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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
1
The advt lists fine belts from 2.50 to 5.00 and sterling mounted pins 0.50 to 2.00. A Genuine Stone Headed Hat Pin is offered at 0.15. Also advertised is the King Arthur West Chain for gentlemen from 4.00 upward.
Special correspondence from Beaverhead County reports cold weather with ten below and a stiff north wind. Cattle and sheep shipments proceed despite conditions, with trains and carloads moving to Omaha Chicago and Butte. Thanksgiving crowds, stage travel, and busy C D House operations are noted along with local arrests and social events at the Eastern Star gathering.
The Dillon Baptist church held rededication services on Sunday November 22 with joint participation from the M E and Presbyterian churches. A debt of 136 was pledged for repairs after morning and evening sermons. The day featured a roll call, generous donations from Glendale members, and a helping Ladies Aid society. A Delta High School program followed on Friday December 4 with multiple student acts and readings.
A Butte party will visit Dillon on Tuesday December 1 for the purpose of purchasing horses for the Dillon Fire Department. Citizens with large fine carriage horses suitable for that purpose are urged to bring them to Dillon for consideration.
After 59 hours and many ballots the jury found William Day guilty of second degree murder in the Thomas Lee case. They left sentencing to the court with a demand for a severe punishment. A life term was imposed, Day claiming the jury was too severe and that as a poor man he cannot appeal to the supreme court.
Lambert Eliel and Theodore Nelson appointed as administrators for W. R. Gilbert deceased. Bonds fixed at 15000 dollars each. Firal proof on homestead entry recorded on Upper Grasshopper Creek by John F. Hardy.
Col Lt Price of Dillon Implement Co visits Madison county to promote his firm and win support among residents. A Republican candidate, he previously ran for district court clerk in Beaverhead county and earned 27 votes amid a Democratic surge. He traveled with other candidates this fall, appealing to silver miners to back Bryan and Price, earning gratitude from supporters.
A Cincinnati Enquirer riff notes a convict going to Chicago after release while Town Topics humor cites a magistrate questioning a woman charged with carrying concealed arms found in her sleeves. A Town Topics item adds a quip about German royalty and the heavier weight of American-made wheels.
Snow totals reach two feet on the level in Bismarck and Helena as a historic Montana blizzard grinds on. Thousands of cattle lack food and shelter, rail and streetcar traffic halt, temperatures drop to eight to thirty below zero across the region. The storm spans the northwest, with extreme cold worsening the crisis.
A compact historical note lists figures on slave trade origins and abolition in various eras and places. It cites Attica in 400,000 slaves, 1841 vase event, Danish abolition in the West Indies, Nero era prices, 1850 John Brown raid, 1817 US Spain pact, Roman slave prices, Uncle Tom's Cabin 1862, Moses law on freeing Hebrew slaves, Sir Samuel Baker Nile expedition 1870, and 1619 Virginia slave arrival aboard a Dutch ship.
A compilation of light quotes and brief mentions from multiple papers. Mentions include Weyler’s anti-women stance, electric experiments on the Manhattan elevated, Alfred Austin, William Morris, Prince Khilkof, Ian Maclaren, Paul Aubry blaming newspapers for crime, Abdul Hamid and Richard Harding Davis comments on writers.
The Jewelers' Circular notes enameled watches with gems remain popular and fringe neckpieces tipped with pearls emerge. Bicycle jewelry from London and Paris arrives locally with jeweled collars and watch chatelaines in new designs. Bracelets show a slim flexible gold band with a pendant jewel, and gold brooches echo bicycle wheels.
A brief column lampoons fashionable ladies occupied with etiquette while noting a bachelor’s capacity for love. The piece mocks overruled niceties and observes a general sentiment that babies attract more attention than other animals.
An OCR fragment notes quartz location blanks and player location blanks stored at the Tripuds office in Dillon. The text details filing or storage forms and mentions a gale impact context. No further identifiable names or dates are provided.
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