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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1897
Page
5
The fragment lists rates for standing advertisements and notices, with references to church festivals fairs dances suppers and admission fees. It mentions charges for obituary lines and related notices, plus pricing oddities and per line costs for various items in a local column.
The page presents the Utah Northern time table with passenger and freight schedules, dates, and various local notices. It mentions Butte fast freight and local north and south services, plus daily times and destinations, interleaved with advertisements and town news from Dillon and Bannack. Names like Robert Gray and W. G. Schultz appear among scattered notes and ads.
Local items report the Gold Deeg Co leaving Bannack for Butte with A F Graeter, and Sheriff Padhey and Deputy Dolan heading to Bannack. Dillon sees new stationery, race track talks delayed, brick contract awarded, and physicians pressed by rising diphtheria cases as residents prepare for spring cleanup and street improvements.
Feewireer Co. advertises Leeperial and Arttéze at 75 and 50 dollars with a brief call to see them. Limited readable branding hints at a sale or product display by Deizes Feewireer Co.
J C Metlen plans a 60 by 10 foot two story hotel on the old Corinne site near the Dillon railroad depot. The building will include steam heat electric lighting and a barbershop dining room and rooms for staff with a basement laundry and storage. The project aims to boost the town as a rail passenger eating point and stimulate local business.
The Okd City Council held its last regular meeting with Mayor Padley and Aldermen present. Treasurer reported March receipts of 102.75 and disbursements 649.95, leaving a small balance. police court collected 53 in fines for five cases. Numerous city bills were approved, including salaries and supplies. The council discussed purchasing apparatus and referred a damaged-fracture case to the judiciary committee. The meeting also canvassed the last election results and confirmed mayoral resignation and alderman vacancy notices. A special session and a celebration were planned for upcoming civic events.
Notice announces a stockholders meeting with details unreadable due to OCR errors. It references May dates and a corporate entity possibly Ditch company, with names and publication timing unclear.
Public notice fragment references a pecuniary claim with names such as George H. Lixgn and George H. Dizes. It mentions witnesses and continuous residence and cultivation, citing Dillon Montana area names and an April date, though details are garbled.
A notice indicates a date for a court action before the clerk of the district court at Dion Man on May Bou GMT vig. The fragmentary text references a legal proceeding with details unreadable, urging timely appearance.
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