Dillon notes 1882 visit and local lines on horses and roads
In 1882 Dillon items report a May pass by prominent Union figures en route to the National park. Prices for scrub ponies are noted, sidewalks urged, and nightly saloon music mocked. The Big Hole Stock Herd will be driven to the summer range, with Jim Mauldin hiring a pilgrim horse herder who is startled by horses.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Waite
Dillon
National Park
Gratis
Big Hole
Messrs
Barrett
Graeter
Shenon
Pierce
Mansfield
Crow
Bachelder
Horse Prairie
Big Hole Basin
Horse Prairie Association
Washington
Bawra
Man Declares Plan to Seek Work in Helleny
A violent morning incident ends with Pil Grim tumbling from a corral and landing in soft soil. Wiping mud from mouth he exclaims to Mr Mauldin his intention to walk to Helleny for a job.
Bright student Will Cushing tops Montana College marks
Will Cushing, a top pupil at the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Bozeman, posted high percentages in shorthand 95 typewriting 90 international law 92 civics 91. In Dillon, George Brown and C A Russell were arrested on a warrant for robbing Gerhard Alber's sheep camp on April 20. Bail was set at 500 each and a May 5 examination date was scheduled. A separate sheep camp robbery at W R Gilbert's occurred days earlier. The first tandem bicycle arrived for Dillon Implement and was tested by Makinen and Waldorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Cushing
Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Bozeman
Will
George Brown
C. A. Russell
Mulaney
Gerhard Albers
Mr. Mulaney
Dyes Creek
Dillon
W. R. Gilbert
Dillon Implement Company
Messrs. Makinen and Waldorf
Beaverhead high school declamatory winners chosen
Ruth Knotts won first in the Beaverhead county high school declamatory contest with In the Tails of the Enemy and Walter Conway took second with The Stage Driver's Story. Both are sent to Missoula for the inter scholastic meet.
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Beaverhead County
Missoula
Ruth Knotts
Walter Conway
Bob Hay Struck by Foul Ball at Fairgrounds
Bob Hay, known as the picture show man, was knocked senseless Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds by a foul ball. He returned home with a black eye and the incident is being reported for the record.
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Bob Hay
Fairgrounds
Bob
Williams Candidate For State Treasurer Nomination
F. F. E. Williams seeks the Republican nomination for state treasurer. He met many Beaverhead electors in Dillon at the Stockmen's convention. A Billings resident for 19 years, he served eight years as Yellowstone County clerk and recorder and led the county Draft Board during the war. Republicans of his home county commend him highly and expect Beaverhead support.
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F. F E. Williams
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Williams
Billings
Yellowstone County
Montana Wool Growers Urge Co op Marketing Growth
The speech argues for stronger grower led marketing, notes BAWIRA nearing end and calls for support of the National Wool Warehouse & Storage company. It cites Montana fields, contract prices in Wyoming Idaho Nevada, and warns against short term market moves while stressing unity among small and large producers to stabilize prices.
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Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Harvard University Economic Service
Senator Williams
Abraham
United States
Bawira
Australia
New Zealand
South America
National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company
Dakota Line
Miles City
Billings
Big Timber
Livingston
Bozeman
Townsend
Helena
Deer Lodge
Missoula
White Sulphur Springs
Harlowtown
Lewistown
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Wolf Point
Havre
Madison County
Columbus
Dillon
Cooperative Wool Marketing Association
Federal Intermediaté Edit Bank
Congress
West
Wooll Jrehouse & Storage Company
Iing
Horses Wanted in Dillon for Work Horses Sale
William Forgy of Denver is in Dillon seeking to buy work horses. Call him at the Metlen Hotel if you have any for sale. Adv. 18-11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Forgy
Denver
Colo
Dillon
Metlen
Your Child's Cough and Foley's Honey and Tar
Mrs Mary Towsey of Sullivan Indiana says she tried many medicines for her daughter's cough before Foley's Honey and Tar Compound brought quick relief. The ad notes the product treats coughs colds and hoarseness with Potts the druggist promoting it.
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Mary Towsey
W. Beech St
Sullivan
Ind
Foley
Potts
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Relief and Echo Cure
A vintage advertisement asserts hall s catarrh medicine will relieve catarrh symptoms and claims to cure deafness caused by catarrh internal issues. The copy uses exaggerated term claims and promotional language for relief of symptoms.
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Hall
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F. E. Foote
American Press Association
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Corral
Druggist
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad
Chicago
New York
Ree Macon
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