Local Post Offices and Town Notes From 1891
John M. Howard accepts a position in the Anaconda post office. J Paxton joins Bennett Bros. in Butte and leaves for that city Monday. Miss Matilda Galbraith returns from visiting friends in Butte. Burglars enter G W Dart Hardware building early Sunday. Padley barn on Sebree street burns last Saturday afternoon. four horses die. J E Morse of the Dillon Implement Co. spent several days at the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
John M. Howard
Anaconda
J. Paxton
Dillon Implement Co
Butte Implement House
Bennett Bros
Miss Matilda Galbraith
Butte
Burgilars
G. W. Dart Hardware Company
Charles Padley
Sebree Street
J. E. Morse
Dillon Implement Company
Capital
Pretty home wedding unites Charles Nelson and Nellie Retallack
In Dillon on March Sunday evening Charles Nelson married Miss Nellie Retallack in a quiet home ceremony. The Fyhrie Grocery company transfers to new owners J. T. Farley and R. Hi Butler, becoming Farley Grocery company. Additional notes include local moves and business updates across town.
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the Tribune
Charles Nelson
Nellie Retallack
Fyhrie Grocery Company
Fyhrie
Farley Grocery Company
J. T. Farley
R. Hi. Butler
Mr. Waldorf
North Dakota
Dillon
Wilford Virmillion
Captain Cash, Jackson
Rawlins
Wyo
Dan Adams
Hughes and McCalebs
Dillon Cash Grocery Company
Anna Hart
W. G. Blair
Horse Prairie
Taylor
Dillon-Bannack
Mortimer Hart
30 YEARS AGO NOTES FROM THE TRIBUNE MARCH 11 1910
In Dillon and surrounding areas, locals report visits home from Mrs. S A Williamson after a Missouri trip, County Commissioner Francis arriving from the Big Hole basin, Eddie Hammond named captain of the Hamilton team, and W M Oliver appointed deputy county assessor. Fire protection issues loom as Dillon faced a two day water shortage from a broken main, while James Cornelius returned from Butte after a typhoid hospital stay. A college student in Bozeman recounts Finnish air raids and life in Finland during wartime, noting improved soldier morale and international aid amid a small population.
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the Tribune
S. A. Williamson
Missouri
Francis
Big Hole
Eddie Hammond
Dillon
Hamilton
Walter J. Crowell
Sheep Creek Basin
W. M. Oliver
French
James Cornelius Artive
Butte
Aix
Wil ‘Featherly
Sreshington
Bozeman
Mont
U.P
Montana State College
Gladys Branegan
Division of Household and Industrial Arts
Hanna Karttunen
Jarvenpaa
Finland
Burg Company Returns to Dillon Early in Week
A Burg company representative returned to Dillon at the start of the week, signaling a resumed presence and ongoing operations in the area.
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Burg Company
Dillon
Local Births and Administrative Moves Reported
Twins were born to Mr and Mrs R R Given of Grant on Tuesday afternoon in this city. Dr H W Luther sold his Phillips block office to Dr R D Curry of Deer Lodge. Mrs Forest Bayerd and children visited in Butte. Julia Boetticher of Melrose joined the forest reserve office here. Lt W D Ross returned from San Francisco after army air pilot training. Roscoe Cornell and son Roscoe Jr left for Texas. Cath erine Jones placed fourth in Bozeman extemporaneous speaking contest, the only girl to place. Neil Sharkey returned to Dillon after winter in Seattle and Anaconda.
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the Tribune
R. R. Given
Grant
H. W. Luther
Phillips Block
R. D. Curry
Deer Lodge
Forest Bayerd
Butte
Julia Boetticher
Melrose
Neil Sharkey
Seattle
Anaconda
Dillon
Phelan Named County Superintendent in Chinook
Loretta Phelan of Chinook was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Ruby Ellis in Blaine County schools. The Montana Supreme Court ruled Ellis ineligible for lack of a state teacher certificate at election and also declared Alberta Flynn ineligible. Both Ellis and Flynn, Democrats, had challenged the office.
