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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
6
The Tribune launches a Local Newspaper Bible Study Club inviting readers to join, answer 52 weekly questions, and compete for prizes including gold and silver medals, Bibles, and Christian books. Prizes awarded by headquarters after independent examination. open to all who write clearly regardless of education level.
This notice outlines eligibility for membership in the International Newspaper Bible Study Club. Participants and families must subscribe, answer 52 weekly questions from March 14, 1909, with all replies kept by the paper within two weeks after the period. Each answer limited to 200 words, written on one side, with name and address at the bottom, delivered to the office for collation.
On July 25 1909 the club discusses Pauls journey in Athens using Acts 17 16-21 and John 1 24 with a golden text about worshiping God in spirit and truth The group is to write answers on whether true men can see folly in current follies and whether spiritual truth should outweigh daily trades and calls The Epicureans and Stoics are compared briefly and the question of lasting happiness is posed with service and self denial as a contrast.
A religious study questions the substance of Paul’s teaching, asking about belief in God, the relation between Christianity and heathen thought, how God is known, created order, and the possibility of finding God. It uses verses from Acts 18:1-22 to explore judgment, repentance, and the end of Paul’s missionary journey.
James Morris a 15 year old boy from Butte was arrested by Deputy Gruwell on a charge of stealing $20 from a child's bank at Charles Loucks residence on Kentucky avenue. He slept near the Loucks home and escaped town before a search recovered him heading toward Butte. he faces reform school.
Dillon Montana July 22 1909 uncalled letters listed in the post office file will be sent to the dead letter office in Washington D C within 30 days if not claimed Names include Alace Buck Eads Chas H Jorgenson N C Jones T R iker Joe Kachnash Walter Mandburg Frank Nugents H E Odell Archie Panter A B Pitt Jack Printz L G Raem W O Reed A W Spencer Alfred Simonsen Peter Strike Horace Torey John Wright and Lamont Grace Post Master
A famed French actress visiting near Mentone accepted a friend’s dare to spend a night alone in a haunted chamber. She screamed for help during the night and was found in a pitiful fright. A nervous disorder followed, culminating in insanity as the purported ghosts were only rats.
The G A R convention in Salt Lake City runs August 9 to 14 with excursions from Montana points on August 7 and 8 via Oregon Short Line. Return limit is August 23. Agents to supply rates and further particulars.
In this Cleveland Leader snippet Mrs Allgall asks who dials daily, while another woman had complained about children cutting through her yard on the way to school, highlighting a neighborhood dispute over access and etiquette.
A fragment features Puck remarking on fortune and time as The Earl of Eunul Greamily-Wisht muses on a future of wealth and age. Baron Beating-Well counters with a brisk, ironic tease about immediate gain and shared fate.
The State of Montana shows greeting and summons Frank Mikuriya in Dillon to answer a civil action filed by The John W. Morton Company for 194.25 dollars for goods sold and delivered plus costs. Answer within ten days. failure to appear may result in judgment by default. Dated July 13, 1909, Justice Josephus Rich.
Notice from the U S Land Office Helena dated July 12 1909 states John F Woodside of Dillon Montana filed to prove his homestead claim on Lot 2 3 4 Sec 3 T5S R9W and SWLEX Sec 34 T4S R9W Montana Meridian. Proof to be made before F A Hazelbaker Dillon on August 20 1909 with witnesses Frederick J Hartwig John Hails Levi Cartier and David N Woodside. Frank D Miracte Register
In the Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead County Montana the administrator of Gerhard Albers deceased gives notice to creditors and others with claims to present them with vouchers within ten months after first publication to the administrator Jos C Smith Dillon Montana. Dated July 7 1909. Joan G Albers Administrator. First publication July 9 1909.
Notice is given that Addie E. Martinell of Dell Montana has filed intent to make Final Proof to establish a desert land claim. The hearing will be before A S Johnson U S Commissioner at Dillon Montana on August 14 1909. Witnesses include Smith M McKnight Henry C Patterson Charles E Calvert and Elmer E Martinell of Dell Montana.
Notices announce final proof hearings and contest actions for Desert Land Entries in Dillon Armstead Lima and Helena districts. Names include Katy E Hopp Camas Nelson Theopolis Craver Flora Armstrong Oscar Johnson Hulda Burt Caroline Edinger George Edinger and others with dates in 1909 1905 and 1909 and offices in Dillon Helena and Missoula.
Order setting regular terms of the Fifth Judicial District Court for Beaverhead Jefferson Madison counties in 1909. Court sessions begin January February May August November for Beaverhead three terms and others on specific Thursdays or Mondays with 10 a.m. openings. Dated December 7 1908 at Virginia City Madison County Montana. Signed Lew L. Cattaway Judge.
Helena land office notes that the Northern Pacific Railway Company based in St. Paul filed on June 3 1909 an application to select lands Lot 1 SE4 NEX EMSENM Sec 1 T10S R5W and NEYNW Sec T CWl7S8 BR W MOM. Adverse claimants or objections due to mineral character must file affidavits of protest by July 24, 1909. First published June 18, 1909.
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