Ban nack boom and city park plans emerge from old Tribune notes
In 1891 Tribune items reveal James Myera supervising a building contract in Ban nack while Undersheriff Hamilton hopes to turn courthouse sage brush into a public park. Allan Wheeler pushes 300 light contracts for the electric franchise and a site for a new enterprise.
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the Tribune
James Myera
Bannack
Hamilton
Allan Wheeler
Florence Brown
Butte
William McGee
Lima
Dillon
Dillon Notes: Weddings and Cattle Trade Highlight Week
Miss Hattie Christensen wed Fred Dudley at her mother's home near Sheridan. A Bedrock deal brought 300 cattle on 30 cattle cars to local buyers. Emil Timer and Mrs. Timer traveled to Butte for Paderewski. Stock commissioner Martin Barrett returned from Helena after attending Montana meetings. Daugherty and Walker visited the Big Hole basin sighting beef shipments to the coast. Mrs. George Wolfe visited relatives near Home Park Madison county.
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Hattie Christensen
Dillon
Sheridan
Fred Dudley
Pat Ward
Bedrock
Emil Timer
Butte
Paderewski
James Forrester
Ora Robbins
Argenta
Martin Barrett
Horse Prairie
Helena
Montana
Daugherty
Tacoma
D. D. Walker
Anaconda
Big Hole Basin
George Wolfe
Frank Garrison
Home Park
Madison County
Virginia City Southern Electric completes permanent line location
April 1910 report notes engineers finish locating the permanent line into Alder. Dillon residents wake to a Tuesday morning earthquake shaking windows and rattling doors but causing no major damage. Mentions Frank Blair visiting from Grant and several local property and travel notes involving Grant, Centennial valley, Logan Montana, and the Gilmore and Pittsburg railway deal.
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Virginia City- Southern Electric Railway Company
Alder
Dillon
Frank Blair
Grant
Gilmore and Pittsburg Railway Company
Z. B. Yeaman
South Carolina
John Sutherland
Ike Marble
Centennial Valley
Western Mines Nuggets from San Francisco and beyond
The San Francisco mining exchange reports a virgin area at White Caps near Manhattan New Mexico yields about 40 dollars of gold per ton. In Chicago Charles Earle Bartley, 72, president of Anglo American Copper Mining, dies of heart disease. In Wallace Idaho an 850 foot cross cut nears Sunshine line for exploration. In Livingston Montana investors plan dry land dredging on Emigrant creek with W F Crown as trustee. In Placerville California mining engineer Charles Herbert Moffitt, 57, dies after illness. Phoenix Arizona reports discovery of an abandoned Spanish gold mine of unbelievable wealth by Barry Storm and Walter Upgon, possibly Lost Dutchman. In Salt Lake City Utah John Tyndal Russell, 53, plant superintendent of International Smelting, dies in Phoenix. In Wallace Idaho Ralph W Neyman to head Atlas Mine development with an 800 foot shaft.
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San Francisco Mining Exchange
White Caps
Manhattan
New
Phoenix, Ariz
Barry Storm
Walter Upgon
Superstitution
Upson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Phoenix
Ariz
John Tyndal Russell
Tooele
International Smelting and Refining Company
Wallace
Idaho
Ralph W. Neyman
Hecla Mining Company
Atlas
Mullan
Thursonage and Mrs Al Sioulin Invite Friends
Fragments show a social invitation noting a host family and group welcome. The readable text mentions Mrs Al, Sioulin, and "members" along with friends being welcome. The exact event type and date are unclear from the damaged OCR.
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Sioulin
Hostesa Ai
Eclipse, Weather, Gold, and Fools in The World
A string of brief essays touches on solar eclipses and war mood, weather science and forecast limits, U S gold reserves at Fort Knox and gold imports, pony express speed and postal rates, Lincoln letters, and quotes about fools and education. The pieces mix history, current events, and literary allusions in a midcentury column voice.
Plans for using planes in reforestation in western states
The U P reports that U S forest service plans to drop 6 000 000 seedlings by air in western Montana northern Idaho and eastern Washington this spring to avoid road building costs. About 400 to 600 workers will be employed for 45 days led by G M DeJarnette.
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Mont
U.P
G. M. DeJarnetti
Region No. 1
Forest Service
Montana
Idaho
Washington
DeJarnette
Civilian Conservation Corps
ERA
Montana State Festival for Music Students Sets April Dates
High school musicians from across Montana will gather in Missoula April 12 and 13 for the second annual Montana State Festival for solo and small ensembles at Montana State University. The festival is sponsored by the university school of music and part of the Montana Music Educators program.
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Mont
Montana
Montana State
Montana State ‘University
Suniversity School of Music
Montana’ Music
Fea
Civil Service Exam For Student Nurses At St Elizabeths Hospital
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for student nurses at St Elizabeths Hospital Washington DC. Applications must be filed by April 29 for eastern states and May 2 1940 for western states. The hospital offers a three year training course with salary 288 per year plus quarters subsistence laundry and medical care. Graduates become eligible for promotion to nursing staff if vacancies exist. Full information from Dillon post office.
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United States Civil ' Service Commission
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Syegaral Institution For
Department of the Interior
Washington, D C
Commission
Washington, DC
Colorado
Nnursing
Pioneer editor dies after illness in Los Angeles
James P. Bole editor and part owner of the Bozeman Chronicle for 33 years died last week in Los Angeles after months of illness. He had lived in Los Angeles for 2 1/2 years but kept close ties to his work. He was buried in Bozeman.
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U. S. Post Office
Pony Express
Abraham Lincoln
Bixby
James P. Bole
Bozeman Chronicle
Los Angeles
Bozeman
Mysterious Helena Document Affixed at State Capital
A cryptic note from the State Capital in Helena dated March 18 1994 appears to be a formal endorsement or seal event. The fragment mentions a large financial figure 80 944 720.26 and witnesses toward an official act but lacks clear context or names.
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State Auditor
State OF Montana Insurance Department
Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
I. John J. Holmes
U. S
Cssssis
State
Helena
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Wisdom
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Cora Bryan
California
Western Mines
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Chicago
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Sunshine Mining Company
Sunshine Consolidated, Inc
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W. F. Crown
Emigrant Creek
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Seaton
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Leonard A. Schulz
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