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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1890
Page
5
D J Hennessy Mercantile Co of Butte Montana reports enormous clothing sales through summer. They bought five thousand dollars more at discount, sold over nine tenths, and now offer remaining suits and trousers at about half price. Fall stock will be strong with no old goods. Mail orders welcomed, samples and prices sent, express prepaid, returns accepted.
Public notices and classifieds report Dr J C Leonard dentist visiting Dillon in three to four weeks for practice. Bee Hive milk shakes advertised. Lost keys near the tele phone office. Tribune and Cosmopolitan subscription deal offered. Pigs for sale by J B Townsend. Union Pacific ticket specials from Montana to Omaha and midwestern cities with 60 dollar round trips.
Wednesday evening a complimentary ball for Miss Fannie Walls of St Louis was held by the Dillon Lawn Tennis club in the Odd Fellows building. Dancing started at 9:30 and continued late with attendees including Mr and Mrs R C Halliday Mr and Mrs T W Poindexter Jr Mr and Mrs R B Nuckolls and many local ladies and gentlemen in tennis attire and Jephthah gowns.
Dillon city news spans school opening in October, local arrests and discharges, ore discoveries at Legal Tender mine, recruiting posts for Lieut Galbraith, hay purchases by W M Oliver, social events in LO G T A, an ice cream social, a buggy accident, the Obelisk Mining & Concentrating company incorporation, Henry Melton’s birthday party, federation talk among railroad unions, and a dentist relocation notice on Pacific Street.
A Dillon news note highlights a growing tennis club, ongoing bank building work on Main and Bannack streets, and local civic interest. It covers athletic rumors, pending tournaments, plant and equipment upgrades, architectural plans by J R Roberts, and club expansion with new members and backstops arriving from Chicago.
Saturday August 9 docket shows numerous judgments by default in cases involving Golden Era Mining Co. and others, with H J Burleigh as attorney. August 11 court figures include jury commissioners and a special term set for September 30 1890. Various estates and water rights action scheduled. grand jury reports and jail condition concerns noted.
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