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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1898
Page
5
Rates for advertising are stated with per line charges. Editorial notices and chance postings are mentioned. Rates include five cents per line for various items and a separate charge for fancy obituary and other notices.
Passenger north bound No 7 and south bound No 27 fast freight details appear. Times show northbound at 1 08 and freight south at 1b 50 p m with local and freight stops. The document lists trains and schedules for the Utam Northern line in terse OCR form.
A scattered page shows Dillon Mercantile Co wallpaper and items at low prices. Various names like Robert Gray and James Rirkpatrick appear amid ads and notices about devices, sewing machines, and repairs. The fragment mentions ads for new products, visits by residents, and generic local commerce chatter from Butte and surrounding areas.
J W Hart from Albany may start a local business. Dennia Barton plans a five room cottage on Washington St beside the Fuhr residence. Oregon Short Line freight is heavy with crews on full time. Hamiltons of Horse Prairie visit city and journey to Old Mexico for winter. State education funds distributed per child. President Sanders leads Silver Bow county teachers' institute. Several residents head to Los Angeles for study. Church and saloon updates punctuate a busy week.
The Montana Supreme Court holds county commissioners may determine the number and pay of deputies for county officers. Jobb, appointed deputy sheriff, sued after a June resolution limited deputies to under sheriff. The court voids the limitation, ruling the board can set deputy numbers and compensation within statutory bounds.
City council reports routine business with no final decision on the water works franchise. The mayor and clerk circulated aud it reports and salaries, while various repairs, payments, and parish notices were addressed. the meeting was adjourned after routine items and postponed items remained.
The readable text shows a garbled report about President Sanders traveling to Bitte manilay for institute work and planning events, with notes on preparations, dates, and participants. It mentions an entertainment event, critical work efforts, and various names and places in a confused, partially legible form.
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