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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1899
Page
3
Dillon and surrounding areas report business notes, arrivals, and social updates. Local stores advertise goods, sermons, and health remedies while residents travel to Butte and Helena for work, religious services are announced, and farming outlooks predict a strong oat crop this year.
The Montana items note laundry workers strike in Great Falls over late payments, multiple mining accidents including a fatal rock fall near Bozeman and a miner’s death at Parnell mine, along with rail accident risks. Other notes include post office closure at Harrison and a bevy of local deaths and legal notices in Helena and Butte.
The article extols Dillon Montana as a growing regional hub with dentistry, banking, education, and diverse industries. It highlights proximity to Butte, access via the Gregoire Line, and the area's mining districts producing gold and copper. It notes a State Normal School, churches, secret orders, public library, electric light, and room for ranchers to grow grain and dairy. It invites visitors to Dillon as a gateway to Yellowstone Park and wonders at the city’s future prospects.
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Butte citizens aim to raise 30000 to pay the Montana regiment's travel from San Francisco to Butte and give them a royal welcome. Medals of honor, funded by the state, will be purchased for each soldier. Charles W. Clark covered the medal costs. The plan invites other cities to send committees for the reception.
Educated young men and women are urged to seize a grand opportunity as Grand Island Business and Normal College promotes fourteen years as a leading western institution. It offers Business Normal and Shorthand courses with low expenses, board at $1.50 weekly, and tuition credit for one year. Catalogue available for six cents. address 3052 A. M. Hares, President, Grand Island Nebraska. Two songs, In Sunny Tennessee and Shake Hands and Tell Your Papa Good-bye, available at the Tribune Store.
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