Dillon See Circus Crowd and Local Visitors
Local society notes record residents and visitors in Dillon during the Fourth of July circus week. Entrants include M. C. Martensen of Crab Tree, G. Mellen, Dr. R. R. Rathbone, Col. Alf Decker from Armstead, E. E. Marcoe, W. H. Sheehan, Miss Gladys Heyward, Dr. E. R. Ackley, Mr. and Mrs. Hain of Dell, H. G. Hungate of Divide, Tom Taylor of Butte, and many others. The Dillon brass band played at Monida. Various local business and social updates accompany notices of sales, services, and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Marcoe
Melrose
W. H. Sheehan
Lima
Metlen
Gladys Heyward
Sheridan
Dillon
E.R. Ackley
Edie Block
Idaho Street
W. G. Hain
Dell
H. G. Hungate
Divide
Carl Mast
Armstead
Manse Society
A. S. Beardsley
John Best
Byron Friend
Henry Dowling
D. D. McKnight
Dorcia Vance
John Judge
Polaris
T. F. Laughlin
Leo Grace
Alex Fechhelm
Morton Egbert
Ackley
Max Lewis
Big Hole Basin
L. C. Lewis
Grace Gray
Guy
Mill Point
Wellington Dawes
Idaho
Glendale Streets
Nannie
Edith Thomas
Jesse Thomas
Mer Hyndman
Isaac Hunsaker
Fairmont
W.va
I.F. Hunsaker
Egbert
Chicago
Henry
Philadelphia
Terence Flynn
Montana
13Th
Montana Mercantile Co
Minnie Gilbert
Gladys Bingham
Boisé
Charles Townsend
Ffrom
Upper Blacktail
Mamie Martin
St. Louis
E. G. Innes
Pribune
Alger
Michigan
E. O. Selway
Martin Sorenson
Jasper Nelson
Butte
Sorenson
G. J. Staudaher
Catherine
Miss Besse
Monida
N. M. Staudaher
Lulu Atkins
Clara Chapman
L. Finder
W. J. Leonard
Argenta
Red Butte Ranch
Geary
Baptist Aid Society
W. Tate Taylor
J. W. Scott
Dillon Tody
Smith McKnight
Max Lauterbach
Madison County
Lauterbach
Hoss
Helena
Link
Corner
Bannack
Washington Streets
Celebration Scores Highlight Weekend Pageantry
On Monday and last Monday the celebration drew a score of 8 to 7 and 6 to 4 in disputed contests. Vaudeville street stunts fell short as only one outfit performed. Platforms stood unused for most of the day while hand-balancers were the sole act. The planned glove contest at 10:30 p.m. at the fair grounds was canceled after Sheriff Gosman warned arrests would follow any fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Grounds
Gosman
Saved by His Wit in Revolutionary Trial
The French author Mortainville, a royalist critic of the revolution, faced Fouquier and the revolutionary tribunal. Suspected of aristocratic rank, he protested, pointing to his name Mor tainville. The judge spared him after Mortainville declared he sought shortening, not lengthening his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortainville
Fouquier
Martainville
de Mortainville
Krakatoa Eruption of 1883 Shook Earth and Sky
The Krakatoa eruption in August 1883 ejected over a cubic mile of material and sent dust seventeen miles high. Air waves circled the globe seven times and the loud explosions were heard thousands of miles away across Borneo and Australia. The dust created vivid sunsets for months as the earth endured the spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakatoa
Strait of Sunda
Macassa
Borneo
Western Australia
Rodagues
New York American
The Little Man Rings the Bell in a Big Hotel
In a hotel’s commercial room a small man pulled the bell, rang again when no one answered, and claimed he rang it. A maid asked who rang, he replied he did, she quipped who lifted him up to it, ending with London Telegraph as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Wealthy boastful man confronts penniless beggar
A millionaire argues with a beggar that both share troubles but the beggar laments having nothing else. The text notes Europe’s royal palaces maintain private police constantly watching for suspicious persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tye
Europe
Six Saloon Licenses Proposed To Limit Saloons In Dillon
Dillon city council discusses a six saloon cap with $1 200 licenses aiming to boost revenue. debate covers legality and enforcement while judiciary committee to study feasibility and report. June fines for prostitution and vagrancy noted along with water rent totals and police appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Dillon
Melton
Knapp
Lenkersdorfer
White
Judiciary Committee
Knapp, Phillips
Rounds
Badcon
John Gelhaus
Provost & Ripley
Charles Sassman
Quick Delivery Wagon services and local sales note
The notice states the Quick Delivery Wagon remains ready to handle light freight baggage and express to and from the depot and city. It advertises dry fine kindling wood at 25 cents per sack and stove wood for delivery by load or dollar’s worth, with orders to the driver or Tribune Book Store for prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Tribune Book Store
N. S. Wood
Dillon
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. W. Wilson
Dillon Plumbing and Heating Company
Huber Bros
the Ball
R. R. Watch
R. R
M. C. Martensen
Crab Tree
George Mellen
R.R. Rathbone
First National Bank
Col
Alf Decker
Tom Taylor
E. T. Brock
Rock Springs
Diamondville
Eliza
Nellie Edwards
H. F. Best
Johnson & Boone's
H. D. Weenink
Gilbert Wheat
Virginia City
Alex Hall
Butté
Charlie Maynard
Red Butte
A. E. Pillen
The
Electric Company
Louis Krapel
Sheridan, Montana
W. H. Comstock
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt Lake City
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Dilton
Mabel Brock
Cleveland
Ohio
Conservatory of Music
Miss Brock
Miss Neal
Marie Hansen
Phil Peterson
Hans Mickelsen
Miss Miller
Crosby
Rov. Frye
Peoria
Illinois
Henry Gleed
Beaverhead Valley
Albert and
Earl Dechman
Elmer Bateman
Glendale
F. E. Dodds
Centennial Valley
Willia Potts
A. Potts
Fred Schultz
Loriie
Emily Taylor
Eliza Selway
Mabel Selway
Maud Hill
Bedrock
San Diego
California
Seattle Exposition
T. D. Townsend
Waterloo
South
J. R. Norville
Jessie Poindexter
Seattle
Alaskan
Presbyterian Church
H. A. Bond
George Gray
Ed. Ferris
Horse Prairie
Lillian Adams
Zillah Palmer
Stetson
Eliel-Bros
Edward F. Cameron
Dillon Coal and Transfer Company
General Transfer and Dearlers
C. S. Ballenger
the City Drug Store
Montana Mercantile Co. Grocers
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