Mother Goose Play Story Ends With Santa Visit
A school holiday tableau led children to dress as Mother Goose characters to lure Santa Claus. They pretended in costumes and slept while awaiting him, then woke to find stockings filled and pails with treats, learning next year they might stay awake to catch him. Prison figures announced for Deer Lodge showing 593 inmates at year end 1908 with 341 new commitments across multiple crimes and counties.
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Fred
Ruth
Santa Claus
Earl
Gladys
Dorothy
Harry
Papa
Jack Horner
Miss Muffet
Jack
Jill
Mamma
Bopeep
Crook
Boy Blue
Horn
Mother Goose
Jack and
Beaverhead
Broadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Madison
Meagher
Missoula
Park
Powell
Ravalli
Rosebud
Sanders
Silver Bow
Sweet Grass
Teton
Valley
Yellowstone
Committee Ready to Report Saloons Regulation Ordinance
The judiciary committee has agreed on a saloon regulation ordinance for Dillon. It would close saloons from midnight to 6 am and all Sundays, restrict locations near churches and schools, require annual licenses, remove blinds during closing, bar entry during closing, require proprietors to apply in person, raise license fees, and revoke licenses for violations. The council may amend before final passage.
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Judiciary Committee
Dillon
New Year Postcards in Endless Variety at Tribune
A Tribune feature highlights a book store display of New Year postcards offering vast variety. The item promotes seasonal cards and local interest in paper collectibles.
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Tribune
Buchanan’s Day of Fasting Proclaimed by President
The 1860 proclamation designates January 4 as a national day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer. President Buchanan urges citizens to confess national sins, seek God’s aid to avert civil war, and uphold the Constitution and Union amid economic hardship and political distress.
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James Buchanan
Union
Buchanan
Copenhagen Polar Report Likely Neutral on Cook Claim
Copenhagen observers say the University of Copenhagen panel will issue a balanced verdict on Dr Frederick A Cook without fully endorsing or rejecting his north pole claim. They note the data are incomplete and Cook may not be called to testify as the committee seeks a graceful exit from the controversy. Later Copenhagen declares Cook failed to prove the discovery claim for honors.
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Copenhagen
F. A. Cook
University of Copenhagen
Cook
Brooklyn Explorer
Denmark
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Beaverhead County Directory 1909 1910 by R L Polk Co
R L Polk & Co announces the Beaverhead County Directory for 1909 1910 a 238 page up to date volume. The directory is compiled printed and ready for delivery praised for quick production by expert publishers.
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R. L. Polk & Co
Beaverhead
Rochester Not Dead Yet in Rochester District Mining Rumors
Twin Bridges reports persistent rumors of renewed activity at the Watseka mine with plans to sink a new shaft to at least 1,000 feet to tap a body of ore. Prominent miner McCuen visits Rochester while buyers acquire buildings, signaling possible revival. Meanwhile E. M. Hand advances the New mine with a 250 foot shaft and rising ore output as a rich gold pocket was recently found.
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Rochester
Watseka
McCuen
Southwest
E. M. Hand
Hand
Drunk Laborer Dies From Exposure Near Junction
C. H. O'Neil, a Reinhardt & White camp laborer, froze to death in a field about two miles from Junction Idaho. No violence, probable alcohol as indirect cause. He had $1, buried by the county.
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Salmon
Idaho
Junction
C. H. O'Neil
Reinhardt & White
O'Neil
Camp
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Dillon Resident
Dillon Montana resident Mrs Effie Coon reports years of kidney pain and recurring attacks resolved after using Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at Riley's drug store. She credits prompt relief and recovery with the medication and urges others to try Doan's. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes the pills nationwide.
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Dillon
Effie Coon
Washington St
Montana
Dean
Riley’s
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Spider Colonies in Mexico Describe Mosquero Nesting
The London Globe notes native spiders are solitary but Mexican mosquero spiders live communally. M L Diguet reports a large nest in oaks containing beetles and another spider species as scavengers. Parts of the nest are hung in houses during the wet season to trap flies.
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Qui
London Globe
Mexico
M. L. Diguet
Notice on supply orders for Beaverhead county
Beaverhead county Montana issues a directive that all supplies must be ordered on the standard form from the board office. any claim not ordered will be rejected. Dated Dillon March 5 1907 by the Board of County Commissioners.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon
Board of Country Commissioners
Montana
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