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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
3
Advertising rates listed for local notices and business promotions. Notices of church festivals fairs dances suppers and admissions incur five cents per line. Also five cents per line for cann of thanks and calvary poster notices.
Short, fragmentary OCR lists for Oregon Short Line trains in November as southbound and northbound departures. Reads like timetable snippets with line references and numbers, offering limited readable details on routes or times.
Miscellaneous briefs report visitors and local activities in Dillon and Twin Bridges. Mentions include visits by J. Jenkins, J.W. Lueher, Pinkerton, and Mrs. Hart selling gowns. agricultural updates on seed potatoes and cottonwood trees. new deputy sheriff Will Calloway. doctors and dentists operating in Dillon. and various town notices on exams, real estate, and local business.
County Superintendent of Schools Abella Rife notes a July gathering of all county superintendents of Montaca well to discuss educational policy. The meeting was delayed from August due to scheduling and attendance concerns. Weather and crop reports follow, with the weekly update noting cold, wet conditions and storms impacting fields. The sporting excerpt mentions a junior game where Carter led his team with a strong finish and a late surge by regulars.
Thomas Davis, an elderly Welsh sheepherder in the employ of T. M. Selway, died after four days of unconsciousness in his tent south of town. Medical staff attributed pneumonia as the direct cause, though some claimed smallpox. The camp fire attempt and cold nights left him unable to summon help as the sheep were scattered. about seven head remain unrecovered.
A letter to Superintendent Tyree from County Superintendent Zoek of Custer County praises Beaverhead County High School as one of the best in Montana. Zoek requests a copy of the county high school course of study as his county has just approved a new high school and seeks guidance.
The Shakespeare Club held its final meeting of the season in the County Superintendent's office. Twenty members attended including Mrs Harley Thompson of Billings. A reading of As You Like It concluded with a discussion and papers on Touchstone by Mrs Edwin Norris. An original As You Like It by Mrs J E Monroe followed, and officers for the next year were elected: President Mrs B F C Kress, Vice President Mrs H P White, Secretary and Treasurer Mrs J E Monroe.
Kilia Perainger serving a life sentence for complicity in the murder of Eugene Cullinane testified again at a Clinton Dat pardon hearing in Deer Lodge. The judge and officials offered very little encouragement to her bid.
Assessor CW Conger reports returns from several county insurers. The aggregate valuation of premiums listed totals Pis ticl02 with entries from multiple firms including Equitable Five & Save and Northwestern Mutual Life among others. The list names numerous companies from London New York and other locales with individual valuations ranging from modest figures to the thousands.
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