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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
6
A 1909 study guide poses discussion prompts on Paul’s shipwreck in Acts 27 28 and related verses. It asks about divine promises storm hardship and moral choices with questions on courage faith and rescue in biblical context.
The W C T U column notes The National Forum in Butte criticizing liquor laws and reporting March of temperance legislation across Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Idaho. It highlights local option efforts, revenue concerns, and personal liberty arguments amid a wave of prohibition sentiment.
The article argues liberty vs license and analyzes tax data from Texas counties. It compares prohibition and anti prohibition regions, listing tax rates, crime, jail status, bank deposits, and economic indicators across Armstrong Brown Lamar Harris counties and others, noting lower taxes and improved finances in prohibition areas.
An English writer recounts a tale of an Indian faker with a tame monkey. The monkey, craving the roasted chicken, feigns death to trap a crow and plunders the meal. It hides the evidence under the crust and awaits the faker’s return.
A Dillon, Montana citizen, QO. P. Wilhoit, credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing kidney trouble and lameness after winter jarring while driving the stage. He bought them at Riley's Drug Store and says the cure followed proper use. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A British Parliament session story recalls a bill to prohibit cruelty to wild animals in captivity. The Earl of Kimberley quips that worms used as fishing bait could be considered animals in captivity, provoking laughter and neutralizing opposition, aiding the bill’s passage.
The article describes sun cooking using mirrors and reflectors to heat food without coal or gas. First sun cook traced to Baron Tcherhausen in 1687, with notable figures Herschel and Buffon linked. California tests show boiling water in twenty minutes and roasting meat in two hours, though meat can taste odd unless a yellow glass plate is inserted.
A commercial traveler recounts a tale of a mule stealing flowers from a cemetery. After being beaten by the mule’s owner, a woman buys the animal and it rewards her by nightly visiting the cemetery to lay fresh flowers on her doorstep, prompting doubt about animal intelligence.
The passage notes that college students, regardless of gender, are precise about social correspondence stationery. It states ordinary writing paper fails their standards and that students favor a higher quality paper, specifically the kind produced by a well known maker.
Local shop promotes Eaton Crane and Pike stationery with high quality beautiful finish and correct style. Available in all sizes and shapes with a variety of kinds to suit buyers.
Notice of intention to make final five year proof on a homestead in Montana. Claimant names witnesses Charles B. Orr Ernest Orr William B. Orr and Erastus B. Sprinkle all of Dillon. Hearing before A S Johnson US Commissioner Dillon Montana on November 27 1909. Registered by Frans D Mreacte, Register.
Department of the Interior notice states Joseph Ellis of Polaris Montana filed for Final Proof to establish a Desert Land claim on SW34 Section 13 Township 75 Range 18 W Montana Meridian. Hearing before A S Johnson in Dillon Montana on November 26 1909 with witnesses George M Tash Edward Lloyd John Lenkersdorfer and Robert N Gray.
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