Interesting tales from Tribune's March nineteenth year 1891 list
Review of old Tribune items notes European Novelty company misadventure at the opera house, changes in Mint sample rooms ownership, and school funds queries risking a March 27 closure. Local items cover Ruby Valley stock losses, epidemic fears, road delays, births, arrivals, and a Dillon horse sale deemed successful with about 100 head sold.
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the Tribune
European Novelty Company
Opera House
H. A. Wilton
Mint
H. D. Brainard
T. J. Galbraith
O. W. Rote
C. M. Parr
H. J. Burleigh
Ruby Valley
Argenta
Town Letter Items From March 16 1900 Tribune
James Davidson of Dell returned from Pennsylvania after wintering there. Ernest H Townsend of Argenta mining man visited for smelter supplies. Thomas Flynn of Dillon traveled to Helena for state land office business. W A Truax formed a partnership with R Bears. A marriage license issued to William Banheyer and Margaret Mittlemayer. they wed at the Herman home. Four carloads of horses shipped from Dillon yards. about 40 head of yearling colts among the 120 shipped. Joseph Shineberger, back from California, was a Dillon visitor.
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the Tribune
James Davidson
Dell
Pennsylvania
Ernest H.’ Townsend
Argenta
Thomas Flynn
Dillon
Helena
State Land Office
W. A. Truax
Dillon Yards
Joseph Shineberger
California
Dillon Real Estate Record Breaker Marks Gilmore and Pittsburg Deal
The first major Dillon real estate sale linked to the Gilmore and Pittsburg Railway was closed this week, totaling about 75 acres at roughly $500 per acre, a county record. Other notes include T. J. Murray visiting Dillon, Mme. Schumann-Heink in Butte with Frank Ebel, and local mentions of Hank Wetmore, the Hickman bridge failure, and visits from Sam Boyd and Butterfield.
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the Tribune
Dillon
Gilmore and
Pittsburg Railway Company
Beaverhead County
T. J. Murray
Frank Ebel
Butte
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Hank Wetmore
Centennial Valley
Omaha
Cheyenne
Hickman
Beaverhead River
Twin Bridges
Sam Boyd
Kiwanis Club Forms New Civic Organization in Montana
The 21st Kiwanis club in Montana was installed at Malta with Harolds Hauck Dr. Harold Simons and others among the staff. Lieutenant-governor Silvey and Charles Smet from Anaconda attended. Other Montana clubs are listed in Anaconda Billings Bozeman and more. Dillon committee members include Elmo Winn Forest Bayerd R. J. Watson Jack Barrett O Kay Moe and Frank Madden.
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Kiwanis Club
Hauck
Harold Schilling
Harold Simons
Ed Reeder
Edgar J. Strasburger
H. C. Joesting
Roland Davenport
C. Owen Smithers
Walter Arnold
Peter Langen
John Brimacombe
J. W. Uncles
ER. N. Genzberger
Anaconda
Silvey
Charles Smet
Smelter City
Montana
Malta
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Deer Lodge
Fort Benton
Glasgow
Glendive
Great Falls
Hardin
Harlowton
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Rowan
Sidney
Dillon Group
Elmo Winn
Forest Bayerd
R. J. Watson
Jack Barrett
O. Kay Moe
Frank Madden
Sheriff Probes Burglary Tied to Adams Home Loot
Sheriff Paul Temple investigated a Butte pawn shop for items that may match goods stolen from L. K. Adams residence. Pistols a rifle field glasses compass range finder drawing set slide rule telescope and other articles were found. Adams to confirm ownership after returning from Tucson Arizona. Burglars pried open a back window to enter.
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Paul Temple
Butte
L. K. Adams
Adams
Tucson
Ariz
Lima Couple Ties The Knot In Methodist Parsonage
Miss Violet Lucille Merrill and James Bernard Hoadley of Lima wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. J A Meeke officiating. H O Merrill and H Hoadley attended as parents of the bride and groom. The couple planned a wedding trip to Washington before returning to Lima to reside.
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Violet
Lucille Merrill
James Bernard Hoadley
Lima
Methodist Parsonage
J. A. Meeke
H. O. Merrill
H. Hoadley
Washington
Danube Lives Under a Bloodied Shadow of War
A column traces the Danube from ancient empires to modern conflict as Balkan power plays and oil interests prompt forecasts of Europe’s fate. The piece links historic milestones to present tensions and warns of doomed ambitions wielding the river’s wealth.
