Dillon Local Notes Busy weekend visits and travels around Dillon
Mr and Mrs Frank Birrer from Twin Bridges visited Dillon on Saturday. Miss Clara Plant hosted the Hobnob club. Mary Schoenborn left for California with plans to visit Los Angeles and travel through the state. Motor tourists pass Dillon daily as Mrs Florence Brown sick at influenza. several residents travel to Seattle and Mayo Brothers clinic in Rochester. Carl Hanson family moving to ranch near Grant.
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Mary Schoenborn
California
Butte
Carl C. Hanson
Dillon
Grant
Foley Pills diuretic advertisement claims kidney relief
A health claim advertises Foley Pills diuretic as a remedy for constant tiredness backache rheumatic stiffness and weakness of the kidneys and bladder. It cites Miss Giddens of Hayneville Alabama praising relief from fatigue headaches and nervousness with guaranteed satisfaction and mentions a local seller Geo M Gosman.
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Miss Giddens
Hayneville
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts.—Adv
Masonic Dance at Dillmont Park Draws Large Crowd
A Dillmont park dance Friday night for Masonic bodies and friends drew a large attendance. Music and dancing ran from nine to midnight with DeMolays and Rainbow Girls in attendance.
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Dillmont Park
DeMolays
Rainbow Girls
Crane’s best paper from Crane mills highlighted at Tribune
The advertisement praises Crane mills for fine correspondence paper and Eaton's Highland Linen as a top medium priced option. It notes availability in quire boxes by the pound and as correspondence ecards, with the Tribune Book Store offering the product.
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Crane Mills
Eaton’s Highland Linen
Pound
Tribune Book Store
Girl Scouts Enjoy a Thrilling Saturday Hike
Approximately 80 Girl Scouts joined a Saturday hike from the Guildhall along River Road returning at 9 pm. The weather prevented the planned program but star studies will occur next meeting. Miss Vivian Robe led community singing with two local songs.
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Guildhall
Vivian Robe
Normal’ College
Miss Robe
Montana
Troup
Dillon
Marigold Blankenship to Marry in British West Indies
Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Blankenship of Dillon states their daughter Marigold Blankenship will wed W. B. Peters of California in Port of Spain Trinidad. Peters works for Shell Oil in California under a three year contract. Blankenship has died overseas.
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Marigold Blankenship
British West Indies
H. W. Blankenship
Dillon
California
Marigold
W. B. Peters
Miss Blankenship
Los Angeles
New York
Dominica
Trindad
Port of Spain
Isle
Peters
Shell Oil Company of California
Whittier Union High School
Woodbury College of Hollywood
Sigurd Jensen
Blankenship
The
Normal College
Elephant Toothache Task Forces Extraction
Circus veterinarian diagnosed Myrtle the elephant with a toothache. A steam derrick, ropes, and pulleys were used as power was applied to extract the offending molar.
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Doe
Myrtle
Recital by Nellie Little Johnston Piano Pupils
Intermediate and advanced piano pupils from Mrs. Nellie Little Johnston performed a high school recital at the training school last Friday night. The program featured student selections with several names including Bill Welborne Kathryn McLean Isabel Nelson Nora Johnson Virginia Backus Margaret Ricketts Dorcas Hoffman Betty Hall Georgiana Crouse Helen Taylor Estelle Lenox Rose Marie Pedrotti and Genevieve Green. Betty Hall also showcased stepping dance numbers that earned repeated encores and Mrs Johnston received an electric waffle iron as a gift of appreciation.
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Nellie Little Johnston
Mrs. Johnston
Bill Welborne
Kathryn McLean
Isabel Nelson
Nora Johnson
Virginia Backus
Margaret Ricketts
Dorcas Hoffman
Betty Hall
Georgiana Crouse
Helen Taylor
Estelle Lenox
Rose Marie Pedrotti
Genevieve Green
Fire Doused After Vacant North Montana Structure Blaze
An alarm came in near ten Sunday night reporting a fire in a vacant building on North Montana Street opposite the Western Wholesale company. Firefighters confined the blaze to the interior and extinguished it with water.
