Beaverhead County Fourth of July Dances and Weather Notes
Special correspondence from Wisdom Big Hole Basin and Polaris report a chilly Fourth with crowds, dancing crowding the Wisdom hall, a quiet night, and calls for a bouncer. Weather worsened hay conditions with unusual rain since June. Mentions campers, trading, ore samples, and local travel between Dillon Argenta and Bannack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Wisdom
C. W. Francis
Chappo
Little Baldy
Big Baldy
Gray
Black Diamond
Messrs
Lessi & Francis
Geo. H. Stewart
Sam Jones
Polaris
C. R. Townsend
Argenta
John Pierson
Polaris Hill
A. P. Pendery
Butler &Townsend
Utah
Frank Carroll
Butte
Scott Cozad
Big Hole Basin
Craig Snyder
Dillon
Hersey's Letter With A Congress Review In 1897
Washington July 3 1897 A resume of the session notes the Senate laboring over tariff schedules and the House on vacation. It cites the Cuba relief appropriation and McKinley Hawaii policy as key acts, and records Pettigrew's dramatic Senate moment, broader tariff changes for wool hides and lead, plus Western support and visiting Montanan members.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Cuba
House
McKinley
Hawaii
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Platt
Connecticut
Republican Party
New England
South
Mantle
Teller
Carter
Spooner
Allison
Montana
Ohio
Kootenai River
Committee On Commerce
Army
Engineers’ Bureau
Wyoming
Idaho
Fontana
Great Falls
Grocer Refunds Money for Tea Coffee Soda Products
A grocer offers to refund shoppers full payment if they are not satisfied with tea coffee soda baking powder flavoring extracts and spices, citing Scholling's Best as the standard.
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Scholling
Fourth of July Celebrations with Parade Races and Ball
A Monday Fourth of July celebration featured a downtown parade led by Marshal Paul P. Walsh, with the Dillon brass band and a Goddess of Liberty float. In the afternoon a large crowd gathered at the fair grounds for races, a greased pole climb, bicycle feats, and a final bicycle parade with fireworks. Evening events included a grand ball at the opera house and a streetside display of fireworks. The Young People's Society held a monthly meeting and announced a July 15 dance with admission 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Dewy
Mra. Flynns
Canyon
Clark McNinen
A. D. Young
S.M. McKnight
Dillon
Jos. Hainds of
Crabtree
Dilton
Inter Lands
Liberty Pole
Montana Street
Paul P. Walsh
Dillon Brass Band
Order of
United Workmen
Fair Grounds
E.G. Cattermole
Grace M. E. Church
D. E. Sanders
State Normal School
M. A. Miller
Johnnie Taylor
Ray Sanders
Eugene Poindexter
Will Neagle
Fauntleroy
J. L. Fishburn
Rooney
Rowdy
Young People’s Society of the Presbyterian Church
Byron Cunnard
Katy Rife
Bella Rife
Weller
Mildred Bishop
Nellie Black
Maidie Rife
Florence Meisner
Jennie Bishop
Henry Burfeind
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Kupfer
Dillon, Mont
Fidel Huber
Mgr
Fyhrie
Pickman Building
Montana ST
Dillon, Montana
J.G. Reynolds
E. L. Page
Reynolds & Page's
O. E. Morse
Undertaker's
Beaverhead County
Neway
Pollaris
George White
Charles Peterson
Cumberland
Bannack
William Fiibarker
Henry Durfee
Anaconda
Bald Mountain
Red Rock
Rup Roox
Pat Ward
Fred Lamphear
Stage Line
May Sunderlin
Maud Hill
Maud
William Blair
Horse Prairie
Billy
al Anderson
Blackfoot
Challis
Ted Haines
Salt Lake
DELL
Hersey
Little Maid
The
Y. P
Royal Baking Powder
New York
Dillon Market
Eph Stoller
N.E. Hammer
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