Dillon notes and ads mix with local updates and weddings
Local Dillon items report new goods at Hughes McCaleb and Morton stores, visits by miners and merchants, marriages including Joe Kramer Ellen Ottum and George Boatman Cornelia Miller, estate sales, and health ads for DeWitt’s pills and White’s Vermifuge. Also covered are accidents, a bankruptcy case, and a murder trial update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Parsonage
George T. Boatman
Cornelia T. Miller
R. P. Smith
Boatman
Dillon
Montanans Record Heat and Low Rainfall In June
The past month in Montana set records for heat and drought with the Voluntary Observer Munroe noting a maximum of 94 degrees and a mean of 64.7 while rainfall totaled 0.73 inches. There were 16 clear days 9 cloudy days and 5 partly cloudy days with hail on the 2nd and a thunderstorm on the 3rd and a prevailing southwest wind.
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Montana
Munroe
Deeds and Mining Claims Filed In District Lands
A will of deeds lists transfers in Montana including Geo H Tong to Andrew Jackson land near Dewey and Ern Townsend to Henry Langley in Argenta. It notes mining claims and water locations in the Big Hole basin and Grasshopper areas with several names and parcels, and mentions a patent issued to H O Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Tong
Andrew Jackson
Dewey, Mont
Ernest Townsend
Henry O. Langley
Argenta
E. L. Harper Et
Wm. M. Reed
Pyle
Otho Klemm
Michael Cloitt
Benjamin
Big Hole
Jakson
O. W. Major
Big Hole Basin
Daniel Tovey
Montgomery Slough
John K. Martin
Snow Creek
Lost Cloud
D. Whitehorne
Argente
H. O. Stover
Collision near Dell halts line for hours and delays train
A rear end crash near Dell early Friday morning crushed a caboose and several coal cars, derailed a big engine, and blocked the main line for about five hours. The south bound passenger train was delayed roughly four hours as cleanup occurred. An unrelated ad promotes Cascarets candy cathartic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell
New proprietor takes over Portland restaurant and governs credit
Lain Kee buys Wah Hoan and Lee Hong interests and requires all creditors to submit bills by July 15. Kept orders limit goods to those by the proprietor. Also notes brisk sales of Kerry Milla march and two step records, and local music purchases at the Tribune Store in Dillon. It reports Nome and Dawson Klondike activity and a steamer arrival from Cape Nome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Dillon
Joe Smith
W. A. Clark
W. Stewart
Virginia City
Kansas City
New York
Lain Kee
Wah Hoan
Lee Hong
Law Knez
Kerry Milla
Davis
Georgia
Mills
Portland
George W. Elder
Cape Nome
Nome
Dawson
Klondike
Purser Hayward
Reservoir Flood Destroys Town District in Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids reservoir burst flooding a hillside district, destroying homes and barns and causing dozens of injuries. Authorities report over 100 million gallons released with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Mrs. William Cooper died in the wreckage and her husband was severely hurt. The flooded area houses working class families.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
City Water Works
William Cooper
Two Important Captures One Filipino Leader Surrenders
The Manila cable reports General Aquino, a prominent insurgent leader, surrendered unconditionally to First Lieutenant John J. O Connell with Macabobe scouts on June 29, yielding 64 rifles and ammunition. General Ricarte, active in Manila this year, was captured July 11 by native police between Paco and Sta Ana, affecting Manila's conditions.
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Manila
War Department
Aquino
John J. O’connell
Ricarte
Paco
Stania
MacArthur
Roosevelt Cheered by Rough Riders in Oklahoma Camp
Governor Roosevelt received a rousing welcome in Oklahoma Territory with his Rough Riders in khaki uniforms. About 10,000 gathered at the station, shouting for Teddy as the band played There ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oklanoma Urry
O.T
Teddy
San Juan
Cascarets Cathartic Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Onsady Cathartic as a pleasant cleansing tonic for kidneys liver and bone. It claims to dispel colds cure headache fever and habitual constipation and biliousness. It urges buying a box today with prices listed and a guarantee by druggists.