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Montana Street
Western Wholesale Company
Dillon Installs Iron Water Main System
The iron main from the intake reservoir to the Beaverhead river crossing was completed last week under Water Commissioner Jay B. Holtz. Dillon’s water supply now flows through almost all iron pipe, and the muddy condition caused by the work will clear in a few days according to Holtz.
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Beaverhead River
Jay B. Holtz
Dillon
Holtz
Youngster Struck by Car Escapes Serious Injury
Jo Anne Deputy six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Deputy was struck by a car near Idaho and Glendale streets Sunday. Her dress snagged on the wheels lifting her clear, she escaped without serious injury with only minor scrapes.
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Glendale
Idaho
Jo Anne
Jack Deputy
Banana and Wisdom Fruit of the Wise Origins Claim
Nature Magazine notes a traditional tale that Alexander the Great found pundits studying under Italian foliage when crossing into India. The piece links banana lore to Linnaeus and the nickname Fruit of the Wise in a scholarly context.
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Linnaeus
Nature Magazine
Alexander the Great
India
Government maintains reindeer stations in Alaska
The government has kept experiment stations in Alaska and stays connected with the main herds. Officials report no contagious disease has ever been encountered.
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Alaska
Taste in Books and Opportunity to Read
A concise reflection on how readers' book choices depend on access to quality works and the chance to encounter them. The piece traces how exposure shapes preferences and literary appetite.
Sterling Silver Standards for Coins
The text explains that Sterling is the British standard with 925 parts silver to 75 parts copper, while American coins are 900 fine, meaning 900 parts silver to 100 parts other metals. It contrasts the two coinage standards and their metallic compositions.
Small Things Count Heroism Quote
A brief quotation reflects on true heroism consisting of small deeds done well. It emphasizes that the good life is built from everyday, diligent acts rather than grand feats.
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Roosevelt
First Use of Coal in British History
The article notes coal may have been known to the ancients and used by early Britons. It cites coal as a household fuel in Anglo Saxon times, as early as AD 852.
A Thought for Today As the sun returns in the east
A brief quotation by Robert Louis Stevenson invites renewal of patience with the dawn as the sun returns in the east.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Bring Your Children Bring Your Wife The Biggest Fourth
A colorful crowd gathers for a large public Fourth of July celebration touted as the biggest yet. Organizers promise family friendly activities, live music, and a parade with local participants and vendors in the town square.
Reward Offered for Beef Theft on Local Ranges
A $1,000 reward is offered to any non officer who provides evidence leading to the conviction of anyone unlawfully butchering or stealing beef or veal on the Big Hole, Horse Prairie, Grasshopper, Centennial, Red Rock, or Black Tail ranges. Report to Sheriff W. C. Orr or Stock Neta D. W. Erwin.
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Big Hole
Horse Prairie
Grasshopper
Centennial
Red Rock
Black Tail
W. C. Orr
D. W. Erwin
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Illon
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J. B. Shaw and Son
Mrs. Clyde Penny
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Clara Plant
George M. .Clemon of
Jackson
City
Thelma Holliday
State Normal College
Havre
E. B. Roe
Betty
Seattle
Olive
French
Euphrate
Wash
Eugene Bond
Hamilton
Adele. .Murray
Florence Brown
Ralston
Lewis
Pacific Street
Anne Morrison
David Evans
San Francisco
Utah
George Hughes
Rochester, Minn
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Florence L. Ditty
George E. Ditty
R. M. Barrett
Lakeview
Oregon
Dillmont
Crane
Albert T. Reid
Amel
Expert Tobacco Men
R. J. Reynolds Popect Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
Wills
Bre
W. J. Romersa
Hughes & McCaleb
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