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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
Notice to readers: subscribers who do not receive the Tribune regularly and on time should notify the office. The paper is published regularly and subscribers should receive it regularly.
The paper warns subscribers that per an official ruling payments must be made in advance by January 1, 1908. Papers unpaid will lose second class mailing privileges and incur a cent per copy penalty. Readers must secure a six month advance receipt to avoid service interruption.
Today the Montana State Normal College in Dillon bids farewell to a large senior class of young women receiving diplomas. The piece extols teaching as their future, praises perseverance and industry, and notes one exception, Mr E V Griffin of Kendall, among the graduates.
The Dillon Beaverhead county fair promotes a big baby show as the main attraction drawing families and visitors. Mary Montana Largey, now Mrs Ray McDonald, is highlighted for her Montana roots and recent marriage. The piece endorses Dillon as the place for a standout Fourth of July celebration with pride in local festivities.
In a season of heavy rain Dillon’s streets were praised for remaining solid and passable. Despite slush, visitors from towns with no paved roads called Dillon’s thoroughfares the best they had seen due to ongoing gravel maintenance overseen by Chief Stone and the city council.
The editorial clash accuses the Butte Inter-Mountain of yellow sensationalism and praising foreign shipbuilding via a native quotes controversy. It questions superiority claims and mocks the editor for praising foreign methods while urging him to relocate abroad.
A Butte committee behind the city celebration proposes a controversial men’s night gown parade drawing attention to the event. Citizens react as organizers defend the plan amid public scrutiny.
Readers are urged to visit Dillon for a Fourth of July spectacle including a half mile race and a twenty round sparring event at the Dillon theatre. A twelve coach excursion from Butte will converge on Dillon as the Beaverhead river signals another protracted spell of sunshine and rain. The Beaverhead county fair runs September 9 to 11 with playful ballooning, crowds and wagon traffic noted.
The passage quotes varied editorial voices commenting on war recruitment posters public sentiment and political conventions. It contrasts youth and patriotism with satire on straw votes and party loyalties across several Montana papers.
A large audience is promised for Prof Karl Riedelsberger’s concert next Monday evening at the Normal College assembly hall replacing the Bennison theatre venue. The program includes works by Rimsky Korsakoff Schubert Bach Chopin and a Persian Garden song cycle featuring four voices with piano accompaniment and notes from Omar Khayyam.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims testimonials from Warpine Kinnan and Marvin and endorses F J Cheney in Toledo. Hall's Cure is described as internal medicine affecting blood and mucous surfaces. price 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The notice lists travel periods from June 1 to September 15 with a limit through October 31 and directs readers to Agents Oregon Short Line for details. The reference code 197 appears in the text.
W T Haywarp offers a Korona Royal Camera No 4 Goert Dagor Lens sector shutter and leather carrying cases. Item listed as 634 by 814 and 23 t 1 with gear described for sale in Dillon Montana.
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