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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
2
Fragmentary schedule item lists southbound and northbound mail and express trains with times around 7:15, 8:7, and 12:45 am, plus local freight connections. Indicates a routed date and line references with unclear station names.
In Dillon and nearby towns Nova a trio of weddings unfolds this week. Mr. Gee Kunzman and Mrs. Josie Brown wed at a New York restaurant lodging house parlors with Rev. Cattermole officiating. Edward B. Page and Edna Goetschius marry at the M BE parsonage with Rev. Cattermole. Homer Tash brings Nora Abbott from Iowa to marry at the Hotel Medlen parlor. The report notes each groom and bride hail from local or nearby communities and wishes them happiness.
Automatic Piano by W A Smith has spent two weeks in the city. It sits in L O Williams' drug store where beer flows each evening for the public. The electric piano recreates orchestral music and can be seen at the store.
Catalog listing details two open stack pieces Haviland porcelain with yellow and gilt or green and gilt finishes. A single cap and saucer or any separate piece costs 50 dollars for 118 pieces in yellow and 65 dollars in green. More gilt and elaborate decoration on the green version.
The listing mentions a line of decorative plates cups and saucers sold in sets of six along with course sets for Soup Fish Game Meat Salad and Dessert.
Sheridan notes electrification plans as the town awaits better water and wells. New glass storefront front at H Elling & Co. improves retail appeal. A M E church concert netted 11.25 with about fifty attendees. Local politics drift after state conventions with Montana election seen as surprising by some readers. Threshing and hay crops report satisfactory yields. families visit Dillon Normal School. quilting bee held by Ladies Aid.
A man struck by the Kid with a billiard ball in a Dillon saloon left bleeding from eyes nose and ears and initially unconscious though alive the next morning. Bystanders feared lynching but deputies moved the offender to jail as officers described the incident as a cowardly attack.
Fragmentary text hints at patronage in printing and associated social dynamics. No clear persons, organizations, or places are legible, leaving the exact topic and actors unspecified.
A Utica school survey by Superintendent George Chiffitu asked 8 000 children if a pupil should testify against another. About 15 percent noted a distinction for voluntary telling. Among 2 834 respondents 494 boys 88 percent and 876 girls 25 percent deemed it right to tell, with the larger share viewing it as wrong.
The Der Ledermarkt notes last year’s jubilee of the modern pocket leather purse. It recalls Karl Helle, a German bookbinder’s apprentice in America, who in 1847 created the first porte monnaie with a steel clasp and two slip rings, sparking worldwide imitators and evolving designs since.
Notice announces final proof for desert land claim published by United States Land Office. Location cited as Minonia Mon Offline Mont with Sept 1508 date context. Public record informs interested parties of completion steps and potential rights attached.
Seven masked men halted the west bound Missouri Pacific Little Rock and Wichita express between Leeds and Dawson seven miles from Kansas City. They disabled telegraph at Beltline, disarmed Engineer Slocum and Fireman Weston, and escaped with a damaged express car and blown apart local safe. The blast was heard in Kansas City. investigators called the loss small. Baggage and express matter were recovered later at Osawatomie.
Otto Bannart of New York is named receiver for the New England Loan and Trust company, based in Des Moines with main office in New York. The firm specialized in city and farm mortgages in the west and faced large losses from western boomtown property loans made in 1888 and 1889. The company, built on a $825,000 capital and about a $100,000 surplus, is said to have deteriorated due to western city loan losses, dragging assets into receivership. The firm counts New York Philadelphia and Des Moines investors among its ranks.
In Iowa three safe crackers are identified. Morgan Ryan and McTlear arrested in St Joseph were not Missouri Pacific train robbers. They possessed powder burned money from the Pacific safe destroyed near Dawson and the Botna Valley State Bank at Glenwood Iowa was robbed on the 21st with over $600 taken.
The Corbett camp declares the Corbett McCoy fight off and leaves Asbury Park. Corbett plans to fight Jeffries or Sharkey elsewhere, with no binding Oct 15 contract. If a match is made, it will likely be in San Francisco.
A San Luis dispatch reports Soudanese sharpshooters in French service under Lieutenant Woolfel defeat Sofas led by a Samory chief. The French capture 5,000 men and 90 Gras rifles with ammunition, while one sharpshooter is wounded. France promises recognition after the victory.
Port Townsen Sept 27 The steamship Topeka returns with 150 Klondikers most with little to show for their journey. Typhoid fever swamps Dawson with about 3000 cases centered there as 9000 prospectors poured into Stewart river seeking gold. Joseph Ladue, founder of Dawson, notes many who return would fail anywhere, while Dawson claims it handles all illnesses.
Washington reports the first army detachment for Cuba will depart Oct. 20. General Miles says about 8 000 troops will form the initial unit, split between regulars and immunes, with later detachments to reach 50 000 for island garrisons. The first detachment will report to General Wade.
The Oregon under Captain A B Baker and the Iowa under Captain Silas Terry were ordered to sail from New York Navy Yard at 8 this morning for Manila. The voyage is expected to take about 60 days with a refueling stop at Bahia, Brazil. The cruiser Buffalo with two storeships Iris and Celtic will follow in about a week.
Des Moines Sept 28 Adjutant General Byers departed for San Francisco to investigate the conditions and wants of the Fifty first Iowa, which has been ordered to Manila, and will report findings to Governor Shaw.
Wheat led by New York strength with active trading. corn and oats rose about 4 cents while provisions weakened due to yellow fever fears. Cash quotes list various wheat and corn prices. South Omaha cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and prices show mixed steady activity across categories with typical regional ranges.
Chicago stock market summary for September 27 shows hog receipts at 26,000 with best grades higher and lighter demand for others. mixed and heavy ranges listed. Cattle receipts around 6,000 including 8500 westerns with good grades steady and others weak. Texas and western steers quoted with various price ranges. Sheep receipts 17,000 steady with natives, westerns, and lambs priced across multiple brackets. Kansas City report notes cattle receipts and price levels for native and western steers with general steadiness amid mixed demand.
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