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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1895
Page
4
A fragmentary newspaper ad from the Dillon Tribune shows advertising text and distribution notes. The snippet lists the Tribune Publishing Company and an advertising agent L P Fisher of San Francisco, with references to mail postages and prepaid six month and three month payments.
A Bozeman audiences praises Charles Hartman while comments on international issues, Arizona unrest, and Armenian reforms. The note cites McKinley on taxation, New Orleans plans a daily Republican, and frost harming eastern fruit with a favorable crop outlook. Local efforts target Chinatown dumping and Armenian matters spark debate on convict labor competition.
The Christian Advocate reprints a new begging chain letter to condemn the nuisance. The piece notes many fall for the scam and warns that a church may be involved, citing a letter from February 16, 1895 received by a Sunday school secretary.
A brief warning warns recipients against breaking a chain letter. It stresses that the person receiving number twelve must return the letter without copying it, and warns that breaking the chain could cause serious results for the enterprise.
Democratic papers tout a manufacturing upswing tied to tariffs while noting earlier collapses under free trade. The Brooklyn Daily Times cites the Wilson bill as reviving industry and consumer strength, contrasting with McKinley era stability and earlier panics.
Dillon residents and visitors are listed among the week’s happenings. Arthur Call on display at Dillon Mercantile, Joseph Arbour of Hoola, and Hon. Alex Metzel of Puller Springs were in town. Trade ads promote wallpaper, wall coverings, dressmaking, bicycles, and Dillon Implement Co. offerings.
May 16 1895 list of letters uncalled for at the Dillon Montana post office and a public sale notice in Beaverhead County. Includes names Grace Lamont Helen Curtis Anna Denney Henry Emonerick W D Johnson Mrs J Johnson John M Jones Henrik Olsen WmB McKinney Obie Quale John Anagore John Sechler Trogdon Willard and others. Also records an order of sale and foreclosure decree against Thomas Flynn and Mary Flynn. Sale of lands in Township 8 South Range 4 West Beaverhead County Montana on a June date to satisfy costs and plaintiff Patrick Holehan's judgment. Sheriff Thomas Haxerumoy.
The Rocky Mountains span Colorado and beyond with Pike's Peak and the Cripple Creek gold camp. The Rocky Mountain Illustrated Weekly from Denver offers illustrated stories of the West and love adventures on trial for three months at a special rate. Also promotions for Montana excursions, French Tansy Tablets, and printed address envelopes offered by Tri-County Printing Co. Dillon Montana.
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