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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1896
Page
5
Fragmentary text indicates editorial department announcements about forthcoming notices and advertisements to be furnished on request, with references to official examiner and government department.
Joseph Smith visits Dillon from Polaris amid city social life. Local commerce hawks cigars and autos while Miss Frieda Jones returns from Idaho and new bicycle models are showcased. City projects include street improvements and a busy construction season with new homes and a masons’ gathering for funeral services.
Last Thursday invitations in verse stirred young women as plans formed for a secret At Home to be hosted Monday at the Masonic Temple. Decor dazzled with pink and white ribbons, plants, and candles while games and a stage surprise followed a formal supper and entertainment by Mr. Willis. Each lady offered her escort a ring on a card with verses praising the bachelor boys and vowing lasting affection.
A social event featured a prize drawing with Mr Bliel winning a paper cutter and Fidel Huber taking the booby prize a jack knife. A fall chorus entertained guests after the “At Home” segment, leaving attendees hopeful for the bachelors' future.
An advertisement touts Buckhlen'n Arnica Salve and Dr. King's New Discovery as universal remedies for cuts sores ulcers and coughs with money back guarantees. It cites testimonials from individuals in Keokuk Iowa and Try ing and promotes electric bitters and kidney liver tonics as cures.
Proposals for the Argenta Reed cutoff road from the Beaverberd river near Dillon to Rattlesnake creek are invited by the Argenta Reed Committee. Bids will be opened at a set time and the committee reserves the right to reject all bids. Details and specs available from the committee office.
Shade trees offered for sale by N Axel claim to beautify streets and barges with planted trees.
Register's Notice announces a hearing under an 1806 act to examine and classify certain lands in Montana. It warns that protests must be filed within six days after first publication and details that the secretary of the interior will make the final classification unless fraud is shown.
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