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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
4
The Tribune Publishing Co will not be responsible for employee debts except when signed by the manager. Subscribers who do not receive papers regularly should notify the office as the paper is published regularly and should be delivered on time.
Montana editors enjoyed a three day break in Kalispell as they relaxed from their duties. The article notes they faced the workload and joked about papers being heavy when carried three or four blocks.
The piece denounces industrial workers as only active via street talks or by inciting strikes, calling them unproductive. It notes the Inter-State Fair association of Bozeman receiving Tribune thanks for a fair admission ticket covering August 25 to 29 with a coinciding sweet pea carnival. Beaverhead county plans a special train to Helena for the state fair next month due to limited funds for a county fair. A resident notes cheaper potato shipping by parcel post from Flathead Lake to Butte than freight, suggesting potential rate effects.
The piece lauds Kansas for enduring crop failures and discouragements since settlement, calling its people heroic and talented in building a wealthy state despite adverse conditions and challenges.
The Montana State Fair will award $6,500 in special prizes during the September 22 to 27 events. Major donors include Louis W. Hill offering $1,386 for dry farming products, with Hereford, Percheron, Shorthorn, Duroc Jersey, and other livestock divisions also receiving awards. Additional prizes include grain and sugar awards, a 225 value engine prize, a buggy, and a $100 silver trophy, all atop $22,000 in cash across divisions.
The teredo worm, boring in mud and wood, allegedly inspired Isambard Kingdom Brunel to design the Thames tunnel. Workers advanced a shield with a brick arch behind, mirroring the calcareous tube the worm leaves in wood.
A FA Society man discussed an heiress who wed a count. The girl believed the count had no unworthy motives. a fried warned months before the wedding that the count may marry for her money to pay his bills.
In a baseball note the Redmen beat Dillon 8 runs to 6 with on base errors and walks noted. Leverett struck out 11 while Wartens fanned 4. Two-base hits by Bradley Stephenson and Kelley highlighted the game.
Leverett pitched seven innings allowing two hits and ten strikeouts as Dillon led 6 to 0. Gosman relieved in the eighth, the Cubs failed to score again, while Jardine impressed at third. Bradley’s throw from center to third was the game’s highlight with Stephenson umpiring. Next Sunday Dillon hosts Butte Independents in a much anticipated home game.
The text explains that maple elm and oak stems narrow only where they fork and then maintain diameter as branches diverge. Each branch and bud remains similar in thickness to the original stem, implying all trees share this natural law. If all growth units were combined without space loss, they would form a round log equal in diameter to the trunk.
The poet William Cowper loved his first cousin, who loved him back, but her father forbade their marriage. The rejection damaged Cowper’s mind, and the woman kept his poems under the name Della. He never pursued a serious marriage after this early misfortune.
In New York Times style banter Billy asks if signs exist and Milly replies affirmatively. Billy shares a dream of being passionately in love, prompting a witty misreading by Milly as a sign.
The article presents a weekly listing of titles compiled by Pear I. Smith. It outlines cataloged books and literary items available during the week of August 18 1913.
State Patent issued to Montana covering over 22 000 acres with 6571.96 acres granted to Beaverhead county. Final Receipt M S Land office to George J Parks 160 acres east of Dillon. Warranty Deed John C Romain to Earl J Ryan 75 by 40 feet in Jackson. Consideration $1.00 R W Boone to Victoria Short two lots Helena Street $10.00. Warranty Deed Lassica M White to Luella Hobson two lots Atlantic Dillon $1.00. Cemetery Deed Mountain View Cemetery Association to Victoria Short 1 lot $25. Mining Deed Joseph E Keppler to Philip J Lonergan half interest Springfield mining claim Banack district $5000. Court Order final account and decree of distribution Estate of John W Moran Dillon Wisdom Water Appropriation eight cubic feet per second Swamp creek two CFS Golden Era springs two CFS Cave creek two CFS Rock Gulch springs five CFS Dry Gulch springs five CFS Crooked Gulch springs five CFS. Notice of Occupancy John M Sveich 160 acres Barretts station Quartz Location Luck Strike Quartz lode and Edna quartz lode Esther lake R B Heaston Peter Haupton John Shaffer King quartz lode William Spearian H B Duff Judge N J Jones Lakeview transacted business in Dillon haying near finished.
An unclear fragment mentions Charles Dolivet in Butte this week indicating a visit or event with limited readable context and no specific actions.
W B Horn reports Beaverhead county yields its first tomato crop. He grows about 6000 plants and has already placed many love apples on the market. Some tomatoes may exceed a pound in weight and a display will be sent to the state fair.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any uncured case and urge sending testimonials. pills for constipation are also advertised.
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