BIG HOLE BASIN NEWS AND NOTES FOR CHRISTMAS
Local items report Willie Tovey returning home from Logan after scarlet fever recovery and students Pearl Neidt Gladys Zorn Dagmar Holmsen and Janie Tovey home for vacation from Dillon Deer Lodge and State Normal. Community updates include chicken theft warnings, a Christmas dance, injuries at the Prichard ranch, heavy mail week at Wisdom, new barn construction for the Big Hole Stage Co and the Pioneer mining plant move. Also an ad for Doan’s Kidney Pills highlighting backache relief and kidney health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Tovey
Logan
Pearl Neidt
Normal College
Dillon
Gladys Zorn
Dagmar Holmsen
Montana College
Deer Lodge
Janie Tovey
Bristol
State Normal College
Warren Flager
Warren
Jackson
Nels Miller
Prichard Ranch
Wisdom
Will Pendergast
Bowen
Ames
Grasshopper Country
B. B. Lawrence
Will Knudsen
Ralston
Big Hole Stage Co
Cold wave sweeps Waterloo as locals greet early spring
Waterloo notes a new cold snap while residents hope for spring. Postal clerk C A Dillman on vacation. Townsend brothers ship fine pork to Butte. Fay Curtis visits Butte. Mr and Mrs M T Carney host New Year’s cards. Several local families dine with W J Rankin and wife. Theresa Held hosts New Years dinner with multiple attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
C. A. Dillman
Townsend Brothers
Butte
Fay Curtis
M. T. Carney
Hoerlein
Logan
Wm. Held
Frank Held
John
Waterloo Spur and Notoriety Dish up Local Controversy
A town questions a spur railway name chosen to gain notoriety and notes social visits by Mr and Mrs Joy Foster and child at the Dillman home. Mrs Fay Curtis spends time in Belgrade while a Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertisement touts its cold curing reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Joy Foster and Son
Dillman
Whitehall
Fay Curtis
Belgrade
Hartwig Farewell Party and Local Social Highlights
Willis notes a December farewell party for Christian Hartwig with about 44 attendees at the Hartwig home. The column also lists multiple local visits and dances at Reichle’s hall, with residents traveling to Dillon and Butte, plus upcoming leap year dance plans and a health tip recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for hoarseness in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Carl Beecher
Dillon
Alois Fassler
Jacob Hartwig
Alice Roe
Julia
Katie Beecher
Butte
J. C. Ferguson
Adolf Riechle
Reichle
Melrose
Farlin
Lillburn Roe
George Jewell
Herbert Maddox
Theresa Reichle
Val Tadowitch
Adolf Winkler
Reid
Coral Cleveland
Caldwell
Christian Hartwig
Grand Island Business College
Ida Hartwig
Centennial Valley notes snow and events in Lakeview
Centennal Valley reports snow daily since Christmas with eight inches new and deepening drifts in the upper valley. James Blair left for Portsmouth Ohio, Bul Allen manages the ranch. Clarence Hunt says a large cinnamon bear was killed at the head of Tom creek. A Christmas night dance at Geo Shambow's, with music by Milt Bean and son, is described along with a basket supper. The stork brought a baby girl to John Jones and wife, their third child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview
James Blair
Portsmouth
Ohio
Bul Allen
Clarence Hunt
Tom Creek
Geo. Shambow
Milt Bean
Stork
John Jones
Moe Centennial Valley
Ben Hart
T. Jones
Mary — Metzel
Ed Blake
Geo. Shambows
L. E. Culver
F. I. ‘Hanson
Alice
Davis
Pity to Kill Long-Serving Animals and Local Remedies
A letter recalls two citizens euthanizing elderly animals, a 32-year-old mare and a 19-year-old cow, seen as family members. Separately Mrs. A R Tabor reports relief from chronic sick headaches after using Chamberlain's Tablets, claiming two bottles cured her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Gs. Hospital
George Shambow
A. R. Tabor
Crider
Real Estate Transfers and Mining Claims Listed for Dillon Area
Warranty deeds record transfers of multiple Dillon parcels including Barretts Addition property, South Washington street lots, North Pacific street parcels, and Rife street home. Also listed are large land tracts near Dillon and various mining claims in Argenta and Montana districts with related patent and contract notes. Anomalous medical advertising closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rabicha
Matilda Scott
North Pacific Street
Dillon
Wm. P. Dingley
Anna Loree
Rife Street
Rife
Hedwig Meine
Charles Meine
Robert M. Cobban
William Zieman
Phil Clancy
Wm. White
Maude Louise Placer
Divide
P. C. Sellers
Butte-Milwaukee Copper Mining Company
East End
Argenta
Jas. Smith
Clarence Brandy
B. Anderson
Anaconda
Bloody Dick
Sarah Davis
Montana
Montana Ranks as Silver Producer in 1911 Output
United States 1911 gold output totaled 96 233 528 dollars and silver 57 796 117 ounces per preliminary mint figures led by California Colorado and Nevada. Montana appears as a top gold producer with 3 168 840 dollars and ranks among silver leaders Utah Nevada Colorado Idaho in the year. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised as reliable for coughs and colds with dealer availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
George E. Roberts
Mint
States
California
Colorado
Nevada
Alaska
South Dakota
Utah
Montana
Arizona
Idaho
Big Christmas Exchange Reaches $1 150 000 In Los Angeles
Los Angeles residents sent and received Christmas packages with the east totaling 1 150 000 dollars. About 25 000 packages were handled by local agents of transcontinental express companies. The value of goods forwarded rose twenty percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Transcontinental Express Companies
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Olmsted
Big Hole Basin
Holmsen
H. Strawbridge
Pioneer District
Pioneer Gold Mining & Milling Co
Doan
Dean
Potts
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
Nyha Atty
Scott
Willis
Chamberlain
Centennial Valley
Pearl I. Smith
John Tessier
Orvis
Nyhart
Barrett
Florence E. Morse
Alma S. Harwood
James Dodd
Washington Street
State OF
Continental 011 Company
Incorporated
A. J. Wedum Lumber Co
Armstead
Grant
The
Candy Kitchen
D. A. McDaniel
R. E. Foster
Peter
Peter Pumpkin Eater
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