Climate Record Shows Harsh Winter in Beaverhead Area
The 1916 climatological report from the Montana section of the U S Weather Bureau notes Dillon faced severe cold with a total yearly precipitation of 23.69 inches and 104 inches of snowfall. Monthly highs reached 104 degrees, lows dropped to 68 degrees below zero, and the year featured the coldest January on record for Montana.
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Dember
Saco
Miles City
Havre
Busby
Foster
J. E. Monroe
the Normal College
Twenty Years Ago Notes From Dillon Area
Rev S D Hooker was summoned east last Wednesday by his father illness. Several locals travel and work moves, including Jamaca stay for R T Wing and a new Twin Bridges state orphan's home board member W M Oliver. Railroad prospects excite Twin Bridges. local guitar and mandolin club grows. A wooden wedding party marks the Timer fifth anniversary. Ore wagon driver Ed Burns killed at Bannack. brake lock failed on descent. Bannack mining outlook praised by L C Fyhrie. Democratic central committee chairman seeks silver advocate names. Knights of Pythias masquerade ball draws fifty couples. Boule hosts, grand march, unmasking, late dancing.
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S. D. Hooker
Mark Poindexter
State Auditor’s Office
Helena
R. T. Wing
Jamaca
British West Indies
W.M. Oliver
State Orphan’s Home Board
Twin Bridges
John Innes
Butte
Emil Timer
Ed Burns
Excelsior
Bannack
L. C. Fyhrie
G. T. Paul
Democratic Central Committee
Jones
National Committee
Knights of Pythias
Boule of Lima
Beach Community Notes Highlight Local Arrivals and Event
Mrs J McFadyen returns home from Curtis hospital. Mrs Mary Miller leaves for Grant. Sally Dixon and Julia Bray guests at the Black home. Robert Morton resumes mobility after illness. John Stricker visits from Grant. Beach school children enjoy noon picnics. Locals attend The Birth of a Nation in Dillon. Joe Meers completes Sweeney Auto School course in Kansas City. Edith Powers marries Howard Frizzell on Sunday February 18 at 7 PM. couple popular with the beach community.
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New Theatre
Dillon
Joe Meers
Sweeney Auto School
Kansas City
Missouri
Edith Powers
Howard Frizzell
Dance and sports note from the Frizzell home and high school
Young couple enjoys an old-fashioned dance at the Frizzell home with late hours and midnight refreshments. High School notes cover visitors, illnesses, practice teachers, planned dances, district tournaments, field hockey plans, a near accident, and a state tournament selection plan.
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Frizzell
Social Notes From Butte And Nearby Events
Miss Wilhemina Norty visited in Butte last week. Miss Alta Henrich hosted Miss Mamie Dowd Saturday. Miss Hazard stayed with Miss DeForest Graves at dinner Sunday. Miss Mildred McDermant was called home to Butte last Sunday. Miss Esther Nelson visited Miss Blomberg on Saturday. Miss Florence Talcott and Miss Ethel Tronson spent the weekend at Twin Bridges at Miss Talcott's home. Mrs. Anna W. Owsley returned to resume her dormitory matron duties. The Zetalethian Literary society presented a program in the Auditorium on Saturday. Miss Josephine Walters has had to leave school this quarter due to illness. Professor Clark hosted guests.
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Wilhemina Norty
Butte
Alta Henrich
Mamie Dowd
Miss Hazard
T the Zetalethian Literary Society
Josephine Walters
Clark
Advertised Letters in Dillon Montana February 28 1917
Advertised letters will be held in this office two weeks from February 28 1917. Names listed include Angie Andrews L E Blumis Wm De Lozier Ralph Emerson Ernston N C Henderson L B John Easter Earl T Kon Enlow Koontz Geo B Pickett S B Powell Roy Shalomite Nick Shupe Mrs Caddie Werley Charles B Williams D L. After two weeks they will be sent to the Division of Dead Letters in Washington DC. Postmaster E L Poindexter.
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Washington, D. C
E. L. Poindexter
Gasoline lamp mantles at Tatter salls
Fragmentary OCR notes mention gasoline lamp mantles at a place likely named Tatter salls with unclear date or full context, preserving minimal readable details.
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Tatter‘sall’s
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George McFarlin
John T. Ross
Evelyn Lloyd
Justin Brundage
Missoula
Orlando Mast
Byron E. Toan
Bozeman
Kate Guilbault
Mee
Dora Murphy
Court House
New Hartwig Theatre
Gertie Wilkander
Normal
Miss Johnson
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