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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1897
Page
5
Public notices outline that editorials and business letters to the paper will incur charges. Advertisements for church festivals socials and other events with profit or admission will be billed at five cents per line. Also mentions camp of tharks and a postal rate of five cents per line.
Rail time card shows north bound Fass, 9 5 a m and freight runs at 1 10 a m, with local Hartly 10 30 a m. Local ads note stationer y, bicycles, wallpaper, and a wedding, while Diptheria cases drop to two in town. Headlines cover Montana stockgrowers, hotel liquor sales, and county events with Judge McGough performing a ceremony.
The Dillon School board met Monday to reorganize electing Gov. B. F. White as chair man and Phil D. McGough as clerk. Owing to late season the school will not reopen this year but the graduating high school class will proceed under Principal Hull and graduate in June. A Saturday meeting will choose the teaching staff for the next year with all current teachers seeking their old posts except Miss Keenan.
County Attorney Joseph L Poindenter and Miss Daisyee Conger were married last Thursday evening at St James Episcopal church. The ceremony was by Rev Hooker with only relatives and close friends present. A wedding supper followed at the groom’s parents home. The couple resides on Railroad Avenue and enjoys strong local esteem.
Joseph Ambrose McElhaney, held in Beaverhead county jail for over a week, faced petty larceny charges after taking a large stick from a roadside pile to balance his load. He pleaded guilty and received a 60 day jail sentence, later commuted by a gubernatorial pardon due to state clemency power.
Fragmentary OCR text references a noted phrase about a dog and age plus scattered words like Red Boek. No clear event, people, or organization to identify. unable to confirm a coherent news item.
A sale notice describes a black Percheron foal registered on a farm near Frente end Awe a. The foal weighs about 180 Toefs and is described as wellboned with strong lineage. The notice names bidders like Mocky and Cahoe, with emphasis on a quick sale and clear title.
Land parcels offered for sale or rent with grazing and hay acreage. Notes indicate irrigable ground and cultivation potential amid uncertain water access. Locally listed lots cover multiple acres with possibilities for farming use and livestock grazing.
A vintage health ad promotes Electric Bitters as a purely vegetable remedy to restore vigor, improve digestion, purify the blood, and aid tired nerves. It claims quick effects and urges buying at a local drug store for 1.00 per bottle.
The document names several widneapes to pre their cortiruoes residence upon capture of land. James H. Phillips of Gleed George Weber of Lima Monte Withem F. Smith of Dill Mox tonE Sponge H. Tixoe of Lfa Moe tam W. E. COX, Regia.
Law firm offers free information packets on patents caveats copyrights infringement and designs. Provides guidance on US and foreign patent cases and decisions to all applicants.
Land Office notice from Elena Montana and Apeillet Jay T. lists a settler filing final proof to support claim. Proof will be made before the clerk of the District Court at Dillon Montana on May 20. The settler names witnesses including George Mo Tush Charles Pinkerton Hancock and others. First publication April last.
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