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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
4
In this issue of the Dillon Tribune from April 14, 1893, readers encounter a mix of satire and local news. The column notes humor about Atlanta and Oakland high school, reports on labor strikes and arbitration at the Santa Fe railroad, and discusses local elections, party dynamics, and new publications. It highlights city politics, real estate interest, and the ongoing water works debate.
The text urges cautious council action on bond sales and fire plugs while noting heavy road tax in Deweys yields little local benefit. Residents complain to county commissioners about neglected roads, urging appointment of a capable road supervisor and accountability from the board chair.
The description profiles Mrs. Hoke Smith wife of a cabinet secretary as youthful and attractive with a pink and white complexion and a happy expression. It also critiques Mrs. Henry M. Stanley for lacking dress taste and notes Mrs. J Killen Foster as a handsome, keen lecturer. Mme Pinitza, widow of a Slavic major assassinated by Stambouloff, has remarried a Sofia banker, close to Stambouloff.
Four Independence Hall portraits to be shown at the World’s Fair. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs to hold a Chicago council next July by Columbian Exposition invitation. Collected books by American women since 1620 sought for the Woman’s Building Library. Colonel Singerly promotes Jumbo the ox for display at the fair. An English salt statue mimics Bartholdi’s Liberty in New York Harbor, 51 feet high on a wreck salt base 7 feet tall.
A historical autograph sale lists John Wesley at 12.50 dollars and Talleyrand at 15 dollars. Marie Antoinette fetches 825, General Israel Putnam 35, Sarah Bernhardt 4, and N P Willis 5.50. Helen Hunt Jackson’s signature appears for 2.50, Washington’s 78 year survey at 850, and Thomas Mlucker’s autograph tied to a Hancock connection. The dealer asks 50 pounds for a Wilkes Booth signed check.
Advertisements claim steady growth in Hood's Sarsaparilla sales since public introduction. Detractors are urged to try the medicine, with testimonials from A Walnut of Wealdsburg California noting noticeable benefits after a short period on the market.
A notice quotes the New York Telegram guidance on checking well water purity. It advises observing water color by clarity, then storing half the sample in a warm bottle for 20 hours and smelling for odors to detect impurities. It warns that bright well water is often not pure and decay may begin in warm storage.
The piece discusses moving Parrot reduction works to a water rich site with lower taxes and urges support for water plants and new industries. It includes a Beaverhead assessor’s appeal for honest property declarations, dated 1893, and a list of undelivered Dillon post office letters with names and notes on dead letters.
Mrs. Von Ponsstlaer Crier and Mrs. John Mackay appear in society fashion detail pieces. Dr. Mary Walker criticizes crinoline as immoral and unhealthy. Miss Sydney Dandle and Miss Grundtvi noted for roles in education and political life. Miss Anna Gould, Jay Gould’s daughter, attends a Boston boarding school.
NOPICH states from this date that Dans is not connected in any way with Maye Whitney in business. Wedd Pa ar April bil Ido. edt.
Sheriff Trowas B.Airon of Beaverhead County will sell the James Maye land and improvements in Argenta Montana on May 6 at 2 PM under an order of sale and decree of foreclosure. The sale follows a judgment against Charng Reynolds and others in the District Court of Beaverhead County.
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