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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
4
Local market notes list wholesale prices for dairy and grain items. Butter per pound two dollars thirty cents, eggs two dollars eighty cents, potatoes per cwt sixty five to seventy five cents, wheat per cwt sixteen to ninety cents, oats per cwt three dollars to one dollar and five cents, Timothy baled nine fifty to ten fifty, blue joint baled seven to eight dollars, wild hay five to seven dollars, Altalta six to seven dollars.
In Dillon area notes the new post office named Grant on upper Horse Prairie near the Amesville site is in operation. Mrs N B Hammer returned Saturday from a six month visit with her mother in Cleveland Ohio. Local students Daisy Comfort Montana Hathhorn and Wigenstein visited from the Normal school last Saturday.
An old advertisement promises relief from constipation using Cascarets Candy Cathartic priced at 25 or 100 cents. It guarantees satisfaction and offers a money refund if O O O fails to cure.
Rev. R. P. Smith Mrs. Henry Genther Misses Viola Rich and Clara Schuler of Dillon attended the district conference of the M E church as delegates. The Meadow Creek Madison County meeting spanned five days with an interesting program and several renowned ministers from the state in attendance.
A historic ad touts a pile treatment claiming to cure bleeding itching and protruding piles with immediate relief and a prompt cure. It emphasizes safety physician endorsement buckeye extract and a mail order option from L. J. Williams with bottle and tube prices listed.
Sheriff Summers prepares to auction the T. J. Farrell horse band of about 2 000 to 3 000 head under a chattel mortgage from August last year for roughly 7 000 dollars. A separate district court action forecloses a 16 000 dollar real estate mortgage on the Farrell ranch on the Madison, tying up 5 000 acres and 8 000 head of horses.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a permanent cure for constipation with a money back guarantee if it fails. The piece notes 100 250 and mentions Mrs W D Brown visiting Dillon, plus a social scene with a benefit dance raising 82 dollars for the returning soldiers reception.
An old promotional note touts Cascar eta Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed liver stimulant and intestinal tonic. It claims constipation and sluggish liver cause many ailments and promises refunds if not satisfied. A sample and booklet are offered free with a small price list.
The Boreman M E district conference and Epworth League met at Meadow Creek October 11 to 15 with Rev. F A Guiler presiding. Officers and committees were named, reports from Whitehall to Sidney were given, papers on Prayer Meetings and Epworth League relations to Sunday School were presented, and Dillon was chosen as next meeting site.
The Dillon millinery store owner Miss Jennie Carson and Mr Dunn were married recently at Wallace Idaho. Dunn, formerly at the Ruby mine, is well known here and in Basin. The bride taught music here the last two years and is praised as an estimable lady by friends who extend congratulations.
Advertises Ballard's Snow Liniment as a quick cure for rheumatism neuralgia strains cuts bruises and stiff joints claiming it penetrates to the bone and relieves pain from the moment of contact. The dealer offers a 50 cent bottle sold by L. J. Williams with a guaranteed warranty.
The Bozeman district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met at Meadow Creek Montana on October 13 1899 and adopted a resolution praising the First Montana Regiment and urging reception committees to curb free liquor distribution to avoid temptations during homecoming.
The Quascare candy cathartic promotes kidney and liver cleansing and claims to cure headaches fever constipation and biliousness. It is sold guaranteed to cure by all druggists with price points listed. Twin Bridges Monitor notes HO Lapham and N B Wood shipped two carloads of horse to Kansas City from the Big Hols basin.
Advertisement touts White’s Cream Vermifuge as a prompt safe and certain remedy for children’s worms. It claims worms sap strength and that the medicine kills worms, restoring vitality. warns against imitation, price 25 cents, sold by L. J. Williams.
C H Strowbridge of Wisdom Mercantile Co. toured the Big Hole basin and declared a historic hay crop despite a backward season. Livestock is in fine condition and cattle look strong for winter. Recently John Wenger sold 500 head to outside parties, shipped east from Anaconda.
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at health claims about the liver’s role in keeping people well and mentions other organs. The garbled text references Tver and plogglah, suggesting a dated or misread source without clear context or verifiable facts.
A lively Peyton afternoon duel ends with Bob Mullin firing fourteen shots at Hep Babbah and hitting Bud Skinnah’s yellow coon dog on the seventeenth shot. Bud chases Mullin along the old river road toward the creek as Count reassures his beloved.
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