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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
8
Jackson notes host families and residents traveling to Dillon and Butte after Christmas. Local greetings include dinners on New Year’s Day and multiple visits among neighbors, with Miss Ethel Anderson returning to Missoula for university studies and several families hosting guests in the basin.
Grant and nearby towns reported a flurry of New Year visits and travels. Helen Waldemar and Ralph Waldemar returned to Dillon after holidays in Grant, while Mr. and Mrs. Brenner and Isabelle spent New Year at the Yearian home in Lemhi. Others made trips to Dillon and Grasshopper for social and business reasons, including James Mansfield, James Dodd, Matt Kay, Andy Pyle, Trevor Waldemar, Roy Stocker, and families visiting relatives at homes and ranches.
George Pyle fell seriously ill with pneumonia at his ranch Sunday. John Judge drove from Dillon Tuesday with nurse Annabel Desmond to care for him. Andy Pyle returned from Grant Tuesday with four pure bred bulls purchased by Pyle Brothers. Dr Poindexter and Will Lovell attended the Pyle ranch. Snow hindered a Salmon trip by Andy Pyle and Ross Nay.
The town reports two measles cases affecting local families including Ballard and Ballard children. School canceled due to bad roads and teacher absence. A Saturday pinochle party is postponed amid illness and colds. Albar Roemer forest ranger visited town Tuesday. John Schafer and sons visited from their mine near Whitehall. local youths attended a basketball game in Dillon.
Mr and Mrs Charles C Hill marked fifty years of marriage on December 29 at their Mill Street home surrounded by 86 guests including three sons two daughters 17 grandchildren and one grandson-in-law The Hills married December 29 1878 in Allansville Ohio and moved to Sheridan in 1888 after stints in Virginia City and Madison County.
The state education board has notified Principal Brim that the eighth grade at the Dillon Normal College area is exempt from state examinations because the school maintains a high standard. The report mentions other classroom events and staff notes including Miss de ae Flick and Than Shaffer handling hogs deliveries, with home folks and vacation references.
In Bannack a ghost light investigation led to Davy Morgan. A severed arm was buried, later seized by a dog. Skull exhumations in Bannack ended at the Bank Exchange saloon, which burned. Davy Morgan later admitted hanging Plummer on the scaffold, which was later removed by curios. Ray's grave remains unmarked.
Anaconda Beavers win 45 44 over the Smelterites with a late basket by Blair after a center snap. Davis on Anaconda and Price lead the Beavers with steady defense from Little, while Davidson and Swanson spark the Smeltermen in a high tempo contest.
Thousands witnessed the 1927 Eastern International Dogsled Derby in Quebec during the third week of February. Champions from the U S and Canada compete for 120 miles over three 40 mile laps, with Emile St Godard of The Pas Manitoba setting a new record and Leonard Seppala pursuing. The derby, organized since 1921 to promote sled dog racing, ends with the Dogsled Derby Ball at Chateau Frontenac where reservations are already flowing for 1928.
Marie Guimpere is among the contestants in a five day talking contest in New York offering 5000 dollars in prize money. The France, blonde entrant competes alongside other fair contestants for the top prize.
Pneumatic systems transform gap main construction with a truck supplying air to power digging tools and wire brushing for pipe preparation. An air blast clears debris from pipes before joining, speeding the process.
The rough limestone on the Great Pyramid was likely covered by a solid marble casing. Stones began to be removed around 1000 A. D. to improve Cairo.
Hindsight notes that people worked hard to prevent disasters and to assign responsibility, arguing energy was spent on safety rather than explanations as the millennium approached.
A Los Angeles judge rules on a legal matter involving a man and his mother-in-law. The decision centers on familial relationships and the influence of in-laws within custody or support contexts as reported by the Detroit News.
American Magazine presents a feature on a quiet triumph framed as a personal mouthpiece. The piece highlights the subject’s measured approach and the impact of restrained rhetoric on public discourse.
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