Memoirs of the Gay Nineties and Coxey’s Army in Montana
The narrator recalls the 1890s in Montana with anecdotes about Coxey’s Army, railroad strikes, bank panics, and local politics. He notes arrivals and departures on trains, mining town flourishes, and shortages, then shifts to personal recollections of wages, trades, and civic life in Dillon during the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Schler Coxey
Coxey
Butte
Miles City
Fort Keith
Washington
Capitol
Boise
Idaho
Wyoming
Jacob Sechler Coxey
Massilon
Ohio
Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
Benjamin Harrison
Bozeman
Billings
Helena
Anaconda
Daly
Clark
Montana
First National Bank
C. H. Padley
Reinhardt
Bays
John
Dillon State Bank
First National
B. F. White
Dillon
Vermont
Park Street
T. J. Mullaney
Birch Creek
Smith Ball
Bannack
Copley
Joe Pithanzia
Ball
W. A. Jones
MM Co
Kansas
Gibbonsville
Price Jones
Gilson
Beech
Alder Gulch
Tong
Robert T. Boatman
Gho
Grover
Congress
Apex
Carl Mast
Wisdom Beulah Neidt Correspondent Notes Local Happenings
Wisdom community coverage includes weddings visits and club events. Mrs Marlow Hyatt and infant will join Mr Hyatt in Melstone after visiting Helming family. hunting trips near Dillon feature guests George Heikkila Connie Helland and Mel Woodland. Wisdom PTA plans a November 30 community card party to fund Christmas treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow Hyatt
Wisdom
George Helming
Mr. Hyatt
Melstone
Mont
Earl Willer
Dillon
Margaret White
Pete White
Mary Peterson
Lily Willey
Zella Larar
Ed Glassey
George Heikkila
Connie Helland
Mel Woodland
Butte
Frank Wilke
The
Wisdom Ladies’ Aid
Harold O'Dell
Donna Dee
Richard Oliver
Manhattan
Oliver
Edna Maybee
Chris Rasmussen
Hans Rasmussen
Raymond Johnson
Maryellen
Pete Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen
Kalispell
Art Roth
Allen Occurred in Dillon for Business over Weekend
W. R. Allen attended to business matters in Dillon over the weekend, traveling from Wise River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Allen
Dillon
Wise River
Breakfast month promotes better school performance
September is Better Breakfast Month urges students to eat a five food cereal pattern of fruit milk bread and butter. A sample menu features tomato juice oatmeal applesauce with peanuts and crunchy wheat muffins with nuts and brown sugar.
Polaris archer rumors and local notices from Dillon
Special to the Dillon Examiner reports rumors of a Dillon archer whose bow hunting fell short of Hiawatha in a wild game contest. A 4-H Grasshopper valley bazaar is set for December 1. Several local residents and visitors are listed with brief travels, jury duty, and family activities across Dillon, Grasshopper, Helena, and Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Examiner
Polaris
Dillon
Hiawatha
Grasshopper Valley
Eugene Holloway
Bob Marchesswilt
Coulter
Court House
Raymond Schwartz
Grasshopper
Clay Perry
Roscoe Knudtson
Debbie
Mary Beth
Freid
Walter Melcher
Anaconda
Norman Nelson
Hughes Ranch
John McNeal
Harrison Ranch
Dillon Archer
Farlin
Scudder
Dwight Harrison
John Knoll
Jackson
John Judge
Clare
Frank Judge
Emma Pyle
Helena
Butte
Pyle
Capitol
Grass Roots Convention Set for Sidney December 1
Montana Stockgrowers secretary E. K. Phillips invites all eastern Montana stockmen to attend the grass roots convention in Sidney on December 1. Top state and out-of-state speakers will appear, and the new film Land of Our Fathers by the American Cattlemen's association will be shown at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Phillips
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Montana
Sidney
Phillips
American Cattlemen’s Association
For Sale Hampshire and Columbia Rams Offer
For sale Hampshire and Columbia rams. Call 98 1 or write Harry Bennetts in Sheridan. Listing reads as a classified ad with contact details and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Columbia Rams
Call
Harry Bennetts
Sheridan
Work Wanted and Oasis Partners Certify Dillon, Montana
Job seekers list surveying, bulldozing, rock blasting, welding work. M R Massey in Sheridan Montana seeks work. Certificate shows The Oasis partnership Leah O B Rife Tom McGovern of Dillon, Beaverhead County Montana signatory notary Leonard Schulz on October 24 1951 with commission expires 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Massey
Sheridan
Mont
Dillon
Beaverhead
State of
Montana
Oasis
Leah O. B. Rife
Tom McGovern
State of Montana
Leonard A. Schulz
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Examiner
Montana St
Dillon, Mohtang
Anohal Advertising Representative
N.A
Srauls
Francisco
Continental
U.S
National Editorial
Lassicharijon
J. W. Sutherland
Wisdom Beulah Neidt
Robert Boatman
Kansas City
Harrison
Benjamin
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Ozias
Willis
Sid Engstrom
Canasta
Bridge
Argyl Stephens
J.M. Neidt
Karen
Sharon
Missoula
Jake Neidt
Wisdom Woman's Club
Masonic Temple
Bill Gandrud
Claude Anderson
Civic Center
Ted Woodward
Amy Stephens
Wise River Club
Clayton Huntley
Winn’s of Dil
Lon
Roy Oliver
Messrs
Clarence Helming
Harry Helming
Tom Williams
Stewart Capehart
Harold Nelson
Peter Rasmussen
Orville Sparrow
Harold Cape
Ed Glasser
Fred Rutledge
Mouth-of-Wilson
Rutledve
Frank Husted
Stewart Canehart
Ward Thompson
Dobbs Truss CO
136Th
Seattle
Wash
State Bank & Trust Company OF
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
America
the Examiner
Robert Stephens
Newark
N. J
National Tuberculosis Association
Dillon Rendering Company
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