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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
3
The report notes a rise of 4.1-2 cents in London silver with a 2 1-4 pence jump, amid speculation by Chinese and East Indian interests. Hog prices climbed as A. B. McCauley shipped 78 hogs to Spokane selling at 11.50 per hundredweight. The U S House has rejected navy budget cuts.
A mixed classified page lists real estate in Ashland Oregon ranches and shops for sale, oil leases in Montana, livestock including Holsteins and Herefords, seeds nursery stock and seed potatoes, and job ads for telegraphy and assaying. It includes notices for partnerships and investment opportunities, with contact details in Spokane Helena Butte and Oakland.
A 16 year old Butte native writes a stark ballad of Wild Bill and Cinch-Strap Dan in a snowbound bunkhouse. The speaker recalls a past feud as a stranger confronts Whiskey Bill, leading to a deadly gun battle in a tense, frozen night.
Genoa Lloyd George told Soviet delegates that Russia must assume the allied debt of about 20 billion gold rubies for recognition. Russia countered with a claim against the allies for 50 billion gold rubles for intervention. The conference was disturbed by announcements involving Seay and Russia.
The Chicago Tribune prints a narrative about Sergeant Patrick J. Collins of South Chicago and his brother Michael Collins head of the Irish provisional government. A cable from Ireland warned of an assassination attempt on Mike as Pat reads with growing anxiety. The sergeant emigrated to America in 1901 and recalls Mike's passage to the United States six years earlier as he supported Out after progress he had reached.
A Libby Williams, 91, died from injuries after a passenger train struck him near the depot platform. Across Montana, multiple briefs report railway workers on six day weeks, arraignments for abduction, health efforts, jail fights, labor pay cuts, robberies, postmaster changes, oil town surveys, refinery updates, lawsuits, thefts from a doctor's office, federation honors, poison act investigations, public health meetings, and growing dairy production.
A old advertisement claims Freezone eases aching corns instantly with a few drops. It says the corn can be lifted off with fingers and highlights a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents.
A vintage advertisement touts Diamond Dyes for guaranteed home dyeing of worn garments. It claims to revive dresses coats and fabrics from wool to cotton and linen, with no streaking or running, and advises telling the druggist the fabric type.
An eastern Montana cattleman nearing old age plans a will and cemetery plot. He selects six pallbearers all bankers, prompting relatives protests about favoritism. The man defends the choice noting bankers carried him for ten years and relief has never been offered.
Four Democrats and four Republicans were elected aldermen in Butte, giving conservatives a 10 to 6 council majority. The firemen’s wage referendum failed by 1,042 votes, paving the way for Mayor J. G. Cocking to seek additional yearly cuts of 65,000 dollars.
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