Birthday party and community notes from Medicine Lodge
Medicine Lodge correspondence details a birthday party for Frank Rife Jr with local attendees, visits to Armstead and Dillon, a school start with twelve pupils, and numerous social events. Reports mention a minor earthquake, a lake bath mishap, dances, a Lake Idaho gathering, radio evenings, and cattle movements by John Bray Co including 500 head from Lakeview.
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Medicine Lodge
Frank Rife
Frank Jr
Joe Mansfield
Billie
Ann Rife
Betty
Tommy
Alfred
Craver
Jimmy
Claude
Lynn
Mayvy
Ida
Susie
John
Dillon
James Gravely
Armstead
Tom Craver
Alvin Owens
Richard Freeman
Clarence Koenig
Schwartz Creek
Martin Thorston
T. A. Craver
Down
R. Willborn
Martin Thurston
Harry McManus
Will Climer
Isaac Rife
Joe Buck
William O’connor
McNabb
Allan Buck
Frank Jones
Johnny Donegan
Metzel Place
Valley
Sonny
Thelma Bean
Lake, Idaho
Sawtelle Place
Fred Pahnish
Tuck Jones
Albert Jones
Archie Hlayden
Sam and
Archie Jr
James Hanson
Lakeview
Granger
Centennial Valley Notes Bring Bloom After Snow
Lakeview Montana on April 14 reports snow nearly gone from flats and green grass returning. A local school meeting was held Saturday, signaling spring activity as communities resume in centennial valley.
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Lakeview
Mont
Laurel Northern Pacific completes $40 000 boiler washing plant
Laurel and Northern Pacific announce completion of a $40 000 boiler washing plant to replace the older, smaller unit built here 16 years ago, improving capacity and efficiency for local operations.
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Laurel
Northern Pacific
College Notes Highlight April Assembly Music Program
April 14 assembly featured performances by the mixed sextette and Miss Pimperton with Myr McFadden. Marion Donnelly read aloud and Professor Robert Clark gave an extemporaneous report on the Inland Empire Teachers' association meeting he attended.
New Library Building Day Highlighted In April Assembly
The April 21 weekly assembly celebrates the new library building with Leo De Celles and a Junior class member presenting its appearance. A faculty member will discuss library rules while Professor Lee R. Light explains its role in Normal college growth. Dr F H Garver, history professor, is elected life member of the State Historical Society of Iowa in recognition of his Iowa and Western history research.
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Leo de Celles
Lee R. Light
Normal College
F. H. Garver
the Normal College
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Garver
New Boston Montana Mining Corp Authorized to Start Operations
Judge Lyman H. Bennett approves the formation of the Boston Montana Mining Corporation to take over Ellkhorn District properties in Beaverhead county including mines, a $750000 mill and railroad. Restrictions apply while litigation concludes and the receiver is discharged before full development can proceed.
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Lyman H. Bennett
New Boston-Monton Mining Corporation
Boston-Montana Corporation
Boston-Montana Mining Corporation
Elkhorn
Beaverhead County
Bro’t
Hartwig Elected President Of State Handball Club
W B Hartwig was elected president and George Melton secretary treasurer of the State Handball Association at a Helena tournament close. The Dillon team of Melton and Hartwig beat the Butte City champs but fell to Great Falls in doubles. Melton placed second in singles after defeating L Dougherty of Helena and losing to Kirby Hoon in a closely fought final. Dillon won hosting rights for the next state meet with a new Normal college court under construction, boosting local interest and development of the game.
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W. B. Hartwig
George Melton
State Handball Association
Helena
Dillon
Melton
Hartwig
Butte
Great Falls
L. Dougherty
Kirby Hoon
Normal College
Inland Empire Teachers Meet At Spokane In April
The Inland Empire Teachers association met in Spokane from April 8 to 10 with broad participation from Montana educators. Attendees from the Normal college faculty included Superintendent Linden McCullough Dean Angeline Smith Miss May T Hayden Professor Robert Clark President S E Davis and several others. Mrs Jennie Bridenbaugh missionary to China on leave will visit the Normal college to study progressive methods in drawing psychology school management and training schools. Chinese educators work to raise rural school standards with tests and measurements. Dr F H Garver is slated to deliver high school commencement addresses in Leadore Idaho Virginia City and Lima in May.
