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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
5
Numerous residents and guests stopped in Dillon and nearby towns last week and weekend. Names include John Anderson of Jackson L B Wakefield of Lima Fay Erwin from Butte and many others visiting for business, shopping or social calls. A marriage license was issued to Ben Hines and Sarah Murphy of Idaho Falls.
A short classified ad notes vegetables and poultry of all kinds along with pastry offerings. The snippet suggests a diverse market display with fresh goods and baked items highlighted in the advertisement.
Pasadena and Seattle residents arrived for a funeral for Frank Bryan and others traveled through Dillon. Hunts in Colorado gulch and West Yellowstone produced elk. Church leaders from the Northwestern States Mission of the LDS will preach in Dillon on Sunday October 30 at 8 00 p m with special music.
Mrs O J Christensen hosted a Halloween party at the Christensen country home Saturday evening serving a seven oclock dinner to sixty guests. The house featured orange and black decorations and a variety of Halloween emblems. Lloyd Barnett, son of C Turnett near Red Lodge, was kicked in the face by a horse and found unconscious in a field. He was taken to a Billings hospital where seven teeth were knocked out and facial lacerations required stitches. Lloyd spent his boyhood in Dillon and has many local friends.
The First National Bank of Dillon files a disclaimer in district court renouncing any claim to act as executor or trustee under the last will and testament of Frank Landon, deceased.
The Tribune reports a grand reception for Col Wilbur F. Sanders the Republican candidate for delegate to Congress in Leaver. A torchlight procession of over 200 Republicans escorted him from the depot to the town hall where a large crowd heard his vivid appeal to voters. Stockmen of Beaverhead county united to protect their interests.
A fragment notes advocacy for using early country justice and its principles to deter horse and cattle theft. It emphasizes enforcement of those ideals as a response to depredations.
The Dillon district reports 51 qualified voters for the upcoming election, a record high. A local saloon incident saw a burly cowpuncher attempt to draw on a quiet stranger from the south, but the assailant was met by the stranger’s revolver. No blood was shed.
Beav erhead county lists 1 414 school children enrolled. Miss Winnifred Pillow and Boss Emerick wed quietly in Butte on Monday of last week.
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