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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1925
Page
11
A Tribune snippet recounts a grand Thanksgiving ball at the high school hall with decorations brightening the dead walls. Mrs. M. A. Dingley supplied an elegant supper. about a hundred guests attended. Also noted: a newborn girl in Glendale, county calaboose in poor repair, and a drunken night herd celebration on Thanksgiving.
The description notes Aten ed through omission of someone in failing to provide our reporter with a card of admission. The fragment hints at a contentious scene at a ball with incomplete access for the press and questions about official procedures.
Twenty eight years back the Metlen hotel carpets would form a circus tent strengths a grand building. Indians seen in Dillon wore gunny sack wraps. Buckskin crop short. Town urged to join Montana circuit. plea to the Opera House manager to contact John McQuire about winter entertainments.
Transfers from the title books of the Beaverhead Abstract Company list properties, buyers and sellers for the week ending November 21 1925. Names and specifics appear in the ledger entries reflecting property transfers and recorded deeds in Dillon.
U S A land records show Joe James A Peterson owning 639.84 acres near Monida Montana. The title notes the large parcel as part of county landholdings and farmland listings.
County Treasurer Badcon reports that on Wednesday about 35 000 dollars in taxes was paid at his office. Early this morning Dr W C Orr, a well known livery stable man, was badly hurt when a broncho reared and struck him on the head with its fore feet.
Warranty deeds recorded transferring a 42 by 185 foot tract near Lima Montana. James A Peterson conveys to Greed Bros by quit claim. James H Phillips transfers to Mrs Lizzie Dowell described as 42 feet by 185 feet.
A legal clash unfolds between Union Electric Co and Lovell over rights linked to the Sturgis Ditch in connection with a power plant project. Local filings indicate dispute over water rights and infrastructure impacts.
A humorous dialogue scene features a wife averting a robbery by taking money from her husband’s trousers before a burglar enters. A traveling salesman shares a homesickness quip, noting he would feel it only if he stayed long enough.
When a child is constipated bilious or feverish a teaspoonful of genuine California Fig Syrup sweetens the stomach and promptly cleanses the bowels of poisons gases bile sour ing food and waste. It contains no narcotics and is loved by children for its taste. Mother must say California or risk imitation syrup.
Floorwalker jokes about wives quitting dresses with back hooks and a prompt about finding a missing husband. The quick exchange suggests a playful scene in a public setting, with a quip about checking the last and found window.
A sailor recounts nearly drowning after overturning a rowboat when he forgot he could swim and panicked. He explains the danger of inattentiveness while at sea or on the water.
A customer questions the restaurant about its longest serving staff. The proprietor mentions Hansen has been with the restaurant for about fourteen years, joking that he might be the waiter who took the customer’s order.
A mother debates Harold's future with his teacher deciding between cultivating his singing voice or pursuing visual art. The teacher encourages art, claiming belief in Harold's singing talent despite not having seen his artwork or heard his voice.
A brief notice invites college men to seek work by calling 144 Training School or 260-3 Normal College. The trimmed fragment suggests a job or labor opportunity advertised for students.
William Stinson former Beaverhead and Armstead resident died after a brief illness of pneumonia following a severe cold. He was 45 born in Missouri and had lived in the county since 1900 working in ranching after prior saloon work. Survived by his Missouri mother and a Salt Lake brother, funeral held Wednesday at Brundage chapel with Rev. E. L. Hurley. interment Mountain View cemetery.
A quiet wedding was solemnized at St. Rose Catholic church last Wednesday morning. Miss Goldie Henderson teacher in Armstead school married Bert J. McMenomey ranchman of Ryan’s canyon. Rev. Father Clifford of Lima performed the ceremony. A wedding breakfast followed at Sugar Bowl cafe. After a honeymoon they will live at the groom’s ranch in a new residence he has erected.
Smith McKnight, a prominent ranchman from Dell, was knocked down and trampled when a horse he led through a gate bolt. He suffered a crushed hand and assorted bruises and was brought to Dillon for treatment where he is recovering in good shape.
A. B. Jennings, arrested in Butte on a sheriff’s warrant, was brought to Dillon to face a charge of taking a gasoline engine from a Vipond district miner near Dewey's Flat. He pled not guilty at arraignment before Judge Louis Stahl. bonds were set at 200 dollars.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Squeezer and Auntie asking about Fred’s departure. The girl confirms he left last night and that parting pains her physically and emotionally, with a wry, humorous undertone.
Jim Bills notes a shift from peacetime posturing to renewed conflict as Europe appears to redraft its priorities and engage in combat once more.
The newspaper presents a series of puzzles from a book endorsed by Eugene C. Gibney. Puzzle No 11 asks What am I about being the middle of England and found in many places. Puzzle No 12 describes seven trees and three lines to divide a field. Readers are invited to send answers for prizes and club pins.
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