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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
3
The notice lists south bound mail and express at 7 15 pm and north bound mail at 10 50 am with through freight timings nearby. It also provides wholesale prices for potatoes, oats, hay, and alfalfa by unit, reflecting market rates at press time.
The article traces wax seal use from noble circles to general practice. It lists wax colors for symbols such as proposal, condolence, invitation, and constancy, and notes wax prices. It also advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills and a local post office dead letters list, with notices of local happenings and a church event.
A Grand Trunk bound for Toronto crashed into a moving freight near Murray Hill crossing two miles west of here. Twelve people died and a dozen or more were seriously injured as both engines and cars were destroyed. Causes include a misplaced switch and unknown signal status as both engineer and fireman perished.
A 3 am collision on the Lehigh Valley line near WilkesBarre killed five aboard the Buffalo express and injured several others after leaves clogged braking on a windy night. Fire followed by a massive explosion rocked Hanover Massachusetts injuring proprietor O A Stearns and more than a dozen others.
War department summary from General Otis in Manila notes improving health conditions with only six deaths in the last eight days. Sick reports are decreasing and five Red Cross female nurses are praised for excellent hospital work. Twenty more competent female nurses would further help.
South Omaha market data for Nov 15 shows cattle receipts 2 600 with mixed price ranges: native beef steers 4 300 to 6.80, western steers 43 750 to 4.40, Texas steers 8.50 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 3.10, canners 2 252 to 2.00, stockers and feeders 3.40 to 4.50, calves 4.00 to 7.00, bulks around 25 3.75. Hog receipts 8 400 with prices 3.52 to 4.40, mixed 8.22 to 6.84, light 3.90 to 4.24, bulk 3.82 to 4.33. Sheep receipts 2 200 with native muttons 3.70 to 4.40, western muttons 3.50 to 4.25, stock sheep 3.00 to 4.80, lambs 4.00 to 5.25.
Kansas City and Chicago market notices show cattle hog and sheep receipts dated Nov 15. Prices list steady to varying across categories with native and Texas cattle, hogs by weight class, and sheep with lambs and mutton figures.
Newspaper brief notes a listing for Warat Lower numbered 2670 with dates in December and May. location St Louis referenced.
Paris November 16. Spain refuses to sign any terms without financial concessions. They demand large cash or debt relief to avoid charges by creditors. Spanish commissioners may resist further arbitration, risking no treaty if the protocol limits are not respected.
George Galbraith the former county commissioner was in town over Sunday and will spend Thanksgiving in the area. He is involved in a mining lease near Hochester and continues active in regional business.
The advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as non irritant and easy to apply. It claims rapid relief for acute catarrh, absorption without drying tissues, and restoration of healthy nasal membranes. Available at dime stores or by mail from Ely Brothers New York with full directions.
Joseph H Harper of Butte Montana files for patent on 108.44 acres of the Fower Placer in Beaverhead County. Survey No 5324 describes corners and bearings from an 8 inch pine post beginning point. Adjoining claims listed and location recorded in Beaverhead records.
In Beaverhead county Montana the case of Mable Van Winkle versus William H Van Winkle is filed in district court. The summons requires the defendant to answer within twenty days or risk default judgment for dissolution of their marriage due to alleged desertion abandonment and neglect by the defendant. The document is dated in 1906 and notes the defendant is a non resident.
Beaver head county board of commissioners invites sealed proposals for care and support of the sick poor and infirm per capita for a year starting December 6 1898. Bids due December 5 1898 at 9 am addressed to the clerk and marked sealed proposals for care of the poor. The board may reject any bid.
Notice filed November 18 1898 by Joseph H Harper of Butte Montana for a patent on 151.48 acres of the Hurvay No 5823 mining claim in unorganized Madison county. Surveyed metes describe boundaries beginning at corner No 1 with bearings and distances ending at the place of beginning. Adjoining claims include County Placer survey 5322 and Power placer unsurveyed. Groner D Grerse register and Jos H Haspers claim agent.
Land Office notice. John Peterson, settler, files to prove continuous residence and cultivation on his land in section listed, with witnesses Charles W Major, Charles Warren, Anton Jackson, and Ermen J. Hersary, before L J Price U S Commissioner at Ditton Montana on December 1808.
Dillon Mont October 11 1008 Mendell and Wolf dissolve partnership with Mr Wolf retiring and Mr Mendell continuing in charge of the business Initials Groner Wonr Joan H Mendell listed as from Dillon Montana
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners invites bids to furnish medical attendance and medicines for the sick poor and infirm of the county and to inmates of the county jail. Bids due by 9 a m December 5, 1898.
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