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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1888
Page
5
Public notice states, having concluded to close out by July ast 1888, inducements offered to cash customers. New accounts will be opened. Store, rent and fixtures for sale. Describes a commodious, well located store suitable for a first-class business.
A collage of notices and ads including calls to call in Shed, pricing for apples in New York and California, local dentistry by Dr. Thowses, carloads of goods at Thomsen's, cash prices from Lewmar & Co, mining code guides, legal blanks, and carriage repair and paint services in Dillon Montana with general sale and sale dates referenced.
Fragmentary OCR depicts a community note about meals at Magnolia Restaurant and a weekly or monthly board review. It mentions freight, train schedules, a POW card, and local officials including a deputy sheriff. Details are unclear and names are partially garbled.
Local items report property sales and rentals in Dillon, business openings, and civic notes. Advertisers and readers hear about millinery shops, cattle holdings, upcoming court terms, jail cages, and bank statements, with various notices on farming, transportation, and schooling.
In tar county an unusual story notes the Sheriff Jones brigade confined in the jail yard crafting artistic bridles for horses to raise funds for the tobacco fund. Sheridan trader T Rilinghouse brings 3000 pounds of ore from the Keynote mine to Argenta for reduction. Western stockmen halt winter feeding as stock returns to ranges while Madison county seat battles heat up between Sheridan and Etling ranch.
Col. Carter's new process for treating ores will undergo a thorough test at Gibbonville Idaho with extensive machinery shipped to the camp. A plant at Red Bull Madison County already shows practical economical utility for low grade ore and could revolutionize current methods and boost mining.
John Scolley of Macktail found a pond on his plantation filled with frozen trout after a winter ice pond froze solid. He had the ice cut into blocks to thaw next summer and plans to serve ice cream and fried frozen trout to friends on the Fourth of July.
Col Geo L Shoup arrives from Salmon City in a joyous mood. He says he thwarted Senator Stewart and Delegate Vorhees in plans to dismember Idaho and pledges to uphold Idaho interests on his return to the East.
The First Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society elected Mrs J R Holden president Mrs John Gannon vice president Mrs T W Poindexter treasurer and Miss Carrie Carmichael secretary. The next meeting will be held at Mrs R C Halliday's residence on Railroad Avenue next Thursday afternoon.
The Dillon brass band will present a vocal and instrumental concert to benefit the band fund. The event is set for Wednesday evening during the first week of the District Court term. A lively musical program will attract local residents to support the open house and crowd the venue.
A grand concert arranged for an open house under Prof Firehound directs the Plosard Feathers chorus. The event benefits the Baptist society with performances by a chorus and orchestra. Vickers sale at the jewelry store and at Eastman NW Lolden.
Misread and garbled OCR lists Spring Hill teachers including Miss Bridwell charged with forcibly assaulting a teacher. The complaint by Metlen Ea Ripiey Garnes Heacerond references a public incident at Spring PEL. Defendants Tadwe Melton and others were arraigned on the charges.
Washington’s Birthday celebration in Dillon featured a Beaverhead Guards parade led by the Dillon brass band, followed by a Knights of Pythias ball at the Opera House. Company E displayed military precision, marching through Montana Street to Bannack and Idaho streets before returning to the Armory. The Knights ball capped a well attended, enjoyable, if Lent-season affected, city event with fine music and dancing.
Bannack businessman Wm Roy and many travelers and locals were in Dillon. Edie from Horse Prairie, Stiles from Nevada, Burleigh to Glendale and Lion City, Horton from Grasshopper, Mather the picture fan, Belmont Park’s Hithouse Raymond, J G Baily from Spring Hill, George Allison and family, J A Taylor from Shoshone as night operator, Dr Howard summoned to Beaver Canyon, Mayor Peate and others from Spring Hill, Weenink the sick artist returns, Commissioners Brown and Johnson in town, miners inspecting Lost River Idaho, Browne from Big Hole Valley reports stock strong, Batterman from Sheridan visiting Butte, Rev Mintzer from Salmon City at Grace Mob Church, Graves from Bannack, Means from Sheridan socializing, Pialiday visit, Hangsete persistence, Hartwig and Crest reports on creek, K Rautinga to Chicago/St Louis, Major Lamont relocates to Batty, Sherry and Murray back from Visit to Olde.
Beaverhead County Board of Commissioners held a special session in Dillon Montana on February 18 1883 to organize for the day. Commissioners Geo M Brown W M Oliver and clerk Phil D McGough attended and later I M Johnson arrived by train. The board adjourned then reconvened selecting twenty grand jurors and one hundred potential jurors with thirty drawn for trial use at the March term of the District Court.
The article notes no cases in Dillon but reports mild cases in nearby towns. At Butte several illnesses increased with one death, including Lou Reese sent to the pest house and two others quarantined on Pine Tree cartoon street. Missoula saw three new cases and three patients moved to the post house east of town.
The eminent Episcopal bishop Brewer will visit St James Church for a week starting Sunday February 26. Daily services at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm will last about 20 to 30 minutes and one hour respectively with the bishop speaking on Christian duty and living at each service.
Episcopal St James Church offers Sunday services at 12 00 noon and 7 30 pm with monthly communion and Sunday School in the morning Rev S D Munker in charge Baptist First Baptist Church holds Sunday services at 11 00 am and 7 00 pm with a 12 o clock Sunday School and music by Prof Fitch and the Howard Brothers Methodist Peace Church holds Sunday services in morning and evening at regular hours Rev W Ingersoll pastor Sunday School at 9 00 am all are welcome
Fragmented OCR text lists names such as Marion N Seyduld and others with unrelated garbled phrases about amounts and dates, offering no coherent event or outcome. The readable fragments hint at a local notice or obituary but lack clear actions or details to summarize.
A garbled OCR entry lists a weekly postal or communication summary from Dillon or Butte Montana. It names several individuals and districts with errors and partial names, referencing letters and a Federal station or notice.
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