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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1909
Page
5
The piece argues the Montana legislature should authorize convict labor on state roads. It cites cost and efficiency advantages, notes no labor competition with unions, and urges using convict work to improve conditions and rehabilitate offenders for the wider good. The Butte Miner quote supports using state roads for inmate labor.
A historical notice extols The Christian Science Monitor as a fresh daily paper launched by the church. It praises its absence of sensational crime coverage and volatile material while claiming it carries real national and world news without rowdy or objectionable details.
The Fifth Judicial District faces excessive caseloads with Judge Callaway handling extra sessions in multiple counties. Support grows for annexing Jefferson County to the First District to relieve pressure and improve efficiency.
The piece describes a historic method where eggs are bought in bulk when cheap, rolled in mud to form a crust, and packed to dry in a box. The mud dumplings supposedly stay fresh indefinitely, a technique the writer notes they have not tried themselves.
The Gallatin County Pioneers Society held its annual reunion and banquet in Bozeman with about two hundred attendees. The editors urge Beaverhead County to form a Pioneer Society and host a county meeting to honor elders, preserve history, and foster local camaraderie.
Local paper urges Beaverhead County's legislative delegation to back a Montana Stallion Registration bill. The measure would ban inferior or diseased stallions from public service and curb swindles from bogus registration papers. It was drafted by the Montana Horse Breeders Association and aims to protect horsemen statewide.
Fragmentary text from a newspaper page mentions an unclear topic with no identifiable names, dates, or places. The readable portion provides minimal context for a potential public notice or item listing but lacks concrete facts.
Victor Morawetz analyzes the National Monetary Commission idea and Congress's role in creating lasting financial safeguards. He argues the plan offers deep insight into preventing monetary panics and stringencies, calling his book interesting reading.
The third biennial report from the Bureau of Child and Animal Protection notes 224 prosecutions for cruelty to children and 122 for cruelty to animals over the past two years. The report commends the bureau while criticizing society’s civilization level. A Dillon special election on March 8 will vote on granting a central heating plant franchise, with Marcee and Wilson leading the effort. The piece also critiques legislators considering abuses by “secretaries” who live off fallen women’s earnings.
The Miles City Messenger launches as a six-column twelve-page independent Montana newspaper. Editor J A McKinley leads the venture, marking a bold entry in the local press landscape on Monday.
Frank Eliel claims damages over a recently published picture with his name under it in the Anaconda Standard. The legislature session is viewed as productive by some, with the third house seen as more active than the other two.
A reader argues that growing sugar beets offers more money than other crops and questions how farmers can lose money under the labor contract with the Japanese company this year. The comment highlights skepticism about profitability and contract terms for ranchers.
A bill has been introduced to outlaw clairvoyants palmists and similar fortune tellers in this state and shut down their practices. The measure targets fakirs and seeks to protect public credulity by prohibiting such services.
A collage of era quips on marriage gender and law cites lines from the Times Rocky Mountain Husbandman Great Falls Leader Anaconda Standard and Belfry News. The fragmentary text comments on indulgence hats success and courtroom technicalities.
A Beaverhead county school recital features Miss Benham and Miss Helen Flotow. Washington birthday party by Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Walker includes patriotic decor and blue ice cream. First spring picnic by the Cross Country Club lists Mabel Catlin and others. Numerous flinch parties, dinners, and Shakespeare club meeting fill the week with diverse entertainments at local homes and Metlen hotel.
Announcement lists mass times: low mass eight o'clock and high mass ten eighty o'clock on first and second Sundays, fourth Sunday low masses at eight and ten thirty a m, Sunday school after late mass, and evening devotions at seven thirty. First, second, and fourth Sundays masses at Dillon, third Sunday at Lima and Melrose alternately under Pastor Rav D Foizy.
Grace M E Church corner Bannack and Washington Streets lists services led by Rev PF E Dodds. Sunday school at 10 am morning sermon at 1 pm class meeting at 12 pm Epworth League at 7 30 pm evening sermon at 7 30 pm first Sunday sacred concert and Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 pm.
Rev. F. A. Colver pastor with Sabbath school at 10 o'clock worship and preaching at 11 o'clock adult Bible class at 12 15 o'clock and evening services at 8 o'clock scheduled at the corner Idaho and Se bree Streets.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise the remedy and include endorsements from Waypinc Kinnan and Marvin wholesale druggists asserting Cheney's honesty and solvency. The cure is described as a locally acting tartar remedy that works through the blood and mucous surfaces.
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