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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1898
Page
4
A garbled notice from the Tribune Publishing Co. requests orders and remittances for publications and advertisements. It notes manuscripts for the editorial department should go to the Tribune editor and mentions Dillon Montana transit details with a May 13, 1898 date.
The piece explains Hong Kong time versus Chicago San Francisco and Hawaii, noting that crossing the 180th meridian creates a twenty four hour difference. It cites a hypothetical warship firing near the line and the resulting date shift, then sketches Admiral Dewey’s image and praises home front labor. It ends with Arbor Day, western tree planting, and a planned government war loan distribution.
The article notes farmers may sow more wheat as prices climb while California suffers drought with wheat, beets, and fruit yields well below average. It contrasts war news drawing public attention with agriculture, citing high hay prices and frost damage to apricots and peaches in the south.
Camp Smith Montana reports the 1st Montana Volunteer Infantry ordered to the Philippine islands. Col Kessler assumes command. Camp named Camp Robert B. Smith in honor of the governor. A local race ends with Beaverhead Bill losing to a bicycle rider. An advertisement offers a $100 reward for catarrh cure.
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