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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1891
Page
6
A rural guide combines pig breeding tips with pork cut values and a practical tip to repurpose broken trowels into garden digging tools. It explains ideal pig traits such as deep body and strong constitution, then details bacon weight priorities by section and ends with a DIY broom-handle hoe adaptation for frames and beds.
A practical guide by D. W. Kixe outlines barn design for three horses with two-story plans. It covers stall shapes and sizes, ventilation, lighting, and floors, plus a concrete gutter drainage system, hay storage, rick design, and an open shed. The second story shows hay loft, granary, scuttle hole, and carriage space for a grocer or light tradesman. The brick or stone foundation supports a timber frame, two-coat paint, and a $1,000 estimated build cost.
The item blends advice on weeding with a V notch on blades, bee colony feeding after swarming, and poultry care including a worm remedy for gapes and diarreha linked cholera. It questions profitability of hens versus cows given cheese prices and keeping costs.
A historical ad proclaims Dr Pierce's Favorite Motion as a unique medicine for female ailments. It claims it strengthens nerves, improves digestion, and enlivens the system, promising guaranteed satisfaction or refund if it fails. It emphasizes relief from melancholy and nervousness and positions the product as a legitimate tonic for female weaknesses.
Directory lists brands and marks for cattle horses and sheep from Dillon and Beaverhead areas. Entries include owners T. Rog O. Wils T. Selway Scott & Decker Gy G W Poindexter with marks such as 3 bars right hip T near thigh CD triangle CC left ribs right ear notch and other variations across ranges Blacktail Beaverhead and Scott & Decker Red Rock.
The Tupexe announces a new bookbinding department with a skilled binder from Salt Lake City in charge. They offer binding, rebinding, and repair services for magazines periodicals and papers at reasonable prices and invite trial orders.
Alias summons in Fifth District Montana Beaverhead. Thomas Ord sues James Kyle for promissory note of 578 dollars plus 10 percent interest from Feb 12 1890 and 263 dollars for special goods. total debt 441 dollars plus costs. judgment by default if no appearance within the required days. clerk and attorney named. date May 4 18.
Notice details a mining patent application by Cometountain Mining Co for 19.11 acres in Beaverhead County Montana Lot 47 Tp 4 S R 12 W with adjoining Magnitude and Arthur lodes. It lists a 1891 filing, witnesses, and recorder references and includes examiner and attorney names.
Legal notices announce entries for homestead proofs at Virginia City and Helena with witnesses named for Mordesal Freebace and William Stolte. Proposals open June 1 for a jail at Dillon and a bridge over Bed Rock and Beaverhead rivers. Sale of the old county courthouse and lot at Bannack requested by Beaverhead County.
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