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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1890
Page
5
L C Fyhrie & Co, grocers, invite attention to a large stock of foreign and domestic condiments. Call and see them. Bring cash and they will surprise you in prices.
Gre seeds D M Ferry & Co. garden and flower seeds offered for sale at N M White's City Drug Store. See the seed ad on another page.
Special notice from Ditton Lumser and Grain Co seeks oats sellers at highest cash price and calls debtors to settle. Cas Poptey requests both sides to call and square accounts to clear books by January 1 1890 in Dillon Montana dated January 17 1890.
An early 20th century ad lists cheap china sets at City Drug Store and Bee Hive offers on ranges heaters and stoves. Rang Morton's and Stockman advertisements push school tablets and stock salt. The Dillon Tribune is sold at Mills post office newsroom and T W Poindexter Son's promotes a car load of stock salt in bulk.
The column records a busy Dillon scene with delayed mail, a note on women voting with tax receipts, and warm weather after a frigid spell. It reports court activity, railway blockages, freight losses, hospital bids, real estate activity, and civic groups including the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
The Thieune expands editorial staffing as Will W Cheely joins to handle home news gathering. He will scour local events and seek citizen assistance to improve coverage, marking a new departure for the newspaper.
City council meeting led by A S Rife discussed sidewalk projects revokes and authorizes enforcement on minors in saloons. Minutes approved. finance and streets commissions assigned to review bills and sidewalk plans. city attorney tasked with sidewalk expenses and ordinance amendment on annual salary.
Notice of the annual election at the Argenta Gold and Silver Mining Company Dillon Montana March 2 1889. Polls open at noon close at 4 PM. Secretary M Flowers lists seven trustees to serve one year.
Dr. Pitt reports James Nesbitt's child rapidly recovering. I H Hatfield and family return from Iowa. Alex B Allen, president of Argenta Gold and Silver Mining Co., leaves for the east. Howes, secretary of the same company, arrives in town. Harvey Jackson and wife return from Iowa. Hr. Tash, Mrs. Jackson's brother, accompanies them. Pengilly and Allen visit Argenta mines. John Weightman awarded mail contract for Dillon Argenta Bannack route. The Kelly company pays $10,000 debt. BF White travels to Portland and Vancouver. Scott of Argenta calls on Dillon friends. Joe A Browne and Jos Shineberger visit from Glendale and Red Rock. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and Alph Decker visit Red Rock.
A community letter defends the Free Public School System and urges taxpayers to support keeping four local schools open for three more months. It cites legal authority for trustee powers, projects past improvements, and warns of negative outcomes if schools close or funds are withheld.
Mrs A Bessette of Bannack and Mrs George French of Argenta visited the county seat, with Dulcie Anderson of Bannack and Miss Rose Darby of Pony among others in town. Sher idan party John Thomas and Gib McCoy returned from Valparaiso Ind to Sheridan and then home by Tuesday stage as Miss Flora Duncan headed to Sheridan for a two week visit.
The column explains that the Trunk disclaims responsibility for readers views and in no way endorses them. It describes the page as a forum where all can be heard if statements are unobjectionable and worthy of attention.
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