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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
7
The Normal College hosted a lively junior initiation Friday as the class completed a week of stunts and rites. An evening ceremony in the Gym marked the formal initiation with pledges signed afterward.
Mrs A W Connolly will host a bridge gathering at her Idaho Street home tomorrow. Guests include Mesdames Gosman Anderson Lovell How ard Potts Paul Williams Cornell Waldorf Carter Williams Virginia City Watson Dart Tattersall Best Cox Clark Walker White McCaleb and Miss Carolyn White with assistants Misses Agatha Lovell and Isabel Watson helping serve.
Mrs David Smith hosted a May 16 dinner at seven at her Atlantic street home for the birthday of Mr Smith and the natal day of Master Eugene Finch. Guests included Dr and Mrs Grant Finch and family, Miss Bert Shortt, and Miss Anne Hazard.
Henry Rodgers Jr marked his sixth birthday with a Tuesday afternoon gathering at his South Atlantic Street home. Six friends joined the celebration including Miss Rachel Smith Miss Marjorie Foote Miss Mary Emily Elliot Leon Foote and Ralph Smith. A variety of games topped off with a splendid birthday lunch.
A philosophical line promotes reframing hardship as a personal choice. It implies faith in divine timing and asserts the speaker can opt for joy despite rain and adversity.
Mrs. Anna Owsley entertained Miss Lillian Baker and Miss Anne Hazard at two o'clock dinner Sunday at the dormitory.
One of Dillon’s most elaborate public affairs marked the first annual reception of the Girls' Friendly club at Guild Hall on a Saturday evening. Colorful yellow and white decor, abundant plants, and oriental ruged rooms set the scene. Mrs. William S. Watson and several aides organized the event. Guests received included Mrs. Watson and Misses Edith Hatch Olga Anderegg Ruth Conway Mary Hester Phillips Zetta Gilbert. The program featured violin and vocal solos, folk dances, and numbers by the Normal College Orchestra. Refreshments followed in the Guild Hall parlors.
The scene featured yellow and white decor with large arrangements of white carnations and asparagus fern. Mrs. Edmund J Callaway and Miss Annabelle Long led the main table while Mrs. William C. Orr attended the coffee urn.
Bridge Mrs. W. S. Watson entertained the club Monday evening at her home. Light refreshments followed the games and the gathering ended in a cheerful mood.
The Boy's Club will hold its meeting this evening following a postponement from last night.
Mrs. Clara Chapman will host the Bridge club Saturday evening, moving the regular meeting from Monday this week.
The club was entertained Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Sadie Graeter, sharing light refreshments and sociable conversation in a cordial gathering.
High Five was made a member of the club Wednesday afternoon at the meeting held at Mrs. W. B. Carter's, filling the vacancy from Mrs. G. 7. Paul. Mrs. W. C. Orr and Mrs. Arthur Graeter served as substitutes. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Connolly's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hyram Brundage hosted the club on Tuesday evening. Substituting for absent members were Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brundage, Mrs. Edward Smith and Everett Brundage. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wheat will entertain the club next week.
Mrs. R. T. Tattersall entertained the club with an Auction Bridge gathering on Tuesday evening. The group will meet again at Mrs. O. C. Gosman’s home next Tuesday for the next session.
Mrs W B Carter was hostess of the club Wednesday afternoon at her home.
Next Tuesday afternoon the members of the 500 club will gather at the home of Mrs W B Carter for a social meeting and card play session.
Mrs William Jennings hosts an afternoon club gathering with the meeting moved from her home to Mrs Arthur Gracter’s. A pleasant social hour followed with attendees enjoying the change of venue and company.
The Busy Bee club will entertain its members next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Ed Smith’s Pacific street residence. Guests last week included Mrs Jesse Lacklen and Mrs Clara Hopkins, with the club set to meet again next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Thomas Anderson’s home.
Next Thursday afternoon May 29 church members Manse Society and friends will be entertained at the Bishop home with Mrs Bishop and Miss Jean Bishop as hostesses. No meeting was held this week.
The St James Guild will meet at Mrs Don Rathbone's home next Thursday afternoon for an entertainment and the election of officers.
The missionary society of the Baptist church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Thomas Anderson. No meeting was held this week by the Aid society.
The Guild met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Father Foley to discuss community concerns and plan upcoming events.
M. E. Aid will gather Thursday afternoon the 29th in the lecture room with Mrs. R. P. Willard hosting.
A horse driven by Frank Giudici was severely injured when a runaway team from H. H. Soper crashed into Giudici’s wagon on North Montana and Helena streets. The hit tongue pierced one horse but the animal survived. the tongue of the Giudici wagon was broken in two.
Melrose resident Milo French visited Dillon on Tuesday as did Milton Nay from Grant and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Monroe who spent days in Butte. Dell residents Clay Patterson and Bart Hungate called on Dillon, Louis Anderson came from Brenner, and Mr. and Mrs. Oic Williams with their daughter settled in Dell. Mrs. Phoebe Comfort Williams of Virginia City is due in Dillon this week to visit Mrs. W. A. Clark. The Dillon Junior baseball team lost to Sheridan 15 6 and will play in Dillon Sunday at 3. G. Edwin Secour of Forest Grove Oregon, formerly Dillon city editor, was here this week as a witness. The St James guild plans a food sale May 24 at Olmsted Stevenson’s store. A little farm for rent near town is advertised, as is a 8 room house for sale at 212 Washington Street. Morning Prayer and Sunday school times for St James Episcopal are announced. Four hoboes were arrested for vagrancy. sentences suspended. Oscar Johnson opened a hardware store in Butte and Charley Martin returned from the Butte hospital in good spirits. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised for kidney and bladder ailments.
The Yankee Robinson circus houses over 600 guests at meals daily with meal tickets issued by department heads. The dining tent feeds 5000 pounds of bread daily and features a kitchen staff of 50 plus two meat cutters, with a refrigerator car carrying 2000 to 3000 dollars worth of fresh meat daily. Dr. A. M. Beasley serves as physician for 16 seasons.
A drug advertisement warns that a minor cold in a child or adult may lead to serious illness such as croup bronchitis or pneumonia. It touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy that stops a cold early, cures croup quickly, checks deep coughs, and heals inflamed membranes. Potts, the druggist.
Seth Smith of near Townsend shot fifteen coyotes in thirty two days. He earned two dollars and fifty cents per coyote and sold the hides for thirty dollars, totaling sixty seven dollars and fifty cents in about a month. The note asks if any Beaverhead County citizen did better from this source.
Notice states the Dillon Volunteer Fire Department meets the first and second Thursday evenings each month a three taps three times meeting call on the courthouse bell.
T. T. Maroney, who flew at the Beaverhead county fair last year, says flying is now about 117 times safer than four years ago. He cites fewer fatalities per distance flown as proof and credits better theory, engines, and construction. Maroney has flown nearly 400 times since July 3, 1911, and now pilots a Curtis 75 horsepower plane.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised as a prompt and permanent cure for bad colds. The ad claims it relieves lungs aids expectoration opens secretions and restores health, with worldwide sales and dependable performance. Sold by all dealers.
Mrs. F. E. Dodds entered a stable Tuesday afternoon to check a mare with a young colt. The colt frightened the mare, causing the animal to kick Mrs. Dodds about a dozen times, all below the waist, leaving non serious but painful bruises. She escaped to an adjacent stall and called for help. The mare is a pet and the event surprised Mrs. Dodds.
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