Dillon Local Notes Highlights Weekend Travelers
Mrs Jay Talent from Dell and Miss Vera Melvyn visiting Butte. Mr and Mrs Chester Hale motor to Butte. Mrs John Ewing traveled to Melrose. A M Peterson of Dell and W E Applegate of Butte visited Dillon. James E Doyle came from Centennial valley. Alex Christie of Grant spent time in Dillon. Mrs Una Gallahan of Twin Bridges visited. Mae C Stocker from Grant visited Dillon. Mrs Charles Phillips and Mae Collins rode to Butte. C F and J A Jones from Centennial valley. Mrs J C Ferguson of Reichle visited. Anna Yost from Nay ranch on Grasshopper visited. Ernest Peyre of Dell attended to business. Agnes Pierce Adele Kay and Matt Kay returned from California.
Glasses Event With Dr Scarborough At Andrus Hotel
Dr H H Scarborough will examine eyes at the Andrus Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday April 23 and 24. The open eye clinic invites residents to get professional eye assessments and new glasses if needed.
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H. H. Scarborough
Andrus Hotel
Sheriff Orr's Official Trip Proceeds Toward Dell
Sheriff W C Orr conducted an official trip to the Big Hole basin on Tuesday. He traveled via Divide and plans to locate in Dell, following his former dairy operations west of the city and with Harry Lane accompanying.
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W. C. Orr
Hole ‘Basin
Way of
Divide
Harry ‘Lane
Local Notices Roundup from Dillon
Mr and Mrs John H Lame of Portland plan spring occupancy in Dillon apartments. Carl Mast, recently ill, has recovered and is seen about town. W H Neville, Bond station agent, returned from Mississippi to bury his mother. Infant son of Roy and Mrs Vance, born last week at Barrett hospital, died Monday. funeral held at Melrose. Alban Roemer, formerly Argenta forest ranger, transferred to Gardiner for summer duties.
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John H. Lame
Portland
Dillon
W.H. Neville
Bond
Mississippi
Barrett Hospital
Roy Vance
Melrose
Alban
Roemer
Argenta
Gardiner
Dillon News Notes Death and Death of Local Resident
Mrs Glen Lyons learns of the death of her father Henry McDermott a respected old time resident of Butte She travels Sunday to attend the funeral in the Mining city Mr and Mrs William F Mulaney stop in Dillon en route from California to Kalispell They are visiting relatives with Mr Mulaney brother of Dillon resident Thomas J Mulaney
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Glen Lyons
Henry McDermott
Butte
William F. Mulaney
Dillon
Kalispell
California
Mr. Mulaney
Thomas J. Mulaney
Inland Empire group meeting attendees named from Dillon
The Dillon educators at the Inland Empire Educational association gathering in Spokane last week included Robert Clark Miss Mira Booth Charles Henry Miss Margaret Huntington and A.T. Peterson returning home Sunday.
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Dillon
Inland Empire Educational Association
Spokane
Robert Clark
Mira Booth
Charles Henry
Margaret Huntington
A.T. Peterson
Stevenson returns from Billings visit with daughter in education
B N Stevenson came back last Saturday morning from Billings where he visited his daughter Marjorie an instructor in the normal school. He met many former Dillon residents during travels across the eastern part of the state.
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B. N. Stevenson
Billings
Marjorie
Mr. Stevenson
Dillon
Relatives Return Home After Illness of W H Jones
Mrs Henry C Wyatt and Mrs J T Ross with their mother left for Seattle after caring for their father the late W H Jones. Mrs W T Warren also returned home to Lake Wilson Minnesota after visiting during her father's illness.
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Henry C. Wyatt
J. T. Ross
W. H. Jones
Seattle
W. T. Warren
Lake Wilson
Minn
Trouble Made by Friends Quote from Capper's Weekly
A Capper's Weekly remark notes that trouble comes from friends and enemies alike with many people harmed by their associates. It emphasizes the broad impact of social ties on personal ruin.
Nature Helps Us Through Small Troubles, American Insight
The quotation from American Magazine reflects on nature as a steady support during minor disappointments. It frames nature as a reliable helper when everyday worries arise and guides readers to seek calm through natural influence.
Foley's Honey and Tar Proves Worth to Elderly Users
A San Antonio resident endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for elderly people. He claims it has been worth $50 a bottle, noting its pine tar honey mix eases dryness and irritation, stops hacking, loosens phlegm, and contains no opiates. Sold by Geo. M. Gosman.
