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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1925
Page
3
A fashion sketch describes a navy blue brocade dress for the body with navy crepe de chine strips for the tie collar narrow cuffs and tunic drapery. The process of adjusting trimming pieces is shown with a double collar and cuffs and a cascades tunic of straight strips pieced and tucked across the front. Readers are invited to send dressmaking problems to Ruth Wyeth Spears via the newspaper.
A humorous exchange contrasts a shirt without butt tone with married life. The wife notes a novelty while the husband jokes he has worn similar fare since marriage. The remark hints that experience is its own form of study.
A brief comic exchange shows a Handy Man offering to remove neighbor chickens from a yard after a short time with a tongue in cheek threat about without eggs. The dialogue style echoes newspaper humor with practical small town flavor.
A doctor mislabels a heart condition as an agelia stretch while a lovesick youth proclaims the beloved Mary Toots as his true name. The exchange reads as a lighthearted, tabloid style snapshot of flirtation and mistaken diagnosis.
A reader wonders about a brother's letter with a black border. A man asserts a method to mix water with oil, but a gasoline company accuses him of stealing their formula.
Harry Foster did business in Dillon last Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Armitage and Miss Lucile Funk returned from Bozeman where they attended the girls vocational congress. Mrs George Foster hosted a luncheon and Mah Jongg club gathering last Wednesday evening with a supper at seven followed by card games.
Sheridan reports buyers from outside points visit for pure bred sheep. Dillon buyers bought 100 pure bred bucks at Foster Bros. ranch and had them delivered in Dillon. W. M. Rhodes sold 22 pure bred Hampshire ewes shipped to Colorado. H. B. Cashmore bought beef cattle for the Butte market and shipped a carload from local yards Monday from Ruby valley stock men.
Roy Frye of Jefferson visited the valley last week and did not meet his needs. The Armistice day dollar dinner by the Ladies Aid Society raised 140 dollars for Bethaney Hall repairs. A special school levy of 15 mills passed 82 to 21 to fund a full nine months of the school year. Sheridan Bank cashier W. W. Buford resigns after 12 years, plans undisclosed. The Sheridan Womans Club held meetings with travel talks, music, and a luncheon. The Father and Son banquet at the Ruby hotel featured Rev. Skinner, Rev. Gibson, and comments on boy character building and spiritual guidance. Visitors from Dillon and Weiser noted.
Lakeview reports insufficient snow for sleighing in the upper valley as a cold lonely season sets in. Mrs. B L Forsythe travels to California for a change and Mrs. Frank Parish returns from Salt Lake City after the funeral of Frank Parish. Parish will stay on the ranch with two sons to sell cream and manage ranch operations.
Miss Kingsly the county nurse visited Nelson School weighing testing eyes and hearing while students from third grade up create safety and health posters. A card party at the schoolhouse raised funds for a Christmas entertainment as Educational Week celebrated Constitutional Patriotic and Thrift days.
Ottawa will mark the centennial of its settlement in 1927. The Rideau Canal builder Lieutenant Colonel By is noted as guiding the city’s early development when it was named Bytown. The capital’s status and early claims between Montreal and Toronto are touched on along with a nod to colonial forestry notes.
Martin R. Quigley of Jackson Montana files notice of intention to prove up on stock-raising and homestead entries in Missoula and G N Merid land descriptions. He will present witnesses Harry G. Davis William D. Bailey James H. Pinkerton and Charlie Berry at Wisdom January 9 1926 before U S Commissioner B R Stevenson. Registered by W E Bennett.
Land office at Great Falls Montana publishes notice that Philip I Giudici of Dillon filed intent to prove up homestead claim G F 062517 in Section 19 Township 8 S Range W P M Meridian with three year proof due January 9 1926 before US Commissioner F A Hazelbaker in Dillon. Named parties Rael M Sexton Erma Sexton William H Estell Lawrence L Price.
Notice states Ima Sexton formerly Wright of Livingston Pine Creek Route Montana has filed intention to prove up her Homestead Entry and additional claims for land described in SW Sec 14 and NEM Sec 23 24 T within the Helena meridian. Proof to be made before U S Commissioner F A Hazleaker in Dillon Montana January 11 1926 with witnesses Philip Giudici William Estell Jesse Ditty Roy Lyon of Dillon.
John F. Wyatt of Dillon Montana files intention to prove up three year claim on lands described in his homestead entries G F 062198 and G F 062197. He will appear before U S Commissioner F A Hazelbaker in Dillon on December 23 1925 with witnesses Charles Wilson Emanuel Webster Charles A Burden Ernest W Smith.
A boy asks a doctor about charging an ailing rich man. The doctor asserts value for his services. The boy reminds that it was his dog that bit the man, implying a potential liability or moral twist. The exchange highlights money mindedness and small scale business ethics in a humorous one act dialogue.
Beaverhead County Montana invites sealed bids for a resident practicing physician or physicians to provide medical and surgical attendance to the poor sick inmates of the county jail and to furnish medicines for one year beginning January 1 1926. Bids due December 7 1925 at 10 a m with 10 percent certified check and performance bond. Board may reject any bid. Signed by County Clerk John S Baker.
In a disputed domestic dispute a housewife urges formal separation as a spouse tells her he cannot endure her husband in the home. The exchange centers on a demand for divorce and a breakdown of the marriage.
A daughter says she will return George's ring with a note. the mother suggests marking the box Glass handle with care. The text also references a man who can play seven games of chess and speak with six people on six topics simultaneously, plus Montana bank totals from mid-1925.
Belt Great Northern Railway will move its track to permit Belt Riceville road to pass Goodman s Slide without crossing the railway.
Rudolf Kruby known as the Hartford king of beggars can plead in ten languages. He was arraigned in court recently after a street altercation and said he would rather beg for honest bread than steal.
Thomas W. Cox of Grant Montana filed notice of intention to make three year homestead entry on the described lands in Township 10 South Range 14 West P M M. The filing will be before Fred Rife Clerk of the Court at Dillon Montana on December 17 1925. Names J Joseph Carroll Merle R Liggett Richard E Porter John Richard all of Grant Montana accompany the filing.
John McDaniel of 3220 State St Butte Montana filed intent to make three year proof to establish land claims in Helena district entries dated 1920 and 1922. The hearing before U S Commissioner F A Hazelbaker will occur at Dillon on December 12 1925. Otis D Bullis Walter Trombley Morton Elliott Amy Elliott of Dillon Montana witness and parties associated.
Notice from Argyle Silver Mining Co of Butte Montana stating a two cent per share assessment levied by directors on Oct 10 1925 payable Oct 28 1925 to D J Charles treasurer at Miners Savings Bank Putte Montana. Delinquent after Nov 25 1925 and will be sold Dec 15 1925 to cover due amounts and costs. Second publication adv 45-48.
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