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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
5
Tomorrow is the final day to register for the August 29 primary nominating election. All unregistered voters must sign the great register by tomorrow evening or lose the right to vote. The notice urges early registration to avoid last minute rush and mentions a Moose lodge meeting tonight at Odd Fellows hall to initiate a large class and install officers.
News reports an engine tender and two freight cars derailed at Glen about 20 miles north. The fireman was injured and a wrecker from Pocatello cleared the line at 9 30. The morning passenger train was held several hours.
Sunday school begins at 9 50 a m with Prof Robert Clark as superintendent. Sermons are at 11 a m and 8 p m delivered by pastor H G Humphrey.
Mrs Hart ready for Chautauqua trade. Soper builds a residence on Kentucky avenue. Hats attractively displayed in Mrs Hart's window. WANTED position on ranch by couple. wife cooks well. Ruth Ryburn returns from Texas trip. Mrs Schoenborn and Miss Mary plan visit to Butte. Moran of Studebaker agency travels to Butte. Beatrice Bimrose patient at Curtis hospital after appendicitis operation. Newell C Knight of Chicago in Dillon on business. Sheridan trip part of the day. Danforths of Missoula stranded amid wreck in Salt Lake City trip.
Russians favor stylish footwear with more showy boots per capita than any other land. The taste spans both women and men in the czarist realm.
Mrs. George W. Lovell hosted a Monday afternoon social for nieces Miss Tyler and Miss Hemingson visiting Dillon. A list of attendees included Mesdames A. W. Connolly and A. W. Graeter, W. H. Keller, W. E. Stephenson, R. S. Stephenson, J. W. Baxter, J. A. Baxter, and several local young women.
Tuesday in Bozeman William E Chapman of Bozeman and Miss Geral dine Goodwin of Butte were married by Father Leighton. The wedding news surprised friends of both.
Mr. Chapman, a Dillon city engineer and Bea verhead native, seeks the Democratic nomination for county surveyor after stints in Madison Wisconsin and Bozeman. His wife, daughter of Phil C. Goodwin of Butte, attended the Normal College and has many Dillon friends.
Miss Ellen Nelson charmingly entertained a group of her girl friends last Friday at her home. Music and dancing provided the chief amusement, with light refreshments served by the hostess to guests including Mary Ewing Mildred Elliott Marjorie Stevenson Jessie Ferris Dorothy Thomas Lorena Stone Frances Caldwell Margaret Caldwell Freda Robb Mae Smith Florence Smith Helen Finch Marianne Tyler Catherine Kern and Undine Hemingson.
Beatrice Bimrose marked her fifteenth birthday with a picture show and luncheon at the Lougheed home. Attending were Misses Martha Stone Nina Smith Dagmar Nelson Julia Anderson Ela Free and Frances Bimrose and Messrs Lee Williams Emery Orville Smith Dan Jewell Norman and Hugh Nelson.
Mrs. Clara Chapman entertained the Needle club on a Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. Geo. B. Conway of Helena Mrs. James Walker Mrs. Ketchum and Mrs. Will Cushing. The club will resume meetings in September.
Mrs. F. E. Foote entertained Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Conway of Helena, with informal tea and conversation among guests.
Reported hail damaged gardens and stripped leaves from trees while destroying grain crops on farms two miles north of Dillon and four miles west. Ranchers north of town also suffered losses. the Willard H. Smith barn near the city was struck by lightning, killing a newly taken-in horse. The training school and private homes suffered roof and plaster damage as storms tied to a record wet season.
Ira M. Wagner buys out Johnson Bros. Grocery on North Idaho Street and forms Wagner's Grocery Co. with David H. Wagner. The new firm promises an up to date store with full staple and fancy lines. The Johnson brothers remain in the city and thank the public for prior patronage.
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