Summer Normal Registers Expand Across Montana
In 1921 the Normal College opened branches at Lewistown and Miles City with an affiliated school in Billings. Attendance rose at each site as nine week summer sessions began June 19 under Sheldon B. Davis. Directors included C G Manning A T Peterson and Dean F P Baird with lectures from Ambrose Suhrie Edward Devine and Harry L Miller. Average student age is 25 though many are 18 to 22.
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Normal College
Lewistown
Miles City
Billings
Samemr
Sheldon B. Davis
State Normal College
C. G. Manning
Central Montana
A. T. Peterson
Custer County
Eastern Montana
F. P. Baird
The
Polytechnic Institute At
Montana
Ambrose Suhrie
Cleveland School of Education
Edward T. Devine
Harry L. Miller
University of Wisconsin
Cantata at the Normal on August Tenth
On Thursday evening August 10 the college auditorium hosts a two part program by the music department. Twelve piano pupils will perform solos chosen by Mrs. Tello. Glee club presents The Garden of Flowers with soloists Helen Smith and Helena Karconen, accompanied by Ruby Wyatt. Program starts 8 15 p m and admission is free.
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Glee Club
Kathleen Rye
Helen Smith
Helena Karconen
Ruby Wyatt
Poor Road Conditions Section on Route Near Dillon
A Salmon to Armstead stage passenger reports a public road from the railroad crossing to the Donovan ranch in miserable condition. Washouts and other factors have it nearly impassable, deterring travelers toward Dillon though not as severe as the Spencer mudhole.
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Salmon
Armstead
Dillon
Donovan Ranch
Dillon Way
Spencer
Duff Guests Arrive From Le Grange Indiana
Mr and Mrs W H Duff of Le Grange Indiana arrived today and are guests of their niece Mrs Lot tie Kimmel in town.
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W. H. Duff
le Grange
Indiana
Lottie Kimmel
Death Claims Beloved Child Loretta Julson
Blood poisoning from a hand wound led to the death of Loretta Julson nine at Vase Murray hospital Butte. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs T K Julson and survived by a brother and two sisters plus her parents. Funeral was at St Rose church followed by burial at Mountain View cemetery with six former playmates as pallbearers.
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Julson
Vase Murray
Butte
Loretta
Donald
Margaret Lee
Bertha May
St. Rose Catholic
Chlorus Cromin
Mountain View Cemetery
Caroll Stevens
Catherine Strub
Susan Strub
Helen Hoffman
Mary Lee Tower
Joice Williams
Primary race grows with 2 new filings in Lima district
The week sees two new entrants Grace Truax of Lima for clerk and recorder and Hugh J. Sweeney for sheriff on the Democratic ticket. Additional filings include Banks Roode Phillips Lougheed Burke Anderson McGrath Pendergast Olsen Emerick Lloyd Kellogg Phillips Gruell Mooney Mathews Chapman Rodgers Gilbert Baker and others seeking various county posts.
Dewey McKevitt and Joe Coursey Organize Local Baseball Team
Dillon effort led by Dewey McKevitt and Joe Coursey to assemble a baseball squad to challenge the Badgers. They consider trading a milch cow to equip players, with community support summarized by Big Hole Basin News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey McKevitt
Joe Coursey
Badgers
Dillon
Big Hole Basin News
Salvation Army meetings draw large attendance and interest
The Salvation Army reports a strong turnout at Saturday and Sunday meetings with evident community interest. The former Senate saloon building has been rented and prepared as the new headquarters for the Army.
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Salvation Army
Army
Senate
Hay Stacks Rapidly Vanish in Beaverhead Valley
Hay stacks disappear quickly as beaverhead valley ranches report harvests near completion. Farmers note crops are nearly all gathered on some properties, indicating a brisk season and strong demand for forage.
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Beaverhead Valley
Baby Wants Name Not Gold Says Mother
The son of Harry Payne Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, is asked to name the 18 month old baby of Miss Evan Burrows Fontaine. The dancer claims Whitney wished to marry her while at Yale but she refused. She now calls the child Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Jr. and says the baby wants a name not wealth. Miss Norton says her friendship with Whitney remains unchanged.
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Vickey
Harry Payne Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Evan Burrows Fontaine
New York
Young Whitney
Marie Norton
Yale
CornelIus Vanderbilt Whitney, Jr
Miss Norton
Rotary Charter Day Celebrated With Grand Banquet
The Dillon Rotary Club marked Charter Day with a lavish banquet and dance at Dillmont park drawing more than 300 Rotarians and guests from Butte Anaconda and elsewhere. Senator Frank Hazelbaker presided while talks highlighted Rotary impact statewide and community improvement.
