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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
2
Offiglad Paper announces city and county notices including business letters advertisements and orders for job printing. Publicatiff remittance details directed to the office. news correspondence addressed to Epicorn Tribune. Second class mail status noted for Dillon post office transmission.
Advertising notices detail per line costs for various insertions with Brevier type and display options. It covers marriages deaths fortunes and observances, changes in ads, and notices for festivals or events with admission fees, plus deadlines and miscellaneous charges.
Local notices list lodge gatherings in Dillon including Knights of Pythias K of P Ocesident Lodge No 8 meetings at Castle Hall and Apollo Lodge No 15 at Idaho and Bannack streets all in good standing invited to attend Also Dillon Public Library and G A R Steedman Post announce regular or open meetings with visiting members welcomed
A local church directory lists services for Catholic St Itose St James Episcopal Grace Methodist First Baptist Presbyterian and Church South of courthouse with service times prayer meetings and Sunday school noted for each denomination. Services vary from morning to evening with additional prayer meetings and youth groups specified.
Regular communications and meetings for Lima Lodge and affiliated bodies listed with schedules. Includes Lima Masons, Nightingale Division, New State Lodge, Ladies Aid Society, Ladies Auxiliary, Lima Lodge I O O F, Montana Encampment I O O F with specified meeting days and officer names. Visiting brethren in good standing invited.
Twin Bridges Lodge No 17 A O A W meets Friday evenings in Masonic hall inviting journeying brethren in good standing Recorder J H Comfort and M W G E Pitcher. Twin Bridges Lodge No 27 A F and A M meets second and fourth Saturdays inviting sojourning members in good standing Secretary Wm MecClay and M W M H Lott. Liberty Lodge No 7 I O G T meets every Saturday evening in Templar hall inviting templars in good standing Secretary Caleb Eldred and C T W F Nye.
The Press Claims company promotes simple useful inventions and offers a $2500 cash prize plus patent fee refunds. Participants must obtain a patent through the company after a $5 preliminary search, with total costs around $70. A three-attorney Washington jury will judge entries and prizes.
The event rejectsBlanes and features a contest style where participants risk loss of labor for a prize. Judges emphasize originality in storytelling imagery and architectural ideas amid a distinctive competition format.
The article notes the appointment of a new Commissioner of Pensions, describes him as an old soldier, and urges U.S. soldiers sailors and heirs to file claims early to avoid retroactive changes. It offers to prepare applications and provides a Washington, D.C. address for The Press Customers Company for information and legal blanks.
The Rudge Company promotes Rudge's Regal Mead with a free trial pack and a word-building contest. Participants must form a 30-letter list from letters in ROYAL MEAD to win prizes including a piano, pony, bicycle, and more. Entry closes September 1 1882 with stamps for postage and a watercolored prize reproduction.
The thirteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened in Curacao with over 90 delegates. President Gompers led sessions, discussing relief via an eight hour day and political action to aid labor. The report highlighted 8,000,000 unemployed laborers nationwide and addressed issues including child labor and government ownership. Treasurer Lennon reported 21,487 income and 17,818 expenses for the year. A separate Denver dispatch details a theft involving a 273 pound box from Omaha to Sheridan, shipped for 12.15 and later used as a temporary coffin to evade fare.
Sunday in Kansas City and Park City both saw officials largely abstain from enforcement actions. A fatal accident occurred near Park City when a wagon overturned injuring 15 and killing three. Riots in Partinico over taxation prompted swift troop suppression, while Fargo faced a looming strike as Northern Pacific workers protest wage cuts.
First section of freight train No 21 wrecked at Emery between Evanston and Ogden due to a broken axle. Conductor Fred Haight and Engineer William Murray were aboard but no injuries occurred though 17 cars were ditched. In Montana a man killed his brother on a Park county ranch.
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