Cannon Ball Baker Sets Inter-City Auto Record Night Run
Cannon Ball Baker drives a Rickenbacker with Kelly tires from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles in 4 hours 24 minutes at 48.4 mph on a zigzag mountain highway. The midwest tornado image reached Los Angeles as flood photographs were wired from San Francisco. Baker’s overall Los Angeles run shaved 2 hours 58 minutes from the former auto record, with earlier El Paso to Phoenix and Phoenix to Los Angeles legs also setting new marks and only one puncture on a rough course.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Newappers
San Luis Obispo
Baker
VD Cute
San Francisco
el Paso
Tex
Sunset
Phoenix
Looking Backwards 42 Years Ago Tribune April 28 1883
A concise retrospective from the Tribune edition dated April 28 1883 recounts notable events, people, and local happenings from forty two years prior. It catalogues community milestones, anecdotes, and civic updates reflective of the era.
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the Tribune
Dillon to See Active Building Season in Beaverhead County
George W. Dart plans a two story brick business house at Bannack and Montana streets with an ornamental front and upper story lodge space for a Masonic Hall. A. Rife has plans for a nine room private residence. Beaverhead County stock shows green grass gains with beef cattle at 55 dollars per head. Local residents report multiple new constructions and return of Charley Virden from Virginia City.
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George W. Dart
Bannack
Montana Streets
Montana
Rife
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Normal school set to open in September housing students
The article notes the Normal school will open in September pending 3om2 practical work. It calls for housing 40 to 60 students in the first term, suggesting student hotels or private homes, and cites Dillon’s treasurer report showing a May 1 balance of 1,829.23 dollars.
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Dillon
Twenty Ninth anniversary of the Dillon Shakespeare Club
The Tribune notes the club’s nineteenth anniversary celebrated at Guild Hall with a performance of Twelfth Night. A ten piece brass band has formed in Dell under J. C. Wall, and Forest Service offices are moving to the Telephone block.
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Dillon Shakespeare Club
Guild Hall
Dell
J. C. Wall
Forest Service
Real Estate Transfers in Beaverhead Week Ending April 18 1925
Transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending April 18 1925. Details include property parcels, grantees and grantors, location notes, and recording dates as filed with the county clerk.
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The
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Land transfers in Montana show multiple 80 to 160 acre deeds
United States and private individuals grant parcels across Montana including 80 acre plots near Melrose and Angenta, 160 acres near Lima, and Centennial Valley tracts. Other deeds cover 640 to 1480 acre transfers in Grant and Barratts areas, plus townsite and hotel tract parcels in Dillon and nearby localities.
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U. S
Fay Gransberg
Melrose
Monltana
United States
State of Montana
Angenta
Lima
Montana
Frank A. Hazelbaker
James M. Fowler
Centennial Valley
Albert A. Rentz
Nathan J. Canfield
R. W. Brasier
Big Hole Basin
John H. Sheser
Nellie M. Sheser
James E. Selway
Grant
Peter Switich
James C. Melton
Barratts
B. L. Forsyth
Christian Forsyth
James Edwards
Stella Edwards
Lakeview
Itract
Poindexter & Orr Townsite Co
Roy E. Murray
Dillon
Jos. T. Leimert
Ednia O. Leimert
Property transfers and land sales in Dillon and Lima Montana
Tax deed transfers list multiple parcels in Dillon including two lots in the P. and O. South addition to Dillon to Cecil Soden and Jos. T. Leimert with 320 acre grant near Grant. Bertie Mathews as treasurer. A. L. Stone holds 320 acres in Horse Prairie valley. Also sale confirmation of John A. Peat Estate to Helen Burlingame and land around Grandview and Slader additions in Lima with land near Lima excluded from Grandview.
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Dillon
Montana
Poindexter & Orr Townsite Co
Jos. T. Leimert
Charles H. Soden
Cecil Soden
Grant
Bertie Mathews
A. L. Stone
Horse Prairie Valley
John A. Peat
Helen Burlingame
Grandview
Slader
Lima
Kidney Trouble Promoted Relief With Doan’s Pills
Mrs. F A Bourassa of 621 Thompson Ave credits Doan’s Pills with curing years of kidney irregularities backache and dizziness. The ad touts Dean’s Pills as a stimulant diuretic for kidneys, price 60 cents at dealers, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Dillon
F. A. Bourassa
Thompson Ave
Doan
Kupfer Drug Co
Eve's Handicap a Quarrel Leads to Mother's House
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes Eve plans to go to her mother after quarreling with her husband. The brief reflects a domestic dispute scenario and the sentiment surrounding the family separation.