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Inland Empire Teachers’ Association
Spokane
Montana
Normal College
Linden McCullough
Angeline Smith
May T. Hayden
Robert Clark
S. E. Davis
Bernice Bowers
Elizabeth Shotwell
Iva Bailey
Jennie Bridenbaugh
China
F. H. Garver
Leadore
Idaho
Virginia City
Lima
Morse Becomes First Car to Cross Hill from Jackson
Howard Morse retired Thursday morning from a Jackson trip and became the first to drive over the hill since last winter road closure. He reports fair road from Cayroll ranch to Dill on, with Jackson end very muddy after a rainstorm. Trip took four and a quarter hours with a detour via the Ames ranch to Carroll's for a safer shorter route to the Big Hole.
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Howard Morse
Jackson
Cayroll Ranch
Dillon
Ames Ranch
Carroll’s
Big Hole
Morse
Montana Normal College maps summer sessions and teacher imports
The April index outlines summer sessions in Dillon Lewistown Miles City and Billings to be issued April 18 and mailed to Montana high school graduates and most teachers. The study shows 1 600 to 2 000 teachers imported. 220 college graduates 271 Normal school graduates 34 college students without a degree and 243 high school graduates with Normals training.
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Dillon
Lewistown
Miles City
Billings
Montana
Normal College
Idaho Glee Club Concert at Hartwig Theater
The Idaho Glee Club presents a concert at Hartwig theater on April 21. Tickets on sale at Hughes and McCaleb's. Adult tickets are 1.00. College and high school students pay 75 cents. Pupils of the Training School pay 50 cents.
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Idaho Glee Club
Hartwig
Hughes & McCaleb’s
Morse and Clemow named officers of L A boards
J E Morse a prominent sheepman from the county was kept as president of the Montana Livestock Commission at the Great Falls meeting. George Clemow of Jackson was elected second vice president of the State Stock Growers Association. Beaverhead attendees included Morse, Mr and Mrs George Clemon d H Gilbert and Senator F A Hazelbaker. Delegates praised the meeting noting Montana livestock on a stable and profitable course. Missoula Heavy timber loss from a windstorm in December reached 60 mph.
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J. E. Morse
Montana Livestock Commission
Great Falls
George Clemow
Jackson
State Stock Growers’ Association
Beaverhead Country
Morse
George Clemon
D. H. Gilbert
F. A. Hazelbaker
Montana
Alumni Meeting Called By Beaverhead Group At Andrus Hotel
Miss Afton Lloyd informs Beaverhead alumni that a meeting is set for Monday evening April 20 at o oclock at the Andrus hotel. Plans for the annual graduation event will be discussed. With Miss Marion Leach president Miss Cushing secretary and Mrs Willard Nelson vice president are away, so electing new officers tops the agenda.
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Afton Lloyd
Beaverhead
Alumni Association
Andrus Hotel
Marion Leach
Willard Nelson
Josephine Cushing
Golf course upgrade boosts Dillon’s summer interest
The Dillon area sees growing golf interest as fairways were improved by Larry Paice and crew last week. New members are joining the club amid a glow of enthusiasm, though minor maintenance like gopher hole fillings and boundary post work remains to finish the course upgrade.
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Dillon
Larry” Paice
Centennial Trapper Fined in Centennial Valley Case
Scott Newman was arrested last Wednesday in Centennial valley by Deputy Game Warden Tom Edmunds and taken to Lima. He pleaded guilty before Justice Peter Hansen for trapping muskrats without a license and paid a $27.50 fine. 76 muskrat hides were confiscated by the state. Deputy Edmunds notes most snow is gone but roads remain muddy and he is the first to drive from Monida to Lakeview this year.
