Dillon Post Office Transmission Notice
Notice indicates material entered at Dillon Postoffice for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1924
Page
9
Notice indicates material entered at Dillon Postoffice for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
The American Legion post and the Woman's Auxiliary plan their second annual poppy sale day. The piece calls Memorial Day a reminder of the unsettled obligation to veterans and orphans, noting the wartime cost of 28 billion dollars plus human lives and ongoing care for homeless children.
A historical set of United States flag display rules forbids disrespectful conduct and states how to display flags. It covers respect, hoisting, positioning, and handling to prevent damage or improper use of the flag in various settings.
The article lists rules for proper flag handling including display on staffs, forbidden uses on floats, cushions or napkins, no lettering on flags, ban on advertising on flagpoles, and precautions to prevent soiling or damage, signed by the American Legion and the D A R Woman's Auxiliary.
Dillon Tribune recounts local tales from May 1882. Grasshopper demand outstrips supply making fish cheaper to catch. Pilgrims from Butte seek alms amid reports of vice and mining wealth. A Bannack religious order forbids women and conducts ritual water drinking. Jailbreaks end in death of one escapee. the other recaptured after gunfire.
Yesterday Dillon started its first foundry, proving castings rival state quality. promoter David Davis cites lack of capital as the main barrier. A local sand deposit three miles away yields superior molding sand. Mrs. C. W. Conger died Friday. funeral at Episcopal church Sunday. Cyclists resist the cycling fever no longer as the Dillon Bicycle club grows.
Proposal notes reorganizing and building a cycle path up Brewery Hill with planks to protect it from stock damage. The plan aims to keep teams and horsemen off the path by making it durable and stock resistant.
Dillon readers report Salmon Idaho held a day of celebration for the new Gilmore and Pittsburg railroad as locals and visitors joined in. George R. Metlen and crew survey the upper Ruby canyon site for a large irrigation reservoir for the Homestead Land and Irrigation company amid a clear sky featuring Halley’s comet and a near total lunar eclipse.
Wolf Point has been selected as the site for the 1924 northern Montana corn show, marking a regional agricultural event expected to attract local growers and visitors. The announcement sets the event in the town and outlines plans for exhibits and demonstrations.
Havre officials announce a $250,000 signing for the reopening of a local bank. The funds will support repairs, staffing improvements, and enhanced customer services to resume full operations. The project aims to restore banking access for the community.
Don Thiel of Fort Wayne Indiana reports Foley Pills helped him sleep well after taking a couple of pills. The advertisement touts Foley Pills as a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys with prompt action and includes a brief drug gist.
Notice announces the annual stockholders meeting of the Smallhorn Oil Shale Refining Company on Monday June 2 1924 at the State Bank building. Purpose is to elect officers and address other business. Signed by Edgar Kenison president.
The promotion claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh through an ointment and an internal tonic. It asserts quick relief from mucous inflammation and restoration of normal conditions, noting distribution by J Cheney & Co for over four decades.
At the Beaver staff meeting the year’s end, Douglas Thomas was unanimously elected editor in chief for 1924 25. He has been an enthusiastic worker, attended the State Editors’ meeting at Missoula, and helped carry home the loving cup won by the Beaver.
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