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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1894
Page
3
A flood of items from the region details rail strike effects and upcoming local race meeting plans. Residents such as James Davidson Thomas Pierce and Mrs Con Bray travel or visit town as freight and mail flow continues amid the rail disruptions.
Militia and regulars faced a shooting trial with five rounds at each range. Regulars led 87 65 at 2X yards and 90 78 at 300 yards, totaling 133 to militia 133 points after adjustments. The militia team included Bird Sullivan Simmons Harding and Mann. Heavy rain highlighted the value of graded streets while Montana street dried quickly except at Gopot crossing. Merchants urged advertising as a path to profits amid changes in rail service during a strike affecting Dillon and surrounding areas.
An ad describes sale opportunities at the Metropolitan Restaurant with stands and gates offered at a bargain. It notes applications by Mes Many and McGabon as parties involved in the promotion.
A wagon loaded with fruit could not reach its destination and the trader urged 25 cents per crate as a sale price. The crowd rushed to buy the cheap fruit as the car emptied quickly. J Purley arrived from Ogden with Peter Likem and Jacob Staab, two Russian farmers, to study local agriculture and pasture resources for a potential Lithuanian colony.
The Weekly Journal announces a nationwide guessing contest tied to August weather, offering cash prizes and a free subscription as rewards. Subscriptions and entries are described with reader participation across many states and territories, with a postal card request for entry forms and full details.
The undersigned announces a new Meade Telephone exchange between Pifton and Barcack with charges reduced from 66 cents to 86 cents for service. It plans to extend to Deslop and Beonack Argenta with free line trials and messenger incentives, offering business homes direct lines and a public station at Ditton Topplemert Co. Hours set from 7 am to 8 pm daily and 8 am to 2 pm Sunday.
The notice promotes a Montana boarding school led by Rev F P Tower offering courses in arts music and health with a focus on low rates from 9224 to GRE for a pine month term. It mentions a boarding club to reduce costs and notes university factions and realttiaines of jocetion.
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