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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1895
Page
4
Fisher, of 21 Merchants' Exchange, San Francisco, is named as the authorized advertising agent. The notice lists six and three month subscriptions and indicates jingle copy rates and file storage in his office.
Oct 25 1895 Ditlon Montana reports compulsory school attendance enforcement in several towns. Cadotte rumor of a hanging at Fort Benton proved false as execution was postponed due to an appeal to the Supreme Court. Amelie Rives Chandler notes a friendly divorce, while local humor asks why they married. Alaska Mining Record souvenir edition received. greater Anaconda Standard enlarges pages due to rising advertising, praised for quality and circulation.
Helena's fashionable set pushes a bustle bloomers revival as part of women's costume. A quirky note from Matt Alderson's Yellowstone mill hints at local ingenuity and old school discipline in Montana education, while regional venders debate freight and home-made goods.
A critical piece argues against lengthy speeches prayers and articles. It laments noisy bells and dirty slates in schools while praising lead pencils and scratch books as the tools of concise writing. The author asserts readers favor brevity and warns that lengthy discourse drives away readers and stifles thought.
W H Smead of Missoula quietly prospected coal mines two miles north of the city under a long term lease. The tunnel reaches over 200 feet showing a four foot vein of superior coal. Experts visit the site and deem it a highly promising prospect with potential value to the owners and to Missoula.
Estate of N A Stiloa reports sale of personal property approved and hearing date set for December. J O W Jay versus J C Barnett suit for $347 dismissed on plaintiff’s motion. Local entries include McNinch three-year report, heating apparatus inspection, and school notes on absences classes and examinations. A cape described with cloth and Persian lamb. advertising Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and dosage information.
County notes recount Mr and Mrs Geo Metlen from Dillon. Jerry Hopper begins new shop. John Romain on Medicine Lodge creek. many neighbors visit Dillon, horse cattle hunts, and farm tasks. Mentions include Mrs Barrett in Bitter Root, Pollinger returning near Twin Bridges, Engle from Painter creek, and Miss Madio Rifo leaving Horse Prairie School.
Beaverhead county teachers institute will convene in Dillon on October 28 and continue five days. All teachers and supporters of education are urged to attend. Muir J. Corbin, County Superintendent of Schools, is leading.
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