Personal Pickups in Dillon Weekend Notes
James Mackay visited Dillon last Saturday as an Argenta visitor. M Connolly of Missoula registered at the Metlen hotel. Mr and Mrs J W Lusher left Dillon for a ten day coast trip. Hart lodging house offers rooms for week or month. Sheriff Duke Gist traveled to Whitehall last Friday to fetch Thomas Burns charged with high highway robbery. Dillon Coal and Transfer handles coal wood and kindling with phone orders. James Murray of Wisdom Big Hole basin spent part of the week in Dillon and reports a cold winter there.
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J. W. Lusher
Dillon
Duke Gist
Whitehall
Thomas Burns
Dillon Coal and Transfer Company
General Transfer and Dearlers
James Murray
Big Hole Basin
Murray
Big Hole
Tribune
W. T. Scully
Col
Alf Decker
Armstead
Court House
Beaverhead
Butte
Dillon Theatre
Dillon News Highlights Busy Saturday Local Notes
Lima merchant T A Bruner and Craig Montana visitor Marvin Craig were seen about Dillon. Local ads tout high grade toilet tissue, encyclopedia bargains, and a furniture sale. Small business arrivals include Dr. Morton Egbert and Dr. H W Best, with various residents traveling, hunting, or visiting relatives. Beaverhead county prepares for a Montana mining association meeting in Helena to secure smelter facilities and promote regional mining interests.
No Baptist Minister Yet In Dillon Pastorate
Prof L R Foote says no minister has been engaged for the First Baptist church in Dillon. The church board is considering Rev O P Bishop who will graduate from William Jewell College in June and may receive the pastorate. Bishop is married with one child and raised near Colorado Springs Colorado.
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First Baptist Church
Dillon
L. R. Foote
the Tribune
O. P. Bishop
William Jewell College
Colorado Springs
Colo
Severe Winter Arrives as Snow Drives Sleighing Start
A snowstorm swept the area dumping several inches of powder and signaling the season’s first sleighing. The temperature plunged to eight degrees below zero this morning, marking a sharp cold turn after yesterday’s storm.
Young Hunter Carl Knoll Tops Lynx Record in Bannack
Carl Jr. Knoll, 10, son of Bannack placer miner Carl Knoll, killed a large lynx after it spat at him from a tree while dogwork led him to the game. He shot with a 22 caliber rifle, the animal measured over five feet, and its pelt sold for $3 to I B Stapp for rug work in Dillon.
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Carl, Jr
Carl Knoll
Bannack
Taylor Creek
Knoll
Carl
Rockies
I. B. Stapp
Dillon
Oliver
Revival Opens at Methodist Church With Doctrinal Institute
Rev Winters leads revival blending biblical doctrinal study with the revival. Beginning Monday evening, topics include Sin Conviction Repentance Atonement New Birth Judgement Heaven and Hell. Three Sunday services at 11 3 7 30 with subjects God Knocking at the Heart's Door God's Address to the Closed Heart and God's Wonderful Love. Potential entrants may join by probation confession of faith or letter. Everyone invited.
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Methodist Church
Winters
Heaven
Hell
Night Watchman Applicant Boasts Quiet Demeanor
A humorous cartoon caption from Illustrated Bits shows a managing director questioning an applicant for a night watchman job. The applicant replies that even the least noise wakes him, implying exceptional quietness as a qualification.
Safe Scheme
Dialogue snippet shows Mr Phoxy planning a home visit to the Borems and arranging payments. Mrs Phoxy asks how to avoid it while he suggests telling Borem Jenks is coming because Borem owes him money.
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Mr. Phoxy
Borems
Mrs. Phoxy
The New Clerk’s Egg Freshness Question
A shop clerk asks how to tell if eggs are fresh. The response from the Houston Post bluntly says you don’t know. The remark reflects skepticism about dating and freshness accuracy in eggs.
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Houston Post
Story of Alder Gulch Told Again
Miners in Bannack watchful as Hughes secures provisions then leaves for the discovery site. He finds 200 men trailing him into the camp of his partners. Thousands converge on Alder Gulch, a rich placer district yielding millions of dollars to Henry Edgar and his group at Bannack.
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Bannack
Hughes
Alder Gulch
Kenry Edgar
Sisters Rivalry Sparks Caregiver Conflict
In a dramatic vignette from Illustrated Bits two elderly sisters drift apart. One sick in bed prompts a judgmental eavesdropper to eavesdrop, while doctors discuss prognosis. A sharp exchange follows as the hidden sister overhears insults about both patients and Providence.
Literary Stone and the Editorial Office Jest
A struggling author bursts into an editor’s office with a new story about Casper proposing to a girl with an alabaster brow. The editor stops the read, clips the tale, and scolds him to take the piece to the stoneyard, mocking its marble heart and stony mood.
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Literary Stone
Casper
Chicago News
Evolution of the Raft and Early Watercraft
The text traces the raft as a precursor to the modern boat, describing how log lashings formed rafts to bear heavier loads and how oars supplanted paddles for propulsion. It notes raft use across ancient nations and cites Herodotus mentioning their presence in ancient Chaldea.
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Herodotus
Chaldea
Wood to Sell by the Wood Man
Wood will sell and deliver dry seasoned stove length wood in blocks or split by the load or dollar value. Kindling wood 25 cents per sack delivered. Orders given to the driver of the quick delivery wagon or left at the Tribune Store will receive prompt attention.
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Tribune
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Masonic Temple
Montana
James Mackay
Argenta
M. Connolly
Missoula
Metlen
Hart Lodging House
T. A. Bruner
Lima
Marvin Craig
Craig, Mont
Mellen Hotel
Tribune Book Store
Mayme Rutledge
Wisdom
Morton Egbert
Poindexter Building
Otto C. Gosman
Dell
Tuseday
George Metlen
Virginia City
George B. Conway
Stone & Grady
Bannack Street
H. A. Bond
James Dunston
Old Country
Maurice A. Walker
M. D
Samuel Jaggers
Salt Lake City
H. Schoenborn
C.C. Parker
Deer Lodge
H. J. Selway
Bingham
Morton
R. R. Rathbone
First National Bank
City
E. T. Brock
Rock Springs
Diamondville
Thomas Tritt
Farlin
J. D. Ripley
Rea
Idaho
Ed. Ripley
Melton
D. J. Hennessey
L. J. Proper
Montpelier
HW. F. Best
Johnson & Boone
Charles Scott
N. Schoenborn
Butte High School
Beaverhead County
F. P. Harrison’s
Wellington Dawes
Idaho and
Glendale Streets
Wm. McCarthy
Pocatello, Idaho
Pocatello
Annie Burnside
Lola May Printz
John Printz
County Medical Board
Warm Springs
Dart
Blatz
Charles Perry
John Lovell
Cudahy & Co
Los Angeles
California
George Stimpson
Sam Ford
Hawley Selway
Alberta
Canada
Sarah Hughes
Helena
Montana Mining Association
W. A. Clark
W. G. Conrad
H. L. Frank
Ben Philips
E. A. Spriggs
SILK
Carl Knoll, Jr
Karl Riedelsberger
T. J. Mulany
Dillon, Mont
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