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Eve
Louisville Courier-Journal
Court Proceedings and Decrees in Lima and Boston Montana Cases
Sheriff Mooney sold all Lima case property at a public sale in Lima last week. Judge Lyman H. Bennett signs the Medicine Lodge water decree and incorporates prior rights with new rulings. Judge Henry G. Rodgers calls the calendar for the spring term which opens May 19 with a jury. Boston Montana receivership partial claims paid. a special master sold old Boston Montana assets to Boston Montana Mining Corp. $100,000 available for receiver claims. about $60,000 ordered for preferred undisputed claims.
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Limia
Lima
Lyman H. Bennett
Medicine Lodge
Henry G. Rodgers
Boston
Montana
Boston- Montana Corporation
New Boston-Montana Mining Corporation
Politician in Silk Hat Like Magician Says Tunkins
Jud Tunkins compares a politician with a high silk hat to a magician The hat itself matters less than what the wearer can persuade the public is hidden beneath it The Washington Star notes the quip reflects political theater and perception.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Misfortune's Favorite Target and a Cautious Warning
The speaker claims Misfortune favors single victims and hints at grabbing a weak or ill person. The narrator admits using force but stresses restraint, noting battles have occurred yet darkness precedes dawn. They urge patience in judgment, trusting calm after tempests.
Washington Capitol History and Structure Details
The Capitol in Washington attracts travelers with its hilltop site above the Potomac. Built 1793 to 1827, its original design by William Thornton was modified by Latrobe and Bulfinch, with a dome added in 1851. The central Virginia sandstone and marble wings span 751 feet by 121 to 324 feet, capped by an iron dome rising to 26814 feet and a statue atop measuring 19 percent feet.
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Washington, D. C
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The
United States
Potomac
William Thornton
B. H
Livingston-Yellowstone Park Co Buys Buses and Trucks
Livingston-Yellowstone Park Co buys 102 passenger buses and 20 trucks to replace aging fleet after a recent fire. The firm aims to serve about 100 000 park guests this year with upgraded transportation options.
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Livingston
Yellowstone Park Co
Five Year Old Marjorie Demands Pie in Prayer
A juvenile shopper quoting a line about asking for pie appears in a Progressive Grocer passage. The fragment shows a hungry child’s quirk and a guardian’s hesitant response as she requests a serving.
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Mar-jorie
Language Vocabulary Counts in Modern English
A note on the size of a contemporary unabridged English dictionary. It cites about 460 000 words in active use and suggests around 700 000 when dead words are included, referencing the Oxford Historical Dictionary for the estimate.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promotes safe child cough relief
Advert says Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has served mothers for fifty years as a reliable cough remedy free from narcotics. The ad claims it is one of the world's largest selling cough medicines and stresses not to substitute. Potts the druggist.
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Foley
Foley’s. Potts
Adlerika Evacuant Promises Quick Gas Relief and Wastes
Restless sleep due to stomach gas described with a nervous feeling. Adlerika claims to remove gas in ten minutes and reveal large amounts of old waste matter. The ad promotes Adlerika as an excellent intestinal evacuant for constipation or stomach trouble and urges readers to obtain real Adlerika action from A. Potts, druggist. Great Northern Railroad announces a 500,000 gallon oil storage tank project.
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A. Potts
Cut Bank
Great Northern Railroad Company
Passing Show Speeches at Japanese Dinners
A London Humorist notes that public dinners in Japan feature speeches before the meal. The quip says this clarifies what is meant by the wise men of the East.
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Japan
East
London
Lucullus and the first introduction of cherries
The Roman general Lucullus is credited with introducing cherries to Italy around the start of the era. He reportedly spent lavish sums on banquets and meals.
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Lucullus
Epicure
Italy
Dog Guards Master’s Body After Drowning in Scottish Ditch
A shepherd dog in Scotland guarded his drowned master’s body until discovery. The dog then followed the corpse to the morgue and returned two miles to the sheep to resume tending the flock, marking remarkable loyalty and instinct.
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Scotland
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