Glendale Saloons and Local Happenings in Dillon
In 1882 Dillon residents debate drinking and gambling in Glendale as ten saloons operate amid a tiger gambling system. Beavershead contemplates a Bannack Poorhouse restoration while Ar gana ore shipment and a Corrine hotel Christmas ball are planned. A Dillon school adds new seats and daily blackboard lessons as 71 students learn under modern methods. A Beaverhead county money note notes warrants payable at the treasurer’s office.
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Glendale
28 Years Ago in Medicine Lodge Births and Demographics
A week ago a boy was born to Mr and Mrs Isaac Rfe of Medicine Lodge though girls are scarce in the county with about sixteen boys per girl. Frank Carroll visited from his Big Hole ranch this week.
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Isaac Rfe
Medicine Lodge
Frank Carroll
14 Years Ago Judson Best Expected Home From Ann Arbor
Judson Best, then a student at Ann Arbor Michigan, was expected to return home soon as reported by the Tribune in December 1910. The item notes his schooling in Michigan and anticipates his arrival.
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the Tribune
Judson Best
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Christmas Travel and Local Holiday Trade Highlight Dillon
Mrs J E Monroe plans to leave after Christmas for St Louis to visit sister Mrs Judge Shackleford with Mr Monroe accompanying to Billings for the State Teachers Association. Local merchants report holiday trade mixed but sometimes better than last year. Dillon remains a substantial business town favored by traveling salesmen who usually secure good orders.
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J. E. Monroe
St. Louis
Judge Shackleford
Monroe
Billings
State Teachers’ Association
Dillon
We are for the helicopter push Edison urges
The piece books Edison predicting a future helicopter as the next major invention. He also proposes a simple government plan to store and distribute foodstuffs to aid farmers. The editorial drolly imagines reformers and politicians hoisted by helicopters to occupy etherial space.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Thought and Food Distribution in the Era of Wireless Progress
A reflection on rapid wireless advances from London to New York showcasing photos of President Coolidge and other notables. The piece contrasts the ease of transmitting images with the unresolved global food distribution crisis, noting rotting apples in New York and oranges in the South as symptoms. It argues the distribution problem is solvable.
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London
New York
Coolidge
New York State
Broadway
Broadway In the Great Metropolis
For Sale A Prison in Meckamburg Schwitzerland
An odd advertisement notes the Meckam burg Schwitzerland jail has stood empty for years and officials plan to sell the building to save on upkeep costs.
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Meckamburg
Schwitzerland
Great Falls Dredging Nears Completion by New Year
Great Falls dredging of Silver Bow creek is expected to finish by January 1. The Illinois Pipeline Company reported moving 13 936 barrels of oil from the Kevin Sunburst field during October. Florida state and federal suits challenge ownership of valuable Lake Worth islands amid questions of existence at statehood or later silting. A 40 000 000 foot gusher at Bowes structure in Chinook was struck at 1000 feet by the Montana Company with a plan to install a gasolin e content reduction plant.
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Great Falls—I
Illinois Pipeline Company
Kevin-Sunburst
Lake Worth
West Palm Beach
Florida
Montana
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertisement
A drugstore ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe reliable cough remedy for coughs colds and hoarseness. It emphasizes pure ingredients pleasant taste and easy administration with Potts the druggist.
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Chamberlain
Foley
Potts
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Nelson's
Corrine Hotel
Dillon Public School
Beaverhead County
Bannack
Bannacks
Harly’s
Simp Estes
Shannon
DR. L. G. Dunlap
Dillon Clinic
O. K
McFadden
Great Falls
Silver Bow Creek
Bowes
Beaverhead
Post of the
American Legion
The
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Idaho St
W. E. Roberts Saddlery and Harness
Tel
Edward McCullough
Heck
Ferdie
Liza
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