Death of Mrs. Willard in Dillon Ends Long Illness
Mrs. Charlotte Willard wife of R P Willard a well known retired rancher died last Monday at her Dillon Montana home after a lingering illness She was born October 8 1849 in Albany New York and resided in Beaverhead county nearly 40 years Survived by husband seven daughters three sons a sister and 19 grandchildren Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev Edward Smith officiating and burial at Mountain View cemetery
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Robert Bears
San Francisco
H. W. Turner
Manhattan
Mont
Esther Miller
Cardwell
Wm. Chadwick
Divide
Alex Saladi
Oregon
Edward Saunders
Lorain Spencer
Dillon
Ben Willard
Potlatch
Idaho
Lester
William
George Ried
Bedford
Iowa
Methodist Church
Edward Smith
Mountain View
Willard
Beaverhead County
Relief for the tornado sufferers in storm area
In a St Louis dispatch B N Stevenson Dillon Montana Red Cross chapter chairman says relief operations in Illinois Indiana and Missouri are under Red Cross direction with growing demand for personnel and supplies. Contributions are urged to St Louis office or to chapter treasurers Georgia Mathews or B N Stevenson. Lewistown reports activity in Kendall mining district.
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St. Louis
B. N. Stevenson
Beaverhead
Amer
Red Cross
Dillon Mont
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
M. Baxter, JR
Dillon Orchestra Delights Rotary at Butte Luncheon
At the Rotary luncheon in Butte on March 18, the Dillon orchestra performed for the club. The group, state champions at the Great Falls music meet, received a standing ovation as Fred Furman chaired and highlighted the Dillon youths’ ties to Rotary. L. A. Gregory introduced each number.
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Butte
Dillon
Great Falls
Fred Furman
Rotary Club
L. A. Gregory
Methodist church schedules and upcoming studies announced
The Dil lon Methodist church invites all to attend Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon on Spiritual Harmony and Worldly Din. Epworth League meets at 6 30 p.m. with practical topics and a 7 30 p.m. sermon on The Mystery Hand in Human Training. Mid week service is Wednesday 7 30 p.m. September studies begin in Actx. The city will plant over 500 shade trees this spring.
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Dillon Methodist Church
Epworth League
Postal Rate Increase Tightens Registered Mail Fees
Amended postal regulations effective April 15 raise registry fees from 10 to 15 cents or up to 20 cents, add three cents for return receipts, and require prepaid charges. Airplane mail may require 15 or 20 cent registration in addition to airfare. The article notes broader conditions and directs donations for Red Cross relief amid storm devastation.
Terrific storm devastates five states with heavy loss
A massive tornado swept from the Ozark region into Illinois Indiana and Kentucky causing extensive destruction and large loss of life. Red Cross guardsmen aviation forces and rail lines mobilized for relief with aid arriving from Chicago and St Louis.
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Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Red Cross
Chicago
Local Social Notes Include Travel and Visits
Continued favorable reports say Mrs. F. E. Foote is in Rochester for an operation and expected to leave the hospital soon but remain for treatment. Glenna Younce and Ruth Garland spent last weekend in Butte visiting friends, while Mr and Mrs Norman Gilbert and their young son visited Dillon friends last Saturday.
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F. E. Foote
Rochester
Minn
Glenna Younce
Ruth Garland
Butte
Norman Gilbert
Dillon
Batuntiay
Montana Auto Tourists Spend Huge Sum Here
Helena reports 1924 Montana automobile tourism valued at six million dollars with 125000 tourist cars crossing the state. Tourists praised scenery and camping, noted road conditions and lack of uniform markings, and averaged four to five overnight stops per trip, spending about eight dollars per stop.
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Helena
Montana
Division of Publicity
Dillon Plans Home Art Week Exhibition
Better Home Week will be observed in Dillon with a four day program March 25 to 28 at the Training school. An exhibition of color prints from the American Federation of Art will be open to the public and feature works by Corot Inness Sargent Whistler and more. Children from the training school will perform Friday and Saturday evenings in songs dances and a play Art Where Art Sought. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
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Dillon
American Federation of Art
Corot
Inness
Guerin
Parrish
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Gainsborough
Larsson
Liljefors
Chase
Sargent
Whistler
Eldora Ragon
Normal College
Beaverhead Legion Minstrel Delivers Complete Show Success
The Beaverhead Legion naires minstrel and vaudeville show drew full houses on Wednesday and Thursday, with encore after encore and high praise for Terry Browning’s troupe. Linden McCullough led as interlocutor with two pages, while end men and chorus delivered strong performances. The program featured Kimeneh by Francis McKay, Mr and Mrs Anybody by George Melton, and a varied dance sequence from Milestones staged by Mrs. Katherine Willis and Esther Reed.
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Beaverhead Legionnaires
Terry Browning
Dillon
Linden McCullough
Harry Colfer
James Kelly
Will Featerly
Cameron Gowen
A. J. Tessier
A. T. Peterson
Dave Hier
Dysart Gowen
Lonnie Linson
James Cunningham
Keith Lloyd
Ted Sponberg
Otto Galloway
Alex Tait
Warren Stone Jr
Katherine Willis
Esther Reed
Walter Foster
Ruth Yaeger
Fern Henderson
Leonard Innes
Harold Soper
Ruth Gelhaus
Alyce
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Kendall Mining District
Jimmy O'Connell
Giants
Dillon Orchestra
Rotary
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stevenson
Graeter Grocery Company
Associated Press
Ilinois
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Louis
Franklin County
Griffin
Posey County
Illinois Central
Desoto
Becky Reed
Ozark Mountains
United States
Legion Minstrel
Calvin ‘Coolidge
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