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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
5
Local column lists Chas Perry Bert Lynch James Coleman Evan Blowen and many others visiting Dillon or in town for holidays business or travel. Includes Dr Miller Mrs Truax Miss Grace Gray Hawley Selway cattle sales and a mining lease news with Col Alf Decker Stout notes.
Dr. W C Orr contracts Carl Phister to build a large up to date two story iron livery barn on Idaho street measuring 57 by 54 feet. The right side will house box stalls, the carriage room will have two driveways, the office on the left, and the second floor to store carriages with future elevator plans. A full line of new livery outfits will be added to create an excellent stable.
Steadman Post of the G A R held a regular meeting Saturday evening. Officers for the coming year were elected including Commander John F O Leary Senior Vice Commander T M O Connor Junior Vice Commander Moses Loree Quartermaster Benjamin Bond Chaplain T B Craver Officer of the Day John Cos grove Adjutant Joseph Rich and Quartermaster sergeant Robert Mc in a vote that postponed delegates and alternates to the state encampment to a special session.
The fragment notes individuals named Dowell Sergeant Major W H Boyle and Janes Febur in a historical guard context, indicating roles such as officer of the guard and related service positions. The text is fragmentary and lacks coherent event details or dates.
The Shakespeare Club held its last meeting of the year at the court house on Saturday afternoon. Mrs J K Monroe Mrs Duke Gist Misses Emily and Cora Taylor were proposed for membership and voted unanimously. The meeting opened with a parliamentary drill by Mrs B F White then Act V of Richard III was read and discussed. The next gathering is set for January 7 with an after dinner program on traveling libraries civil service reform and forest reserves arranged.
A Montana mercantile listing highlights holiday specialties including chocolates, fruits, cakes, puddings, produce, nuts, cider and wines. The notice mentions Allegretti's and Lowney's chocolates along with Kennedy's Fruit Cake and other seasonal goods.
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