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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
8
A nineteenth century ad outlines making Ivory Soap Paste in minutes using a cake of Ivory Soap and water. The paste cleans clothing stains and dries into a versatile cleaner for carpets, rugs, leather, woodwork, and more, with directions for dissolving soap and storing in a glass jar.
A list of deeds and legal instruments filed with Clerk and Recorder Mayers since the month began. Includes water right transactions and locations with Quartz Geo. Metlen and J. Major, plus placer claims, marriage licenses for Winnifred Knowles and others in the Big Hole basin.
Committees managing the volunteers reception report steady progress and plan a shipshape operation for the boys returning home. A courthouse meeting noted Dillon's $843.50 subscription with Argenta and Glendale contributing small amounts. A public meeting confirmed no free train to Butte but sought a special rate and train for attendees.
Ralph W. Kennedy, held in Lemhi County Idaho for a murder, died by self-inflicted morphine overdose on Sept 29. A Massachusetts native aged about 65, he leaves a wife and one daughter. The Recorder notes his mind had been unbalanced for years. The notice also praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by City Drug Store.
Batt Fryar Grocery Co. and Shermerhorn of Challis Idaho visited the town on Monday. Bait was seen in town today.
Arthur Judges of Heavana Montana endorses the Dillon reception committee fundraiser and encloses an 85.00 check to support entertaining the soldier boys returning to Dillon. Heartened by continued community support, Judges urges others to donate promptly.
The First Montana Volunteers colonel Harry O. Kessler receives a brevet brigadier general commission after President McKinley signed the appointment late Wednesday night. The elevation followed private dispatches to Senator Carter in Butte. Also appears: a generic beauty ad for Cascarets and a note on blood and skin cleansing.
It was practically decided to bring the soldiers back by the Shasta route to Portland and the Oregon Short Line to Butte via Pocatello. The rate is $2 less than that offered by the Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific jointly. The cost will be $21 per man including colonist sleepers.
Beaver head visitors are invited to Case Gravelle and Erzin in Butte to join the volunteers welcome. The store will be lavishly decorated both outside and inside with a modern storekeeping display and low prices on all goods for the occasion.
For the past two to three weeks the department has distributed young fish statewide to recipients including T. H. Hamilton of Horse Prairie who stocked a private lake, James Blair of Lakeview who received 5 000 rainbow trout, and Frank Conway who was allotted 10 000 native trout. The 10 000 were placed today at Twin Bridges in lakes at the head of the east fork of Wisconsin creek. A policy note: the department will not stock streams with unprotected irrigation ditches.
Wm. H. Wright, leasing the Elfeletta mine a mile west of Virginia City and once deemed exhausted, returned from Butte with 26 tons of ore and $1100 in cash. He reopened the site, installed seven workers, and reports four months of ore remaining at a rate of two carloads per month. The claim is owned by Doc Heald.
On December 10, 1897 Reverend A Donahoe of Pt Pleasant West Virginia suffered a severe cold with violent coughing. After trying several so called specifics he bought Chamberlains Cough Remedy which acted like a charm and he recommends it to the public. Sold by City Drug Store.
The sultan of Turkey keeps a dedicated craftsman for rahat a flower juice confection loved by his wives. The piece explains the preparation uses pressed flower juices with a handpress and notes Britain and Germany context with comments on education numbers and a touching scene of a drenched child at a party and an old lady’s comforting questions.
The final Children’s Friend issue lists homeless children ready for permanent homes. Contacts include Miss Isadora E. Dowden of Helena Montana. Descriptions cover several girls aged 6 to 18 with varying hair and eye colors, plus an 8 year old boy and noted babies. Also mentions a Civil War ball injury story and local pharmacy ads.
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