Thanksgiving Day Reflections In Sheridan Community
Thanksgiving dawned bright in Sheridan and vicinity with services in Methodist and Episcopal churches and elaborate home dinners. Local residents hosted guests from Dillon and Three Forks, including the Marsh and Shaw families, while Richard Talbot died after a long illness. Frank McCrea wed Lola Hedges in Billings and returned home. Ed Nyhart announced a deer weighing 215 pounds before season end.
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Sheridan
E. D. Marsh
C. E. Shaw
Three Forks
Glenn Marsh
Mglenn Marsh
Cave ‘Duncan
Jeanette Duncan
LeRoy Flick
Wilbur Marsh
Ernal Hattan
Harry Foster
Gertrude
Marie
Grace Marsh
W. H. Colson
Walter Geiser
Clifford Rodgers
Fred Grose
Beverly Ann
Dilson
Richard Talbot
Alexander Luken
Episcopal Church
Mr. Talbot
Frank McCrea
Lola Hedges
Billings
Mr. McCrea
Will McCrea
Duncan
Social notes from Grant and Dillon area
A sequence of short items records local visits and travel. Residents including Mr. Chris Pederson Mrs Agnes Pierce Mr James Dodd and others spent time in Dillon Grant Butte Armstead and Dell with various relatives friends and business trips noted for Thanksgiving weekdays and weekends.
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Chris Pederson
Dillon
Bloody
Agnes Pierce
James Dodd
Grant
Charles P. Brenner
Butte
Helen Waldemar
James Borden
L. C. Stocker
George H. Smith
James N. Mansfield
Dell
Edith Blair
Elmer Selway
Ralph Waldemar
Sunblade
The
Sweet Candy Company
Tage
Salmon
Ida
Eva
Annie
Sophia Guyaz
Armstead
Stocker
James Prohosky
Rebekah Lodge Holds Informative Tuesday Session
Sincerity lodge met Tuesday with important business transacted. Host J. P. Hoyrup prepared hot chili cake and coffee afterward, followed by a social hour enjoyed by sisters and brothers in attendance.
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Rebekah Lodge
J. P. Hoyrup
Reichle News Highlights Local Visits and a Dillon Wedding
Reichle and nearby residents hosted visitors from Dillon and Butte during the Thanksgiving period. A Dillon wedding united Miss Mary Staten and Mr Jack Warden with attendance from family members. Neighbors celebrated with a charivari at the home of the newlyweds.
Local notes and events from Polaris area residents
Beavers damage under investigation by game warden Charles Price as permits await issuance. Polaris school children sell health stamps and order more. Mrs. Andy Pyle injured by a belt buckle eye. Miss Onie Harrison vacationing with her mother at Olive Harrison ranch. Charles Rude buys fat cows from Ed Marchesseau Jr Carl Knoll and Pyle brothers, to be started to the railroad later this week. Thanksgiving visits and dinners across multiple Polaris households. Mrs. D Y Kannegaard recovering from an operation in Anaconda. No school this week. Various locals attend events at ranches and on the creek last week.
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Charles Price
Polaris
Andy Pyle
Onie Harrison
Chicago
Olive M. Harrison
Charles Rude
Berkeley
Calif
Ed. Marchesseau, Jr
Carl Knoll
Pyle Brothers
D. Y. Kannegaard
Kannegaard
John Bray
Stone Creek
Carl L. Knoll
Andy Hays
George Pyle
Ruth
Lucy
Clare Judge
Frank Marchesseau
E. A. Marchesseau
Ted. Marchesseau
J. J. Brown
Eugene Holloway
W. S. Tash
Dillon
Dewey Marchesseau
Carl Preistly
S. D. Hirschman
Anaconda
John Mayfield
Kamp
Colorado
Ed. Farley
L. Goldberg
Otto Pahnish
Dillion Visitors Report D J Pierson’s Death and Local Notes
Kalamazoo Michigan reports D J Pierson longtime Polaris resident died at his Rose Street home on November 18 at nearly ninety. Evalyn Harrison recovers from measles. Mr and Mrs Thornton attended Thanksgiving at the Dixon home. Elmer Hays and Dwight Harrison were home for the holiday. Al Ward and Mr Meades visited Earl Tash by Thanksgiving.
