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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
12
Hughes and McOaleb advertise as headquarters for fishing tackle in Dillon and vicinity. They offer baggage and express delivery by N. 8 Wood and carry Hallocks guaranteed pure mixed paint for indoor and outdoor work. Hang out the white flag.
Community brief lists new business hours and products at Padley Mudd's mest market and Hughes McCalebs. notes on church events at the Presbyterian and St James guilds. family travels and sales changes including Nick Staudakers butcher shop sold to Deputy Bros. Emeree and Ralph White return from Wisconsin. obit for Mrs Roe of Brevenaville. Dr Willard osteopath now in Thompson residence with free consultation. Washoe smelter temporary close leads to 2000 layoffs in Butte and Anaconda with 1000 able to seek hay-field work in Beaverhead Big Hole valleys.
Norris and Rowe present Fargo Duke and Hero elephants in a trained animal show in Dillon. The trio will perform complex acts including posture tricks and a military drill and appear in a grand street parade at 11 am with tents set on Helena Street north of the High School.
A series of wool sales are reported including Elza Smith and T M Selway each shipping 25 000 and 30 000 pounds at 14 cents to Shal lard Smith Co Christenson Hansen and Selway Anderson each moving thousands to the same buyer at 14 or 15 cents Poindexter Orr 60 000 pounds and Gleed 30 000 pounds at 15 and 14 cents respectively Yost Shineberger 31 000 pounds to C O Herbert Co of Philadelphia at 14 or 15 cents Wm Smith 20 000 pounds to C O Herbert 14 cents Ed Smith to Justice Bateman Co at 14 cents Ruby Sheep Co consigns 70 000 pounds to Jeremiah Williams Co after refusing a bid of 15 4 cents Tommy Hawks clip about 70 000 stored in State Bank warehouse
The Dillon team visited Twin Bridges on the Fourth to play for a prize when a Butte squad calling themselves the Texas Rangers led 5 in the fifth and pulled away. Dillon pitcher Wade fatigue left them short, and the Rangers finished 15 to 3.
At the Baptist church last Sunday evening members witnessed the burning of the mortgage on the parsonage. The note was for 1200 dollars issued five years ago to complete the parsonage and was not due until December next. The church is congratulated to have liquidated the claim early.
Mesdames J. E. Morse and H. BR. Mel ton hosted a refined luncheon at the Morse home yesterday for visiting women in Dillon. Guests included Mrs. Rupert Nuckolls and Miss Millie Coffin of Butte, Mrs. L. T. Jones of Billings, Mrs. Celeste Kingabury of St. Louis, plus other visiting hosts.
A newspaper item notes crowds attend Robt Ingersoll lectures on curiosity and salvation. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the cure for dandruff and baldness, claiming to kill the germ and hair loss causes. The ad invites 10 cents postage to The Herpicide Co. in Detroit for samples.
The newsletter reports a cool pleasant Fourth with excellent racing. Buckwa won the free for all. owned by Johnny Lenkensdorfer of Grasshopper, once belonging to his late brother George. Grasshopper neighbors attended in strong numbers as harvest labor shortages loom despite ample work potential for 360 men.
Special Correspondence notes a rich copper ore discovery at the Johnson mine in Bear Gulch. Work begins today on Montana and St. Paul Mining Co. claims in Wisconsin creek led by manager Godfrey of Twin Bridges. Community Fourth of July celebrations include a park pavilion ball and a Watsecas Rochester baseball win. Local social and professional notices mention pastors, bankers, and visits among Twin Bridges residents. The Oregon Short Line announces a Boise branch extension from Bedrock into Oregon.
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