Winter Woes and Odd Tales From a Cold Town
In the January nineteenth century column residents complain of freezing court houses due to no furnace and officers stacking wood for stoves. A visiting lady is advised to keep her wraps on and return after a friend’s visit. A bachelor notes a visiting Thai- Chinese quarter using tom toms and a one string fiddle as music. Dillon whiskey is said to help men endure the cold although tolerance varies.
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the Tribune
Court House
Dillon
Dillon memories and milestones from the Klondyke era
The Tribune notes Chris Snyder’s return journey from the Klondyke and his comparatively better fortune. It records Hugh Anderson’s ankle injury from a rolling log while playing on a wood pile. It reports a lively school election with 801 voting for a new high school and 244 against. Six sweet girl graduates are set to finish at the state normal next week.
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the Tribune
Chris Snyder
Dillon
Klondyke
Hugh Anderson
Sweet Girl
Scott Leaves for Scotland from Dillon
The Tribune notes Dillon carpenter Thomas Scott departed Monday for his old home in Scotland. The item also recounts a remarkable 1910 aviation feat by Paulhan flying forty seven and a half miles in one hour, two minutes, and forty two and a half seconds in California.
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the Tribune
Thomas Scott
Dillon
Scotland
California
Paulhan
Old Folks Say Dr Caldwell Was Right
An 19th century injection of medical advice touts Dr Caldwell and his Syrup Pepsin a mild laxative for constipation biliousness headaches and indigestion. The ad claims it safe for children and adults with no narcotics and offers a free trial bottle by mail from Monticello Illinois.
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DR. Caldwell
Caldwell
Medical College
Pocket veto defined as end-of-session veto tactic
A pocket veto occurs when a chief executive keeps a bill unsigned as the legislative session ends within the period allowed for returning a signature or veto, causing the measure to fall without an explicit veto. The tactic avoids direct rejection and delays or prevents passage.
Persian hat law enforces Pahlavi headwear
The law mandates every Persian from the king to the schoolboy wear the Pahlavi hat named after the king. Any person seen in a different hat is arrested and fined under this decree.
Brook Trout Prize Weighs 1444 Pounds in Nipigon River
The prize brook trout weighed 1444 pounds and was caught in the Nipigon River in Ontario.
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Nipigon River
Ontario
Real Estate Transfers From Beaverhead Abstract Weekly
Real estate transfers listed for the week ending January 9 1980 include Frank and Grace Schulz selling 160 acres to Glen dale Sheep Company near Melrose. May Cantrell sells 320 acres in Sheep Creek basins to Elmer Martinell. Kate Burfield transfers 2 lots in Dillon. Heirs of Mary J Gray to Archie Gray 2 lots in Dillon. Bart Hungate to 1.5 lots in Lima townsite. Annie E Nelson Admx. to Mabel and Ira Wagner one lot in Dillon subdivision. W C Orr notes water appropriation near Redrock ranch.
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Beaverhead
Abstract
Frank
Grace Schulz
Glendale Sheep Company
Melrose
May Cantrell
Elmer Martinell
Sheep Creek
Kate Burfield
Sophie Banks
Emma Bates
Rife
Dillon
Guy Gray
Mary J. Gray
Archie Gray
Bart Hungate
Lima
Montana
Admx
Josephine Tritt
Mabel
Ira Wagner
Mack Sways Miss Walker Into Career Change
Nella Walker, known for stage work and vaudeville, followed persistent Mack's push from Chicago school exit to radio and vaudeville stardom. She later test signed with Allen Kearns for RKO and starred in Tanned Legs, directed by Russell Mack.
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Mack
Nella Walker
Reynolds
Hartwig
Wilbur Mack
Chicago
Della Fox
Miss Walker
New Yo
California
Russell Mack
RKO Studios
Allen Kearns
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Cough Relief This Winter
An advertisement from Chicago cites a testimonial about Foley's Honey and Tar claim it stops coughing overnight. The seller Geo. M. Gosman promotes the product through the Tribune notice, urging readers to ask their druggist.
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East St
Chicago
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
Adv
Home Hygrometer Use to Gauge Indoor Moisture Levels
The Holland Institute of Thermology explains two yardsticks for moisture content the hygrometer and the psychrometer. A DIY hygrometer can be built using two etched- scale thermometers, a water-filled cistern, and a wick. Mount on a wallboard and use a government table to read humidity.
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Holland
Mich
Light Sleepers and Sensory Alertness in Vertebrates
The dynotic sleep of vertebrate i is not usually deep as animals are easily roused from immobility. While generally motionless they can still move their eyes and react optically. A hypnotized rabbit also reacts to a whistle sound.
Expensive Tuition at MIT Cited by Bursar
Arthur Q. Rhind of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says the school’s annual operating cost per student runs about 851 dollars, while tuition averages 400 dollars. This highlights MIT as an expensive institution to operate.
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Arthur Q. Rhind
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virtue Leads All Virtue as Highest Reward
A Plautus quotation extols virtue as preceding all things and guarding liberty safety life property and family. It asserts virtue contains all good things and that those who possess virtue have the blessings that accompany it.
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Plautus
Reward offered for arrest of bounty funds violator
One hundred dollars reward to any individual other than regular officers of the law for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn. Adv. 114m.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Cystex 48 Hour Test Ad Prompting Quick Relief
An advertisement invites readers with bladder irritation to try Cystex with a 48 hour test. It promises rapid improvement and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied, urging purchase at City Drug Co for 60 cents.
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City Drug Co
Adv
Notice of Tax Deed Filing in Lima Montana
A. M. Ebbett will apply February 25 1930 to Beaverhead County Montana Treasurer for a tax deed on lots 1 2 8 4 17 18 19 20 block 5 Garland's Addition Lima plus North half of lots 11 12 18 44 15 16 block 4 Garland's Addition Lima and the tract north of blocks 5 and 6 Garland's Addition Lima along the easterly side of the county road in SW1 4 of section 4 township 14 south range 8 west. Amount due 47 50 plus publication and deed costs.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Garland
Lima
Range 8
Notice of Public Land Claim in Great Falls Montana
Department of the Interior gives notice that Thomas W. Cox of Grant Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish a stock raising additional home stead claim covering sections 17 19 20 township 10 south range 14 west principal meridian. Proof to be made before Fred Rife clerk at Dillon Montana on February 28 1930 with witnesses Richard E Porter Merle R liggett of Dillon and Joseph Chaput Samuel B Howell of Sree Montana. M D Nicholson Register Adv.
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Department of the Interior
U. S
Great Falls
Montana
Thomas W. Cox
Grant
Seysea
Seynem
S .Sney
Township
Range
Prin. Meridian
Fred Rife
District Court
Dillon
Richard E. Porter
Merle R. Liggett
Joseph Chaput
Samuel B. Howell
Sree Montana
M. D. Nicholson Register
Adv
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T. Rel
Cnet
Little America
Byrd Lest
Ice
South Pole
Byrd
Bernt Balchen
Harold June
A. C. McKinley
Antarctica
Richard FE. Byrd
June
Ashley
C McKinley
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Washington, D. C
The
Mother Jones
Hyattsville
Maryland
Santa’Claus
Saalele
Santa Claus
Indiana
A. M. Ebbett
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