01 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
1
Regular reports from neighboring towns summarize a week of social events sports and business. Notes include weddings Masked dances Christmas gatherings ice on Grasshopper River stage coaches and local mining news with multiple personalities and a New Year update from Polaris Lima and Bannack areas.
The Masons entertained friends on Monday night in a pleasant dancing party. Guests assembled before 9 and the Dillon orchestra struck up the grand march at the hour. About seventy five couples attended and twenty four numbers were danced.
In Scotland it is believed that on New Year morning the Bible laid on a table can reveal fate. A person opens it at random and places a finger on a chapter to read. The chosen chapter is thought to describe the happiness or fortune for the coming year of the person making the trial.
The piece notes bicycles boost exercise pleasure and influence on dog dealers and theater, with mentions of the Wheelmen League in San Francisco backing women’s suffrage, a Barnum and Bailey tent bicycle check, cyclists aboard a battleship, and a long rambling tale of a blizzard encounter in Elkhorn with a Dutch Prussian hunter tale and weather.
The Dillon Market lists wholesale prices as butter 25 to 30 cents per pound, eggs 80 to 35 cents per dozen, potatoes 35 to 40 cents per bushel, wheat 90 cents to $1.00 per bushel, oats 65 to 75 cents per bushel, Timothy baled 9.50 to 10.00, Blue joint 8.00 to 8.60, wild hay 6.00 to 6.60, alfalfa 4.50 to 6.25.
The Maccabees and Ladies of the Maccabees staged a grand social and financial success with a two hour program and banquet. A full hall crowded for the dances and performances featuring Ida Moore, Blanche Miller, Lillie Oliver, Edith Martin, Carrie Oliver, Mae Reinhardt, June Selway, and the Martins among others. Encores were common and the audience appeared highly appreciative of the entertainment.
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