Grandma Lewis Dies at 99 in Dillon City
Mrs Louisana Lewis born August 12 1823 in Howard County Missouri moved from Big Hole Basin Montana to Dillon in 1899. She married at twenty and left ten children six surviving with daughters Alice Drake Florence Brown Kate and Frankie Lewis attending her funeral at the Baptist church with Rev George MacDougall officiating.
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Grandma” Lewis
Dillon
Baptist Church
George MacDougall
View
Louisana Lewis
Howard County
Missouri
Plains
Montana
Big Hole
Three Hundred Pints of Moonshine Tipped In Big Catch
In Wisdom Saturday evening four men were charged with violating the Volstead act after three hundred pints of moonshine were seized from a seven passenger Studebaker brought from Butte by Joe Dini and Jack Melvin. They faced Judge Hathaway and received thirty days in jail and a three hundred dollar fine. Dini and Melvin are serving. Shepherd and Tucker, tied to a private still, were also brought in but not tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Charg ‘Rem
Joe Dini
Jack Melvyn
Butte
Studebaker
Father Foley Returns to Lead Local Parish
Father Foley resumes duties at St Rose Catholic Church after months abroad in Ireland. Father Clifford departs for Lima to oversee his parish, while Foley plans to go to Anaconda to serve as hospital chaplain. Leschner transfers from St Ann's Butte to Dillon to assume Foley’s prior post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Foley
Ireland
St. Rose
Dillon
Leschner
Butte
Mrs Ww Jennings and Master this vk
A brief notice mentions Mrs Ww Jennings and a young boy in a local matter from a community page. No further readable context or details are available in the fragment.
Pow Wow and Race Meet Draws Dillon Crowds
Dillon hosts a three day Pow Wow and Race Meet with a 20 piece band, daily parades, baseball games in the city league with a 25 prize, bucking horses and bareback riding with cash mounts, multiple racing events, a Ford automobile race, two daily aeroplane exhibitions, a Legion dance, and a merchants barbecue feeding about two thousand.
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Union
Ford Automobile Race
City Unday
Perm
Dillon
Andy
Anderson
Big Hole Basin
Aviatrix
Legion
Dillmont Park
General Election Dates and Registration Deadlines
Announcement lists the general election date and registration window. It specifies election day as Tuesday November 7 1922 and 1923 variations, with registration closing September 22 1922. Registration agents are named as Charles Richardson Myr Enderly and Ar ith Central 1 Mar Jean F Bishop Phoebe Fratie Stone and Fran.
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A Charles Richardson
Myr
Enderly
Arith
Central
Mar- Jean, F
Bishop
Phoebe
Fratie Stone
Fran
Raid on cabbage patch gambling game ends in charges
Deputy Sheriff Sam Ditty and Chief Nelson led an eight man raid on a Cabbage Patch cabin last Friday evening. Three of the eight were dismissed as bystanders. William Rockford Fred Stewart and Jack Brooks pleaded guilty and were bound over to district court on $200 bonds. Clarence Ackershaw and Burr Erwin pled not guilty with $200 bonds set.
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Cabbage Patch
Sam Ditty
Nelson
Phillips
William Rockford
Fred Stewart
Jack Brooks
Clarence Ackershaw
Burr Erwin
Shot youth Roselle out of danger after Lima quarrel
Roselle, the young man shot in the shoulder at Lima during a quarrel with William West, is reported entirely out of danger. No information has been filed against Roselle yet.
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Clay
Roselle
Lima
William West
Mrs Veronica Streb Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Veronica Streb of Melrose dies after a long cancer illness at her ranch home near Melrose. She was born in Mt Savage Maryland on February 1 1856 and married John Streb on November 30 1838. Funeral held at St Rose Catholic church with high mass. interment in Mountain View cemetery. Survived by four children Ralph Albert Florence, four sisters and six brothers. Many local residents attended the funeral.
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Veronica Streb
Melrose
Father. Foley
Mountain View
Veronica, Streb
Mt. Savage
Maryland
Leadville
Colo
John Streb
Glendale
Iowa House
Streb
Ralph
Albert
Florence
Mary
Elizabeth Gelhaus
M. Barnaard
D. H. Stegman
John
Joseph
Anthony
Frank Gelhaus
Dillon
Benjamin
Butte
Henry
San Diego
Cal
High School Resumes With Large Attendance And New Faculty
Beaverhead County High School reopened after summer break with one of the largest enrollments in its history. Seven new instructors join the staff including L V Benjamin and E M Wood. one fewer teacher than last year. Training school starts September 11 and the Normal college term begins September 25 with strong enrollment prospects.
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Beaverhead County
L. V. Benjamin
E. M. Wood
Thelma Thompson
Theressa Gay
Myrtle Pristner
Evalyn Sinclair
Esther Reed
Leroy Beam
Catherine Willis
Jessie Connell
Christine Barcus
Nell Blurton
Maude E H. Williams
Miss Troxell
Linden McCullough
Grant BE. Finch
State Board of Education
McCullough
Hllensburg
Washington
State Normal School
Aristocratic Rambouillet Sold at Salt Lake Sale to Dillon Sheepman
At the national ram sale held at Salt Lake Union stockyards last week Otto Schulz and family returned with the prize offering, an 8 Ram aristocrat three-year-old. The grand champion later won at San Angelo Texas in June among 1100 entries. King Brothers of Larashie Wyoming sold the ram, which drew the highest bid, and Schultz and son brought it to Dillon, where the large fee of Schulz & Son at Sheridan was noted.
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Dillon
Salt. Lake
Otto Schulz
Lester Schulz
E. 0. Selway
George Melton
Tam
San Angelo
Texas
Ihe
Ola Majestic
Old Laramie
Schuts
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Shriners
Knights of Birmingham
Burt Canfield
Charley Miller
Stockmen’s Association
Mason
Brassfield
Paddy Ryan
Miles City
Bob ™ Atkins
Grandma" Lewis
Xen
Anaconda
Flynn
Legion Committee
Bud Galt
Ford
Dick Cosgrove
V. Streb
W. L. Lacey
Jane Evans
Ed DeCelles
F. P. Tate
George Vance
Shippen
John Kambich
Steve Kambich
Matt ‘Polish
Veronica Hartwig
Carl Hartwig
Reed
John Peterson
Robert Hoffman
Dorothy Hoffman
Ralph Dutch
Henry Gelhaus
Ed Naughton
A. Thompson
Bertha Thompson
Arthur Jones
John Maclear
Joe Browne
George Bighorn
Will Jones
Dillon Sheepman
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