Local notes from Dillon district social scene and travels
Last Thursday Miss Stark was called home due to her father's death with Miss Hazard accompanying her to Butte. Several women visited in Butte and here over the week end, including Misses Helen Mannion Nellie Burke Geneva Kincaid Lucile Greenwood and Bessie Quinn. Residents planned dances drives and Halloween events while others prepared for winter moves and travel to Dillon Indiana Oregon and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen, Mannion
Nellie Burke
Butte
Geneva Kincaid
Coletta Wal- Hisch
Lucile Greenwood
Bessie Quinn
Lucille Sharkey
Reichle
Hugo Marquard
Axita Stearns
Ernella Mulhol
Gilmore
Idaho
Federation of Woman's Clubs of
Second District
W. M. Corll
Elkhorn
Dillon
Andy B. Pyle
John Judge
John
Indiana
Leon
Jake Beese
Chris Hanson
the Red Cross
Horse Prairie
Jackson
C. Hanson
James Purdy
Judge Ranch
May Marchesseau
Laura Ames
Ruth Marchesseau
Hallowe Eners
Frank Marchesseau
Bob Marchesseau
Capt. Mercer
Mercer
Frank. B. Felt
Portland
Oregon
Mrs. Felt
John Pendergast
Carl L. Knoll
Navy
Jack Williams
Iowa
Dislocated Ankle Treated by Dillon Doctor
Marcus Rand of Horse Prairie came to Dillon Thursday morning for treatment of a dislocated ankle. Dr. Ryburn is attending him. Folk Dancing Classes Offered by Miss Taylor begin Saturday November 3 at 11 a.m. in the public school gymnasium. All interested invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Rand
Dillon
Ryburn
Taylor
Local notes from Glen News on visits and farming
Frank Gaines visited Butte on business. J C Ferguson loaded oats for Dillon. Matt Polish shipped oats to D E company at Dillon. Hartwig and Sharkey went to Dillon. Henry Nikle returned with a tractor and plow. Lenkersdorfer ranch sold to the Nikel brothers and will take possession in April. Stephen Kambich and Louis visited Dillon. Waters and Hartwig finished threshing. Mrs Fay Gransberry visited Dillon. Liz Adders and Mrs Nick Adders plan to move to Butte. McCarthy mountain to become a mining camp with about twenty men at work on various claims. Fritz Hartwig and Carl Kambich encountered car trouble near Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Hartwig
Carl Kambich
Dillon
Polaris News Briefs Highlight Local Homes and Moves
In Polaris on Oct 31 Frank P. Madden was on the creek from Dillon. Fred North has a new house nearly finished and ready to move in soon with carpentry by C G Kelso. Mr and Mrs James L Coch rane and Frank Gorman relocated from their residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polaris
Frank P. Madden
Dillon
Fred North
C. G. Kelso
James L. Cochrane
Frank Gorman
Grant News Roundup and Community Notes
Local Grant residents report travel salesmen including G E Alkire and Sam Willets visiting for ore shipment from Silver Fissure. Dillon and Armstead visitors, honeymooners Mansfield couple return from Salt Lake City, and a schoolhouse meeting discusses food conservation with speakers Miss Taylor and Miss Covington. United States Food Administration pledge urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt
Lake City
Wes
Grant
James N
Mansfield
Lake
Taylor and
Covington
Armstead
Dillon
Brenner
Anna Mansfield
Tuesaday
Philadelphia
New York City
Carl Decker
Constance
Nan Barrett
J. C
Brown Ranch
Armsatead
Chaiivari
James Mansfield
Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Dillon News Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and War Efforts
Dillon residents include Jorgen Jorgenson from Fox and J H Judge the Polaris cattleman visiting town. Local workers seek hourly jobs and coal orders fill as shortages loom. Many townspeople travel to Butte, Billings, or Virginia City while others enlist or join food administration drives.
