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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1894
Page
1
A brief romantic vignette about a schoolmarm migrating north to teach. The piece centers on a tender, hopeful tone and the simplicity of everyday educational life, capturing a quiet moment of affection and purpose.
Regular correspondence from Lima and Melrose reports March blizzards, elk-driven teams, and local crafts such as an elk horn chair. Petitions seek district school division, dam concerns loom above Red Rock river, and plans for a fish ladder prompt community action.
A man reports attempted robbery at J G Maddux store with windows cut and a pry attempt. Six cases of coal oil stolen from H M B Co oil house, with locks reset and empty cases nailed up. Locals suspect a known gang but lack proof. traps and law await. Also notes social updates and a infant death in Laurin cemetery.
Our regular correspondent reports on local travel from the West Institute Madison visits, chorus practice for the 80th, attendance at Sheridan supper by Edgar Birchard and Misses Bollinger and Fletcher, plus farewells of Olive Townsend and Miss Beall. News notes include farm shift for Schott and Temleston, Beall returns from the Normal, illnesses of Nellie and Lizzie Page, planned move of James Page to the ranch, and a rescue of a horse through thawed ice. The deputy correspondent claim about Birchard is contested and a tongue in cheek rebuke closes with local satire.
The literary society presented acts including recitations and a debate on licensing versus prohibition with an affirmative win. Bannack town updates describe social events at the Bannack hotel, mining activity, arrival of visitors, and local humor about residents and outfits. Admiral Lee’s pontoon fleet reached Sugar Hill while repairs continue at the camp and mines.
The Salt Lake Tribune argues the tariff slashing targets Utahs lead and silver industries, harming Western business to politically reward a Democratic leadership. It blasts Eastern views of Western worth and criticizes Dan Voorhees for confronting Western industries amid national tariff fights.
China Charlie was arrested Saturday for firing two guns within the city, reportedly shooting snow birds to make pot pie. Magistrate McGough sentenced him to fourteen days in jail. Also notes a Dillon milliner Madame Bourret offering a large stock of elegant millinery goods. A drunken Jenny Hoge paid a $5 fine after appearing before the magistrate. Orton Bros in Butte advertise slightly used pianos and a Remington No 2 typewriter sold cheaper through Ogden. The U P system announces rate changes effective Jan 1 1894 with tickets limited to 80 days from sale.
Corrected weekly wholesale prices list shows butter per pound five cents? eggs per dozen? potatoes home grown eighty cents per pound? cabbage price unclear. The readable figures indicate a price sheet for produce going to press with minor OCR errors.
Household furniture inquiry noted at the residence of Judge Holden, located on Mol lie Stiles. The fragment references a back area and seeks information on items associated with the judge.
A desperate narrator denounces class hardship in a garret beside Brooklyn Bridge where a mother and child sew overalls for four cents a pair. He links wage slavery to wealth worship and urges structural reform, fair wages, and humane living conditions over charity and slumming.
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