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Foley
Wm. Barnes
San Antonio
Texas
Geo
M. Gosman
Potts
National Winners to Compete for Junior World Series Prizes
The 1929 American Legion Junior Baseball series offers travel, a splendid trophy, local state and national honors, and a chance to see all games of the world series. Oakland's junior team last year earned the permanent trophy and will pass it to this year’s champions at the Louisville convention. A $50,000 sponsor prize from the major leagues adds prestige as the junior champions visit the world series with expenses paid.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Dan Sowers
Americanism
Oakland
Cal
Legion
Roman Bridge at Mostar spans Narenta in Bosnia
The bridge built by Romans at Mostar crosses the Narenta River in Bosnia. It features a single arch and spans 8914 feet and rises 61 feet high.
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Mostar
Bosnia
Narenta
Agitation Pushes for Ten Hour Day Originating 1830
The idea of shortening work by replacing the dawn to dusk day with a ten hour day began in the United States in 1830. The note frames agitation as a persistent demand for reduced hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Two Sides of Prosperity Noted in Editorial
The Fort Worth Record Telegram contrasts prosperity for the individual with collective success, exploring how personal gain affects wider groups. The piece argues both self interest and communal advancement shape economic and social outcomes.
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Fort Worth
Missoula Radio Fans Lose Bid On Home Inspection Ordinance
Radio fans in Missoula failed to secure city approval for an ordinance to test all home and business electrical appliances for defects. The measure would have let a city inspector visit homes to ensure no interference with radio reception. Opponents argued it violated constitutional rights, and commissioners rejected the proposal.
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Missoula
Apr
Old Faithful Faces Rival as New Geyser Emerges
West Yellowstone reports a second geyser, unnamed, erupting four and a half hours daily with an 80 foot diameter stream and 60 to 90 foot height. The 'Wonder Geyser' sprays a eight foot wide toadstool shaped flow, water at 200 degrees, boiling long distances away, prompting talk it may be the world's greatest geyser.
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Yellowstone
Buffalo and Elk Reproduction Surges on Flathead Reservation
Misso ula Apr 16 The United Press reports that re production of buffalo and elk on the Flathead reservation is feasible with over 1 000 buffalo calves and 1 120 elk born from the original 40 buffalo and now placed on the reservation in 909.
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Missoula
Flathead Reservation
Fort Custer to Host Aviation School in Reopened Site
Historic Fort Custer, once dismantled after General Custer's massacre, will be rebuilt as an aviation school once snow clears and an airport layout is prepared. Only rifle pits and cellars remain from the old fort.
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Hardin, Apr
General Custer
Candles Made With Sage and Pines by Miss Iva Brown
In Sage Creek near Frannie Wyoming Miss Iva M Brown makes scented candles using sage leaves and pine or spruce needles to impart camp fire memories in their aroma. The product is crafted in her Sage Creek workshop.
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Frannie
Wyco
Wood ticks Drew Early Catch on Mt Sentinel
In Missoula a 65 year old woman, Nina Flint, reported the season's first big wood tick catch after ascending Mt Sentinel, noting a plentiful tick presence. In Butte residents faced a spring hail and snow mix as signs of the season appeared.
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Missoula
Nina Flint
Mt. Sentinel
Butte
Moonshiners Eyeing Canada Route From Montana
Federal officers expect southern Montana bootleggers to switch routes and smuggle bottled in bond Canadian liquor into Canada rather than cross the border the other way.
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Great Falls
Montana
Canada
Cats targeted as enemies of game birds in Helena
Stray alley and field cats face elimination after the Lewis and Clark County Red and Gun club issued an ultimatum to remove or kill ownerless cats that pester game birds. The club prepared to act if legal under city or state laws allow.
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Helena
Lewis, and Clark County
Red and Gun’ Club
Wives Acid Attack Trial Shocks Butte Court
In Butte on April 16 James Bailey six-foot defendant appeared in a police court with bandaged face and neck claiming acid burns from his wife’s attack. He testified the bandages hid no bruises and were caused by carbolic acid.
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Butte
Apr
James Bailey
Montana to bar California licenses in Lewis and Clark
Helena April 17 Calif ornia automobile licenses will not be valid for Lewis and Clark county residents county attorney George Padbury Jr said motorists using California plates or last year plates will be treated the same as no plates present. Tourists are exempt from the rule.
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Montana
Helena
California
Lewis and Clark County
George Padbury, Jr
Wheat crop to be large in Montana in 1929
Montana's 1929 wheat crop is forecast to total just over 91 million bushels if the two prior-year average yield holds. C R McClare, president of Montana Flour Mills at Great Falls, predicts acreage will rise about 10 percent from 1928. Last year 177,218,000 bushels were threshed. More than 4.5 million acres are expected to be seeded this spring.