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Ellis
Flynn
Fort Peck Town Site Ruling Impacts School Census
Attorney General Freebourn ruled that a school district may correct its census following a Montana Supreme Court decision stating the federal government does not have exclusive jurisdiction over the town site of Fort Peck.
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Fed“Eral
Fort Peck
H.J. “Freebourn
Aviation advances and American inventors noted
An essay discusses air travel growth and safety led by USC aviation head Earl W Hill noting no passenger deaths in a year and weather as a major factor in past accidents. It highlights the speed of modern planes, limits near the speed of sound, and the prolific American patent system with 700 patents weekly and diverse inventors.
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Earl W. Hill
Department of Commercial Aviation
University of Southern California
Hill
America
Abraham Lincoln
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Josef Hofmann
United States Patent Office
Washington
Columbus Not First Across Atlantic Says Biographer
Madariaga argues Columbus sought royal prestige not a round-earth proof. He highlights Columbus quiet Jewish ancestry, long royal battles for knighthood and title, and Spain's 1492 climate of prejudice. The piece cites education as life art and notes Wilberforce’s humanitarian legacy.
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Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Atlantic
Henry the Navigator
Magellan
Antilles
Salvidor de Madariaga
Madariaga
Portungal
Spain
Benjamin Disraeli
New Civic Center to Feature Hockey Game in Great Falls
Great Falls Montana announces opening of a new civic center with a hockey doubleheader on April 25 26 featuring the Lethbridge Maple Leafs and an all star Alberta senior league team. Mayor Julius Wuerthner and Lethbridge artificial ice officials confirmed plans after a meeting. Maple Leafs are last year’s Alberta senior amateur champions.
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Great Falls
Mont
U. P
Lethbridge Maple Leafs
Allstar
Great Falls Civic Center
Julius Wuerthner
Lethbridge Artificial Ice Company
Hérman, Toole
Montana to shorten fishing season and ban night fishing
John W. Schofield, superintendent of fisheries, urges Montana to cut the fishing season from May 21 to November 15 and forbid night fishing between 9:30 p m and 5 a m. He seeks a daily bag limit of 15 fish or 15 pounds and one fish, arguing drought years have reduced streams and stricter limits will help fish populations recover.
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State Fish and Game Commission
Montana
Helena
John W. Schofield
Superintendent of Fisheries and Hatcheries
Schofield
Montana Delinquent Taxes Collected Over Six Years
The Montana state board of equalization announced that counties collected delinquent taxes totaling 20 132 856 during the past six years under legislative moratoriums allowing back taxes to be paid without penalties or interest. By year the levies were 1934 4 570 479. 1935 7 687 143. 1937 1 968 192. 1938 3 340 765. 1939 2 621 277.
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Montana
State Board of “Equalization
Montana Leader Declines Director Post for Bureau of Mines
Dr. Francis A. Theron, president of the State School of Mines at Butte, says he does not want the director post at the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Montana lawmakers have floated his name to succeed John W. Finch.
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Francis A. Theron
State School of Mines
Butte
U. S
Bureau ‘of ‘Wines
Montana
John W. Finch
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Ray Savary
Miami Beach
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How Goes the World
Austin Conover
Los Angeles
Southern California
Otto
William Wilberforce
Britain
Westminster Abbey
United Press
Mont.d
M. Kelly
Anaconda ‘Copper Mining Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
Madras
Ore
Tom Craft
Kenneth Gill
Horse Heaven Cannibar
Sun O
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court
C. Frost And.company
Wash
Couer d'Alene Mines
Mining Company
Frost Company
Couer d’Alene Mihes
Zona
Merit
Golden Messenger Corporation
W. S. Norman
Spokane
Frank Bogart
Prescott
Ariz
Yarnell
Mark Gemmel
Gemmel
Paul W. Smith
Lewis and Clark County
Last Chance Gulch Mining Association
Mukden
China
Germany
Russia
Altmark
Norway
Sweden
Agate Weedy
Northwest
Iancorporation
Federal, Deposit, Insurance, Corporation
Civic Center
Frank D. Willis
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead
Robert . Clark
Norman Giles
D. L. ‘Smith
George M. Melton
D. L. Smith
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