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Dillon
Kalamazoo
Evalyn Harrison
Hollis ‘Harrison
Thornton
Dixon
Elmer Hays
Dwight Harrison
al. Ward
Mr. Meades
Earl Tash
Christmas Day Mail Service Limited for Post
The post office will suspend carrier deliveries and window service from midnight December 24 to midnight December 25. Special delivery mail remains processed as usual and daily newspapers and first class mail may be received but not dispatched. Postmaster J. C. Faller urges early shopping and mailing.
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J. C. Faller
Men’s Glee Club Formed at College
Last week a men’s glee club was organized at Montana State Normal College with eight members. The club includes Alvin Rudolph Richard Hogan Joe Ryburn Lawrence Hinman William Schleicher Anthony Murphy Gilbert Gates and Alfred Taft. A concert is planned in the near future.
Dinner and Pinochle Evening at McCracken Home
A Sunday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee McCracken with Mr and Mrs Walter Stamm as associate hosts featured pinochle after a turkey dinner. High scores were posted by Mrs Charles Woodburn and EB W Bond, with Mrs E W Bond and W M Stone receiving consolation prizes.
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Lee McCracken
Walter Stamm
Charles Woodburn
EB. W. Bond
E. W. Bond
W. M. Stone
Death of Jack Kearney at County Farm
Jack Kearney about 60 died at the county farm at midnight Saturday after a brief illness. He recently worked on local ranches and had lived in this section for years. Funeral services were held Monday at Brundage chapel and burial followed in Mountain View cemetery. No relatives could be located.
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Jack Kearney
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View
Low Snow Limits Travel in Big Hole Basin
County Commissioner Martin Jackson said the Big Hole basin has less snow than in many years this season. He noted drifted snow typically halts auto travel beyond the Tash ranch, but travel from Wisdom to Salmon over the Gibbonsville hill remains possible.
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Big Hole
Martin Jackson
Divide
Tash Ranch
Dillon
Gibbonsville Hill
Hospital Offering Collected At Thanksgiving Service
The offering from the union Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian church totaled 35.58 dollars and will be turned over to Barrett hospital as part of the yearly custom.
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Union
Presbyterian Church
Barrett ‘Hospital
McCracken Home Hosts Well-Appointed Dinner
Mr and Mrs T Lee McCracken and Mr and Mrs Walter Stamm entertained at a well appointed dinner at the McCracken home on South Pacific Street Sunday evening.
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T.lee McCracken
Walter Stamm
McCracken
South Pacific Street
Miss Montana Gilbert Returns Home from Bowen School
Miss Montana Gilbert arrives in Dillon after a successful term at Bowen. The school overall advanced a grade and a half, Cathryn Dreson completed eighth grade in the usual time, and Bert Bacon earned the second merit certificate Wisdom News.
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Montana Gilbert
Dillon
Bowen
Cathryn Dreson
Bert Bacon
Wisdom News
Speech and Action in Power Versus Critique of Others
A concise reflection contrasts fluent critique of others with the burden of ruling. The passage notes the difference between speaking about defects and actually exercising authority. It highlights accountability and the shift from words to deeds when in power.
World Famous Symphonic Conductors Unite in Conducting
Radio audience to hear renowned conductors in a nine dozen concert series nationwide. Notables include Mengelberg van Hoogstraten Reiner Bodansky Goossens Fernandez Arbos Rodziński and others. Atwater Kent sponsor expands the Atwater Kent Orchestra to a full symphonic unit for these broadcasts.
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Radio
Conzert
Willem Mengelberg
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Willem van Hoogstraten
Portland, Oregon
Lewissohn Stadium
New York
Fritz Reiner
Cincinnati Symphony
Artur Bodansky
Wuald
Wag
Nerian
Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Goossens
Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Fernandez Arbos
Madrid Symphony Orcestra
St. Louis Symphony ‘Orchestra
Artur Rodzinski
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonic of New York
Curtis Institute of Maastre
Josef Pasternack
Atwater Bent
Atwater Kent
Atwater Kent Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Gic
Fidelity lodge member injured in highway crash near Glen
A Fidelity lodge degree team member of the I O O F was injured Saturday evening when the car he rode in wrecked on a highway near Glen. He received first aid in Dillon then was taken to his home in Butte that night. The car suffered only minor damage.
