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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1927
Page
3
Dillon residents host visitors and travel to events with many names and places cited. Notable stops include Lakeview, Butte, Salmon, Bedrock, Armstead, Hespler, Enumclaw, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles. Attendees discuss music, bridge events, and ranch business while several locals visit the hospital or return from trips.
Mrs Florencé Backus Mrs Will liam Backus Virginia Mrs George Dart and Mrs N E Stone formed a party motoring to Sheridan Thursday. Florence Backus and Stone attended to matters pertaining to the interests of the Order of Rainbow for Girls.
A 1833 incident where a farmer failed to hear a tin horn warning led Ashland Baxter to seek a better signal. George Stephenson then devised the steam whistle, adopted on locomotives and remaining a permanent feature.
A visitor from England, who left 85 years ago and prospered abroad, returns to remark that Britons now lack individuality. He argues most locals resemble each other, with uniform expressions and occupations, and blames games for stunting character. He recalls past friends as real characters who blazed their own trails and savor life.
The sora, a swamp rail, inhabits marshes across North America from southern Canada to northern South America during winter. It forages through weeds and rushes, appears weak-winged yet makes long migratory flights. The species lays 6 to 18 eggs and is hunted in some regions under federal open season laws.
A New York boss explains the origin of the term double cross by describing how he logged favors in petitions. He testified that he marked a cross after names to show a petition would be granted and added a second cross if he changed his mind.
Dr. Heinrich Handel-Mazzetti of the Vienna museum of natural history contends the edelweiss is not Swiss or European but an immigrant from Asia. His research traces relatives across the Near East through the Himalayas into Indo-China and north to China and Japan.
A fish peddler seeks revenge on a jilted woman by placing a line of empty beer bottles by her home. He hides the bags of bottles as he visits the rear of the cart every half week, while local prohibition leader is not implicated directly.
A concise aphorism notes that prosperity invites distant relatives to circle, while poverty deepens estrangement from near kin. It argues wealth and poverty share drawbacks and wise balance requires clear judgment.
From the Tribune Oct 7 1886 Glendale tolling of the bell announces the smelter closure the post office moves to Elels old store center. A Dillon resident favors muzzle loaders against chicken thieves. Argenta renamed Paradise per J P Fletcher. Fred Hollis returns after 25 years away. Blood Indians 400 cross Fort Benton line to attack Gros Ventres over six killed last August.
Three cycling finishers Cush ing Simmons Waldorf Arntz were listed in the county fair five mile race. A vitascope show drew crowds last Friday and Saturday. St James parish plans a living circulating library with young ladies as book reps and patrons paying a small fee to converse with them.
Workmen cutting a knoll on North Montana Street uncovered human bones north of the Dillon creamery. I Cashmore recalls a 1880s burying ground at the site, when Dillon served as a railroad terminus, with 12 to 15 bodies interred there, many near the railroad track and possibly under the oil house.
A Chicago druggist Gosman advertises Foley’s Honey and Tar compound for coughs colds and croup plus trial packets of Foley Pills Foley Cathartic and a diuretic stimulant. Send ad and 10 cents to Foley & Company Sheffield and George streets for a trial bottle and packets.
We furnish experienced farm help laborers teamsters cooks and more. Montana Employment Agency at 324 South Arizona Butte. Phone 6567.
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