Local and Personal News From Dillon Area
A long list of visits and movements across Dillon includes Frank Blair in town from Grant and Arby Beardslee from Lima. Numerous other residents and visitors from Beaverhead, Horse Prairie, Glen, Armstead, and surrounding areas travel to Dillon for business, medical, mining, or social reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arby Beardslee
Lima
Thomas Flynn
Butte
Charles H. Padley
Kunzman
W. C. Templin
Horse Prairie
J. E. Edgehill
Boston
Dillon
Carl Hartwig
Steve Kambich
Glen
D. V. Erwin
Beaverhead County
D. E. Metlen
Frank Lovell
Roy Murray
Montana Auto Supply Company
George Melton
Madison County
H. J. Selway
Montana Supreme Court Clarifies Detention of Property Pending Appeal
In a Montana ruling Justice Lanner holds that a party awarded judgment for personal property and damages for detention up to verdict may file a separate suit for detention of the property during appeal. The decision reverses a Gallatin county case, Chesnut vs Sales, involving two mules and harness. Another opinion upholds the bulk sale law in Wheeler & Motter Mercantile v Moon.
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Chesnut
Justice Holloway
Wheeler & Motter Mercantile Company
L. T. Moon
Hefferlin Mercantile Company
Moon
Napoleon’s Bible Found On Elba Inexpensive Edition Noted
An Italian journalist reports a cheap illustrated Bible marked with Napoleon’s initial N and the Imperial crown. It shows underlined passages suggesting the exiled emperor sought scriptures for solace and hope. Found in Madonna del Monte sanctuary on Elba.
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Napoleon
Isle of Elba
Madonna del Monte
Elba
Alfalfa Looper Not Yet Found in Montana
The alfalfa leaf weevil, a serious pest in Utah, has not been found in Montana. Reports of its presence in the Yellowstone valley have been traced to other insects or plant diseases. The looper, a large green worm, is widely distributed in the west, but its abundance next year remains uncertain. Suspected specimens should be sent to the experiment station for identification.
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Bozeman
Utah
Montana
Yellowstone Valley
America
Salt Lake
R. A. CooLry
Rancher Murdered Near Daileys After Robbery Attempt
James Zimmerman a prominent rancher near Daileys ten miles south of Emigrant was killed by a tramp who had asked for supper. The intruder clubbed Zimmerman in the barn after a brief struggle, bound him with rope and left after failing to obtain money from Mrs. Zimmerman who then found her husband dead.
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Livingston
James Zimmerman
Daileys
Zimmerman
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
S N Galloway of Stewart endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy as the cure for colic and diarrhoea. He recommends it to friends and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
S. N. Galloway
Stewart
5.C
Missing black mare tagged Shambow 3 Lazy S 17
A three year old black mare branded with the Shambow brand 3 Lazy S and the number 17 on the left shoulder is missing. Finder should contact J. E. Morse to claim a reward. Dated 23-1.
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J. E. Morse
Mustard Through Ancient Times and Medical Uses
The New York World notes mustard is one of the oldest medicines. Pythagoras, Hippocrates and Pliny the Elder are cited for references and early uses. Romans used mustard oil with olive oil for stiffness and as poultices, emetics, and for stings. they even fermented mustard to make burning wine called mustum ardens. the word mustard likely derives from this term.
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Pythagoras
Christ
Hippocrates
Pliny the Elder
Italy
Egypt
New York World
Flying Fish Wings Across Ocean Winds
The flying fish ventures from the sea like a bird only in part. It shoots from waves with outstretched fins and sails along the wind in graceful curves. Heights reach about fifteen feet rarely, and distances up to 500 yards for the stoutest fish. Ships in trade winds sometimes receive these fish at night, striking sails or rigging and dying on deck.
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St. Nicholas
The Inconsolable Widower Ostrich Faithfulness
A Philadelphia Bulletin quotation describes an ostrich as the sole inconsolable widower after a mate’s death. The bird is portrayed as faithful, sharing nest work, guarding eggs, and remaining constant, though occasionally kicking a mate during conflicts.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
The Easiest Way
Two boys trade secrets on the front steps about nightly baths. One says his mother makes him bathe every night while the other jokes his father the doctor chloroforms him to avoid the ordeal.
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Detroit Free Press
Courtroom Quip Highlights Supreme Court Exchange
An eastern state supreme court session yields a witty exchange as a judge teases a fellow jurist. The associate asks for more details and the judge replies that not everything has been disclosed yet, signaling the depth of judicial knowledge.
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Supreme Court
National Monthly
Right In a Sense. Waiter mixup sparks ice pick oddity
A humorous snippet from Cleveland Lender quotes a diner misunderstanding as a waiter brings an ice pick instead of a water cracker. The brief gag captures a casual restaurant miscue and the speaker’s incredulous reaction.
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Cleveland
Sunshine and Rain Quote on Seed to Harvest
A brief reflective line notes that weather alternates between showers and sun between sowing and harvest and that the harvest typically follows after much effort. It attributes the idea to John Bright.
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John Bright
Rye Grass A Forage Ancestral Grass
Rye grass is described as the oldest grass bred for forage, with origins in England dating back over two centuries. The passage notes its long history of cultivation for feeding livestock.
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England
Even Fiction Fails in Kans City Journal Quip
A Kansas City Journal quips that truth is stranger than fiction and jokes about giving a wife fiction she will barely believe, reflecting a playful, literary mood in a historical clipping.
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Kansas City Journal
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H. E. Warner
The
J. H. Hoffman
Sage Creek Country
C. M. Moore
Billings
Eva Kennison
Ruth Weenink
University of Ilinois
William Bernstein
Milwaukee
L. R. Foote
Joe Thompson
Elkhorn
Joe
A. R. Hardy
Baptist Sunday School
Dan Grant
Leon Engstrom
Pennsylvania Lines
R. J. Dee
Northern Pacific Railroad
Ted Ames
Armstead
O. M. Best
Walter J. Crowell
Sheep Creek Basin
Theodore Nelson
Oakes
Thelma
Olson
Peterson-Olson Co
Fox
W. T. George
L. W. Potter
Terry Browning
Alex Hall
Salt Lake City
John Lovell
W. J. Gerard
W. C. Jennings
A. E. Pillen
Sheridan
Emerick
Dorothy Poindexter
Adaresta Churchill
R. E. Foster
Tacoma
Eleanor Poindexter
Los Angeles
Poindexter
Frank Grice
Carston Packing Company
Boise
Idaho
Agnes Rossiter
Grace Johnson
Anaconda
Normal College
Elizabeth Laurer
Philipsburg
Amelia Norris
Norris
Laurel
Lilian A. Baker
Columbia College
Montana State News
New England
Denver Butte
the Continental Oil Company
Colorado
Pueblo
Albuquerque
Cheyenne
Klein’s Cash Store
East Helena St
Tattersall
American Press Association
Ireland
Southern Ireland
Sir Edward
Belfast
Carson
Ulster
S. Edward Carson
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