Dillon News Briefs Highlight Local Business and Travel
A Dillon column lists ongoing public land scrip supply, new well drilling at the county farm, and multiple residents traveling for business or visiting relatives. The piece notes carpentry services, schooling and banking updates, haying season in Beaverhead, and moves by residents including returned soldiers and settlers exploring regional sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Hazelbaker
Smith & Wilson
Dave Sullivan
Miles City
Annabel Desmond
Butte
Doctor George Brownback Moves Practice to Phillips Apartments
Osteopath Dr. George Brownback relocates from 18 South Washington to Phillips Apartments North Idaho Street Suite 11 Adv-1Stf. Appointment details are not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brownback
South
Washington Street
Phillips Apartments
North
Idaho Street
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised In Dillon Ad
An advertisement extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache caused by weak kidneys. Mrs. A S Gruwell of Dillon testifies the remedy consistently improves disorders and dull back pain. Sold at Pott's Drug Store for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Dillon
A. S. Gruwell
N. Washington St
Doan
Pott’s
Two Cigarettes Away Explain Shooting Distance
An Eastern Illinois inquest hears a youth testify at a coroner’s inquiry into a death by self harm. The witness, a heavy cigarette user, explains distance by saying he could smoke about two cigarettes while moving from the hearing to the shooting scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indianapolis News
Montana Health Officers to Hold Conference in Missoula
The annual conference of State Health Officers and Montana Board of Health physicians will meet in Missoula starting July 7, 1919 at 10 a.m. at the Florence Hotel with visitors register at 9 a.m. The event runs through July 8 with national and state health leaders, including Dr. Evans Crumbine Hayne Abbott Hills and a U S Public Health Service representative, on the program. Governor Stewart to preside at the July 8 public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Board of Health
Missoula
Florence Hotel
State Board of Health
Montana
W. A. Evans
the Tribune
Chicago
Illinois
S. J. Crumbine
Topeka
Kansas
J. A. Hayne
Columbia
South Carolina
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
J. S. Abbott
Co-Operative Food and Drug Control
R. W. Hills
Western Division
Bureau of Chemistry
San Francisco
Calif
S. W. Stewart
Sillier Song Jokes of War Turned on Audience
An Italian soldier captured by Austrians sang the Italian anthem while working. An Austrian officer mocked him asking for a sillier song. The Italian’s anger flared then cooled as he offered to sing the Austrian anthem, gaining a quiet smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Historic Precedents and Lima on Recognition Policy
The New York Evening Sun questions American insistence on recognizing de facto governments in Paris while ignoring past actions by President Wilson. It cites Costa Rica and Huerta to argue that precedents depend on circumstances rather than rigid rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lenine
Wilson
Costa Rica
Huerta
New York Evening Sun
Honest men and volunteers in a wartime kiss tale
A milk magnate recalls a tale of honesty at a New York milk strike. An LA movie actress recruited volunteers to fight for Uncle Sam by kissing them. One man who had already kissed her returned and kissed her again after being rejected by the recruiting office, claiming he must return the kiss to be honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Baker
Puyallup
Washington
Dillon
Stone
State Bank of
Eva Gillman
C. C. Thornton
Butte
Southern
Montana
Title Co
Harlebaker
Pres
Mont
Loton Horton
New York
Mr. Horton
Los Angeles
Bazar
Uncle Sam
Aris
Ex-Kaiser Birthday Toast Reported at German HQ
A Cassel Zeitung report cited by Vos siche Zeitung says Germany’s army leadership celebrated the ex Kaiser’s birthday despite denials. Marshal von Hindenburg praised him and urged a silent toast for the Kaiser’s health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassel Allgemeine Zeitung
Vossiche Zeitung
Germany
Marshal von Hindenburg
German War Maps and Surveys Show British Sound Ranging Edge
The article notes British survey mastery and the sound ranging system for artillery, used at Arras in April 1917. It attributes the secret to a self recording mechanism and cites Ludendorff’s orders seeking its capture, contrasting with German stopwatch methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Geographic Society
Arras
Ludendorf
Inedianapolis
Moth Exterminator: Naphthalene Protects Woolens and Kills Larvae
A Des Moines Register report notes Experiments by the United States Department of Agriculture show naphthalene protects woolens from clothes moth infection and kills all insect life stages. Red cedar chest destroys adults and damages larvae, but eggs still hatch. Cedar chips and shavings help limit damage when used liberally on treated flannel.
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Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Des Moines Register
Beatrice Reveals Hidden Gift At Birthday Party
Beatrice attends a party and wants a new frock. Her mother refuses, finding the dress in good condition. Her father consoles her and exclaims the dress is pretty, noting he has never seen it before. Beatrice replies she has “geen it offin.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Stung
A brief dialogue fragment shows two speakers trading terse exchanges about recognition and advantage. One character challenges the other’s familiarity as they converse in a casual yet pointed manner. The scene hints at social or personal tension.
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Ansco-Vp
City Drug Co
Dillon, Montana
Dillon News Briefs
A. S. McDonald
Pacific St
Jay Holtz
Lewistown
Thomas Hawkins
Examiner Shop
John E. Shipman
Seattle
Shipman
Harriet
Herbert Stewart
Lower
Beaverhead
F. H. Bimrose
Frances
Velma Judge
Big Hole Basin
L. Cushing
Laura Kress
Caroline Barbour
Elkhorn Springs
W. E. Stephenson
The
State Bank
Helen Randolph
L. S. Kimmel
Armstead
Mrs. Kimmel
East
Alonzo Burkett
Margaret Roe
Bozeman
Southern Montana Abstract and Title Co
Frank Hazelbaker
Bannack
Singer
Tattersall’s
George Pyle
Grasshopper
John Shefer
Horse Prairie
Pierson
Long Beach
Cal
Floyd Best
Geo. Wolfe
Centennial Valley
William Carroll
U. S.army
Louis Potter
Wyoming
Schulz
Dillon Red and Gun Club
LeGrand Young
Salt Lake City
Saege
Glen Squires
Broadview
Apex
Beaverhead Valley
Albert Stamm
Joseph Stamm
Wawautosa
Wis
Louisa Stamm
Milwaukee
Brown’s Lakes
Dillon Oil Company
Bannack Street
Will George
Denver
Mr. George
Clason Map Company
H. H. Swain
State Normal College
Helena
University of Montana
Ross Sugg
Pat
Ward
Glacier ‘National’ ‘Park
Sage
Montana Street
T. J. Mulaney
Mars
Scott
Middle-West
Mr. Scott
Cecil Smith
U.S
France
Fort Russell
Joe Wedum
Wisconsin
Smithy
WM. Frum
Dillon, Moni
E. W. Jones
Optometrist
Jeweler
Ter
Union
P.H. McCarthy
M. D. Pres
W. F. Cogswell
M. D. Secy
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Western Wholesale
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