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Fire destroys Dillon store at Lima and nearby notices
A August 11 fire at E A Bailey’s Lima store and residence, sparked by a gasoline stove, destroyed stock and building valued near $10,000 with no insurance. Also covered are bids for jail construction, Beaverhead and Red Rock bridges, May 24 horse races, a Burfeind Petersen wedding in Dillon, and local notices on mills, disbanding Company E Montana National Guard, and ongoing city developments.
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E. A. Bailey
Lima
Court House
County Court House
Bannack
Beaverhead
Dillon
Red Rock
Burfeind-Petersen
Christopher Burfeind
Sophia Petersen
Simeon Estes
Burfeind
Burfeind Bros. & Co
Trisvye
Montana National Guard
Montana
Emerick
Eliel
George Wall
First National Bank
Henry Elling & Co
Sheridan
Wall
Joseph Trimborn
The
Tribune
Trimborn
Wagener
California
Atrest
Munich
New York
Washington
Argenta