Dillon Carriage Works Offers Sharpener for Farm Tools
Notice urges farmers to sharpen dies plows and harrows at Dillon Carriage Works. A Giant Wonder Disc sharpener promises top quality work at a reasonable price and mentions a 28t feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Carriage Works
Curtis Hospital and Kingsbury Residence Mentioned in Notice
A historical notice references The Curtis Hospital on South Washington Street and the Kingsbury residence, involving Mrs. Helens B. Curtis, R.N. The fragment hints at a procedural or property context, with limited readable details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Hospital
Washington Street
Kingsbury
R.N
Food Licenses Set for Montana Vendors
Montana merchants face federal licensing starting November 1 for all wholesalers and retailers with annual gross sales over 100000 dollars. Alfred Atkinson reports a telegram from Herbert Hoover directing license applications be obtained from the U S Food Administration license division in Washington. Hotels restaurants confectioners ice cream makers and bakers are not required to license for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
Alfred Atkinson
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Deer Hunt Returns With Fine Two-Point Buck
C T Magnus W J Cushing J W Forsgren and C W Miller returned Wednesday evening from a deer hunt near Elkhorn Springs with a fine two point buck. Alexander Grant and family, victims of a recent Dell auto accident, will locate permanently in Phillipsburg. Mrs Earl Rodgers to return home from Magnus hospital. Zeph B Yeaman and spouse leaving for Palm Beach Florida for the winter. Mrs Anabel Desmond returned from a two days business trip to Jackson and Wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Magnus
W. J. Cushing
J. W.forsgren
C. W. Miller
Elkhorn Springs
Phillipsburg
Alexander Grant
Dell
Earl Rodgers
Sheep Creek Basin
Magnus Hospital
Zeph B. Yeaman
Palm Beach
Florida
Anabel Desmond
Jackson and Wisdom
Means-Anderson Trio to Open Lyceum Series at Normal
The Means-Anderson company appears Friday evening at Normal college auditorium as the second Lyceum attraction. The trio promises a lively program of variety with strong comic elements and high entertainment value. The Ada Roach company manager lauds them as excellent and highly recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Means-Anderson Company
Normal College
Lyceum
Ada Roach
Means-Anderson
Federal Land Bank Loans Tied to Water Contract Lands
George Ross and several farmers discussed possible legislation in Congress to allow the federal land bank to lend on land under government water contracts. Since such contracts constitute the first lien, federal loans based on first mortgage security would not apply to these lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank
George Ross
George W. Elder Declares Sole Ownership of George Engineering Co
In Beaverhead County Montana on November 1 1917 George W Elder declares he transacts business as George Engineering Company as sole owner. Notary Harlow Pease attests to his identity and execution in Dillon Montana with seal and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Montana
Beaverhead
I. G. Vv. Elder
Montana
George Engineering Company
George W. Elder
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Harlow Pease
Denver stalls replace Wild West heroes with aviation romance
A Denver book market reflects a shift in popular taste as war sentiment replaces Deadwood Dick and Nick Carter with stories about aviators and submarine commanders. Dealers note readers seek modern hero types rather than traditional Western adventurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Kaiser
America
Deadwood Dick
Old Broad Brim
King Brady
Nick Carter
Soldier Passes World’s Heaviest Weight Record
Syracuse report says Sergeant Imhoff of the quartermaster corps at the Syracuse expansion camp retired after a career in which he grew from 125 pounds at enlistment to 825 pounds, claiming the largest soldier in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
United States Army
Imhoff
Quartermaster's Corps
Sam
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Glen News
Polaris News
Grant News
Dillon News Briefs
Jorgen Jorgenson
Fox
J. H. Judge
Fred Gibson
Bannack
Ernest W. Geary
Lima
Roy Evans
Frank Birrer
Blaine
G. G. Brownback
Billings
Patrick Sweeny
Methodist Aid Society
Red Cross
City Hall
W. H. Corll
George Wolf
C.w.scott
E. H. Brundage
Centennial Valley
Elsie Garrison
Richie
Nyhart Crossing
Pocatello
S. E. Keesee
Nebraska
Missouri
Dillon Training School
Putlié School
Merced
C.C. Barnett
Red Lodge
A. ‘.S. Johnson
Los Angeles
Oregon Short Line
Western Wholesale Grocery Company
Rasmussen
Rothas
Princess Millinery
Ladies of
Otto March
Harry Smith
George Gardner
Seattle
Camp Lewis
Paul Temple
William Gorman
R. C. Walker
Poindexter & Orr Live Stock Company
Twenty-first Engineer Regiment
Forestry Department
Spokane
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Montana Auto Supply Company
Incorporated
Hoover
Buck
Second
Lyceum Humber Type
Shromng
Optra Agton
Theodore N. Vail
League For National Unity
Mr. Vail
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Wick Carter
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