Looking Backward Through Four Decades Of Tribune Snippets
A retrospective from the Tribune recalls items from May 1888 to 1908 including social rumors refuted, local wool and tariff chatter, ore talk in Argenta, a War of 1898 update with Commodore Dewey, Montana volunteers heading to duty, and notes on Dillon’s fair grounds baseball diamond, Lima dam plans, a Bishop homecoming, and local business openings.
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the Tribune
Kaufman’s. Adv
Horse Prairie
Montana
Argenta
Congress
Dewey
Manilla Bay
College Notes Highlight Plays and Upcoming Arts Dates
At assembly week the training school children presented plays to students and will perform again Friday for parents. Next week the primary department takes charge of programs. town residents are invited. Swimming contests set for May 18 and 19. tennis and inter dormitory baseball games are scheduled. A. Mackie contributes to The New Ideals Quarterly. A piano recital by Ralph McFadden's advanced pupils is slated for May 17. The senior play cast includes Alice Sit by the Fire with Martha Sallee and others from Dillon Stevensville and Butte in roles.
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Ransom “A. Mackie
Oxford
England
Recreation Hall
Ralph McFadden
J. M. Barrie
Alice
Martha Sallee
Great Falls
Amy
Vivian Eastridge
Stevensville
Thum
Ginerva
Lona Lee Woolverton
Butte
Mary Lee Tower
Dillon
Fanny
Helen Brandstrom
Richardson
Edith Tweedy
Colonel Gray
William Chance
Square Butte
Steve
Kenneth Fowell
Cascade
Cosmo
Walter Brundage
Beaverhead students return from Bozeman scholarship tests
Five Beaverhead County High School students returned from the state scholarship contests in Bozeman. The group included Anta Mautz Jane Herndon Bee Forsyth Clara Sorenson and Clifford Cullen. Chaperone Miss Genevieve Metlen escorted by car. Anna Mautz won a silver medal as district bookkeeping champion. no Dillon competitors placed in the state contests.
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Beaverhead County
Bozeman
Anta Mautz
Jane Herndon
Bee Forsyth
Clara Sorenson
Clifford Cullen
Genevieve Metlen
Anna Mautz
Dillon
Nose pokes and payback in a sharp old exchange
A wry quip from an old exchange notes that the man with a long nose meddling in others affairs often earns a broken nose in return, a blunt picture of cause and effect in social behavior.
Printing Of All Kinds The Tribune Shop Ad
The Tribune Shop offers printing of all kinds with style and speed. Customers are assured best service and reasonable prices for quick turnaround on orders.
Red Rock School Wins Pearl I Smith Award
Red Rock School wins the Pearl I Smith Spelling Award with a 96.3 percent average, earning ten dollars. Grant School takes second prize with 94.8 percent, Polaris close behind. Honors list includes Dansie Bannack Lima and many others with 89.6 percent or higher. certificates awarded to many pupils for perfect spelling papers.
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Red Rock
Polaris
Dansie
Bannack
Mill Point
Lima
Jackson
Jones
Reichle
Gibbons
Argenta
Dewey
Blacktail
Wisdom
East Fox
Riverside
Doyle
West Fox
Drummey
Dillon
Wise River
Gosman
Nicholia
Armstead
Frances Patterson
Edith McClain
Bob Anderson
Frank
Betty Roe
Given Price
Marie Knox
Lucille Banning
Ruth Irion
Nina Jane Dansie
Sydney Kraabel
Lucille Harrison
Jerry Harris
Hazel McGrath
Doris Stamper
Rightly Named Appropriately enough an English lumber
An item from an English lumber product page notes the odd phrasing in its branding and how the term is used in ordinary everyday language. The blurb playfully reflects on naming choices and reader interpretations.
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Bath
Lure of the Farm Draws Many Back
Washington report shows a shift toward farm life as 1927 statistics reveal 1.978 million left farms for cities while 1.371 million moved from cities to farms. Secretary Jardine notes economic motives and schooling needs, with 87 percent of city-to-farm movers previously having farm experience.
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Washington, D. C
W. M. Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Newngland
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
Mountain
Pacific
Jardine
Emblem of Battles Red poppy linked to historic European wars
The red poppy is noted as a battlefield emblem in Europe. Contemporary writers cite poppies growing after Ramillies Malplaquet Fontenoy and Waterloo. Lord Macaulay mentions this in his History of England regarding William III's 1693 Landen defeat.
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Europe
Flanders
Ramillies
Malplaquet
Fontenoy
Waterloo
Lord Macaulay
England
William III
Battle
Landen
1693
Bahama Islands See Fast Rise in Fruit Culture Industry
Bahama Industries notes fruit culture expanding in the Bahama islands with tomatoes pineapples and oranges as key crops. Sponge and sisal are major commodities on numerous islands while European livestock such as oxen sheep and horses have been introduced and thrive amid limited livestock raising attention.