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Bagane
Franz Ferdinand
Worldoyagara
Vienna
Danube
Mississippi
Arkansas
Hitler
Austria
Europe
Russia
Bessarabia
Italy
Balkan
Blue Danube
U S Farmers Land Share and Beaverhead Seal Sale
The article notes American farmers own most land yet produce vast outputs from corn to dairy and citrus. It highlights California farming wealth, U S production strength, and Beaverhead county ranking fourth in the 1939 seal sale raising funds for tuberculosis work, with Dillon clubs contributing 229.15 and local health efforts screening high school students for TB reactors.
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California
U. S
United States
America
Beaverhead County
Montana Tuberculosis— Association
Atate Tuberculosis, Association
Helena
Dillon
Dillon Shakespeare Club
Lorin Davis
Jean Ballard
Eunice Miller
Schick
Margaret Holloran
Mining directory to publish in Montana in two months
The Montana mining directory compiling data from 2,000 operators will be 200 pages in mimeograph form with 3,000 copies released within two months. In other items the NLRB certifies the CSO as sole bargaining agent for about 250 Shattuck Dean Mining workers in Bisbee Arizona.
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United Press
Butte, Mont
Montana
Carl Trauerman
State Mining Association
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
International Union.of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CSO
Shattuck Dean Mining Corporation
Bisbee, Ariz
Arizona Quicksilver Mines Sold to Los Angeles Buyer
Globe Arizona reports the sale of the Sunflower district's Arizona Quicksilver Mines to Arthur E. Wallace of Los Angeles announced by former owners. Nearby lava channel mining plans in Aldergulch aim to explore placer gold deposits and set up a base camp near Butcher Gulch heads. San Francisco's Homestake Mining posts 1939 net profits of 7,193,698 versus 6,940,848 in 1938, with per share figures of 3.53 and 3.45 respectively.
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Virginia City
Mont
Lava Channel Mining Association
Aldergulch
Gilch
Butcher Gulch
San Francisco
Calif
Homestake Mining Company
Anglers Oppose Shortened State Fishing Season
John W Scho field state superintendent of fisheries and hatcheries proposes reducing the state fishing season by four months. The measure draws bitter opposition from the Butte Anglers club and the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association. The proposal will go to the state fish and game commission on March 14.
State Board Sets 1940 Livestock Cash Values Schedule
Montana officials distributed a uniform 1940 minimum cash value schedule to county assessors. The list, which adds horses and mules for the first time, provides fair minimum cash values used for assessment purposes.
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Montana
State Board of Equalization
Publicity Committee Wins Membership Drive
The Publicity Committee led by Lambert Eliel won the chamber of commerce membership drive with 240 points. Sheriff Paul Temple's mining committee was second with 200 points, followed by livestock and highway tied at 180, retail 140, civic 140, public institutions 70, and conventions 70. Some teams did not complete lists, so the $1,400 goal could not be determined.
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Lambert Eliel
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Temple
Weekend Visit to Helena Spurred By Family Gathering
Mr and Mrs Parke Scott and son Jack Mrs Ivy Curnutt Miss Lois Crouch and Mrs Roy Herndon visited Helena over the weekend. They were joined by Mrs Vivian Thomas and her son who will visit the Curnutt home during the week.
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Parke Scott
Jack
Ivy Curnutt
Lois’ Crouch
Roy Herndon
Helena
Vivian Thomas
Curnutt
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Tribune
Charles Green
Elmer Selway
Melvin Smith
Ogden
Dubois
C. H. Allen
Poplar
T. BE. Gilbert
Chicago
Jack Deputy
Dillon Horse Sales Company
J. B. Mayfield
Bernard Williams
Entre Nous Bridge Club
Ladis Aid
Agnes
Mary Forrester
Stella Murray
F. G. Lyon
Paul ‘Temple
Mannerheim
Viborg
How Goes the World
Austin Conover
Rhine
Impre
Balkans
House of Hapsburg
Mexico
Keats
Walt
Whitman
Michelangelo
St. Peter's
Rome
Guam
Pacific
Asia
Tte
Knute Rockne
Legion OF Friends
Los Angeles
Boy Scout
Samaria
Jerusalem
Boul
Bree
Northwest Sancorporation
Federal
Deposit: Insurance Corporation
Beaverhead
Western Mines
Great Falls, Mont
Daniel J. Lenny
Florence
Neihart, Mont
Boise
Idaho
G. A. Sarles
Red Lode, Mining Company
Charles K. Koelsch
Sarles
Spokane
Salt Lake City, Utah
Charles William Corfield
Utah Copper Company
Salt Lake City
Fort’ ‘Thomas
Aziz
Here
Catlett McEuen
von McBride
William Carter
Anglers
Beaverhead’ County
Ruth Shafer
Willig
Fifth Judicial ‘District
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