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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
7
The Dillon Examiner lists advertising rates for local notices at 20 cents per line for the first insertion and 15 cents for each subsequent, while business locals cost 10 cents then 8 cents. Notices of church festivals fairs or events with admission or profit from sales are 5 cents per line.
In effect dates and times listed in the fragment refer to a railway timetable. The garbled OCR names lines such as northeast and south bound services with unspecified train identifiers and a few scattered times. The text remains incomplete and ambiguous about routes or exact schedules.
The column records the regular monthly city council meeting tonight and lists residents and visitors such as Col Alf Decker from Bedrock, George Woodworth portrait, and many others visiting Dillon during the past week including Cadet Richard promoted to pro lieutenant and Dr R H Ryburn from Bannack. It notes a freight wreck near Melrose, the construction of a hotel by Howard Sebree, and various moves in local business, farming, and politics.
Deputy County Attorney O Leary and Attorney George W Stanton secured dismissal as evidence appeared weak in the case charging James Kirkpatrick with horse theft from Arthur McCurry. Kirkpatrick had paid a $500 cash bail and posted a Dillon Bank check guarantee. The horse’s brand matched McCurry s claim only partly, and officers questioned McCurry s motive amid alleged ill will between the pair. The hearing in Justice Safford s court was adjourned with Kirkpatrick released.
Ed C. Davis reported from Ennis that Flora Davis of Chicago is receiving treatment for a sarcoma cancer. He cited a letter stating the bone was thoroughly cured and swelling reduced, allowing her to walk without trouble and with excellent general health.
Anna Lennon sues Patrick Lennon in Butte for divorce alleging years of separation and a previously reported death. Married since 1893 with three children, Lennon served six months in prison after a quarrel with a British officer in South Africa. A year ago a supposed widow remarried John Mc Conaghy and had one child. The case aims to straighten the family’s tangled history.
Rumor from Livingston for two weeks says a special Northern Pacific park train will run from St Paul to Gardiner when Yellow Stone Park opens. It is said to leave every other day with Gardiner as the park entrance.
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