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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1890
Page
4
The Dillon Tribune issue from June 11, 1890 lists local advertising rates, notices, and printing rules. It notes California challenging Florida for a semi tropical fruit exhibit, Idaho joining the union, the Fourth of July celebration, and World’s Fair context. It reports Balkan tensions, Ogden carnival attendance, Bannack placer work, Seattle and Tacoma census figures, and a Gov Gordon address praising postwar southern loyalty.
The Dillon city council met at 2 p m in Dart's Hall with Mayor Fyhrie and aldermen present. New alderman J E Morse filled the vacancy, committees were named, and several bills approved including street labor and election expenses. A death notice covers Mrs John R Selway at Albion Mich and local notes detail a cattle theft report from Centennial valley.
A humorous collection recalls absent minded husbands causing wedding trip delays. Fathers used birch punishments to junior sons, while tales of forgetful spouses stretch into years. A New England real estate trip and a wedding breakfast fiasco illustrate the comic consequences of memory lapses.
Lima reports prompt arrest of three card monte swindlers following a complaint from a U P rail representative. Interior Land and Immigration Co excursion from Denver, led by J R Holmes, stopped for a town inspection en route to Helena and Silver Bow with engines 967 and 968. The Fourth was celebrated traditionally with fire crackers as locals toured Eagle Rock. Wolf Goldberg and Henry Freedman faced larceny charges brought by Salt Lake City sheriff on behalf of Joseph Simons. case dismissed for insufficient facts. W S Barbour of Dillon argued for the defendants. July 10.
A deranged man in Franklin Square ponders the nation’s claim of 700 million dollars in circulation. He salutes a policeman, speculates who among passersby owns his ten dollars, and asks for ten cents as he jokes about diplomacy or force. The officer arrests him for vagrancy.
A Ravenswood notary public recalls a boy with scrofula nearly headed for Cincinnati surgery. Hood's Sarsaparilla revived his appetite, reduced discharge, and swelling, straightened the leg, restoring full use within months. Sold by druggists, $11 six for $5, prepared by J Moon & Co., Lowell.
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