officers he lived in Butte and wished to visit Dillon because he heard it was pretty with grass and trees. He wore a jacket and stayed hidden under seats until found.
A spoof advertisement attributed to Elko Nevada claims a dentist will travel within a 1000 mile radius to extract molars and incisers for a fee. The garbled pitch boasts brutal methods, miseries, and includes a claim of authorship of a poem titled The Devil and the Bike by J. O. Leonard.
J B Duke president of the American Tobacco Co visited his father in Durham North Carolina and after a Sunday morning shave by barber John Myrick, a St Josephs Methodist Church member, learned the church owed 3000 dollars. Duke offered a check to cover the debt. Myrick called it the largest price ever received for a single shave.
An eye specialist reports cases where whole families suffered vision defects after eating rabbit pie and tainted foods. Stale sausages sour cream and tainted fish linked to progressive sight weakening. Quinine cited as harming the optic nerve, sometimes causing partial or full blindness.
Helena reports two major state land sales this week, one Monday in Billings and another Wednesday at Big Timber. Also notes city officials and a political slate for Helena with mayor and aldermen positions. Latative Bromo Quinine Tablets advertised as a cold remedy with a no cure no pay promise.
Professional cards list Dr E McStay, dentist, with office over City Moat Market in Dillon Montana.
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