From the Tribune July 10 1891 Highlights
A digest of notes from 49 years ago including potato crop outlook in Dillon with yields 33 to 50 percent below last year, marriages of Elia Sperry and W T Edwards, accidents in Hecla mines, and county matters handled by Eastman. Also 40 years ago items of Bannack weddings, arrests for claret theft, and local gossip on Twin Bridges and Helena copper statue arrival.
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The
Tribune
Wilhelm Bernstine
M. Berger, Jr
Lima
Dillon
Elia Sperry
W. T. Edwards
J. R. Holden
Hecla
Eastman
Virginia City
the Tribune
Bannack
Georgia Graves
R. H. Ryburn
Moore
Anna Harwood
State Normal
Berkley
Calif
Twin Bridges
Helena
Atlantic Seaboard
Capital Building
State Board of Examiners
R. ‘H. Selway
Western Mines News Nuggets Summary From Across Montana And Arizona
Recent items include the death of George Woods Cushing aged 74, a retired traffic manager for United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company, after a major operation. Montana speakers slated for the American Mining Congress convention in Colorado Springs focus on national defense and strategic minerals. Production news includes Lucky Strike mine starting immediately under Victor Nelson with a 30 ton mill, Rex Mining near Marysville producing 40 tons daily, and Miami Copper shutting for a month to repair a shaft amid water shortages while acquiring Old Dominion mine as a water source.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
George Woods Cushing
United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company
Butte
Mont
Montana
American Mining Congress
Colorado Springs
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining Association of Montana
Trauerman
Denver
Traverman
Chicago
Neihart
Victor Nelson
Miami
Ariz
The
Miami Copper Company
Old Dominion
City Council Plans New Pipeline Between City and Reservoirs
From the Tribune July 15 1910 a special meeting of the city council decided to lay an extra pipeline to the reservoirs next fall at an estimated cost near $20000. The Big Hole basin may see rail development before Dillon witnesses the Gilmore Pittsburg line. County Assessor A H French reported the annual assessable property total with a small rise of 77580. Doctor Floyd Best travels to Dysart Iowa to wed Margaret Fuller Pierson with Judson Best as best man. The couple will reside in Dillon. Bell Telephone adds two operators extending hours to 10 pm. Marjorie McLaughlin accepts a clerk position at the Dillon Bakery replacing Lizzie Carry.
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the Tribune
Big Hole
Dillon
Gilmore
Bell Telephone Exchange
Marjorie McLaughlin
Lizzie ‘Carry
Observations On War Time Duties And Liberty
Marshal Petain warns that comfort weakens sacrifice and compulsory training may rise. Parachute use and forest firefighting plans emerge. Barnardo’s charity model proves from London slums to civic virtue. The Glorious Fourth marks democracy thriving amid Europe’s fall. Archibald MacLeish questions anti war writing and print’s power to move readers.
New flotation mill planned near Nogales Arizona
Nogales Arizona June 28 A T Russell and C C Robertson owners announced a flotation mill two miles from Nogales will begin operation in a few weeks Sacramento July 2 Production of strategic minerals in California jumped in 1939 with molybdenum ore setting a new high and gains in gypsum lithic minerals lime talc and saltstone Utah July 2 miner John E Kearns 71 a former Cody mayor dies after a brief illness in Utah hospital Boulder Montana July 2 Erick and Jim Jenderson are noted in an unclear closing line
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Nogales
Ariz
A. T. Russell
C. C. Robertson
Sacramento
Calif
California
State Division of Mines
Salt Lake City
Utah
John E. Kearns
Nevada
Intermountain West
Cody
Wye
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Boulder
Mont
Erick
Jim
Jenderson
Stars and the influence on human fate
The article reflects on Edwin Hubble noting that each person may be associated with hundreds of thousands of stars. It discusses long standing astrology claims and the idea of a lucky star among vast stellar numbers.
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Edwin Hubble
Slum Children and England's Changing Future
England faces a shattered social fabric as two million children in slums confront a new era shaped by war. The piece contrasts prewar conditions with the impact of bombing and upheaval on urban poverty and the national outlook.
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England
Hitler
Oberammergau Passion Play Cancelled for Summer
The article notes the Oberammergau Passion Play will not be presented this summer, a rare cancellation in over 300 years. It recalls historical plagues and the tradition of performing the Passion Play every ten years, and mentions the Pilgrimage Play Theater of Los Angeles dubbed the Oberammergau of America as it opens its 17th season.
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Oberammergau
Europe
Bavarian Alps
Los Angeles
America
Cahuenga
Red Cross Benefit Card Party Set For Friday
Ticket sales are led by Red Cross ladies for a card party at St. James Guildhall on Friday July 12. The event aims to raise funds for war relief with proceeds to be distributed. Latecomers may pay at the door if no prior ticket is obtained.
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Red Cross
St. James Guildhall
Williams lands placer lease in Beaverhead county
Helena Montana June 23 The Montana land board granted John H Williams of Beaverhead county a placer mining lease on 50 acres of Beaverhead county land.
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Helena
Mont
The
Montana Land Board
John H. Williams
Beaverhead County
Report of condition of The First National Bank of Dillon 1940
Bank show assets total 1 641 869.94 with cash and vault items 383 215.61 and real estate 422 628.46. Liabilities total 1 447 614.02 including deposits 1 517 03 and 26 791.96. capital accounts total 104 255.92. Pledged assets include 110 100.00 in United States government securities.
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United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Ecs
Eeseneveenseetseseeneereenneatens
Wil
Santhiaphennas
Seero Pbraeosty
Moranda
Ee Securities
Butte School Leader Discusses Germany’s World War II Effects
Superintendent Paul L. Anderson spoke to the Butte Exchange Club on Tuesday about how Germany’s victory would affect the social and economic system. George T. Hildreth returned Sunday from Bozeman where he attended summer school at the college.
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Paul L. Anderson
N Lew Public Schools
Butte Exchange Club
Germany
George T. Hildreth
Bozeman
The
College
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National Advertising
American Preen Association
Garver
San Francisco
Mabel Ames
Blanche Faulhaber
Delphian Society
C. C. Thornton
Vancouver
B. C
S. G. Truitt
Fulton
Gowen
W. C. Jennings
Frank Eliel
Hawaiian Islands
G. E. Finch
Seattle
Helen
Western Mines
Marysville
Rex Mining Company
Dimple Causey
Houston
Engle Room
New Yort
Caussy
How Goes the World
Austin Conover
Marshal Petain
France
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Forest Service
Thomas Barnardo
London
China
Barnardo
East End
Poland
Liberty
Lexington and Concord
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Archibald MacLeish
Library of Congress
Don Passos
Hemingway
Walter Millis
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
Dillon, Montana
Northwest. Bancorporation
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Western
RED Cross Party
First National Bank of ‘Dillon
Comptroller of Currency
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Sppaenanty
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Tota
Beaverhead
Rees
Helief
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Carl 0. Holmen
Jackson
Township
Prin
Montana Meridian
Loulain Army
Sam ePterson
John ‘N. Anderson
Kenneth ePterson
Carl,m. Linden
Thos
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Register
U. 5S
Carl M. Linden
Range
Meridian
Gias
Louisia Almy
Sam Peterson
Kenneth Peterson
Carl O. Holmen
John N. Anderson
F. Corbally
Oo Register
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Martin Nicholas
Barnett
United States of America
Theodore F
McFadden
F.C. McFadden
VC. McFadden
William T. Scully
John Collins
Poindexter Block
Minnie J. Scully
William .T. Scully
James M. Dodd
J. E. Kelly
Augusta Dodd
Leon A .Smith
Oney A. Smith
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