Seattle dispatch reports Aberdeen gun suicide over quarrel
Ben King, once of Helena, shot himself after a quarrel with a woman he lived with aboard the steamer Aberdeen off Seattle. The Great Falls Tribune offers rewards for information leading to Gertrude Harrington’s murderers or discovery of her whereabouts if alive, with staged payouts for body recovery if dead.
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Seattle
Aberdeen
Ben King
King
Helena
Great Falla Tribune
Gertrude Harrington
The
Tribune
Report on The State Bank of Dillon June 30 1900 Conditions
Report of the condition of The State Bank of Dillon at close of business June 30 1900. Details include resources loans and discounts, overdrafts, cash items, deposits, and liabilities. A. L. Stone signs as cashier. notary Jno. G. Willis witnesses. Also lists letters remaining at post office and legal note on citizenship tax case.
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the State Bank of
Dillon
Willis P. O
Willi Beaverhead County
Montana
P.M. Klum. A
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Levi Strauss & Sprine
San Francisco
Cal
Dillon Market
Dillon and Vicinity
Hughes & McCaleb
Fish Bros
Morton's
Fenton
Sheridan
W. G. Blais
Horse Prairie Storkman
Dillon Cash Grocery Co
Ella T. Hennebery
Mra
Will Henneberry
Martin Gleeson
DeWitt
Williams’ Drug Store
Atlantic St. John H
Ballard
Williams Drug Store
Henry R. Melton
Judge Melton
W. W. Francis
Joe Kramer
Mies Ellen Ottum
Jackson
James W. Bothwell
Henrietta G. Edwards
Geo. T. Boatman
Cordellia T. Miller
Lakeview
Knapp Bros
Mrs
Mattie Holcomb Paul
Hughes & McCaleb’s
Hughes & McCaleb'’s
Scott & Decker
Bedrock
John W. Morton
Jas. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
RE. H. Schwartz
White
J. L. Taylor
Houston
Texas
H. S. Taylor
Temple
John S. Taylor
John S
Feely
Nugent
Butte
Williams
Drug Store
Misa Ellen Otton
Mr. Kramér
Thomson Avenue
O. C. Barnett
Ollie Humphreys
Chamberlain
Curtis Bookwalter
Ohio
Wil
Montana State News
the Daily Press
Burlington Branch
Big Horn Basin
Eddie Guitteau
Great Falls
State Board of Equalization
Cascade County
Peter Dempsey
Great Northern
Hesex
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
Patrick Gallagher
Michael Carney
Missoula County
Spriggs
Charles D. Kenyon
Bannack
Deer Lodge
West Point
Oscar Craig
State University
CO. W. Mead
Co. D
Philippines
Livington
Jefferson Barrack
Philippians
Livingston
W. W. Beasley
Lovell Osbourne
Lewis and Clarke
Mack Comstock
Ernest O. Bond
Gallatin
Forest Reserve
Horace A. Cleveland
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Rosa Dempsey
Whitehall
Linsday
Department of the District Court
Perry W. Wolverton
Yellowstone Park
Harrison
Helen Gould
Dilloh
Dixon P. D
Grace Lamont
Bennington
Dooley
Ira E Dodge
Leselmer
Louis Herndon
Thos
Jensen
AB Lewis
Joe ‘Leno
Frank” Jennings
Keavar
Madley
Colby
Harry Peters
Edward Colby
Peters
Kentucky
Bin
Dillon Weather
C. O
Credittorn
United States
Calore
Ayers
oLsus Witt
Canova
J. al Lowell
Moyvana
Beaverhead
A. L. Stone
A. L.long
Jno
G. Willis
Beaverhead County
Wit
Rox
Alk
Garter
Willis
Knowles
Standard Oil CO
Pianga
Geallewoman
New York City
Secur
Aki
Gentlewoman Publishing Company
Gentlewoman Building
N. Ye
White House
the Saalfield Pub
Akron
Denver &Rio Grande
R.R
Glenwood Springs
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Points East
Grand Junction
Chicago
Ogden
Salt Lake
Provo
Glenwood
Cripple Cry
Spee
Pr Pt
B. F. Nevens
Bast Lake
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