Notice on Church Events Admission Rates
Notices list charges for church festivals fairs dancing parties and sociables with an admission fee of five cents per line and similar rates for card of thanks obituary poetry and other notices.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
9
Notices list charges for church festivals fairs dancing parties and sociables with an admission fee of five cents per line and similar rates for card of thanks obituary poetry and other notices.
The column extols farm diversification with side lines like dairy cows hens and pork to sustain farming profits. It notes an ice jam near Beaverhead river causing flooding with little damage. Victory Carrigan and Wyman Smith head to Bozeman for a state basketball tournament. Mrs. Elmer Gordon of Armstead reports illness there. A quip on marriage testing dancing versus cooking and spending dream money.
A government report notes worldwide wool stocks are low while consuming nations face tight supplies. US and UK stocks have fallen. British Australian Wool Realization Association reports lower holdings. Merinos fetch higher London prices than 1914, with global production below pre war levels and a world sheep population at about 90 percent.
Local items from Dillon cover births, visitors, ads, and notices. Entries mention a March 8 birth to Mr. and Mrs. A A Curnutt, residents visiting from Armstead and Butte, grazing and grain suppliers Graeter s, and various advertisements and notices from area businesses and churches.
Advertises irrigated farms for rent with any number of acres. Includes ditching fencing house barn garden and machinery. Features stream water and a large reservoir. Lessee must be a capable farmer irrigator with capital. Dillon Montana ad copy.
Beaverhead residents praise Butte as Montana’s mining and commercial hub. They anticipate a 1925 exposition, civic boosts, and alliances with New England for industrial growth, while labor relations improve and factories expand.
Obituary notes the death of James Mauldin last Tuesday in Los Angeles. A Montana rancher and early businessman, Mauldin built a large horse operation, imported Percheron horses, and expanded into California property. Survived by sister Ellen Rittenhouse. remains sent to North East Maryland for interment.
The snippet notes that Dr. Lee and his family are all ill with the flu this week. It mentions Mrs. Bab or mother of Mrs. Lee as seen in the fragment.
An exhortation to plant trees around homes and farms urging their shade wind shelter and beauty. It notes Dillon’s well shaded homes as examples and emphasizes planting during spring with shade fruit and evergreen varieties. The piece ends with a blessing for those who plant a tree.
The American Legion Post staged a vaudeville and minstrel show that week, praised as entertaining with no weak spots. The house was filled to capacity on both nights and the audience showed strong appreciation. The piece notes Dillon's size and western cities’ comparison in staging a successful event.
Telegram arrived announcing the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Will Leimert in Chicago. The mother was formerly May Smith of Dillon.
W. H. Bichler, superintendent of the G. & P., was in Armstead in town today to inspect operations and meet local officials.
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