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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
2
Helena reports the Montana state fair closed with record attendance and exhibits in a successful event. Butte saw a Monday night saloon holdup by two masked men with $900 taken. one arrest reported. The fair’s exact paid admittances reached 24 011, the highest since the fair’s founding. Local ads promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure and beautifier.
The article extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant gentle laxative for children and notes its preferred manufacture by the California Fig Syrup Co. The text emphasizes that children enjoy it and that it benefits them as a remedy.
Last Friday a powerful blast occurred in or near Lewistown that shook every building and stirred much excitement. The cause and exact location of the explosion remain unknown.
An advertiser assures mothers that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for young children and effective for coughs, colds, and croup. The note states the medicine has a worldwide reputation and is sold by Riley the Druggist.
An unknown person hid dynamite in a sheaf of oats on John Singley's ranch. When fed to the thresher the dynamite exploded, throwing the men and the separator from their positions, but no one was seriously hurt.
Two years ago a girl suffered a severe pneumonia cough that resembled whooping cough. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy the cough ended and the child grew stout and healthy. Sold by Riley the Druggist. 1m
Judge Stewart in district court fined nine gamblers one hundred dollars each last Monday. Eight paid the fines while one served a jail sentence. The judge declared gambling will not be permitted in the city at all.
An antiseptic dressing applied early to wounds and burns can heal in about a third of the time and without maturation. Chamberlain's Pain Balm shares this principle by speeding healing, relieving pain and preventing blood poisoning. For sale by Riley the Druggist. 1m
Missoula report notes Montana won sixty dials thirteen silver medals and two bronze medals at the Lewis and Clark exposition. Seventy five entries from the state were submitted for the displays.
An advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir as a universal cure for impure blood and various ailments including headaches fevers pimples and stomach aches. The copy guarantees complete purification and asserts success against scrofulous or syphilitic poisons with a money back promise.
Two miners died in the Minnie Healy mine when a cable broke on Sunday causing the ore cage to plunge. Rescue crews recovered the victims and an investigation into the accident will follow.
Washington announces a presidential proclamation creating additional forest reserves in Montana. It adds 188,800 acres to Madison reserve north of its current area, including the Tobacco Root mountains where the Jefferson and Madison rivers meet.
Are these lines from J H Simmons of Casey la A fearfully coughing man writes of relief after using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds The druggist Riley guarantees 50c and 1 00 Trial bottle free Notice of Stockholders Meeting Copper Queen Mining and Smelting Co Dillon Montana 11 a m September 14 1905 A board of directors and officers will be elected J C McFanpen Sec Dated Sept 6 1905
Harry Foote, foreman of the ad room of the Butte Miner, traveled to Dillon early in the week to see the town. Concrete walks on Bannack street and in front of the court house are finished. The walk from Montana street to the court house runs ten feet wide for the whole distance.
A business request seeks reliable boys in every Montana school district to sell subscriptions. The advertiser will pay 25 cents per dollar collected and provides sample copies free. Names and addresses must be sent weekly, with 25 cents kept and the rest remitted by registered letter or money order to W. G. Eggleston, Box 1187, Helena.
Beaverhead County coroner reports J C Barr a 45 year old Woods Livestock herder west of Monida died likely of natural causes after lying in snow while his dog guarded the body. The faithful animal guided searchers to the scene where Barr lay curled under sage brush before being buried in Monida cemetery. Woods praise for prompt action securing the body and aiding recovery.
A Beaverhead County girl recounts a shipwreck ordeal aboard the Vanguard off Eureka. High waves, a perilous transfer from boat to schooner, help from a life saving crew, and the loss of trunks and other baggage to the sea are described. The author notes relief as passengers reach shore with only hand baggage saved and mentions a horse onboard.
A reader recounts rough seas and oil splashed waistwear during a voyage last year. The party reached Eureka and stayed at the Vance Hotel then prepared to sail the Alliance to Portland. Mention of sewer contract work by Ben Hager and orchard apples from Isaac Sears.
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