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Bahama Islands
Europe
Atmosphere of Love Outshines Structure in Homes
A reflecting line speaks to the heart of home, arguing that roof and walls matter less than the shared atmosphere of natural love. It highlights enduring thought, joys, sorrows, and a bond stronger than death forged by mutual sympathy.
Back-to-the-farm movement redefined by Pash
The Atlanta Constitution notes that the back-to-the-farm slogan is about realignments in farming life not turning away from it. The piece emphasizes practical rural revival and community resilience through agrarian priorities.
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Atlanta Constitution
Local dealers urge new spark plugs during Champion Change Week
May 6 to 12 marks Champion Spark Plug fourth annual National Change Week. Dealers offer free spark plug inspection and promote economy from a full set if plugs have run 10 000 miles or more or over a year. Tests and manufacturer data claim stronger spark boosts power and fuel efficiency, with no cost for the new plugs.
Concerning Advice and its Difficulties
The quote notes that advice is simple to give yet hard to accept. It suggests a balance or middle ground in giving and taking guidance, implying that slightly tougher advice could become easier to receive.
Foley's Honey and Tar advertised in Montgomery paper
A Montgomery Alabama advertisement from Jas Edwards promotes Foley's Honey and Tar claiming cough relief and a soothing throat coating. The testimonial says it helps sleep, chest soreness, and coughing for all ages and is guaranteed, sold by George M. Gosman, successor to Potts the druggist.
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Jas. Edwards
Montgomery
Ala
Foley
George M. Gosman
Potts the
Notice to Holders of Receivers' Certificates
Public notice warns holders of receivers certificates and claimants to file proofs with Special Master W. D. Kyle by June 1 1928 for proceeds from resale of Boston Montana property in Beaverhead County Montana. Publications in Dillon Tribune and Butte Miner to follow.
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Otto L. Heater
Plaintife
Boston-Montana Corporation
Silver Bow
Butte
State of
Montana
W. D. Kyle
Dillon Tribune
Dillon
Butte Miner
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Montana Beaverhead
District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Montana in Beaverhead County announces a public sale of real estate under court order. The notice provides sale action, authority, and involved parties to satisfy judgment.
Private sale of Charles Schoenemann estate lands in Beaverhead
Annie E. Nelson as administratrix will sell at private sale after May 7, 1928, all real property of Charles Schoenemann in Beaverhead County Montana. The sale includes unpatented mining claims and water rights with detailed lot and claim names and dates. Cash terms ten percent bid deposit and balance upon court confirmation. Bids due May 7 1928 and may be submitted to the administratrix in Dillon or J E Kelly attorney.
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Charles Schoenemann
Horse Prairie
Gulch Placer
Magpie
Jeff Davis
Bellave
Chinfea Bar
Gold Certey
King Solomon Placer Horse Prairie
Colo. Creek
Beaverhead County
Montana
United States
Dillon
J. E. Kelly
Annie E. Nelson
Sheriff Sale of Large Montana Land Holdings in Beaverhead
Sheriff announces sale of multiple parcels in Beaverhead County Montana by State Bank with B L Hoffman as defendant. The May 12 1928 auction at the courthouse front door in Dillon lists vast tracts including 1000 acres and numerous sections in townships 6 8 South and ranges 7 9 West. Terms are cash and the sheriff notes the date April 16 1928 as the filing of notice.
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State Bank & Trust Company
B. L. Hoffman
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
M. M
M. M. Montana
Beaverhead County
H. Hartwig
Beav erhead man seeks name change to Judah Judah
Malcolm Fleming of Beaverhead County Montana files in the Fifth Judicial District District Court for a name change to Judah Judah. A hearing is set in Dillon on May 31 1928 at 10 00 a m for remonstrants to appear and be heard. First published April 26 1928. Adv 17 21
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Malcolm Fleming
Beaverhead County
Montana
Fifth Judicial District
Beaverhead
Judah Judah
Dillon
Fred Rife
B. Herndon
Notice of Private Sale of Elmer S. Lutz Estate Real Estate
In Beaverhead County Montana the administratrix announces a private sale of the decedent Elmer S. Lutz estate. The sale covers the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 23 township 9 south range 9 west MPM containing 40 acres. Bids in writing to be received by April 23 1928 with 10 percent cash and balance on court confirmation.
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Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Albert W. Crowell
Albert W. ‘Crowell
Towit
United States
Dillon
J. I. Kelly
Myrl Erwin
District Court
Elmer S. Lutz
Elmer
Lutz
Elmer 8S. Lutz
J. E. Kelly
Annie E. Nelson
Reward for arrest of bounty collectors in Madison National Forest
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association offers a hundred dollar reward for any person not a regular law officer who helps arrest and convict anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. The notice appears in AdV. 114m.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
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Tribune
Helena
Fair Grounds
John F. Bishop
California
Dillon Brewery
the Tribune Shop
Pearl I. Smith
Tribune Book Store
Robert Fuller
Autocaster News Service
Bahama Industries
District Court of
County of
Sheriff's Sale
Ady
Adv
R. D. Curry
Annabel Desmond
Phillips
Underwood
Geo. M. Gosman
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