Chicago swindler Leo Kortero leaves trail of fraud across friends and business
The man nicknamed Chicago's master swindler is alleged to have victims including friends, businessmen, and a mother for up to five million dollars. He also abandoned his wife Lelow and two children, leaving them penniless when he left on December 6. Separately, the state reports 7,036.48 miles of railroad track in operation as of October 31, 1928.
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Leo Kortero
Chicago
Lelow
Beav erhead Ranch Co to Lease Farmland North of Dillon
Ballantine T S Hogan will drill a test well on the Ten Mile structure. Farm for lease includes 320 irrigated acres six miles north of Dillon with strong water rights, good buildings, 165 acres alfalfa and an option to buy. Tenant must furnish equipment. Also 240 acres alfalfa available without buildings. Send address with references to Beaverhead Ranch Co Helena Montana.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Ranch CO
Helena
Montana
Tattersall's offerings and local visitors listed
Dillon area notes list visitors from Dell Armstead Blaine Melrose and Butte plus business and painting ads. Mentions Hazelbaker meeting in Helena and Veterans of Foreign Wars event at City Hall. Real estate ad for 160 acre Birch creek ranch offered at 12.50 per acre with details and contact Oswald Schleicher Apex Montana.
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Birch Creek
Oswald Schleicher
First College Game Of Season In Helena
The M S N C basketball team traveled from Dillon to Helena for its first intercollegiate games of the season against Intermountain Union and St Charles colleges. Players include Telin Selway BR Jensen Scott Richardson P Jensen Gelhaus Lennon and coach Fairbanks. Tomorrow night they face the Ricks College teams from Rexburg Idaho at the high school gym drawing a large crowd.
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Dillon
Helena
Intermountain Union
St. Charles
Telin Selway
BR. Jensen
Scott
Richardson
P. Jensen
Gelhaus
Lennon
Fairbanks
Ricks College
Rexburg
Idaho
Nelson School Notes Highlight Attendance and Local Updates
The report notes perfect attendance for last month except for several students. Trustee Frank Meon underwent appendectomy at Murray Hospital and is recovering. Miss Florence Nelson returned from holidays to Wolf Point. Marcus Staudaker enrolled to complete eighth grade, while Verl Morrison stays home due to her father’s illness. Local residents Robert Watt, Mr. and Mrs. George Harper, Zelma Nelson and others are mentioned with recent activities.
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Robert Morrison
Frances Staudaheer
Velma Staudaher
Mildred Schider
Seefred Johnson
Lee Schub
Harry Schuler
Cecil Smith
Stone
Frank Meoion
Murray Hospital
App
Kim Pilgrim
Florence Nelson
Wolf Point
Marcus Staudaker
Marcus
Verl Morrison
State Normal College
Robert Watt
Dillon
George Harper
Morrison
Zelma Nelson
Butte
Looking Backwards in Dillon 1882 Skating Under Moonlight
From the Dillon Tribune January 7 1882 a look back notes a Lyceum social failed due to invitations mix up. It mentions Kentucky whiskies received by Fyhrie Co and the town enjoying mild December weather with skaters on moonlit nights.
Bannack and Argenta Had Fast Market and New Business
Bannack sees constant influx of investors in mining ventures while Argenta prepares Hotel Allison for opening and George Allison brings a bar and cigars. Dillon Furniture Co. manager G. T. Paul injured his ankle stepping from a ladder. Electric supplies awaited to wire local buildings as bicycle use increases and town wheeling improves beyond the street.
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Argenta
Allison
George
G. T. Paul
Dillon Furniture Co
Great Falls Growers See Bonuses for Experimental Beets
Sugar beets on the Sun River irrigation project yield six dollars a ton for growers of experimental plots. Billings gains a fifteen thousand dollar monthly payroll from promoting bean growing in Yellowstone valley. The Neihart district is opening up. The Big Seven mining company leases the Red Horse claim.
