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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
4
Official paper of Beaverhead County with mailing terms and rates. Notices and ads should be sent to Tribune Publishing Co. Letters to the horror Tribune. Entered at Dillon post office for second class mail. Agent P Fisher at 21 Merchants' Exchange San Francisco listed as authorized agent.
Larry Chittenden, poet ranchman, recalls attending the Cowboys’ Christmas ball in Anson City. The evening at the Morning Star hotel gathered locals, ranch hands, and ladies amid fiddle music, tambourine, and a lively crowd as Windy Billy from Little Dead Man’s Branch led the stampede like a rustic celebration of ranch life.
The piece exhorts readers to embrace festive cheer despite hardship. It urges parents to focus on present blessings, remember departed loved ones without dwelling on past misfortune, and to celebrate with a merry heart as the Christmas log burns.
The piece notes Christmas wishes from the Taipune, mentions a Spanish war scare lowering attacks briefly, and calls for Cuba and Durrant case decisions. It glosses over President Cleveland, the Butte high school tower saving funds, and the Inter Mountain eight extra pages holiday edition. It also praises the Anaconda Standard and Butte Miner holiday issues and commends the Tringing Tribune’s sixteenth year and expansion plans.
Beaverhead county leads Montana in stock wealth with vast herds of horses cattle and sheep. Railroads spurred immigration and settlement reshaping ranges since 1864. Sheep farming grows despite past legislation while horse markets adapt to new technology. The region remains a premier stock growing area with improving ranges and经营.
The passage extols Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder noting its dramatic rise in sales and popularity after prominent victories at the World’s Fair of 1893 and the California Midwinter Fair of 1894. It claims official verdicts declaring it the foremost baking powder in the world and ties success to global supremacy.
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