Booth Reward Division for Lincoln Assassination Slayers
A Dillon column reviews the contract rewards for Booth and Herold capture. It notes Congress altered the generals' division plan awarding Conger 15000 dollars and Doherty 5260 with others, ending in fractional cents per soldier and a curious split among the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth and Herald
Washington Star
Secretary of War
Adjt
Townsend
Holt
Jefferson Davis
E. J. Conger
Booth
Herold
Lieut. Doherty
Conger
Ser
Boston Corbett
Corbett
Gens
Holtis
Congress
Doherty
Roalswick Loses Libel Suit Against Tribune
The jury ruled in favor of The Tribune in the case of Lewis Roalswick v The Tribune. Roalswick sought $30,000 for alleged damage to his reputation from libelous statements published by the Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Fallsa
Lewis Roalswick
The
Tribune
Roalswick
Bozeman Trader Drives Eight Thousand Lambs to City
John Robison of Bozeman bought eight thousand head of lambs from Frank Landon Jones and Davidson E. O. Selway and H. A. Kennison, paying two dollars per head. Five men led the drive. Robison covers losses. A cutback of four to eight percent applied to the bunch. He aims to buy more lambs before leaving the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robison
Bozeman
Frank Landon
Jones & Davidson
E. O. Selway
H. A. Kennison
Robison
Aerial Dinner By Santos-Dumont Reported In Paris
Mrs. Minnie Methot of New York arrived on the Philadelphia after Cherbourg and recalled a dinner hosted by M. Santos-Dumont in a banquet hall designed as an aerial scene. Guests dined seven feet above floor on elevated chairs while a Santos-Dumont VII model hung from the ceiling. The airship circled over diners as they watched a billiard contest in a higher room. Methot quotes the inventor as saying he now prefers aerial dining to ordinary meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Methot
New York City
Philadelphia
Cherbourg
Paris
M. Santos-Dumont
C. K. G. Billings
Sherry’s
New York Herald
America’s industrial lid off sparks labor talk in Commons
John Burns cites American example to praise pro worker laws while a British MP who opposes unions recalls Pittsburg workers with no gray hair or smiles. Electric lights for Notre Dame in Paris to illuminate the cathedral interiors without harming ornamentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
London
John Burns
New York World
America
Pittsburg
Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
Philadelphia
Christian Science Reading Room opens Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
Reading Room in the Dillon Bank Building invites the public to visit from 2 to 4 o clock on those afternoons. A Tribune Store advertises a line of photograph albums for kodak pictures and a fresh lot of printing papers for photographers at Triponz store. Swift & Co. Neatsfoot oil is recommended for harness care with Hughes & McCaleb's selling items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Dillon Bank
Kodak Pictures
Tribune
Swift & Co
Hughes & McCaleb
Solio
Triponz
Specimens Sought for Mineral Exhibit at St Louis Fair
Montana exhibitors urged to bring mineral samples to First National Bank Dillon for care and shipment to Butte for forwarding with other Montana entries. Each item should be clearly labeled with mine name owner and ore type for easy identification. Commissioner B F Wars notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Dillon
Butte
Montana
Ora
B. F. Wars
Grant’s Grandson Ulysses S Grant II Joins Engineering Corps
Ulysses S Grant II recently graduated from West Point ranking third in a class of ninety four. At age twenty one he joins the engineering corps and surpasses both his grandfather and father in class standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Ulysses S. Grant II
West Point
Engineering Corps
Young Grant
U. S. Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Comets and women likened in old time peroration
A late 19th or early 20th century reflection in the Golden Penny compares comets and women through a long rhetorical analogy. It touts beauty mystery and public fascination while noting both are inscrutable and worthy of admiration and affection.
Menelek counsels missionary in Abyssinia over Jews
A Swedish missionary arrives in Abyssinia to preach to Jews. King Menelek questions the scope of his mission and orders him to travel beyond the frontier until he has converted all Jews and heathens between his homeland and Abyssinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menelek
Abyssinia
Scandinavia
Dillon Montana Uncalled Letters List 1908
Dillon Mont September 24 1908 list of letters remaining uncalled for at the post office up to date. Names include Fred Adler Harry Allen Henry Armstrong Frank Aldridge Ed Barber Wm Bailey James Beery AJ Brace John Carlson Robi Chase T A Clarke Andrew W Dougherty Chas Easley Jno Engelke Francis Fordyce C D Gardiner Julia Hannen Niele Marins Harne ED Haynes H M Harris Ada Hardy CF Hall Lester Jenkine Abe Johnson Matt Kirkpatrick J R Lavardun Vera Lewis TC Malloy Fournice Marlow Wm McKelley H Martin J M McGregor Donald Nelson Otto Noble Dan H Pearson Robin Penrod Benj Price E T Reed J H Shaw John Gace Lawont and others listed as Postmistress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew W. Dougherty
Edwarke
Chas Easley
John Engelke
Jno Ferllan
Francis Fordyce
C D Gardiner
J W Grant
Julia Hannen Niele Marins
Harne
ED Haynes
H M Harris
Ada Hardy
K Harding
CF Hall
Frank Jenkine
Lester Johnston
Abe Johnson
Matt Kirkpatrick
J R Lavardun
Ferasnach la
Amateurs Attracted By New Photo Supplies At The Tribune Store
The Tribune Store in Dillon lists a variety of items for amateur photographers including a hypo bath clearing compound that hardens negatives and prints well for 20 cents a can, acid fixing salts for Velox and other materials at 15 cents, restraining tablets for developers at 10 cents, intensive additive for weak negatives at 20 cents, reducing powders at 25 cents, flash powder for night interior photos at 25 cents, albums from 10 cents to 2.50, pause-partout mounts, and 8x10 and 10x12 sizes. Also stocked are Asmeras tripods ruby lanterns plates paper mounts developers hype trays graduates and related supplies.
Hints for the Housekeeper on Spring Furnishings
A household guide notes a mop wringer and bucket combo with foot lever for cleaning. It discusses filet lace linens, art ticking in solid color squares with Roman striped borders for cushions and bags, terra cotta chinaware in two tones, and hall vases with swampy leaf designs.
Local Father Praises Herbine For Daughter’s Illness
G. W. Writt of Nacogdoches Texas reports his daughter suffered three years with chills and fever before using Herbine. His wife insists on keeping house with it and praises its effects. Product sold by Riley the druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Writt
Nacogodoches
Texas
Riley
Woman attacked by man in uniform near Helena home
A young Helena woman was assaulted as she walked from a carling to a friend's home Sunday night. A colored man in a soldier's uniform grabbed her neck, leaving marks that corroborate her account before she screamed and he fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Carling
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised Treatment Warning
Caution against mercury containing treatments for catarrh warns readers to avoid such ointments and favor Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The product is taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered, 75 cents per bottle, sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills endorsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Canyon of the Grand Promoted as Scenic Route
An old railroad promo touts the Rio Grande line as the World's Scenic Route with the Canyon of the Grand described as a winter and summer beauty. The promoter, G. W. Frrzazraxp, general agent in Butte Montana, invites readers to request rates and folders for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Warman
Canyon of the Grand
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