16 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
1
Special correspondence notes the sawmill engine repair finished and the crew returning to work after a week of rent while the engine was fixed. Local social items include the Odd Fellows banquet in Dillon, marriages, and visits among neighbors.
Local Masons held a banquet with their ladies and guests, while social events continue across Twin Bridges and nearby towns. A long list of visits, illnesses, and upcoming events includes church services, whist games, a city theatre plan, births, and shifts in residence. Grandma Maddux burial, and several residents travel between Dillon, Butte, and Philipsburg. The Ajax mill reports first clean gold, Wisdom festival and skating carnival entertain residents.
Large crowd attends Melrose party in Rochester for Narcisse Ladoux 70th birthday. K O T M conducts public installation with about seventy guests enjoying the event. Local notices include travel, births and movements of residents between Bridges, Marysville, Twin Bridges and nearby towns.
The citizens of Billings plan to petition Congress for a $30,000 appropriation and about seven acres of the field, once the burial ground of a Dillon visitor yesterday.
Narcisse Ledoux a long time Melrose hardware dealer and early Glen dale settler born in 1833 celebrated his 70th birthday with a grand all night ball on Saturday night into Sunday morning. Guests from Rochester Glendale Dillon and nearby towns attended the event at the Town house with a bright red badge reading Old Timer's 70th Birthday Ball.
Monday morning Rev Smith spoke on How to Use Spare Moments Tuesday Miss Thormeyer discussed The Haus Frau of Germany Wednesday Mr Fenner spoke on The Duodecimal System Miss Powers returns to class as students resume work Electricity in physics captivates but puzzles them Miss Huntsman teaches basket weaving while Miss Epperson resumes studies after returning to Normal School
The Rev Dr remarks that a harsh sermon on absent members harms those who attend and offers gentler guidance. A young minister defends his approach as necessary in addressing communion and church life. The exchange hints at tonal tensions in preaching and pastoral care.
A New York Herald quotation describes a well known lawyer whose ailing wife is comforted by his reading aloud. The story includes a colored maid and Aunt Phyllis commenting on the lawyer's supposed Bible reading, highlighting racial humor of the era.
An Englishwoman recalls hiring maids with gem themed names. She passes on a nickname Pearl and learns a second home is Opal. A near engagement with Hermione ends when she refuses to wear livery, noting her name was not meant for such attire.
A Munich paper notes a tiny two pound monkey carried by a traveler from southwest Africa. Transport costs varied by route with charges labeled as a bird a dog or a package, and some legs were passed free. The sequence highlights inconsistent tariff classifications at different rail lines and borders.
A historic snippet describes a costermonger authoring a riddle that plays on words with oyster and sparrow grass. The charade clues hint at a phrase resolved as sparrow grass, noted by Dr Parr as preferred to asparagus in polite speech, reflecting era language.
State lawmakers met in brief sessions on Friday January 6 as standing committees were announced in the senate and house. Disputes erupted over rules with a unit voting plan gaining momentum while bills on compulsory education for the deaf and blind and renaming the state school for the deaf and blind moved forward.
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