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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
8
The article argues a reciprocal bond between utility providers and the public, stressing mutual duties. It cites rising costs and a 1917 deficit of about a million and a half dollars for the Telephone Company, warning that without adequate revenues service remains in jeopardy and public cooperation is essential.
Local notes from Dillon Montana cover visits, farm ads, and shop items. Mrs C C Thornton and Mrs J W Scott travel, Tattersall's lists shells and ranges, Hazelbaker promotes farm loans, Ruth Rathbone visits Tacoma, and Edith Calloway travels from Milwaukee. The town reports whooping cough, crops look fine after frosts, and a late southbound train required a replacement engine.
Transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending May 11 1918 list property conveyances and related records. Details identify grantees grantors and parcel locations within the Beaverhead area.
A compilation of deeds and notices including grantor grantee pairs for 320 acres in Horse Prairie valley 160 acres near Barret station and 159.8 acres near Dillon. Includes warranty deed correcting a prior deed 480 acres near Wisdom and other conveyances with nominal consideration. Also mentions Administrator Deed 240 acres near Jackson and filings for National Nitrate Company and Silver Fissure Mining.
Dillon locals host visitors from Jackson and Grant as Rev. Robert T. Newman tours the city collecting funds for the American Sunday School union in its 11th year. British recruiting sergeant W R Braithwaite seeks Canadian army volunteers, noting a Scots recruit. Y M C A asks for a typical local picture to aid lantern slides and to receive regular hometown updates for soldier boys overseas.
A visitor guide recounts the Vicksburg battlefield with Captain Rigby and highlights the surrender ground where Grant and Pemberton met on July 3 1863. It notes the famous tree carved into souvenirs and the nearby cannon monument within the national cemetery.
A Memorial Day message urges Americans to pair traditional flowers with resolve to fulfill duty in a national crisis. It calls for soul searching and eradicating sloth to honor those who served, emphasizing memory, manhood, and responsibility.
At Opequon Creek Sheridan formed along the north bank near a Vermont regiment. A bold Irish corporal branded cowards and spurred his men to rise and surge over breastworks, leading the unit in a decisive wig party that earned him lasting fame.
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