Dillon News Briefs Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Dillon residents and visitors are listed in a dense roundup noting Alvin Dewitt Armstead and Miss LaTritia Hunter in Dillon, Walter Grimes clerking at City Drug, and many others from Armstead Bannack Dell Argenta Lima and Spokane. The column covers weather dry with no rain, forest-fire shuttle efforts, army veterans returning, and multiple social visits, business trips, and ads for local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Dewitt
Armstead
Dillon
Walter T. Grimes
City
H. C. Patterson
Dell
Hazelbaker
Stevensville North West Tribune Sold by Faulds
The Stevensville Northwest Tribune, Bitterroot valley’s oldest paper, has been sold by J R Faulds after more than 30 years as proprietor to Joseph Townsend son of J R Townsend of Stevensville and a next year State university senior. Established in 1877 by a stock company led by A B Hammond of San Francisco, Faulds took over the paper in spring 1889 and is noted as a leading Montana journalist and pioneer state press association member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Stevensville
Northwest Tribune
Bitterroot Valley
J. R. Faulds
Joseph Townsend
J. R. Townsend
State University
A. B. Hammond
San Francisco
Faulds
State Press Association
Couple Arrested for Abandoning Baby in Helena Hospital
Mr and Mrs George Karagranis of Deer Lodge were arrested Monday on a charge of abandoning their four month old baby. The child was left on a table at a catholic hospital in Helena after the couple traveled from Deer Lodge the previous Saturday. They told the sheriff they could no longer care for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
George Karagranis
Deer Lodge
Wilcomb Elected President of State Bank at Twin Bridges
A. J. Wilcomb was named president of the State Bank of Twin Bridges at a directors meeting. He succeeds the late Alden Bennett of Virginia City. Wilcomb, connected with the bank since 1898, is a long-time Madison county resident who moved to Montana from New Hampshire in 1872. Other officers elected were Myron Mountjoy cashier Judge M H Lott and Lyman H Bennett vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Bridges
A. J. Wilcomb
State Bank of
Montana Epworth League elects new officers
State Senator Vernon Lewis of Fort Benton was chosen president of the Montana Epworth League at the convention in Billings. Harry Cox of Billings was elected secretary and treasurer.
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Epworth League
Billings
Vernon Lewis
Fort Benton
Montana Epworth League
Harry Cox
Mill Destroyed by Fire in Missoula
The lumber mill owned by John Lagerquist of Hamilton was totally destroyed by a blaze of unknown origin, discovered around 9 PM Friday in Bitter Root. Estimated loss about $20,000 with minimal insurance. No wind kept surrounding yards from burning, preventing greater city damage.
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Missoula
John Lagerquist
Hamilton
Bitter Root
Montana district eighth in June Marine enlistments
Among 80 districts in the United States the Montana district ranked eighth in sending recruits to the Marine Corps in June, per figures received by the local Marine Corps recruiting office.
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Billings
United States
Montana
Marine Corps
Three Lots Near Schools With Furnished House For $900
Property on East Sebree street offers a nearly new furnished small house with three lots near schools. Price $900 with one third down and monthly payments like rent. Apply to Frank Carroll East Sebree Dillon.
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East Sebree Street
Frank Carroll
East Sebree
Dillon
Northern Pacific counts aliens in division staff
Northern Pacific officials report counting 646 aliens in its division workforce with 119 unable to speak English. Of those 119, only one expressed a desire to take the oath of allegiance.
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N. P. Livingston
Northern Pacific
Doans Kidney Pills Prove Longstanding Benefit in Dillon Woman
Mrs Jock Wennett of Bannack Sr reports kidney trouble and back pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. She later confirms lasting improvement and continues to rely on the remedy for any kidney issues. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY notes the fiftieth anniversary of silver discovery in large lodes and Senator Pitman predicts high silver prices for the next two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Jock Wennett
Bannack Sr
Dean
Wennett
Doan
Pitman
For Sale Irrigated Ranch 120 Acres in Dillon MT
For sale an irrigated 120 acre ranch with a good crop this year. Terms: half cash, balance at 6 percent interest. Write Lock Box 546 Dillon Montana.
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Dillon
Montana
Set of team harness in good order for sale
Set of team harness in good order, $30.00. T. D. Moran, Dillon, Montana. 29tf.
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T. D. Moran
Dillon
Montana
Silver drives western mining boom and celebrations
The article notes silver as life saver for western mining districts, aiding mines with gold copper and lead profits. Discovered in Colorado in 1862, silver production surpassed gold by 1895, boosting the free silver movement. the Rocky Mountain silver camps surged after 1889 and steps are being taken to celebrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Taxed for Crippled Soldiers Angers Local Hero
A wounded Argonne veteran in Chicago clashes over a luxury tax on bunion pads bought for his injury. He pays 25 cents plus two cents more, sparking complaints that wartime taxes linger and burden civilians and veterans alike as calls grow to repeal the burden.
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Chicago
Hans
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Sarbatos
Dillon News Briefs
Guy Gray
Bannack
LaTritia Hunter
Andy Pyle
Sheridan
Powell’s
Warren Graeter
Argenta
A. S. McDonald
Pacific St
Southern Montana Abstract and Title Co
Dillon, Montana
Frank Hazelbaker
Tattersall’s
Burns Perry
Galen
Chas. Luppens
Geo. W. Keesee
Butte
Luppens
Lee Smith
Idaho Falls
H. D. Cashmore
U. S
France
Charles Perry of
Tribune Office
J. F. Goddard
Children of
Singer Sewing Machines
Charles Flynn
Jack Barrett
Boss Emerick
Centennial Valley
Chris
Hanson
Elkhorn Springs
Burroughs
Enquire Tribune Pub. Co
J. D. Brandenberg
Near Lima
Pearl J. Smith
D.A. Sullivan
D. V. Erwin
Loreen Nelson
Parke T. Scott
E. L. Poindexter
John T. Orr
Pacific Coast States
Beaverhead County
Southern Montana
Frank Hazlebaker
Pres
Mont
Arthur A. Gibson
Examiner
The
Leo Truax
Lima
J. T. Ross
Fred Voelker
Deputy and
Chester Holmes
Frank Triplett
Grace Johnson
Anaconda
E. R. Mosher
Henry Gleed
California
Salt Lake
Mr. Gleed
Frank Paul
Paul
W. J. Cushing
Josephine Cushing
Anthony French
Alice Conway
Melrose
Jacob Fishburm
Spokane
Fishburn
Harvey
Julia Norris
Yellowstone National Park
William Wuerz
Calif
Roy Forrester
Ethel Wuerz
Fred Critz
Hazel Conger
Agnes Conger
Nels Porter
Otto Gosman
R. P. Willard
Robert Bears
Cardwell
Manhattan
M. E. French
Mayme
Gertrude
Forsyth
Effie Poles
Rowley
Iowa
Willard A. Smith
Jackson
G. P. Spencer
O. E. Stein
Ohio
John H. Judge
Mr. Stein
Mrs. Judge
Steins
Joe A. Browne
Portland
Oregon
Lee H. Young
Bozeman
Yellowstone Park
C. P. Thomas
Henry F. Toomey
Dillon Volunteers
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Scott & Bowke
Scott's
Silver
E. W. Jones
Optometrist
Albert Stamm
Jeweler
WM. Frumn
Dillon, Mont
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