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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1910
Page
8
The item lists numerous locals and visitors to Butte and Dillon, including Willard Jenson from Dell and Mrs. Robert Selway in Butte. It mentions weddings, a Montana trip, a Kentucky death, a Dillon Dry Goods hire, and a strange humorous exchange about rattlesnakes near Helena.
Blue Cloud Jack describes gold prospecting near Helena where snakes swarmed the valley. After noting abundant rattlers around the cabin the team moved them away. One evening the snakes gathered at a quartzite hill and vanished into a polished round hole, sealed by a rock placed by Dan.
Directory lists St James Episcopal Method ist and Baptist churches with service times in Dillon Montana. Also records an Ordinance No 175 Levying and Assessing Taxes for Fiscal Year 1910 approved August 22 1910 by Acting Mayor Leonard Eliel City Clerk Henry Melton with official statement from Beaverhead County.
Rail excursion on August 27 via O SL invites attendees to Denver for a Spanish War Veteran reunion. Theodore Roosevelt is expected to attend. Agents can provide rates and further particulars.
An excursion to Denver on August 27 via the O S L is offered with Roosevelt present. See agent for rates and further details.
On August 24 the Oregon Short Line runs a park excursion from Dillon and return for 42.15 dollars. Reservations should be made with the local agent now.
A Dillon Montana notice advertises selling houses in town with prime central location near schools. It also promotes motorcycles offering a $20 pre August 15 discount and express shipment from Dillon via E. E. Marcoe. Beaverhead County teacher institute announced with four day sessions in September requiring attendance for salary eligibility. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway adds white bedspreads to Southwest Limited to replace wool blankets with blankets available for cool nights.
Publication note announcing Josephine Turch Baker as editor of a monthly English language magazine. The item presents the title and editor names, signaling the magazine’s focus on English usage and style.
A catalog of language courses and study aids including grammar vocabulary conversation pronouns punctuation spelling and letter writing. It lists works on pronunciation diction abbreviations business English and compound words along with studies in English literature.
Classified notice seeking agents at one dollar per year with ten cents for a single copy published in Evanston Illinois. Open recruitment ad emphasizes correct English and asks for responses from prospective agents.
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