Private car attached to northbound train on Feb 3 1897
Marcus Daly's private car pulled by the Saturday morning northbound train. A skating party occurred on Aife's pond Saturday evening. A D Young of Dell among C K Paul & Co partners withdrew. G T Paul of the city bought his stake. Balloons and airships rise but travel remains limited and progress fades. The City of Gold rumored for Paris 1900 like Eiffel’s role a decade earlier.
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Gov White to Erect Brick Block on Montana Street
Gov White plans a modern brick business block on Montana Street at the former Fair Store site. A mid-winter district court term will begin next Wednesday morning under Judge Calloway. Frank Knotts plans to depart this week for his old Nebraska home. A small flood last Saturday filled several cellars in the southern town area as Blacktail headgates near the Union ditch froze with ice.
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Local items stir Dillon and region from delinquencies to lawsuits
County Treasurer B N Stevens son conducted a sale of delinquent property Thursday. The huge bell for the courthouse tower arrived at Huber Brothers and weighs 1150 pounds, claimed as the largest in the state. Stonecreek district residents seek attachment to Beaverhead county via a legislature petition. Dillon high school beat Missoula high 24-21 in Missoula with Rosenall Gray Brundage Williams and Drummey in the lineup. Roy E Murray married Thelma Stewart in Salt Lake City. Judge J B Poindexter rises from Dillon city attorney to federal district judge for the Hawaiian Islands within two decades.
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Ghost City Grocery Bill Reveals 1876 Prices in Butte
In Butte on February 4, 92 year old Mrs. C M McGinnip found a July 31 1876 grocery bill from Sullivan and Dunstan Virginia City Nev detailing monthly charges of groceries wines liquors and cigars with butter flour sugar and codfish prices from that era. The bill, printed by the Evening Chronicle and noting bills payable in U S gold coin, shows butter at 75 cents per five pounds and a sugar price of 14 50 per 100 pounds. Virginia City is called a ghost elite of the old west and Mark Twain once worked for the paper.
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