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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1897
Page
3
Special correspondence reports births in Madison County and notes on local schooling and miners at Brandon and the Steiner mine. It covers visits from county residents, church events, social gatherings, and remarks on Pageville association trips to Dillon with mentions of rainfall and recent moves to Pageville.
The community thanks friends for help during illness and burial of a husband and father, with floral offerings noted. Mrs Bryant returns from a visit. Annie Morris of Virginia City visited the valley. Joseph Trotter seeks medical aid in Virginia City. Mrs Carruthers and daughters return home with Miss Lizzie Peterson. Two prominent young men are soon to start a new endeavor.
Sewall Davis president of the company reports the Twin Bridges smelter blew in last Sunday with Mr Binnard secretary. They brought the first bullion bar shown at the Butte hotel. Davis says the model plant handles ores coke and flux automatically and was built by the Anaconda foundry under George Ross supervision.
A Washington letter notes mild fall weather and late blooms in the capitol parks. It describes river excursions to Colonial Beach and Old Point Comfort and the return of visitors to the White House amid ongoing political juggling. It criticizes the city’s rough horses and local neglect of animal cruelty concerns.
A New York Sun report recounts a spring battle over a foot square birdhouse. First great crested flycatchers claimed it, then bluebirds ousted them and rebuilt, then wrens arrived and ousted the bluebirds, nesting before winter.
Frank Ives, once the world champion billiard player, has returned to New York from the Adirondacks where he reports marked health improvement. He weighed 130 pounds after a recent decline and was told by his doctor to quit work and retreat to the woods for a limited time to survive. He has begun recuperating in the mountains. Alfred de Oro, former champion pool player, is hospitalized in Roosevelt Hospital New York recovering from multiple major operations and plans to travel to England in September to play pool internationally.
A collage of foreign and domestic quips notes counterfeiters, a curvy joke about a tiger, American bond refunds, Alaska beef jewelry, and mockery of Britain and China. The wit travels through Boston, Buffalo, Kansas City, Washington, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and beyond.
Horse tips report driving parks in Greeley and Cincinnati with meetings Aug to Sept. Wilcox leads Lexington start. Bougatta in Pleasanton train condition. Melonry and Chibar to ride Wilkes and Duke Sprague. Caton jailed in Lansing awaiting trial for attempted murder. Astor stud horses sold in New York. Boston show trotting entries up from last year. Illinois Springfield adds three race stables. New Jersey to vote on skill horse racing with betting next fall. Parkway Driving Club Brooklyn reports 21 entries per event for May 81 to June 2. bookmakers to operate in Louisville Latonia Oakley. mutual wagering unlikely as Bethel remains with 15000 marks.
The American Protective Tariff League releases a 144 page volume with the official text of the Dingley Tariff a complete comparison with the Wilson law and an index of all articles covered. It is offered by mail for 25 cents as document No 27 from The American Protective Tariff League 135 West 23rd Street New York.
A promotional notice touts Casoinets Candy Cathartio as a liver stimulant and intestinal tonic. It links constipation and sluggish liver to various ailments and claims a guaranteed cure or money back with price options and free sample materials.
An advertisement touts Soa Cascareta Candy Catharlie as a remarkable medical discovery. It claims gentle positive effects on kidneys liver and bowels and promises cleansing, headache relief, fever reduction, and constipation relief. Box prices listed 10 25 and 60 cents with guarantee by druggists.
Lake City Minnesota nursery firm Tae Juwana Nursery Co seeks two or three "good men" countywide to sell nursery stock corn seed potatoes and rain for spring delivery with liberal terms. Plans offered and details available by writing for particulars. Also advertises compendium on Yukov Klondyke and Alaskan gold fields with a large compass of yacht information and solar map through Hamilton Publishing Indianapolis. Tad 7 40 6
Instructions on mixing fowls, avoiding mixed yards, and selecting stock. Notes on pure breeds, best floor, and cleaning. Feeding guidance with milk and meat, feeding three times daily, and how to handle broken bones. Egg selection tips advise rejecting dirty or misshapen eggs for hatching.
A collection of wry observations on contentment wealth sleep and ethics from various papers. The notes juxtapose contentment with wealth and fault lines in morality and business practices, reflecting on how communities report personal reform and local obituaries.
A column describes quick relief for toothache by painting gum with iodine and using wormwood boiled in vinegar applied to sprains. It advises wrapping the affected area in flannel to retain heat and suggests gold thread steeped in warm water to treat white canker sores.
The article advertises T. A. Slocum a New York chemist offering three free bottles of a cure for consumption and related lung illnesses. It claims thousands cured by his New Scientific Treatment and urges readers to write to J. A. Slocum M G at 8 Pine Street New York to receive medicine, noting the Dillon Tribune mention.
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