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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1888
Page
8
A patchwork of classifieds and notices appears with farm seeds alfalfa grasses and fruit stocks, dental and dairy ads, real estate and supplies. Names like Delton Jurless Co and Mike City Drug Store surface amid scattered addresses and prices, urging calls and sales with faded details.
Readable items note Dart Hardware Co receiving new bird cages and bass churns, Crowell & Nuckolls selling butter and produce, and Kaufman’s stocking fabrics. Dillon election results favor Reeder and Nuckolls, with community events at Grace M E Church and local notices on sidewalks, licenses, and a planned electric plant.
A Dillon reporter records Louis Kauffman stating he and brother Dave will close their dry goods store due to personal differences affecting management. The stock may be sold to St Louis parties below cost or cleared retail at Eastern prices as plans to leave Dillon are pursued by month’s end.
An inquest near Twin Bridges Madison County confirmed A J Warren known as Whicky Kline murdered Gay with a shotgun at a cabin about a mile above a bridge over the Hig Stote river. Gay ran thirty feet before Warren burned the body with coal. Warren was committed to jail without bail on a murder charge.
A fragmented notice stresses no outsiders are connected to the matter and names two men as responsible parties. It appeals to public trust from citizens and business people, urging fair dealing to foster growth and trade while avoiding external influence.
Mining reports from Montana and Idaho describe the Great Falls and Montana Smelting Company works in progress with a forty ton concentrator planned. The Tuscarora Company at Argenta shows strong bullion progress while the Great Falls works expand. The Hecla Consolidated operation at Glendale faces policy hurdles, and the Viola mine near Nichola Idaho reports record ore output with 200 plus workers.
In Laurain Madison county a Sunday melee at Willett's saloon left several injured. Frank Sink stabbed and cut McFadden multiple times while others were knocked down and faces harmed. Links brothers were jailed in Virginia awaiting examination after the incident.
A sale of choice stallions to the west is announced with King Victor Quality Prince Rupert Moorack Briton and Stineo to be shown at McCuny's stable on Sebree Street Dillon for one week. The event promises pure bred and acclimated stock at fair prices with viewing invited for breeders.
Retail note describes a closing sale with many items priced to move including towels table linens and wool carpet remnants. New stock of beaded wraps dresses and dress fabrics arrive plus a long list of regional visitors and residents traveling through Dillon with various announced movements.
A vintage ad notes mens calfskin shoes and all wool red channel underwear offered at wholesale prices. Slogan-like lines reference Kant store and Eastern wholesale cost pricing, with a focus on durable menswear and value.
Fragmentary OCR names include Odell Jean Philips Poole Mrs Addi Parka S Kolins Martin Staley Hans Waiters Altec Ly Miss Sadie Irany. No coherent event or context detected to form a complete news item.
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