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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1896
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune publishing company outlines subscription rates and mailing terms including one year six months and three months options. It states the paper is Beaverhead County's official publication and provides address details for business, editorial correspondence, and job printing remittance obligations.
The Montana Republican state convention is called for noon on Wednesday September 9 1898 in Helena to nominate candidates for state offices representative in congress three presidential electors one associate justice of the supreme court and to elect the state central committee for two years. Delegates from counties including Beaverhead Carbon Cascade Lewis and Madison Meagher Missoula Park Silver Bow Sweet Grass Teton Yellowstone are apportioned. Rules require elected delegates and alternates, with county conventions naming both, and nominations for multi county districts to be made at the state convention.
Beaverhead Republicans plan a county convention in Dillon on September 18 at 12 oclock to elect twelve delegates and alternates to the state convention in Helena and to form a two year county central committee. Precincts listed include Argenta Birch Creek Blacktail and more with primaries set for August 29.
Congressmen Hartman did not seek a Democratic paper to publish his letter to the people. The Dillon Fair and Race association rests with local business leaders and the 1896 meeting is expected to succeed. Stock still roams Dillon streets at night unmolested by guards. Ordinance No 100 is violated nightly. Helena Independent shows improvement under new management and steals newsy items on eastern Montana from the Lrinser, unlike rivals that pay correspondents.
A slate of political and media developments across Montana and Idaho is outlined. Topics include Democratic and McKinley faction tensions, the new Western Silver Advocate in Helena supporting Bryan, Hartman’s reply to the Butte Miner, and a pushed use of phonographs in campaigns. Also noted is a health ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer.
Montana secretary of state informs Beaverhead County Clerk that state seals will supply weights and measures standards at cost. Sets delivered Aug-Sep 1896, with a $208.60 county charge plus freight. County commissioners to approve payment to Geo. D. Barnard & Co. and arrange warrants.
A collection of witty lines notes how tire punctures intersect with daily transport. Pundits from Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles reflect on bicycles and inflation as a humorous snapshot of urban mobility in contemporary times.
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