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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1897
Page
1
Montana items record Townsend setting a board of trade while Bozeman notes Gallatin valley wheat selling at 64 per bushel. Reports cover tobacco trials in Miles City, local rail and river issues, and a flood of scattered economic notes across Helena, Butte, and Great Falls with various wages and dividends.
Under Sheriff Smith and Chief of Police Phillips arrest a man charged with murdering four people. The suspect, Jack U Hamblett also known as Bob Grant and Bob Childers, was seized near Robert Selway's ranch after a Grant County, Oregon warrant and a nationwide search. The capture ends a weeks long manhunt that began with a description from Sheriff Newt Livingston of Grant County and followed a cross state pursuit through Canyon City.
A local column notes residents urged to advertise in papers to attract outsiders to Dillon and its schools. The piece mocks a business owner who underfunds ads and laments the lack of local recognition, urging promotion to boost patronage and housing access.
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