Nostalgia Recalls Old Tribune Snapshots From 1802 1900 1910
Looking backward through Tribune files, notes from a century ago describe Red Rock lake mishaps with sleighs and cutters, licenses to wed, and local figures like August Reichle, Hug enia Retter, and F. M. Andrus. Earlier 40 years ago cover Miss Bella Rife returning from Spencer Idaho, trips to Europe, and small county dealings. The 30 years ago items report Miss Alice Russell teaching, new partnerships in Dillon, Malta weddings, and local social rounds with mentions of several residents and events.
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Hugenia Retter
Willis
Germany
F. M. Andrus
Kalispell
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Spencer
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A. J. Schumacher
Europe
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W. French
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C. R. Byther
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Chas. Davidson
Henry Johnson
Tom. Yost
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Dusty Roads
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Alice Russell
Chateau
Margaret Ross
Henry R. Melton
C. W. Robison
Gertrude Chambers
Malta
D. Q. Rathbone
Beaverhead Legion elects new commander and officers
From the Tribune dated December 24, 1920, George M. Gosmen was elected commander of Beaverhead post of the Legion to succeed J. Other officers elected include vice commander Dr. R. D. Curry adjutant Joseph C. Fuller Baker and Dri z We.
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Count of Dogs Tails Stopped in Great Falls
Great Falls officials ended the monthly tail count for slain dogs after three months of rising costs. Mayor Julius Wuerthner ordered the discontinuation as the pound master’s fees nearly exhausted the $1,000 annual budget. Police Chief Harold Mady and Fire Chief Tom Gordon approved the move amid the city’s dog disposal concerns.
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McKenzie
Legion trains own squad for funerals in Missoula
The Missoula American Legion post bought eight rifles and began training its own firing squad after Fort Missoula and the university ROTC unit could no longer provide riflemen for military funerals amid a national rearmament program.
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Garland weights threaten Bozeman buildings
Bozeman Montana December 17 garlands hung across business district intersections proved too heavy to support the cornices they were anchored to City officials moved quickly to have the decorations removed before icing or snow increased the load and caused damage.
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Christmas Ghosts and Global Change in a Turbulent Era
A reflective column links Dickens ghosts to Christmas kindness and a broader world view. It weighs Africa’s unsettled frontiers, Axis moves, and Nelson Rockefeller’s bid to boost Latin American trade, urging a hemispheric policy and faster air travel progress.
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Standard Oil
Latin America
Defense Commission
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Atlantic
South America
Tropical America
Asia
Malaya
Americas
Germany
Kalispell May Seek Armory Bonds Vote Planned
Petition drive in Kalispell Montana seeks a special election to decide if the city should issue 15250 in bonds to buy a site for a national guard armory with construction to follow funded by the bond issue. Local property owners would vote on the proposal.
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Armory
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U.P
National Guard
Future power by broadcast and sun origin fuels belief
The piece contemplates wireless power transmission to vehicles, noting sun-derived oil via vegetation and past wars. It cites General Badoglio’s record, Italian campaigns, and anti Fascist shifts, then shifts to vitamins and food science shaping wartime diets and blockades, ending with Montana pardon proceedings and local readers.
Stahl Family Visit Noted at Louis Stahl Home
Mr and Mrs Frank Stahl and daughter Virginia visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Louis Stahl Sunday.
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Frank Stahl
Virginia
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Louis Stahl
Montana Board of Pardons Sets Hearing for Jess Moore
The State Board of Pardons in Helena on December 17 1940 orders a January 8 1941 hearing to consider Governor granted commutation reducing Jess Moores 25 year murder sentence to ten years. Dillon Tribune publication required. hearing at the Capitol with interested parties invited.
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Pete Burt
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Jess Moore
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J. E. Kelly
Bank OF Spokane
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Smith M. McKnight
Virgil A. McKnight
Ruby H. McKnight
Mary McKnight
W. D. Peterson
Lena Peterson
Beaverhesd-Madison National Farm Loan Association
Beaverhead County
Montana Principal Meridian
Big Sheep Creek
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