Montana statehood, races, and civic notes from Butte
In May 1888 Tribune notes Montana statehood being discussed in Congress. Dillon horses Red Elm Kant S. beat Butte ponies. Construction begins on a two story brick on Montana street. O E Morse building foundation laid. School trustees seek cordwood for winter heating. nails in sidewalks eyed. A Butte court case awards a woman compensation after a gown snagged by a protruding nail.
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the Tribune
Montana
Congress
Dillon
Red Elm
Kant S
Butte
Montana Street
O. E. Morse
Lima Housewives Practice Shooting for Uncle Sam
A May 1898 Tribune item notes Lima women training to assist in wartime, with ladies of Dillon supplying each soldier a needle book, and lapel buttons reading Remember the Maine gaining popularity. Sheriff Padley and W H Cochran raced bicycles from the Methodist church to Ashbaugh corner, three and a quarter miles, in 10 minutes 32 seconds. Cochran won by about eight blocks.
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the Tribune
Lima
Uncle Sam
Spain
Dillon
Company I
Maine
Sheriff Padley
W. H. Cochran
Ashbaugh Corner
Beavershead High School Seniors Graduate Next Week
The Beaverhead county high school senior class of six members graduates next week. George W. Opp of Anaconda visited Dillon this week and took Gabriel's stallion, the Dillon Boy, to Anaconda for training. The Wright aeroplane reportedly achieved extraordinary speed in a seven minute run. Carl Stahl and George Melton are drawing athletic notice at the University of Michigan.
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the Tribune
Beaverhead County
George W. Opp
Anaconda
Dillon
Guabriel
North Carolina
Carl Stahl
George Melton
University of Michigan
Coming Out Delays For Mrs de Style’s Daughter
In a social exchange Mrs. de Style suggests a coming out for her daughter while Mrs. Rose Quyck answers that her daughter has another year at school before becoming a dilettante, delaying debut until next season.
Add Life to Your Years and Your Years to Life
A health ad extols Foley's Pills as a diuretic and restorative for fatigue and nervous low mood. It claims kidney and bladder ailments poison the blood and notes the product has been in use over 25 years, with satisfaction guaranteed and sale by George M. Gosman.
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Foley
George M. Gosman
Potts
How to Make a Good Lawn
A practical guide argues against hand weeding and favors fertilizing with ammonium sulfate to grow dense turf and suppress weeds. It warns against lime and advises fall seeding, topsoil additions, and selecting bluegrass red-top mixes, noting weed seeds spread and the value of saving topsoil for new homes.
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Indiana
Prohibition Petition Drive Surpasses Signatures Needed
Helena reports Montana anti liquor measure petitions show over 14,000 signatures collected from 88 counties, surpassing the 13,925 needed to place the issue on the ballot. Officials expect thousands more as all counties report, with more than 80 counties already exceeding their 8 percent quota. A stray line about a skunk and police appears as incongruous filler.
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Helena
Montana
Sheriff's Sale of Dillon Property in Beaverhead County
State Bank & Trust Company sues Emanuel T Webster and Lucy G Webster and announces a sheriff sale for June 1 1928 at 2 PM at the Dillon Court House front door Beaverhead County Montana. It will cover Lots 8 9 and 10 in Block 11 of Rifes Second Addition Dillon with appurtenances and rents. Sale cash. Dated May 3 1928. W C Orr Sheriff Beaverhead County. By C H Hartwig Under Sheriff Adv.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of Montana
Beaverhead
Farmers State Bank
Fred Bower
Elna Bower
Capital Trust & Savings Bank
Beaverhead County
Montana
Morthaves
Beavehead
United States
State Bank & Trust Company
Emanuel T. Webster
Lucy G. Webster
Court House
Dillon
W. C. Orr
C. H. Hartwig
Notice to Receivers Certificates Held in Montana Foreclosure
Special Master W. D. Kyle prescribes filing of receivers' certificates and claims by June 1 1928 for proceeds from resale of Boston Montana properties. Mail notice to holders and publish in Dillon Tribune and Butte Miner four weeks before deadline. Failure to file bars any claim to proceeds or property charges. First publication April 27 1928 Adv.
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Isidor H. Brand
Charles S. Muffly
Boston-Montana Corporation
Boston and Montana Milling and Power Company
Montana Southern Railway Company
District Court OF
Beaverhead County
Otto L. Heater
Silver Bow
Butte
State of
Montana
W. D. Kyle
W. D.kyle
Dillon Tribune
Dillon
Butte Miner
Reward offer for bounty fund violators in Madison National Forest
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association offers a reward of one hundred dollars to any individual who is not a regular law officer for the arrest and conviction of anyone illegally collecting bounty funds. Advertisement 114m
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
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Albany Insurance Company
555Th Avenue
New York City
New York
George P. Porter
Desea
CTHE
Aetna Insurance Company
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Connecticut
Seuss
State of Montana Insurance Department
Agricultural Insurance Company
Washington Street
Watertown
Eeadepep
Fred Rife
M. M. Duncan
Virginia City
By E. Courtney Dunkel
Sheriff’s Sale
R. D. Curry
Annabel Desmond
Phillips
Underwood
Tribune Book Store
Geo. M. Gosman
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