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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1890
Page
5
In Butte Montana D J Hennessy Mercantile advertises a hat sale. It promotes soft hats at 3 50 and black opera hats at 4 00 with various Fedora shapes and stiff felt options from 2 50. Mail order service offered with samples and prepaid postage and home delivery at low prices.
Local notices list items for sale and services including a Remington typewriter for 60 dollars, a travel offer to Ogden, and a tobacco and cigar shop. The piece also notes a concerted push for the Trisure and Cosmopomtras magazines and several personal notices from Dillon News Company and P. D. McGowen with property listings and carnival travel deals. Census data shows Chicago population possibly over a million, with rapid growth cited by a census supervisor.
City notices, forthcoming events, business openings and ads fill this column. Highlights include theater and church notices, new stores at Montana and Glendale, a Fourth of July poster, farm and mine news, postal timetable changes, and local arrivals.
Committees appointed by the executive group drive planning for a city celebration. Fireworks plans include an illuminated Bust of Washington, the Liberty Tree and other displays. Master of ceremonies Phil Andregg, processions, sports, and bands are organized with multiple races and a greased pig event. Dillon festivities aim for a memorable Southern Montana event within a 75 mile radius.
Fire investigators found kerosene soaked walls and damp wood in the Brainard Wilson building, the work of an incendiary. Washington Camp No 5 elected officers for the next term including President Eastman and Vice President Gilliland, with installation planned at the Odd Fellows hall.
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