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Great Falls
Sun River
Billings
Yellowstone Valley
Neihart
Big Seven Mining Company
Red Horse
City reports show 400 taps and 2425 rentals in quarter
City Water Commissioner Radcon reports for the quarter ending December 31 about 400 taps on the water system and rentals totaling 2425. The police chief notes 16 females and 26 males arrested in the month with fines of 185 collected. A large hog was killed at Ruby ranch weighing 450 pounds with 70 pounds of lard. The animal was about 18 months old. Kansas City please notice.
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Radcon
Chief of Police
Big Hole Basin
Ruby Ranch
Harry Hopkins
Kansa City
pastor Dan Bovard to preach at Dillon church on Sunday
Services January 13 start with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Open ranks welcome. Dr. C. L. Bovard of Helena will occupy the pulpit and is known in Dillon as district superintendent and area secretary. He will confer with the church board at 8 p.m. and attend Epworth League at 6:30, then return to the pulpit at 7:30.
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Ti den
C. L. Bovard
Helena
Bovard
Dillon
Distriet
Epworth
Hinsdale Seed Corn Shipment Sends Carload East
A carload of seed corn is shipped from Hinsdale, signaling farm aid and commodity movement from the town.
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Hinsdale
Foley Pills Claim Quick Sleep Aid from Drug Ad
Don Thiel of Fort Wayne Indiana testifies Foley Pills gave him a good night's sleep after taking a couple of tablets. The ad notes Foley Pills as a diuretic stimulant for the kidneys and credits druggist Potts.
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Don Thiel
S. Columbia St
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Potts
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Ad
Public notice style advertisement offering ten cent Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound Tills and Cathartic Tablets. Respondents mail name and address with ten cents to S oley Co in Chicago for samples and a ten cent bottle. Potts the druggist promotes these products.
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S’oley & Co
Sheffield Av
Chicago
Foley
Notice to Bond Holders City of Dillon Montana
The treasurer of Dillon Montana announces that Bonds No. 101 102 108 of Special Improvement District No 5 and all bonds of District No 6 will be paid in full with interest if presented at First National Bank Dillon before January 10 1924. If not presented by January 11 1924 they will stop earning interest. Dated January 1924 J B Mayfield treasurer. 2-11 Buffalo. The second well is sealed in on the Oil Springs structure here.
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Dillon
Montana
First National Bank
J. B. Mayfield
Trial package of Chamberlain medicines offers for 5 cents
A promotion from Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa invites readers to send name and address with 5 cents and this slip to receive trial bundles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Chamberlains Salve for coughs indigestion and skin ailments to be delivered to the home.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
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Ras Hansen
Dell
John Gelhaus
John Mullen
Armstead
Tattersall’s
Jess Warner
Wisdom
Hazelbaker
Dakota
Dan Parker
Our
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Blaine
E. W. Johnson
C. C. Montgomery
Monida
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Melrose
J. M. Yeaman
Lemi
Fred Clark
Centennial Valley
James Dodd
Dillon Sunday
J. F. Nyhart
Lester
Our City
W. H. Jones
Dillon Sunnday
Twin Bridges
T. E. Gilbert
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Republican State Central Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Melvin Smith
Salt Lake City
University of Utah
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W. A. Graeter
Los Angeles
Ed. Burles
Boulder
Steen Elmose
F. C. Swartz
Quarter Circle Ten Ranch
Dilton
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Loretta Robison
Phil Nye
Bernard Williams
Bozeman
Kk. W. Smith
Horse Prairie
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Mose Smyth
Hugh
Frank Ashworth
Frank Easterwald
Harry Martin
Charles L. Shockley
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Bros. Hospital
James E. Kelly
Vincent Heavey
Mt. St. Charles College
James Kirkpatrick
Nina Smith
Elza Smith
Seattle
Cornish School of Music and Dancing
Apex, Montana
Idaho ‘College
Nelson School Notes
The
Dillon. Tribune
Kentucky
L. C. Fyhrie & Co
Lyceum
Avith
Dillon Tribune
Isos
Bannack
Helen le Mate
Methodist Church
Martin Sorenson
Buffalo
Frank Landon
A. F. Waldorf
T. Js Mulany
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