Looking Backward from the Tribune of 1891
The 1891 Tribune notes Henry W Brown, Beaverhead poet laureate, returning home to Glendale from district court. Temperance meetings led by Major Camp and Judge Armitage draw about 60 pledges as they proceed to Helena. Lorin T Jones plans to return from Washington DC due to poor health. Fred Carter and Bert Selway from Helena Business College visit Dillon for holidays. M L Davidson resigns from Gibbonsville Mercantile Co and returns to Dillon. Normal School students present a literary and musical entertainment in Normal hall Friday.
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the Tribune
Henry W. Brown
Beaverhead County
Glendale
Livingston
Judge Armitage
Helena
Lorin T. Jones
Washington, D. C
Dillon
Fred Carter
Bert Selway
Helena Business College
M. L. Davidson
Gibbonsville Mercantile Co
The
Normal
Lima bicycle club masquerade ball and local notices
From the Tribune December 14 1900 items report a Lima bicycle club masquerade ball with dancing until midnight. James Darnutter traveled to Dillon on business and a Dillon resident accompanied him home. East Helena ore shipped by W H Pickering and C E Cochran from a Soap Gulch claim. County treasurer George W French resigned and George Edinger appointed to fill the vacancy. A cobweb party at S D Hooker hosted by Mrs S D Hooker and helpers Mildred Adams Grace Squire. Martin Barrett’s ranch wolves killed five horses. stockmen seek higher wolf bounties. Will Willard injured when a horse fell on his foot. Sheep shipments to Seattle and San Francisco reduce local mutton flocks with prices up to 3.60 per head.
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Bicycle Club of
Lima
James Darnutter
Dillon
W. H. Pickering
C. E. Cochran
East Helena
George W. French
George Edinger
S. D. Hooker
Mildred Adams
Grace Squire
Martin Barrett
Prairie Ranch
X ray and high frequency apparatus arrival noted in city
30 years ago Tribune reports Dr. H J Ingersoll of Chicago, a noted X ray expert, in town to set up new X ray and high frequency gear recently received by Dr. Walker. Frank Madden makes second trip to Butte and Dillon since Thanksgiving with John Bowen joining Dillon visit. Miss Anna Marchesseau departs to Grant to stay with Aunt Mrs A Pierce indefinitely. Mill Point opens a new school district with Ward as teacher until a schoolhouse is built. A building once owned by Hd Lloydig is repurposed for classroom use.
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H. J. Ingersoll
Chicago
City
Walker
Ingersoll
Frank Madden
Butte
Dillon
John Bowen
Polaris
Anna Marchesseau
Grant
A. Pierce
Mill Point
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Hd Lloydig
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Local Dillon Man Composes Patriot Poem for CCC Camp
George M. Melton, a well known Dillon man, composed and read the patriotic poem Branded American at a Thanksgiving dinner program held at the Birch Creek CCC camp. The piece urges readiness if war comes and praises the vigor and courage of the youth.
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Birch Creek
CCC
George M. Melton
Dillon
Beef Cattle Fed for Spring Market in Big Hole
Beef cattle are being prepared for the spring market in the Big Hole this winter with steady feeding programs to reach selling weights. Ranchers report good forage conditions and expect strong demand as markets reopen.
Dillon News Notes and Personal Movements
Twenty years ago from the Tribune to 1920 Mrs. C. E. Blinn returned home after visiting Iowa and the Dakotas. Mrs. Max Lauterbach and daughter Mrs. Will Rhodes head to Los Angeles for the winter. Joe Fuller of Beaverhead State Bank travels to Ohio for his father's death. Miss Gladys Oliver and Arthur Rice wed in Butte on December 6. Fred Hanson and Mrs. L. E. Culver arrive from near Lakeview, driving the auto over good roads.
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C. E. Blinn
Iowa
Dakotas
Max Lauterbach
Will Rhodes
Sheridan
Los Angeles
Joe Fuller
Beaverhead State Bank
Ohio
Gladys Oliver
Dillon
Arthur Rice
Apex
Butte
Fred Hanson
L. E. Culver
Lakeview
Made in the Loving Ties of Home and Freedom
Christmas spirit inspires warmth as Americans pledge democracy and liberty. The poem links home pride, wartime resolve, and patriotism with “Made in the loving ties of home” and “branded American” as soldiers face an enemy who mocks democracy.
Federal ruling exempts voluntary draft wages from tax
The IRS ruled that employer payments to former or voluntarily enlisted service members to supplement federal benefits are not wages for federal employment tax purposes. The ruling aligns with deductions allowed for income tax, while noting it does not affect income tax treatment for recipients. The column then muses on Christmas spirit, Petain, Churchill, and broader civic ethics.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Bureau
Bozeman Chamber Officials Shuffle Again For New Quarters
Bozeman Mont December 3 Officials of the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce continued a pattern of rapid relocations as HE A Stiefel and Dexter Moser once more had to vacate current offices to make room for new businesses. The repeated shifts reflect a booming local commerce environment.
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Bozeman
Mont
U.P
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
HE. A. Stiefel
Dexter Moser
Garfield county sheepmen plan coyote eradication drive
Garfield county sheepmen in Chinook Montana form a plan to wipe out coyotes raiding flocks. They will contribute two cents per sheep to a central pool, add federal grazing service funds, and hire three professional trappers for seven months.
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Chinook
Mont
U.P
Garfield County
Federal Grazing Service
M. H. Zimmerman
Garfield
Petroleum Counties
Burglar alarm system in Butte nets quick arrest
Butte’s new burglar alarm system, devised by Mayor C A Hauswirth and Police Chief William A Breen, quickly alerted a network of merchants to counterfeit activity. A woman named Agnes Lynch was arrested 20 minutes after issuing a bad check and later jailed for 60 days.
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Butte
Mont
U.P
C. A. Hauswirth
William A. Breen
Agnes Lynch
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