Local Dillon notes mix ads and school events
Classified snippets from Dillon recount grocery deals at Morton's and Bradbury's photo sale, a teachers’ exam at the high school, hay cutting, street improvements, a Shakespeare club picnic, and a bucking horse incident on Bannack Street. Beverages, saloon sale, and local commerce appear alongside community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradbury’s
Stodden Brothers
Morton's
Goldenrod
Morton
Charles Gooch
Coon & Robb
Beaverhead County
Newbro
Bradbury
Beaverhead County Notices and Local Health Remedies Highlight 19th Century News
Beaverhead county notes report water issues after a canyon ditch washout, a horse refused by Butte water, and licenses due to Treasurer Shannon. Advertisements praise Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Chamberlain’s remedies for debility and colic, with testimonials from Oregon and Washington. Centennial valley sheep movement and a state land agent appointment are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Taylor
C. L. Kline
Beaverhead County
Butte
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge New Northwest
Chamberlain
N. M. White
Richards
James M. Page
Madison County
Richard O. Hickman
Board of Land Commissioners
Hickman
EB. M. Hartman
Marquam
Oregon
Finley Cunnard
Centennial Valley
W. B. Carter
Centennial
Edinger Bros
Seemingly Random Rural Scenes From Tribune Window
A series of vivid vignettes describe a girl cyclist a header emigrants on back tracks a captain with a whistle and a wheelman failing to turn a corner bucking horses and a bronco dancing a dig a militiaman chasing a 5 30 train and a drugstore encounter with tea and a stallion scare detailing local hazards and a patented salve sales pitch by Dillon Drug Store agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
It Isn’t Rich Enough to Buy Water for Dusty Streets
The speaker laments a town unable to secure sufficient water or resources, suggesting that without wealth to address a basic need the populace would stop complaining about the drought and duat. The line implies frustration with scarcity and social inequity.
Four Medicines Sell Well as Advertised Remedies
The ad notes Dr. King's Kew Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, Electric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys, Bucklen's Arnica for wounds, and De Witt's Colic Cholera Cure with strong claims. Also lists Bishop Brewer's regional appointment dates and locations for August in Twin Bridges Lima Dillon Argenta Bannack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bucklen
RB. I. Scearce
Dillon Drug Store
Brewer
Twin Bridges
Lima
Dillon
Argenta
Bannack
Court notes record marriage license Dillon Montana
The clerk issued a marriage license to Alex Schneider and Mrs Anna Stringham of Dillon. A case State of Montana ex rel Peter Wilson vs Thomas Flynn charges contempt of court. hearing scheduled August 15. Duplicate land office receipts for Orpha and Augustie Larivee Fox P.O. mentioned. Ad for De Witt's Colic and Cholera Care and Nieghborship ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. Schneider
Anna
Stringham
Dillon
State of Montana
Peter Wilson
Thos. Flynn
H. R. Melton
Land Office
Orpha
Augustie Larivee
Fox P.O
City Council approves alley opening and street work items
Regular session reports show the council approving the Barton alley opening within 30 days, accepting a Kentucky avenue grade, and authorizing a sidewalk on Montana and Idaho streets. It finances police funds, debates extending night watch, approves numerous bills, adjourns to Aug 12 for tax levy, and includes a medical testimonial and local ad insert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Rice
D. B. Barton
Thomisen
Kentucky Avenue
Kleinschmidt
Montana Street
Idaho Street
Helens
Virginia
Bee Hive Hardware Co
Dart Hawko
D. Hegarty
R. Tritt
B. Bond
Thompson & Reynolds Lumber
John Taylor
Guy X. Pryatt
Dillon News Co
Tribune Pub. Co
Montana Mero Co
J. HE. Young
W. H. Sweet
Geo. Clark
Jas. McLaughlin
Pat Phillips
Special Police
L. Cushing
P. D. McGough
J. B. Poindexter
Dillon Mere Oo
Banishoe
Swan Malin Fatally Injured Stallion Kick in Big Hole Basin
Swan Malin a Swede employed by J. D. Fox in the Big Hole Basin was kicked yesterday morning by a stallion and suffered a compound fracture of the left leg just below the knee. Eugene Fox brought him to Dillon this morning where Dr Bond acting for Dr Pickman treated the fracture and reduced the protruding bone. The injury is described as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dart, Jr
Crowell’s
Jas. Kirkpatrick
Dillon
Mont
Dillon Shakespeare Club
Sheep Canyon
Phil Lovell
George Shannon
Leason
Hall
Salmon River
Dart
Mr. Pyle
Swan Malin
J. D. Fox
Big Hole
Eugene Fox
Bond
Pickman
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Augendre
Paris
D. M. Newbro Drug Co
Sole
Butte City
Mons
Dillons and Vicinity
J. MD. Morton’s
Phil. Lovell
Foster Brothers
Sheridan
Designant Dillon. News Co
Arthur
West
Shannon
Ayer
Helena
Blake
Macbeth
Dilson
Mrs. Schnyder
Isaac Reese
NM. FE. Hatch
Quartermaster
Washington
B. and
M. Sarsaparilla
Prey
Maiden Fair
Parks
H. A. Bond
Geo. Howard
Glendale
Medicine Lodge
Bishop Brewer
de Witt
N.M. ‘White
Mra Kap
Fea
J. Gunderman
Dimondale
Mich
Baptist
Rives Junction
Gillen
Standard
Charles Gillen
District Court
Levi Cartier
First National Bank of
Jameson
Silver Bow
N’s
Creole Congress
Congress
Cushing & Sons
Dillon, Mont
E. F. White
Otho Klemm
First National Bank
Anderson Bros
Marlow
Sale Stable
Dillon and Bannack
Sheridan and
Virginia Mail and Express Line
G. W. Dart Hardware Co
Majestic Steel
Buckeye
Sim’ Estes
Idaho and
Sebree Streeta
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