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Great Falls
Apr
Montana
C. R. McClare
Montana Flour Mills of
Butte Drunkard Bob Burns Cited In Court
Bob Burns, recently from New York, appeared in police court here on an intoxication charge. He said he is not used to being detained and remarked that Butte has personal liberty over the big town. Burns was advised to discontinue his research work.
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Butte
Bob Burns
New York
Burns
City Grows Fast in Northwest Town
Great Falls Montana population rose by at least 2500 between March 31 1928 and March 31 1929 per a general survey by County Assessor Harold Macy.
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Great Falls
Great Walls
Harold M. Macy
Milwaukee to Add $1.5 Million in Rail Upgrades in Montana
Missoula is set to receive $1.5 million in improvements on the Milwaukee railway division. J. K. Sorenson, division superintendent, says forty miles of new steel will be laid, mainly along the Bitter Root mountain stretch, with work centered on the local division.
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Missoula
Apr
Milwaukee Railway
J. K. Sorenson
Bitter Root Mountains
Montana gypsum supply seen for 50 years from Heath mine
Officials of the United States Gypsum company report ample gypsum for the territory from Minot to the Pacific coast. One Heath mine near Lewistown holds enough material to meet demand for 50 years, with the company operating 41 plants nationwide. Gypsum is used to make wall plaster mouldings and dental and orthopedic plaster.
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Montana
Minot
Pacific Coast
Heath
Lewistown
United States Gypsum Company
Trapping Season Ends as Licenses Expire in Helena
The Montana state game warden announced that all trapping licenses for the current season expired today. It will be illegal to trap furbearers until December 1, except for farmers with special beaver permits who may trap until April 30 when those permits expire.
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Helena
Butte Eyes National Sheep Shearing Contest Plan
Butte aims to host a national sheep shearing contest in July, launched by the International Sheep Shearers' Union. Local enthusiasts back the event to boost the city as a wool center alongside its mining fame.
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Butte
International Sheep Shearers’ Union
Fragmentary caption about Mrs J Laura and Hoover quilt
A garbled excerpt mentions Mrs J Laura with a quilt attributed to Mrs Hoover. It hints at a student related to a gift or price and a unique design made from old shirts, but details are unclear.
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J. Laura
Bert Hoover
Nine orators visit Great Falls for state contest
The Great Falls Tribune hosts nine district orators arriving April 23 for tours of local sights including Black Eagle and Rainbow falls dams and the copper reduction works on Smelter hill. Gov. Erickson will join a luncheon tour, then a banquet and a Grand Theatre competition to win Montana’s state championship.
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Great Falls
Missouri River
Tribune
Black Eagle Falls
Rainbow Falls
Great Falls Dam
Giant Springs
Mississippi River
Grand Theatre
Montana
Kansas City
The
We Are All Incorrigible Quote Fragment
A fragment from K. W. Howe's Monthly notes the endless battle of understanding and managing children, suggesting that both adults and children are constantly engaged in conflict and struggle to govern one another.
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K. W. Howe
Early Gas Lighting Trial in Newport and Baltimore
A cautious note on early gas illumination cites a successful 1812 street lighting trial in Newport Rhode Island and notes a Baltimore Maryland gas company formed four years later, marking a turning point in U.S. urban lighting.
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Newport
R.1
Baltimore
Earliest Time Locks Timeline
The timeline traces time lock ideas back to 1831 with Englishman William Rutherford. Uolbrook and Fish of the United States proposed another in 1857, while the first successful market time locks were Sergeant and Yale, released in 1875.
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William Rutherford
Uolbrook & Fish
United States
Yale
Be In Be Addition Offers Personal Financial Talk
Be In Be Addition invites residents to discuss their financial problems one on one. Staff offer confidential, practical guidance and options to improve budgeting, savings, debt management, and everyday money concerns.
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Jay Talent
Dell
Vera Melvyn
Chester Hale
John Ewing
A. M. Peterson
Mirs. W. E. Applegate of
James E. Doyle
Centennial Valley
Alex Christie
Grant
Una Gallahan
Twin Bridges
Mae C. Stocker
Charles Phillips
Mae Collins
C. F. and
J. A. Jones
J. C. Ferguson
Reichle
Anna Yost
Nay
Ernest Peyre
Agnes Pierce
Adele
Matt Kay
Carl Mast
Atl
Ontana
United Pre
Old Fort Custer
Dan F. Shea
Wife
Shirt Tail Lady
Bankaha
W. J. Romersa
Hughes & McCaleb
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