Wisdom Postoffice pioneers and early Big Hole mail routes
The article recalls 1806 explorer Captain Clark naming the Big Hole river Wisdom and traces the town’s early postal history. James Geery became the first postmaster in 1884, building the first federal post office inside his home. Harrison Churchill carried mail from Dewey to Wisdom, while local residents remembered Lebeau and other figures as the valley established its mail service amid rugged frontier life.
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Big Hole
Captain Clark
Thomas Jefferson
Hattie Noyse
Ourvived
James Geery
Strawbridge
Harrison Churchill
Dewey
Charley Francis
Wallace Francis
Butte
Sally Thompson
J. E. Burgess
Smithfield
Utah
Lebeau
Mr. Churchill
Salmon River
North Fork
Idaho
Bartell
Plains
Maine
America
Warren’ ‘Churchill
Aud
Churchill
George Dodgson
Edward Bellemy
Wisdom
Geery
Fred Francis
Darby
Kramer's
Arnold Holm
Mr. Kramer
Fred
Mai
Butte Intermountain
Dillon Tribune
Christian Heralds
Montgomery Ward
Parcel Post
Geerg‘s
Early 20th Century Loan Trends and Local Histories
The text notes a dip in loan applications by life policyholders in early 1988 versus 1934, with 8 percent higher repayment-related declines than the prior year. It discusses loan behavior post 1929 stock crash, then shifts to anecdotes from 1884 Geery family life in the Big Hole, funeral farewells, and the 19th century Atlantic voyage of the Savannah, highlighting social customs and local memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lipan
Jife Insurance
Silver Lining in Sea Water Yet to Yield Gold
Fragmentary text notes gold in sea water exists only in extremely minute traces about one part in 200 million. It deems the problem of extracting it as an unresolved chemical challenge.
Wisdom Christmas Social and School Program Recap
The Wisdom community hosted a Christmas gathering with readings and games, gifting for the library, and holiday refreshments. Updates include members traveling between Dillon Spokane Butte and Missoula for holidays, Masonic and O B G lodge installations, a Wisdom Christmas program praised for student and teacher efforts, and a note on the first American ship capture in 1776 near Maine led by O'Brien.
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Eld
Clark Huntley
Elmer Jengen
Frank McDowell
Ralph Cecil
Twin Falls
Idaho
Topeka
Kan
Portland
Ore
Argyle Stephens
Helena
Amy
Hallie
Warren Lowery
Hanice Tovey
Roberta Arbour
Tommy Williams
Butte
Dade Stephens
Logan
Utah
Cloyd Wampler
Cook Sheep Company
Wisdom
Wampler
California
Pend
Ray
Shaw
Joe Shaw
An. ‘Masonic
Don
Francia
Francis
Della
Melba
Corvallis
Sam Dinnin
Dorothy
Chadwick
Walter Simmons
Missoula
Marion
Dorothy Hurley
Wilma
Clifford Gloogre
Allen Gross
Bud Knudsen
Whitehall
Edward Glassey
Darby
Wisdom School
Wisdom Church
Mary Gill
Shi Callaghan
Wisdom Ladies’ Aid
Santa Claug
Maine
Lexington
O’brien
Jackson Christmas Program Impresses at Local School
The Jackson school held a Christmas program with decorated rooms and a tree, praised by a crowded audience for fine student performances under Miss Margaret Sweeney and Mrs. Servantes Kerr. Royal Neighbor club elected officers and hosted social hour after a dinner and bridge events.
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Jackson, Des
Jackson
Jackson School
Margaret Sweeney
Servantes Kerr
Royal Neighbor Camp
Olive Krause
Rose Lapham
L. M. Holloran
Robert
Paul
Leonard Wr
Dillon
New Dodge Offers Low Price With Economic Gas Mileage
Reporters coast to coast note Dodge records in economy with 1 mile per gallon figures. The new model is priced low, even under the lowest-priced cars, with Detroit factory pricing as low as 640 dollars. The car is praised by auto editors as luxurious, spacious, and the “Beauty Winner” of 1946. See and drive the new Dodge today to learn why owners claim lower ownership costs than competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeson
Actory
Detroit
Geners
Crowded Arena Hails Local Fight Card Triumph
Big crowd at the Saturday night boxing card saw Louie Bell claw to a decisive win over Babe Nugent of Butte. Bell earns local fans’ praise as a skilled, combative puncher while Paul Dosen and Kid Lambert fought to a four round draw. Cowboy Sweich of Dillon debuted with a technical knockout over Speed Crawford of Wilcox. Dixie Lahood, famed former Butte fighter, refereed the main event.
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Louie Bell
Babe Nugent
Butte
Bell
Paul Dosen
Kid Lambert
Cleveland
CCC
Cowboy Sweich
Dillon
Speed Crawford
Wilcox
Aris
Dixie Lahood
Advertising Your Way to a Job The Smart Approach
A young man in a small city used a newspaper ad to sell himself to an employer. He treated his abilities as a product, asking what he could do and what value he offered for the price employers would pay, then crafted a convincing message.
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Geery Home
Grover Cleveland
Mrs. Geery
Minnie
Pearl
Geerg’s
Wenatchee
Wash
B. B. Laurence
Mr. Geery
Miss May Laurence
May
Laurence
Atlantic
Savannah
WM. A. Law
First National Bank
Bere Hee Federal ‘Deposit- Pin Suea Nor Corporation
Tra Walker
Richard Walker
Anaconda
Mrs. Walker
Gladys Huntley
Spokane
Myla Tovey
Teddy Pomeroy
Louise Ferris
Corinne Willey
Marshall Ramsey
The
Wisdom Ladies' Aid
Ruth Olsen
Ray Leverich
Denver
Romney
Miles
Stewart Capehart
Hill Military Academy
Mary Gill Ways
Five-Hundred
Helen Hirschy
Callaghan
Walter Stewart
Knudsen
al Smith
General Motors
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
William $. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Send
Mary N ¢ Coptrell
John Krause
Harry Lapham
Roy Ford
John Jackson
Dan Pendergast
Mark Clemow
Elizabeth Clemow
Mis. Wilma Christiansen
William Christiansen
Sadie Ford
Salt Lake
Harry Ford
Butte School of Mines
Anna Lee Shephard
Belleview
Richard Shephard
Buddy Lapham
Sanford Shephard
John Anderson
Fred Nelson
Roy Zebarth
Ethel
Helen Anderson
Arch Fay
Brady
Patterson
Reece
International Correspondence Schools
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead County
Cottr
Eunice LM
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