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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
8
A crowded round of short visits and local business items from Willis Dillon Melrose and Twin Bridges. Residents such as Miss Margaret Rorr Miss Ross and several law and business people are noted visiting or traveling for work while Anglers' club reports fish releases and weather damage to crops and potatoes.
An old Lincoln Nebraska ad claims loss of appetite signals trouble and promotes Electric Bitters to cure indigestion and tonify the stomach. It cites Michael Hessheimer, sick over three years, who recovered after six bottles. The ad claims benefits like pure blood and strong nerves and sells for 50 cents at Potts the Druggist.
A baby arrived at John Johnsons home last week. Lawyer R S Stephenson of Dillon visits on county business and is set to be our next county attorney. Rev W G Rees departs for Stevensville to begin duties as Presbyterian pastor. Charley McCaffrey buys George Tash herd on Grasshopper and moves them to the basin. Delegates Warren Flager Jasper Burgess Chas Lawrence and J M Worcester attend the Wisdom precinct at the democratic county convention. Jess Tope hosts friends. a daughter arrives weighing eight pounds making him a two father in law. Lossi announces a new store manager in Jackson arriving last Friday. weighs about nine pounds and will enforce obedience. The happy parents are Mr and Mrs Howard Boyer. George Main of Martin & Main, cigar makers, was in Wisdom. M M cigars are popular in Beaverhead county for quality and local production.
George E. Davis and Miss Josephine Doolittle were married last Thursday at the Wisdom parsonage by Rev. W. G. Rees. The bride is the youngest daughter of Dan Doolittle of Marcus Washington and the late Mrs. Doolittle, while the groom is an Ohio native who has lived in Wisdom for six months.
Grasshopper trip by B Yeaman and F P Harrison to a brother's ranch for a short hunt. Will Tash builds a large barn on his company ranch. Mrs E A Marchesseau left for New York for an extended visit. T H Ellis traveled to Dillon on business. Loyd district school began Monday October 7. Jno Lenkersdorfer arrives in Dillon seeking a winter location.
The sixth annual Lord & Thomas crop report says US and Canadian harvests set records with bumper yields across major crops. Montana notes show irrigated wheat over 3,000,000 acres yielding well, hay and native grasses strong, oats and barley good, and dry farming areas producing unusually large grain. Farmers show prosperity and new machinery purchases amid scarce labor.
At the Beaverhead Progressive convention in Dillon E T McGee was named public administrator. F B Williams accepted as assessor, Frank Carroll for county commissioner, Max Lauterbach for senator, and A J Breda for treasurer. Speakers praised progressivism and attacked rival parties while promising honest campaigns and road improvement.
Frank Stahl and Joe Murray hunted Sunday and, despite mist, spotted a herd of deer. Murray took the doe and Stahl the fawn in a brief private hunt.
William Murphy of Butte Montana testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble and praises the product. The ad notes dealers sell the pills for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co as US agents and urges readers to remember the Dean's name.
Mrs Snider of Melrose spent Saturday in Dillon, enjoying a brief visit and local greetings.
Mrs R J Flint of Raintree Vermont urged her husband to use Dr King’s new remedy for a dangerous cough. He recalls how it cured him when others thought he would die. The ad claims quick relief for coughs colds throat and lung troubles, with 50 cents and 1 dollar priced bottles guaranteed by Potts the Druggist.
A concise notice indicates a deal involving Dillon Coal and Transfer Company and related entitlements. The readable text lists the company name and references a transaction or arrangement without detailed terms.
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