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Dillmont Park
Rotary Clubs
Butte
Anaconda
Rotary
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon Rotary Club
Dillon Club
Death of Miss Virginia Bulger
Miss Virginia Bulger, confined by illness for two years, died last Saturday at her Dillon home. The family took the body to Burlington Iowa, for burial. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Hugh Bulger of Burlington and six siblings.
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Virginia Bulger
Orr Street
Burlington
Iowa
Miss Bulger
Dillon
The
Normal College
Hugh Bulger
Frank Bulger
Charlotte Ballard
Helen Bulger
Ray Cumming
Alice and
Mae Bulger
Missoula Visitor Attends Funeral of Aunt Stoller
Mrs. Ernest Erickson of Missoula arrived Thursday evening to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Elliott and attend the funeral services of her aunt Mrs. Stoller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Erickson
Missoula
A. A. Elliott
Stoller
Beav erhead County Electors Registered for August Primaries
Beav erhead county shows 3 282 electors registered for the August primaries a drop from the last general election. The county totals 3 282 reflect declines from 1920 figures as eight hundred voters did not cast ballots last general election and about 150 have re registered. Dillon precincts show 1 664 registered this year a fall of 340 from 2 004 in 1920 with Dillon South No 12 remaining the largest at 603 though down 106 from 1920. Other large precincts include Dillon North No 13 402 Dillon West No 14 279 Dillon South Central No 1 287 Lima No 4 251 and Wisdom 219. The report lists precincts in numerical order beginning with Dillon South Central No 1 287 and Lakeview No 2 74 Monida ...
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Dillon South
Dillon North
Dillon West
Dillon South Central
Lima
Wisdom
Lakeview
Monida
Matron Anna Stoller Dies After Illness in Dillon
Mrs. Anna E. Stoller a longtime Dillon matron died Wednesday afternoon from pernicious anemia after a year of illness. Born March 23 1872 in Platte County Missouri she moved to Dillon in 1896 and resided there for 26 years. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev. Edward Smith officiating and burial in Mountain View cemetery. Survivors include her brother A A Elliott of Dillon sister Mrs K W Badcon of Seattle and children Mrs George Cole Dillon Mrs E G Roell Lewiston Idaho Mrs Frank Bush Glendive and Boyd and Anna May Stoller of Dillon.
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Anna E. Stoller
Dillon
Methodist
Edward Smith
Mountain View
Lewiston
Idaho
Frank Bush
Glendive and Boyd
Anna May Stoller
Dickeyes Take Over Viel’s Grocery Business
J H Dickey and son have purchased the grocery business of Mr Viel. Dickey Sr a former resident who left in 1890 after twenty years with the A C M Co. Both men are experienced grocers and will locate here permanently.
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Viel
J. H. Dickey and Son
Mr. Dickey
Local Man Captures About Thirty Rattlesnakes
Chas W Scott reports capturing around 30 rattlesnakes on his Frying Pan basin property this summer. He has exhibited several at Gleed's pool hall window. Scott says he catches the reptiles with his bare hands and has been bitten several times without ill effects.
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Chas. W. Scott
Gleed
Mr. Scott
Blinn Family Vacation At Kennison Cabin
Mrs. C. S. Blinn and her daughter Dorothy and son Harold with Ruth Gelhaus and Spencer Patterson left Sunday for Elkhorn Springs to occupy the Kennison cabin for two weeks.
Towns Listed by Numbers and Names on Page
A sequence of numbered town names and codes appears, listing No. 3 Lima through No. 24 Nicholia with associated numbers. The fragment reads like a directory or index of locations and identifiers, possibly for mapping or archival purposes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montana State Normal College
City
College Grey Club
Margaret ‘Tello
Loretta Julsen
Murray Hospital
Loretta Julson
Mrs. T. K
Sessor
Edw. A. Burke
A. L. Anderson
Harry E. Andrus
Charles Bud McGrath
William J. Pendergast
Henry E. Olsen
Ross W. Emerick
Charles F. Lloyd
Co. R. Kellogg
James E. Phillips
A. C. Gruell
D. F. Mooney
Bertie Mathews
W. E. Chapman
Henry G. Rodgers
T. KE. Gilbert
John §. Baker
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney
Miss Evan
Burrows
Fontaine
George Craven
Butte Rotary Club
Albert Nadeau
A. l L. Stone
School of Journalism
the State University At
Anna E., Stoller
Dell
Dillon N. Central
Bedrock
Grant
Brenner
Barratts
Bannack
Bishop
Argenta
Birch Creek
Glendale
Polaris
Jackson
Dewey
Nicholia
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