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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1891
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune prints local notices and advertising rates with a mix of notices, editorials, and short items. It mentions festivals, public events, and scattered anecdotes about travelers, industry, and current affairs from 1891, including Africa’s prospects and labor debates.
A literary note advertises the May Cosmopolitan with a three-part story by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen about a painter seeking the Christ image through sorrow and love. It includes war stories by Archibald Forbes and Albion W. Tourgee, illustrated by notable artists, plus pieces on the Cleopatra plays, New Philadelphia, a Leadville mine, kennels, and Berlin study notes. Price 25 cents. Cosmopolitan Pub. Co. New York.
The census puts Chicago at 1,098,000 in 1880, surpassing Philadelphia’s 1,046,000 and edging toward New York. Atlanta and Birmingham surge in the South, San Francisco climbs to eighth, while Baltimore remains ahead. Atlas publishers expect a census boom as maps and statistics spur sales and agents are sought.
We the undersigned business houses of Dillon Montana agree to close our places of business at 8 o clock in the evening from May 1 to August 31, 1891. Geo. W. Dart Hardware Co. Mrs. L. Kupfer. Dillon News Co. T. W. Poindexter & Sons. Dillon Furniture Co. Eliel Bros. Burfiend Bros. & Co. Dillon Mercantile Co. Freed & Timer. Cushing & Sons. Crowell & Nuckolls. Bee Hive Hardware Co. O. E. Morse. Hammer & Moore. A dangerous Wall Street broker is at large in New York City.
Butte and Boise City Idaho would be linked by an air line railway. O L Miller brings Boise board of trade backing and funds for a preliminary survey estimated at up to 3000 dollars. Surveyor General Carter calls the route easy with small grades. A meeting of the board of trade is set for next Tuesday night to discuss the plan and its potential benefit to Butte. News notes Bitter Root vegetable income, and two local birth notices.
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