Local residents share visits and seasonal farm notes
Medicine Lodge and nearby towns report visitors from Billings Dillon and Illinois. Coyote pups dug out by Pete Westergard. Shearing starts Saturday on Modge with Isaac Rife first to shear. Storms aid crops while many residents shop and travel to Grant Armstead Dillon Grasshopper for business and groceries.
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Medicine Lodge
Illinois
Edgar Rife
Isaac Rife
Richard Freeman
J. R. Gravely
Grant
Ike Rife
Local notes from Polaris June 19 1924
Marcellus Pyle suffers a severe cold as Dr. Ryburn attends him. Grasshopper Herding Association shifts cattle onto the Elkhorn range this week. J. D. Harrison drives sheep into Elkhorn country. Miss Marjorie Marchesseau leaves for Big Creek California to marry Milton Boughton. Mr and Mrs Bough-
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Marcellus Pyle
Ryburn
Grasshopper Herding Association
Elkhorn Range
J. D. Harrison
Elkhorn Country
Marjorie Marchesseau
Big Creek
Calif
Milton Boughton
Bough
Jackson Notables Spend Time at Local Ranch Retreat
Senator Frank A. Hazelbaker and his son Frank visited the Clemon ranch for several days. A. W. Milson drove to Butte, Mrs. Sam Peterson returned from Butte, and G. P. Lossl toured Jackson for business. Clarence Brown, former Jackson postmaster, visited friends in the Big Hole. Martha Featherly from Dillon stayed with Helen Jardine. Frank and Mrs. Fulkerson with family arrived from Victor to enjoy Sage ranch days.
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Jackson
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Frank
Clemon Ranch
A. W. Milson
Butte
Sam Peterson
G. P. Lossl
Clarence Brown
Big Hole
Martha Featherly
Dillon
Helen Jardine
Frank Fulkerson
Victor
Sage Ranch
Apex Notes Quick Visitor Roundup in Montana
Apex Montana June 18 Mrs Tom Dubois visited Apex Monday. Mr and Mrs Blanch Stanfield motored to Dillon Monday. T Ellis from Butte returns to Farlin to resume work. Bill Hagerty bought Frank Middlemier s Ford car and Bill cuts the corners short. C T Magnus from Dillon stopped at Apex Wednesday and exhibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Monroe
Dillon
Judge Ranch
Esther Knoll
Carl L. Knoll
George A. Pyle
Billy Copeland
Mr. Drucker
Grasshopper
Montana
Apex
Mont
Tom Dubois
Blanch Stanfield
T. Ellis
Butte
Farlin
Bill Hagerty
Frank Middlemier
Bill
C. T. Magnus
Bluebird Nest Built At Lamp Posts Corner Glendale and Idaho
A mother bluebird selects a globe lamp post nest at the Andrus hotel corner. The nest sits inside a small hole in the globe where warmth from the lamp may hatch eggs. Locals watch daily as traffic passes and report the bird feeds on moths at night under the street lamps. The heat concerns experts but ventilation is expected. Separately Wyomont P and R reports completion of a third well in Kevin Sunburst field at 1474 feet depth with oil production.
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Glendale
Idaho
Andrus Hotel
Wyomont P. & R. Company
Kevin-Sunburst
River catches and camp meeting cited in brief notes
A few large fish were caught in the Big Hole river. Mrs. Enoch Young left early Wednesday for Missodini to attend the Fontana camp meeting for a few days. The Apex horse races Sunday were well attended.
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Big Hole
Enoch Young
Missodini
Aefend
Hfontana
Apex
Montana wool shearers prepare for general season
Dr. W J Butler Montana state veterinarian says central regions will see widespread shearings this week. Out of state shearers from New Mexico Arizona and Idaho disinfect gear at Lima station before teaming with ranchers. A formaldehyde treatment with certification guards against disease while boiling water is advised if formaldehyde is unavailable. Large clip anticipated as central Montana sheep in good condition. Also notes California has 875000 telephones and Dallas leads US cities of its size in telephone counts.
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Helena
Montana
W. J. Butler
Southwest
Lima
Butler
New Mexico
Arizona
Idaho
Wyoming
Beaverhead
Livestock Commission
Butte
Long Distance Nuptials Unites Seattle and Pasadena Guests
A marriage ceremony linked Seattle Washington and Pasadena California with 150 guests gathered in Seattle and about forty in Pasadena. The ceremony proceeded by telephone connection and details note the innovative arrangement and attendance across two states.
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Seattle
Washington
Pasadena
California
Connec
Professor Conducts Classes By Wire During Quarantine
An Iowa college professor quarantined with smallpox near fifty miles from campus kept teaching via long distance telephone. He held daily classes so the course continued without interruption, ensuring students did not miss their holiday plans.
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Iowa
Foley Pills Claim Kidney Relief From Reader Complaint
Mrs. Ellen Reighard of South Fork Pennsylvania says Foley Pills cured her persistent kidney ache. The advertisement touts Foley Pills as a diuretic that thoroughly flushes and cleanses the kidneys, with Potts as the selling druggist.
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Ellen Reighard
South Fork
Foley
Potts
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Medicine Lodge News
Polaris News
Jackson News
Armour’s Star
Hansen
Hansens
Anderson Market
Dillon Inplement Company
Hartwig Theater
Northwest
Jewel
Swifts
Farina
Kellogg’s
Borden’s Carnation Milk
Dallas
Texas
United States
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