Looking Backward 1888 Headlines and Local Events
From the Tribune July 27 1888 notes finish work on a new passenger depot. Rain disrupts haying and raises wool receipts. Blacktail creek swells flooding streets and irrigation ditches. A Safe at George Savage’s wagon works is broken with $3300 missing. William Reynolds aka Frank Williams is hanged at Blackfoot for 1886 murders. William J Bryan calls for rail regulation stance. Oregon Short Line railroad work to begin after survey.
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the Tribune
Odd Fellows
Bannack
Idaho
George Savage
Reed
Winn
William J. Bryan
Oregon
Armstead
Gilmore
Dillon to host Bryan visit signals political spotlight
The July 30 1897 Tribune notes Dillon will host William Jennings Bryan for a brief visit likely the only chance for locals to see the anticipated future president. It also reports on the Hole in the Wall gang, plans to prosecute John Gay in Butte, cyclist rights, a Helena stock company for Alaska prospecting, a Butte robbery, and hoboes looting Prosser's meat market.
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the Tribune
Dillon
Bryan
United States
Wyoming
Butte
John Gay
Joe McBride
Helena
Jacob L. Hansom
Prosser's
Chinook
Beaverhead High to Add Domestic Science Course
From the Tribune August 2 1907 the Beaverhead high school will add a domestic science course as soon as practicable. The article argues such training is vital since about 90 percent of marrying girls bear most household labor yet lack systematic preparation.
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Tribune
Beaverhead High School
Beaverhead county registrants anxiously await draft lists
Beaverhead county held anxious crowds around draft bulletins listing 110 men. Registrants, families, and friends scanned the notices as names neared departure after physicals. Theta dance at Dillmont park raised 300 dollars for Red Cross materials.
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Beaverhead County
Theta
Dillmont Park
Red Cross
March of Time Continues as Senator Collapses in Senate
The article notes a heart attack during a legislative session described as the “legislative day of July 6” and mentions a prepared state funeral in the Senate Chamber. It also reports near Peiping tense Soviet and Japanese activity with Japanese forces engaging in maneuvers and a deadly shooting leaving 16 Japanese and about 200 Chinese casualties.
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Robinson
Senate
Nanking
China
Siberian
Peiping
Nanking Proclaims Readiness for War as Tensions Rise
The Chinese government declares a readiness for war with Japan amid conflicting accounts of who fired first near Fengtai. Chiang Kai-shek sends troops as North China becomes the flashpoint while Tokyo moves troops toward Peiping. Meanwhile, Elmira hosts the Soaring Society meet where Richard du Pont flies thunderhead currents, signaling a new feat in sailplane piloting.
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Nanking
Japan
Chiang
Kai-shek
China
Manchukuo
Peiping
du Pont
Slong
Pennsylvania
Soaring Society
Grasshoppers threaten crops across the Plains in 1937
Plains farmers face an unprecedented grasshopper invasion with 50 acres of Hugo Colorado shoots decimated and a nationwide loss projected near 100 million dollars. Entomologists call it the worst year since 1880 as government and states allocate about 3 million dollars for control. Industry inventors design a mechanical spreader and farmers deploy bug dozers while warnings stress continued poison campaigns to prevent egg deposits for next year.
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Hutchins
Hugo
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Illinois
U. S
S. C. McCampbell
U.S
North
South Dakota
Orlando S. Bare
Nebraska Agricultural College
Arizona
Dillon Montana City Budget Hearing Scheduled
Legal notice: Dillon City Council has prepared its preliminary municipal budget for the year July 1 1937 to June 30 1938 and on file for inspection. A final budget hearing will be held August 4 1937 at 8 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber. Taxpayers may appear. City Clerk Theo F McFadden signs.
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Dillon
Montana
City of
Theo, F
McFadden
Public Notice of Homestead Three Year Proof Filing
Department of the Interior notice from Great Falls Montana dated July 19 1937 states Peter Stef anick of Diller Montana made Original Stock-raising Homestead Entry Serial 077296 for sections in Township 9 West Principal Montana Meridian. He will prove up land before Frank A Hazelbaker Dillon Montana on August 30 1937. Witnesses listed Bert McMenamney Archie Henneberry Leo Tallent Pat Flynn all from Armstead or Dillon Montana.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Peter ‘Stefanick
Diller
Neynwy
Township
Montana Meridian
Notice Inviting Bids for Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Hereby given is a call for sealed proposals to furnish all materials and perform all work necessary to construct and install sanitary sewers in Improvement District No B. Bids must be sealed and submitted as specified in the notice.
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Panitary Sewersin
Mprovement District
Notice of Montana land selection protests in 80 days
Interior Department notice states that Montana filed an application on September 17, 1935 to select two 160 acre parcels under the Taylor Grazing Act. The notice invites all persons with objections to file protests within 80 days with the United States District Land Office at Great Falls or the General Land Office, with proof of service to the State.
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Interior Department
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
State of Montana
Great Falls
Montana
Notice for Publication Roy Lyon Dillon Montana 1937
Department of the Interior notices Roy Lyon of Dillon Montana will prove up a three year stockraising homestead claim in section 14 township 118 range 1W before U S Commissioner F A Hazelbaker at Dillon Montana on August 28 1937 witnesses Frederick G Lyon Roy Bays Bud Harris and Sam Conklin all of Dillon Montana THOS F CORBALLY Register 28 32
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Mont
Roy Lyon
Dillon
Montana
Ranger W
Montana Meridian
F.A. Hazelbaker
U. S
Now
Frederick G. Lyon
Roy Bays
Bud Harris
Sam Conklin
Thos. F. Corbally
Public Notice of Land Claim by William Wilson in Montana
Department of the Interior notices William Wilson of Dillon Montana has filed intent to prove up a 1932 homestead entry for multiple parcels in Township 9 South Range 1 West and Township 8 South Range 7 West Montana. He will appear with witnesses George E. Baker Norman E. Holden Robert S. Quackenbush and Charles H. Humes on August 9 1937 before Norman Giles at Dillon.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Mont
William Wilson
Dillon
Montana
Seyanwy
Township
Range 7
Montana Meridian
Norman Giles
Fifth Judicial District
George E. Baker
Norman E. Holden
Robert S. Quackenbush
Charles H. Humes
Thos. F. Corbally
Notice of Labor Expended on Beaverhead Quartz Claims
In Montana on May 5 1937 Paul Girard and Fred Girard or their heirs are notified that annual labor of one hundred dollars was expended in 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1980 1981 1932 and 1938 on specified quartz lode mining claims including omit Anaconda New Anaconda Heckla Mine Mountain View New Anaconda Mill Site in Beaverhead County under Title 20 Section 28 and amendments.
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Tte
Montana
Paul Girard
Fred Girard
Anaconda
New Anaconda
Heckladene
Mountain View
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National Advertising Representative
the’ American Press Association
March of
James Roosevelt
Cleveland
W. T. Holliday
Harold Burton
Fengtai
Elmira
New York
The
Soarer du Pont
Wilmington du ‘Ponts
Jackie
London”Zoo
Coronado, Galif
Vallant
Alet Empourte
Oh Rc Hee Ores
MPM Ag Et Bncea
Wilbur-Shaw
Ralph Hepburn
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Northwest Bancorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
A. Felix du Pont
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Hopper
Industrial Accident Board
Los
Theo. F. McFadden
Dillon, Mont
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