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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1897
Page
5
The fragment describes charges for notices about church festivals fairs receptions and similar events with admission fees or profits from sale items. It lists rates per line and per poster indicating sliding charges for such notices and promotional material.
Passenger schedules show north and southbound trains from the Utah Northern line effective April 1906 with freight and time freight details. Local items note visits, sales, and business changes in Dillon including Dray and coal businesses, cattle movements, new perfumes and confectionery, postmaster Grace Lamont, and improvements like a brick barn on Idan street. The district court and city council activity, arrests of staff, and inaugural ball attendees are listed among community notices.
The monthly council meeting adjourned for lack of quorum was held with Mayor Padley and six Aldermen present. Treasurer Cushing reported December receipts of 1 787 23 and disbursements of 499 07, cash in treasury 2 118 23. Police fines totaled 105, and a fire apparatus report was extended by 30 days. A petition for an electric street light at Washington and Glendale was referred to the light committee. Licenses granted included Sara Lucy gatubiog license for three months and Coon & Robby retail liquor license for one year. Ordinance enforcement orders targeted saloons and minors. Numerous bills and payments to contractors and firms were listed, and a night watchman was appointed for February. Legal matters included estate settlements, deeds, and probate actions. Mrs D. Hasker visited Butte to study library management as the city moves to levy one mill for the public library.
City Attorney Jos. B. Potcdester attends a Helens convention called by the City of Dillon to discuss and recommend changes in municipal laws during the week.
A letter from Amede Bessette recounts Beaverhead history around the Plummer gun. He names Dillon residents William Roe John Carhardt F L Graves and others in tracing the gun’s movements from Bannack to Helena and back through years of lore amid sheriff Derry Plumer era and early Melena and Teleuna connections.
An OCR fragment describes a disturbance in a county court and a failed arrest attempt near Justice Metping. It notes a person named Rebes Mis prel minary ene b and that the subject was bound over to the district tgert.
Helena special reports attorney J B Puinderter filed for governor of Utah to requisition Freek Peatherly in a theft linked to sewing machine sales in Heaverbesd county. Governor Sapte reviewed the papers and considered the case not meets the needed criteria.
Police Magistrate McGough imposes a $50 fine and orders the woman into county jail for twenty five days as the city jail cannot house female prisoners. The Tribune report about renting Deacon house for schoolrooms is incorrect. The board found the building unsuitable and plans a two room school near the courthouse this summer to serve four or five years.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts, sores, ulcers, fever sores, chilblains, and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not effective. Box price is 25 cents with a stated refund policy.
Debtors who know themselves indebted to Jas Mates are urged to pay by or before May 20. After that date the accounts will not be in his status. He has run the accounts for several years and wishes to settle. Present the notes and he will pay them.
Notice to co owner Harvey Sullivan through legal representatives that action is required under federal statutes. The document references property and mining site matters in Beaverhead County Montana and lists deadlines, ownership details, and notices of legal process to be followed.
A damaged legal notice dated January 4 OL references a petition for separation or divorce terms. It mentions a restraining or consent issue and requests a formal statement of action with witness and seal of the court. First publication Tas 13th.
A fragmented note lists travel related terms and phrases with unclear meaning. It references rates, a GOP era, and several names or codes that resemble place or event markers but lacks a coherent narrative.
An OCR ruined text fragment mentions medical and personal terms with garbled phrases. No clear events, names, or places are discernible to summarize into a coherent news item.
Local notices claim Dr King’s New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and consumption. The record praises its effectiveness and cites testimonials and endorsements from readers in August.
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