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Fidelity Lodge
Glen
Dillon
Butte
Epictetus on happiness and harmony among men
Quotation urges that disobedience by others not affect your spirits. Humans were made for felicity and peace. if one is unhappy, it is by their own doing. The text emphasizes personal responsibility and shared joy.
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Epictetus
Wisdom From Longfellow Reflects on Past and Future
A compact excerpt urges readers to learn from history and face the future with courage. It emphasizes leaving fear behind and moving forward with a steadfast heart.
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Longfellow
Prove Yourself Gain Respect Without Blaming His Vision
A compact aphorism from American Magazine urging you to prove value through action. Do not blame a man for not seeing your potential. Demonstrate your hustle and show him he has passed up a good thing.
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American Magazine
Even if It Hurts
A Fort Wayne News Sentinel opinion quotes an inspirational writer urging paying debt when you have money, while noting some creditors are unreasonable.
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Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Quote on wisdom and the solitary path to knowledge
A reflective note asserts there is no shortcut to wisdom and the soul must travel a thorny, solitary journey. The author compares the long quest for understanding to past seekers who endured hardship and searching within themselves.
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Beilot
Proper Influence on Thinking and Independence
A reflection on how true influence comes from guiding others to think for themselves rather than forcing premade opinions. Stephen argues influence should empower individual reasoning rather than direct conformity.
Pleasure in Achievement
AReflection on how true satisfaction comes from overcoming difficulties and growing moral strength daily, rather than from easy successes or external rewards.
Inauguration Anniversary Noted at College Station Texas
In February 1920 the twenty fifth anniversary of the 1904 inauguration in Texas was observed at College Station recognizing the Ald for Farmers project and its early impact in the state.
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Texas
College Station
Radium Energy Compared With Coal in Famine Era Note
A Woman's Home Companion remark explains radium releases about ten million times more energy per gram than carbon when disintegrating yet notes scarcity of radium or any radioactive material to power many devices, describing only a few popcorn men kept going.
Tea First Artificial Drink Claims Ancient Origins
The Farm Journal reports that the first artificially concocted drink was tea. It notes tea leaves were used to make a beverage in the Orient more than 4,700 years ago.
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The
Orient
Farm Journal
London Labrador duck fetches five thousand pounds
A Labrador duck specimen was sold in London for 5000 pounds. The rare bird, rarer than the great auk, is one of only forty five known preserved specimens.
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London
Airing an Infant's Room Helps Prevent Colds
Regularly airing an infant's room is advised even in winter. Start with ten minutes, then gradually increase to longer periods to harden the baby against colds and promote healthier weather tolerance.
Shakespearean Humor and Madeira Wine Legend
The article notes Shakespeare’s humor and mentions an old legend about King Richard II using Madeira to trap his ambitious brother the Duke of Clarence. It claims Clarence was placed in a butt of Madeira in the Tower of London and drowned.
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Shakespeare
Richard II
Duke of Clarence
Tower of London
Debt Payment Urgency Noted In Fort Wayne News
In a terse Fort Wayne News-Sen report a warning about pressing debt obligations appears. Officials urge timely payments to avoid penalties and preserve financial stability for local residents and businesses.
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Sheridan News
G. W. Rightenour
Nyhart
Jackson News
Reichle News
Nettie
Susan Hands
Will Adders
Reichle
Albert Polish
Ray Tash
Catherine Finnegan
Reichle School
Miss Finnegan
Stella Staten
Albert Staten
Warden
Nichols Ranch
Neal Cummings
Helena
Cummings
Earl Fitchen
Julius ‘Hartwig
Floyd, Lewis
John Veckers
McCaniy
Binter
Capper
Ticky
Gelpoting
Feitz, Reiner
Raeuanoee
Aeeos
Ane Gooanedy
Te Wulem
Mengel Berg
Alexander Smallens
Wikken ‘van
Philosophy
Mithzel Pes
Stephen
Stopford Brooke
Queen
Ice
New York Music Week
Aviations
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