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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
8
Horse Prairie wood buyers have contracted for next year s clip while the new creamery erection progresses rapidly and outside work nears completion. The Short Line extends its sidetrack about 100 yards toward the oil house improving track space and street crossings for smoother operations.
Local items report stove repairs and visits from Miss Bessie Hammer of Butte and Miss Jean Bishop, while Charles Conger recovers from typhoid. Lost diamonds, horse news, livestock shipments, theater plans, and church notices fill a busy Dillon page with sermons, contracts, and public meetings.
Rasmus Erickson, 23, a Danish immigrant employed by Nels Muller on the Paxton ranch, fell from a load of oats Sunday evening and was paralyzed by concussion. He died about thirty hours later. Funeral held Wednesday at the Episcopal church. He came to America three months ago and leaves two brothers who are professors in Denmark and one sister. Bids sought for grading 1000 feet of road and for building a two span Big Hole River bridge, with bids due Sept 26 1904.
A vintage ad touts Moki tea as a permanent cure for constipation and indigestion, a drink that improves appetite and sleep with a money back guarantee. Also notes county officials deem Aldop insane and a rancher missing near Red Rock and Sunriver, plus a major irrigation project planned near Missoula costing about 600000 dollars.
An advertising claim argues that dandruff and baldness share a germ. A rabbit inoculated with the germ bald in six weeks, proving prevention lies in destroying the germ. Newbro's Herpicide is advertised as 100 percent effective, with samples offered for 10 cents.
Both the County Free High School and the Public school opened Monday. The county school shows fewer students due to many eighth graders entering the State Normal College preparatory program, while the Public school enrolls about 350 with around 50 beginners. The county program retains last year’s course with a new bookkeeping system in the commercial department.
The Twin Bridges Farmers club presents a fair week agenda with talks by Prof. W. J. Elliott on curing hay and Dr. E. M. Knowles on diseases in livestock, plus an evening session with Wiley Mountjoy on homeseekers inducements and a paper on farming health and profit. The Saturday schedule includes a small fruits talk by TY T. Black and a concert program at the Dillon Theatre led by Mrs. McKinney. A separate item reports a man named Charles Wiitala killed at Sheepcreek near Neihart when a hunter misidentified him as a deer. Georgia rattlesnakes and Kentucky water are briefly noted.
Scholars note Croesun never laughed in life, a trait tied to his vast wealth and power. The saying suggests his wealth kept others in awe or fear, and his absence of laughter shaped legends about his rule.
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