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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
7
A New York Herald quotation discusses traditional Chinese use of joss sticks to influence a sick son’s fate. A father lights the sticks and watches for a outcome, believing a burning end means survival and an extinguished stick foretells death, reflecting folk beliefs about devils and recovery.
A Swiss guide Hans Britterman accompanies Professor Hixley of the Royal Geological Society on a Matterhorn ascent to study the glacial river. The professor calculates seven inches per year movement toward a valley three miles away, and Hans plots a deadly plan as a crevasse looms. The tale ends with Hans slipping into the ice depths while the professor survives to recount the improbable rate of glacier movement.
A newly enlisted fireman at his first blaze refuses the dangerous mission, asking to resign for pen and ink after the chief orders him to rescue three elderly women from a fiery building. The humorous exchange ends with the recruit explaining his resignation is for paperwork.
In a news brief from Washington Jesse Mallion of Helena Montana is named as a new teacher at the Western Shoshone Indian school in Wyoming. The item also notes various patent medicine ads and a New York Copper company dividend.
A San Francisco notice asserts PineSALVE Carbolized acts as an antiseptic poultice for cuts burns eczema and cracked hands offering immediate relief sold by R L Riley. Separately a federal grand jury indicted Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail Steamship on 124 counts each under interstate commerce law risking large fines.
Akley Iowa September 27 the annual sauerkraut day festival drew several thousand visitors. Fifteen barrels of kraut and over 1200 pounds of red hot wieners were consumed in a lively local event showcasing the town’s traditional fare. Rings Dyspepsia Tablets advertised with free trial via local druggist R L Riley.
An advertisement for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup claims it cures cold symptoms and is sold by R. L. Riley. Separately, New York reports the second trial date for Harry K. Thaw, charged with murder in the Stanford White case, set for December with most sensational aspects reduced and a temporary insanity defense planned.
An advertisement promotes Pineules as a nightly backache remedy with a 30 day treatment for $1.00, money back if unsatisfied, sold by R. L. Riley in Chicago. Separately Wilbur Glenn Vo liva, once Zion City leader after Dowie, declares quitting his bid and losing a New Mexico land option for a new colony.
A medical advertorial promoting Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for stubborn coughs. It urges buying the genuine yellow packaged product at City Drug Store and claims it costs no more than unknown preparations.
Washington reports that after a Roosevelt meeting, the attorney general issued an opinion sustaining Meyer's modification of the Cortelyou mail weighing order. The change would make Sunday a working day for weighing and carrying mails, saving the government millions annually in railway mail pay.
Henry E. Jones of Tampa Florida credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring his health after other doctors failed. He recalls taking four bottles and reports relief from back and shoulder pain at age 62, praising its effectiveness and recommending it to others. City Drug Store. 1m Spokane.
In Bellaire Ohio this afternoon a Chicago and Wheel ing express rammed a freight train on a siding, killing eight men and injuring about twenty, several fatally. The crash disrupted service and prompted investigations. Vancouver affair ends as Heinze loses split land fight. The supreme court orders Heinze to pay costs in the dispute over 600000 acres in Kootenai country.
An old advertisement touts Manzan Pile Remedy described as soothing for piles with a 50 cent price, sold by R. L. Riley in Keokuk Iowa. Separate item notes President Roosevelt’s river trip from Keokuk with multiple governors and 20,000 onlookers arriving at 9 10 AM. Also reports a New Orleans strike as 500 longshoremen and teamsters walk out when cotton crews stow cargo aboard ships.
Chicago October 8 The United States now produces about 900 million postal cards annually. With new machinery at Oxford paper mills in Rumford Falls Maine production could reach about 1.7 billion per year. Current cards could circle the earth three times and still reach from Boston to San Francisco and back.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for indigestion constipation and liver issues with a 35 cent tea or tablet option. R. L. Riley sells in Malaga Spain where a note notes the laboring distress from recent storms and floods.
An ad promotes Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea as a stomach starting remedy priced 35 cents, claiming it restores the body to health. A biblical archaeology note reports Brugsch Bey’s inscription about seven lean years around 1700 BCE linking to Genesis famine narrative.
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