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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
1
A local dealer proudly touts a year old line of watches built by a top American factory now in active service. He claims superior satisfaction over all prior brands sold and notes a new Jet model arriving. Prices range from 12 to 40 dollars with a broader American selection from 2.50 upward. Fidel Huber, Manager.
Paarville reports a week of activity with a party planning to accompany Miss Mae Burtch to the Centennial valley where she will teach this fall. J M Page and O L Utley return from trips and report good work. Mina Page and Lizzie Page come back from Omaha. Farmers threshing proceeds with a steam thresher operated by O L Utley and Fred Somers.
The funeral for Henry Clay Graves, accidentally shot, was held at the M E church in Bannack on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Graves, born March 6 1838 in Lexington Kentucky, served in the Confederate army before moving to Montana in 1864. The procession drew about 70 conveyances with guests from Dillon Bedrock Butte and nearby districts.
Miss Ethel Sanders invited nineteen friends for a Saturday bicycle ride to the fair grounds and back. They returned to her home for a breakfast served at 10 o'clock under chaperone Mrs. J. E. Monroe. It was a most pleasant affair.
Mrs Michael Curtain of Plainfield Newfoundland says a cold settled in her lungs and she was treated for a month by her family doctor. He called her a hopeless victim of consumption and claimed 20 medicines would cure her.
H C Graves long time Bannack resident dies near Dillon when buckshot from a shotgun discharged in a buggy accident. He falls dead after exclaiming I am shot while en route to Dillon for the Democratic convention. Graves was a prominent merchant and politician tied to state affairs. Funeral plans move forward with a county convention committee to oversee notices.
The ad touts a universal salve for Onts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with no payment if not satisfied, priced at 25 cents per box and sold by L. J. Williams.
Republicans factions Knippenberg Eliel and silver Republicans meet in Beaverhead County with a plan to elect delegates to the state convention. Democrats hold a second county convention to nominate a ticket next Thursday. Delegates and alternates are named, a funeral committee chosen, and fusion opposition noted with no resolutions issued.
H C Lapham of Jackson and N B Wood of Wisdom returned from a three week prospecting trip near Rodersburg in Madison county. Lapham presented a silver and copper bearing quartz sample to the Tarsent. The ore body lies between two solid walls of hard state and measures about one and a half feet wide. Wood's party brought a gold bearing ore sample from his claim.
Fragmentary text referencing Democrats and a demand for payment and silver, with garbled phrasing and broken sentences. Contains no clear event, person, or place to anchor a concrete news summary.
The Knippenberg convention opened with Hon. Henry Knippenberg chosen chairman and Geo. B. Conway secretary. Committees formed and platform adopted endorsing McKinley and the 1896 St Louis platform, with calls for currency reform and party unity. A union conference set Beaverhead delegates for the state convention, adjourned to Sept 30. Silver Republicans organized at Meden for Anaconda delegation, endorsed McKinley administration, Cuban policy, and Dingley tariff plus free silver, elected delegates and central committee, and adjourned.
The county convention met at the courthouse to elect delegates to the state convention in Anaconda. Senator Edwin Norris was named chairman with both temporary and permanent status.
Preparations for next week’s Dillon fair are near complete with strong horse entries, large livestock and poultry displays, and an unusually fruitful season for fruits and vegetables. The exhibit program includes notable art, preserves, culinary wonders, amateur photography, and a special youth photo premium. If weather cooperates, the event should be a success.
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