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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1914
Page
3
The Dillon Examiner outlines local advertising rates including 20 cents per line for first readings and 15 cents for subsequent insertions. Business locals in Belton charge 10 cents first line and 8 cents thereafter. Standing ads rates are available on application.
Fragmentary rail schedule listing multiple No numbers for north and south bound trains with times such as 4:30 p m and 2:03a and scattered unreadable text and codes. Names of train numbers appear inconsistently with partial times and routes. The readable items suggest a local timetable snippet rather than a full service entry.
Local brief items include birth announcements for a son to Mr and Mrs Sylvester Reed and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur Lundeen, travelers and visitors in Dillon, and business notes. Also promotions for heating stoves, a used 1914 Hudson car for sale, and various upcoming services and real estate ads.
A humorous pamphlet prints verses urging labor over idle dream, praising work and warning that life ends soon. The piece includes lines attributed to Ajax Notes and J C Smith with playful digs at writers' madness and creativity.
As haying starts across the county, the large pool of unemployed in Dillon shrinks under the influx of ranch hands returning from Centennial valley Big Hole and Horse Prairie. Farmers expect continued demand through September and urge farmers to maintain proper moisture to keep crops healthy and prevent disease.
Mrs. Ross Parsons writes of the loss, noting the postmaster’s store in Lost Creek was totally destroyed by fire near 11:30 p.m. The alarm was raised from their home, entry was impossible, and the young couple loss drew sympathy from local friends.
Eugene Grubb of Colorado notes in the June U. S. Reclamation Record that many farmers insist potatoes must not be watered until they bloom. Some remain set in their ways and resist advice.
Bozeman hosts a Golden and Silver Anniversary Jubilee on August 8 with a boxing program. Paddy O'Hern of Lewistown faces Young Wallace of Milwaukee in a 12 round bout at the Opera House, paired by the Bozeman Athletic Club. Harry Atwood meets Bob White in the semi windup as part of a fast featherweight lineup in the West.
A listing of Sabbath services for Dillon churches with times and pastors. Presbyterian Rev. E V Ostrander St James Episcopal Rev W S Watson Methodist Rev A W Hamilton and Rev A R Hardy details include services Sunday school hours prayers masses and evening devotions.
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