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Scott Newman
Centennial Valley
Tom Edmunds
Lima
Peter Hansen
Edmunds
Monida
Lakeview
Chapmans Welcome Daughter Judith Ann at Barrett Hospital
A daughter named Judith Ann was born to Mr and Mrs Fred Chapman at Barrett hospital last Saturday morning. It is the couple's second child, their first a son.
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Judith Ann
The
Barrett Hospital
Fred Chapman
High Medieval Doctor Fees Include Lifelong Annuities
In the fourteenth century doctors charged high fees. Patients often paid a down sum and contracted to provide the physician with an annuity for life or ongoing employment. This reflects persistent medical billing practices of the era.
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New York Times
Fashion page remark on buttons in household use
Mrs. Grouch comments on buttons in fashion pages noting varied styles. Her husband jokes they could be used to hold his underwear if they could be sewn on. The exchange appears in a Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt.
Woman asks police to force her son to take medicine
In Reading Pennsylvania a woman telephoned police early in the morning to make officers compel her son to take cough medicine after he refused. The police declined jurisdiction.
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Reading (Pa
Only Real Nobility Speaks of Merit Not Blood
A quotation noting true nobility lies in merit education and virtue rather than noble blood. The speaker argues bloodline does not elevate humans above brutes, praising lionlike strength only as a metaphor for raw power.
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Michael le Faucheur
Furnished five room house for rent in Dillon
Five room furnished house on Kentucky Ave for rent at 30 dollars per month. C C Newman Dillon Hotel Dillon Montana. Ad 16.
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Kentucky Ave
Dillon
Montana
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cited For Night Cough Relief
Night cough relief reported by H. W. Webb of Quincy Illinois. He says one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved his cough and helped him rest all night. The ad notes no opiates and warns against substitutes. Transaction via mail to druggist advised.
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H. W. Webb
Quincy
Ill
Foley
Dillon Power From Mystic Lake Rearranges Montana Power
Mystic Lake plant near Columbus Montana now supplies Dillon and other southwestern Montana communities with electric power. The Madison plants will be kept as sub stations or emergency backups. The facility stands out for its mountain lake water source and long rock tunnel.
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Montania
Mystic Lake
Columbus
Mont
Dillon
Madison
America
Montana Power Company
Sportsmen to Establish Ponds for Rearing Fish
A Union Electric Company meeting formed a new executive committee E L Burels Henry Gleed Jr J B Holtz R T Wemple and Roy Forrester to build three rearing ponds in Beaverhead county near Dell Armstead and Dillon. The ponds will raise fry for six months before release into local streams.
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Union Electric Company
E. L. Burels
Henry Gleed Jr
J. B. Holtz
R. T. Wemple
Roy Forrester
Beaverhead County
Dell
Armstead
Dillon
Child Mistakenly Believes Shower For Bride In Bridal Preparation
Mrs. V. Y. explains to her daughter Kathryn that a shower is planned for Miss Smith. Kathryn, upon seeing her mother ready, asks where they are going and is told they are giving Miss Smith a shower.
How Dare You Laugh Right In My Face
A teacher scolds students who laugh at her back turned in class. The moment captures classroom tension as authority asserts discipline and focus amid disruption.
Fine Lambing Place for Rent in Dillon Montana
2000 acres fenced with surrounding outside range, sheltered with ditches and springs inside and out. Located in Frying Pan basin. For details write Box 397 Dillon Montana or call James Kirkpatrick. Adv 14 tf.
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Dillon
Montana
James Kirkpatrick
Old Timer collection of Western poems by Audrey Buck
Audrey Louder Buck of Billings Montana publishes Old Timer a collection of 13 western subjects. The book aims to please both western and eastern readers and is on sale at the Tribune Book Store for 50 cents per copy.
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Audrey Louder Buck
Billings
Montana
Tribune -Book
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