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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
3
A compact review of the year 1916 summarizing major events across politics society and sport. It covers notable deaths personal and political milestones along with the Mexican situation and global happenings from the past twelve months.
The chronology lists Wilson administration actions from January to December 1915 including arming merchant ships, Senate approval of submarine policy, and domestic milestones. It notes Brandeis confirmation, Iowa’s vote against woman suffrage, party conventions in Chicago, and the Mexico border crisis with Carrizal. It also covers World War I era developments and sports results from autumn.
A chronological fragment summarizes German vows on lawful Mediterranean warfare, sinking denials of the Lusitania, British actions against neutral trade, Irish rebellion events, U S army expansion, naval affairs including the Deutschland voyage, Shackleton and Ruth Law feats, and treaty signings with Denmark and Haiti as well as US steel wage increases and a solar eclipse.
A long obituary gallery lists Gen Grenville W. Dodge Ada Rehan Victoriano Huerta Jeannette Gilder Henry James Carmen Sylva Jean Mounet Sully Henry Gassaway Davis Robert Burns Wilson Geo Smalley Clara Kellogg Timothy Dwight J S Galttent Harry Hawk Lincoln era references and many others with ages and locations such as New York Paris London Washington Reading and More.
A long string of events details Villa’s raid on Columbus New Mexico with killings and arson, US and Mexican forces pursuing Villa’s bandits. Reports mention battles near Guerrero Aguascalientes Parral and Ojo Azules, with numerous Mexican and US casualties and ongoing border tensions and diplomacy at Juarez El Paso and Chihuahua.
Nick Glanakopulos won the national cross country championship in New York, outrunning Hannes Kolehmainen. Other athletics notes include Jess Willard defeating Frank Moran in a 10 round Newark fight, Molla Bjurstedt retaining the women’s Metropolitan tennis title, and Chick Evans securing the national open golf championship with a 286 total.
The report lists multiple maritime sinkings and shipwrecks. Principe de Asturias sinks off San Sebastián with over 400 dead, R. Kirby wrecks on Lake Superior with about 20 dead, Endurance crushed with two icebound survivors, Admiral Clark foundered near Port Arthur with many lives lost, Memphis wrecked in a Santo Domingo hurricane with crew casualties, Nerida and James B. Colgate lost on Lake Erie, and Retriver and Connemara wrecks off Ireland with numerous fatalities.
The record notes multiple American associations meeting in Washington Indianapolis Nashville and Birmingham. Groups include National Civic Federation United Mine Workers Chamber of Commerce National Congress of Mothers National Academy of Sciences Daughters of the American Revolution and United Confederate Veterans. The note indicates continuation on page seven.
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