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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
4
The piece urges residents to buy locally and support home businesses to grow and prosper. It emphasizes collective effort and places a premium on fulfilling needs from community sources as a step toward a better, prouder town.
From the Tribune Nov. 25, 1887. City Marshall Mulaney stops opium dens as cash receipts at First National Bank total 358 ounces of gold dust and bars worth 6444 dollars at 18 dollars per ounce. Stages depart Bedrock at 4 pm with overnight at Burnett's and arrive Salmon next afternoon. Oats stored in Dillon reach 2 to 3 million pounds at 1.20 per bushel with strong daily receipts. Mineral water common in Dillon to dilute heavy drinks.
Forty years ago the Tribune reported well attended and interesting services at the Baptist church on Sunday November 22. Thanksgiving day in Montana turned the coldest in 15 years with the thermometer near zero all day and 25 below the next morning. Straw rides with four-horse hay racks and sleigh bells entertained locals in the festive mood.
20 years ago reporting note states Dr F M Poindexter leaves for New York en route to Liverpool to be stationed in London government hospitals for surgical work. The item also mentions two Dillon garagemen advertising high gear machines over Cemetery hill and Edward Smith of New York earning a living scooping bubbles.
John Van Guilder urges readers to skip ready made cards and craft original Christmas greetings using personal photos. He suggests using simple note cards or photo finishers, with ideas like a musically themed family portrait and customized captions. The aim is unique cards that truly reflect the sender.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, long famed as the world’s greatest pianist, celebrated his 76th birthday on November 6 after finishing his new film Moonlight Sonata. He spent six weeks filming scenes in which he performs five concert numbers including Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, and Schubert pieces.
The piece covers the Division of Wildlife Management plans in the National Forests, plus background on Admiral William D. Leahy as Chief of Naval Operations. It also includes a legal notice to creditors in the Beaverhead County Montana estate matter of Bessie Mori, with filing details for Frank C. McFadden.
For decades bottle papers were sent with ocean currents data via the hydrographic office. The program ends as scientific methods advance. American champagne production grows, boosting jobs and keeping dollars domestic. George Haley of Gordonsville, Tennessee, built a chicken coop elevator from auto parts, moving hens ten round trips per minute.
A story details a token carried by Miss Ogoogokovi Tu'Thalamaka from Samoa to Washington. Daughter of a native chief, she found the token on her distant island shore and returned it, bridging distant homes through a single act of exchange.
In Beaverhead County Montana guardian Sarah E Johnson seeks permission to sell or auction the minors Ruth E Schuler and Clayton Dean Schuler estates. The court in Dillon requires next of kin and interested parties to appear January 4 1937 at 10 am to show cause why the sale of all minor interests in described lands should not be granted.
Public notice announces Frederick G. Lyon of Dillon filing for three year proof on land in Beaverhead County with witnesses named. It also lists J. W. Potts offer to exchange 40 acres of land in Wise River for 113.60 acres of National Forest land, subject to protest and local filing requirements.
The district court in Bea verhead Montana orders private sale of the Foote estate personal property. Items include about 800 books, office supplies, shop equipment, furniture, a piano, a cash register, and a printing shop setup. Exhibition and bidding occur at Dillon Tribune, with bids accepted before sale and sale to follow after September 3.
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