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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
9
The city enforces a Spanish flu response with schools churches and public venues closed. Public gatherings halted with police aid and health orders require masks for workers and banned loitering as officials urge staying home and avoiding crowded areas.
The Beaverhead county Democratic slate declines a county campaign due to war and influenza. Jesse W. Finsley heads the ticket for state representative with Stimpson for county commissioner, Carney for sheriff, Emerick for assessor, Stocker for clerk and recorder, and Mathews for treasurer.
A record of Red Cross finances from April through July includes receipts and payments such as membership dues, donations, sale items, and funds remitted to divisions. Details show balances, transfers to the Northern division for Serbian relief, and numerous small contributions from individuals and branches, reflecting ongoing fundraising activity.
A letter from the president highlights a warm endorsement of a candidate for the Senate. It stresses Walsh’s praise for consistent support of constructive measures and remarks on unusual legal ability and political judgment. The message is addressed to Governor Stewart.
In a dated October 4 letter to Governor Stewart President Wilson commends Senator T. J. Walsh for consistent generous support during wartime and prior to the war. He notes Walsh’s diligence for Montana’s legitimate interests and constructive measures and urges Walsh’s return to the Senate.
Senator Tooley dies in Harlowton after pneumonia and Spanish influenza illness. He was a Meagher county former state representative and state senator and was the Republican candidate for the state senate in Wheatland county. He is survived by his wife and was well known in Dillon from marriage to Warrier Waldorf.
The nine months old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Frizell died last Sunday after a short illness. The infant was brought to Dillon for medical treatment from the Centennial valley. Funeral services were held Monday at Brundage undertaking parlors. Returns From Butte Melville Nugheed returned from Butte after an operation on his nose.
George Raymond Anderson died at Camp Fremont California ten days ago. His remains arrived in Dillon Thursday afternoon and were laid to rest Friday at Mountain View cemetery. Rev H G Humphrey officiated at Odd Fellows hall funeral and flags draped the casket as taps echoed.
The district court is postponed due to the Spanish influenza outbreak with the term continued to January 6 and jurors told not to report. A new order bans more than four men entering any bar at a time and requires they not loiter nearby.
Mrs. Mary F Sweeney of the ranch near the city was fined 50 for pleading guilty to making a fake statement in her son's questionnaire. The son is now in military service.
Sheriff Wyman conducted a millinery sale at the courthouse last Monday afternoon, selling hundreds of dollars worth of stock from the Marck Hat shop which had retired from business weeks ago. A large number of ladies attended and purchased hats at real bargains.
Clarence Langdorf writes from the western front that he has ventured over the top twelve times and came through unhurt. Friends wish he may make another dozen charges and receive a dozen bowies, hoping he returns home safely. Langdorf has four brothers serving.
C W Stallings and Harry Baas returned Saturday morning from a Jackson Hole hunting expedition. They brought two elk a grizzly bear and speckled beauties weighing about three pounds each caught in the Madison. A Deserter: Sheriff’s office reports M Moreno a young Mexican arrested earlier for failing to complete his questionnaire is a deserter.
Bond Grocery Co offers a large supply of wheat for chickens available in any amount.
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