Plowing, Mining, and Landmark Changes Highlight Local Notes
The piece notes a wet spring delaying farming and scarce candidates for office with five weeks to announcements. It mentions mining strikes west of town replacing old prospector lore, upcoming mail service expansion on South Idaho Street, and the livery barn demolition on North Idaho Street. A Butte Post snake decapitation tale sparks local speculation about a moving head.
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North Idaho Street
Butte Post
Drive Carefully This Spring to Keep Death Off Highways
Public safety editorial urges vigilant driving as spring brings more traffic and wildlife on roads. Warns against thumbing pedestrians and highlights obeying flagmen and construction signs for protection. Notes Navy gains jurisdiction over Kure Island near Midway as wartime strategic move.
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Roosevelt
Navy
mid-Pacific Island
Kure
Ocean Island
Midway Island
Honolulu
Wake Island
Hawaiian Territory
Imperfect Imperative Fragment Teases Skill and Stability
A clipped OCR fragment hints at an imperative about skill stability and related qualities. The readable portion lacks clear subjects or context, offering only stray words and punctuation.
May 13 1887 Tribune notes look back on social life
Look back at 1887 New York Tribune item recalls youths in horse and buggy outings with their dates, widespread straw hats, Montana street awnings, and a Bannack ranchman fending off three bears while burning brush then escaping on his horse.
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the Tribune
Montana
Bannack
Local reminiscences from the Tribune two eras ago
A digest of items from the Tribune noting 46 30 and 20 years past. Bannack traffic and bicycle sales by L J Price. Dillon Implement Company deliveries. Masonry lodge formation with 13 Royal Arch Masons. electric railroad promoter W H Godfrey in town. fire department foremen named. prehistoric bones found during street work. Normal College students assisting in digging for a skull. Also a note on Cape Hatteras lighthouse, its height and decades of guiding mariners, now challenged by sea erosion.
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the Tribune
Bannack
L. J. Price
Dillon Implement Company
Council of Royal
Order of Masonry
Dillon
Royal Arch Masons
W. H. Godfrey
Virginia City
South Pacific Street
Normal College
Montana Citizens Military Training Camp Opens at Fort Missoula
One hundred twelve Montana boys may attend the eleventh Citizen’s Military Training camp at Fort Missoula from July 6 to August 4. Applicants must pass a physical exam and be of good character. uniforms meals and transportation are provided. The program combines calisthenics, drills, hygiene lectures, weapon qualification, and extensive sports with evening entertainment.
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Montana
Fort Missoula
W.M. Johnson
C. N T. Co
Leonard Wood
GM. T. C
Mont
Camp journal notes new courses and sports zeal
The report lists new courses added by the Idaho State Department of Education including Auto Mechanics advanced English forestry journalism and photography among others. It also details athletic fervor at Birch Creek Bear Cats camp with baseball practice nightly under Lt Barnes and tennis efforts led by Mr Lumsden and mentions visitors editor Adkins and camper supervision changes due to illness.
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Idaho State ‘Department’ ‘of Education
Cihiarkoett
Birch Creek Bear Cats
Argenta
Barnes
Lumsden
Tildens
Perrys
Adkins
CCC Review
Lestrud
Chateau
Montana
Walt "Edwards
Poad
Edwards
Edewards
Spring Banquet of Vets at Metlen This Thursday
Beaverhead post's annual spring banquet will draw the largest ex service men gathering since Armistice Day. All ex service men are invited to attend at the Metlen hotel Thursday night at 7 o'clock with meals at 50 cents per plate. Discussions include pay bonus and adjusted service benefits.
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Beaverhead Post
Metlen
Hetibee
Poppy Day Volunteers Ready for May 23 Event
Beaverhead auxiliary unit announces rapid enrollment of volunteers for Poppy Day with ten workers planned to distribute memorial flowers in the city on May 23. Junior and adult members will participate, with all workers serving without pay and proceeds aiding welfare efforts.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Critz
Beaverhead
Crutz
Maryi
Pernorié
Civil Service Warns Against Misleading Information
The United States Civil Service Commission warns against schools and representatives advertising so called civil service courses. It states no school has any connection with the commission and no agent solicits applications or guarantees government employment. Public exam information is available free from the Civil Service Commission in Washington or post offices. A divorce action is referenced in the document with custody claims and court dates.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Secretary of the Civil Service Board
Washington, D. C
Public Land Notice for Schulz Three Year Proof
Lawrence A. Schulz of Wisdom Montana files for three year proof on Original Stockraising Homestead Entry Serial 078834 covering Lots 2 3 4 SEANW E4S4 Sec 8 12 S 14 W and SWYN E NY Sec 6 Township 8 S Range 14 W Prin Meridian before F A Hagelbaker U S Commissioner Dillon Montana on June 22 1986 witnesses Ralph C Felty Victor S Olsen William Huntley Joe Arnold all of Wisdom Montana.
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Lawrence A. Schulz
Wisdom
Montana
Sexnwy
Swyney
Township
Range
Prin. Meridian
F. A. Hagelbaker
Dillon
Ralph C. Felty
Victor S. Olsen
William Huntley
Joe Arnold
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Arne and
Pettersen
Armatead
Prin
Meridian
F. A. Hazelbaker
U. S
William Carter
Ras Hansen
Duke Davis
Alf
Pettergen
Armstead
Thos
F. Corbally
Blair R. Sprinkle
Sexney
Nys
Seyney
Daniel Mooney
Thomas Pyeatt
Marion Pyeatt
Leo Tallent
Reglater
Alias Summons and Multiple Notices in Montana Court
A garbled Montana legal notice page lists an alias summons in the Fifth Judicial District, probate notices from Beaverhead County, and homestead entry filings. It names creditors for the Goodwin T. Paul estate, and notices of land claims by Arne and Pettersen, Blair Sprinkle, Mary Ferguson, and others with dates in 1936.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Montana
Margaret
Finke
Goodwin T. Paul
Henry G. Rodgers
S. Idaho Street
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Mary Paul
Deceasea
Department of the Interior
Great Fails
Mary
Bes Ferguson
Reichle
Pri
Rin Marien
F. J. Hauler
Aera Missioner
At . Dillon
Joseph E. Ferguson
Lee Joy
Ernest Watpede
James Mcllirath
Monna
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Peak Nee Dearest F
Dillon Postoffice
Burma
Idaho Street
Smith
Weekly News
Edward W. Pickard
Roy Klein
Butte
United States
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Atlantic
Northwest Bancorporation
Paderal
Deposit - Insurance Corporation
Bonnie Gelato
John Collins
U. S. Land
Parent Falls
George W. Finke
State OF
Thos, F. Corbally
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Santee Refideat Skleno
Deeds Pele
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