Interesting tales from Tribune files 1889 and 1900
Lima lodge No. 45 I O O F formed with Grand Master Phil Dodson presiding. Dillon attendees included Henry Cushing and James Conger. Other notes cover Henry Bumby heading to England, Edison the Belmont horse rumor quashed, and Lemhi Indians seeking stay at Lemhi agency. Also items on Dillon Social Club reformation, Miss Janie Carter exams, and local school events including a hunting trip elk catch and a Shakespeare club representative.
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Tribune
Lima Lodge
Lima
Phil Dodson
Bozeman
Henry McMurphy
Helena
M. Berger
H. C. Stover
H. Warnecke
A. Christensen
B. W. Nelson
George Hungate
James Phillips
W. B. Starr
Ed Ripley
P Grant
R. D. Freeman
L. C. Ford
Dillon Odd
Henry Cushing
H. D. Brainerd
I. Cashmore
Frank Defriez
James Conger
Henry Bumby
Silver Star
England
Charles Bliven
Edison
Charles
Jack
Senator Shoup
Lemhi
Fort Hall
Dillon
James Dunstan
Geo. Banks
Melrose Morton
Florence Carter
Mamie Adams
Emerson Hill
Maud
Bedrock
George W. Dart
Jackson
Janie V. Carter
Mary E. Gannon
Rebecca Evans
Ford Burtch
Ella Leland
Earle Watts
Beaverhead County
F. D. Willis
Ella Free
Shakespeare Club
Frances Forsgren
Bernard Williams
Keith Lloyd
Medicine Lodge
Williams
May Sprinkle
Mill Point
Rhet Rathbone
Lee Williams
Julia Anderson
Mary Shoenborn
Pretty wedding marks noon ceremony at Findling home
In Dillon the wedding of Josephine Findling to John Wolf occurred at midday with Leone Besse as bridesmaid and Henry Wolf as best man. The issue notes local court action, marriages, and land sales including 555 acres sold by Rodney W. Page for 10000 dollars near Twin Bridges, plus family relocations and regional news.
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the Tribune
Susan A. Findling
Josephine
John Wolf
Leone Besse
Henry Wolf
Thomas Flynn
Pocatello
Minnie B. Hunter
Edna Coon
John Bechtold
Rodney W. Page
Big Hole
Twin Bridges
W. D. Heller
Perry Heller
Mount Haggin to Exhibit 19 Hampshire Sheep at Fair
Montana entries for the 1940 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago include the Mount Haggin Land and Livestock company of Anaconda with a purebred Hampshire flock of 19. The ranch has a history of blue ribbon wins and the show is expected to be the largest yet with cash prizes totaling about 100000 dollars.
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Montana
Chicago
U.P
Mount Haggin Land and Livestock Company
Anaconda
Mount Haggin Company
Hampshire
University Boys Rope in College Money
Cheyenne Wyoming reports Dean and Hyde Merritt sons of rancher King Merritt return to the University of Wyoming to fund education through calf roping earnings. Dean won $200 at the Greeley Spud rodeo with a 16 second calf catch and tie. their Cheyenne Frontier Days results were less fortunate. The pair reportedly manage rodeo work with agriculture studies and herd over 150 horses and 300 cattle in spare time.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Dean
Hyde Merritt
University of Wyoming
Hyde
King Merritt
Greeley
Colo
Merritt
Antelope Refuge Used as Nursery for Fawns
Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge east of Lakeview serves as a kindergarten for more than 100 fawns. The young antelope are fed canned milk from bottles four to five times daily and will later be sent to Washington and Oregon refuges.
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Lakeview
Obe
Hart Mountain
Washington
Oregon
Lights of 12 Mile Range Being Built for Army
In San Francisco the U S Army will use anti aircraft searchlights of immense power. Each light is five feet in diameter and capable of aiding observers twelve miles away. General Electric chairman Philip D Reed revealed the company is providing these lights among defense products.
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U. S. Army
San Francisco
United States Army
Philip D. Reed
General Electric Company
80 Year-Old Ulmer Keeps Working At Home Farm
In Williamsport Elias A. Ulmer aged eighty refuses to slow down. The retired farmer tends four rear yard plots from dawn to dusk growing giant beans and peas. He says age does not stop his labor and pride in his garden.
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Williamsport
Elias A. Ulmer
Ulmer
Armistice Day Reflections From Austin Conover
In Arlington National Cemetery a nameless World War I Unknown Soldier is honored amid ceremonies marking sacrifice and liberty. The column then surveys Britain, illiteracy, Somerset Maugham, science, fascism in America, and Montana State college basketball schedule and local wildlife study progress.
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Virginia
Chicago
Kansas
Texas
Pacific
National Cemetery
Arlington
America
Montana Women Named to Legion Auxiliary Committees
Mrs. G. H. Chambers of Cut Bank was named national poppy committee chairwoman and will oversee nationwide distribution of memorial poppies. Mrs. B. O. Orleman of Livingston was appointed vice chairwoman of the national community service committee to lead community improvement projects.
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Montana
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
American Legion Auxiliary
G. HE
Chambers
Cut*Bank
Legion Auxiliary
Livingston
National
Community Service Committee
Orleman
Louis J. Lemstra
Named to board of soldiers' home in Columbia Falls
George Dillon of Missoula was named by Governor Roy E. Ayers to the board of managers of the soldiers' home at Columbia Falls. He succeeds C. H. Poppy of Columbia Falls whose term expires and Dillon will serve until April 18, 1943.
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George Dillon
Missoula
Roy E. Ayers
Soldiers’ Home
Columbia Falls
Dillon
C. H. Poppy
Notice to Creditors Estate of Philip Knabe Deceased
Administrator of the estate of Philip Knabe gives four months from first publication for creditors and others holding claims against the deceased to file them with vouchers. Claims must be presented at the law office of J. E. Kelly in Dillon Montana, Beaverhead County.
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Philip Knabe
J. E. Kelly
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead
Monana
Frank ©, McFadden
Notice of Private Sale of Frank Conklin Estate Real Property
The administrator of the Frank Conklin estate in Beaverhead County Montana will sell at private sale for cash the decedent’s real property holdings. Bids may be filed at John Collins Poindexter Block Dillon Montana after the first publication, with a sale to occur on or after November 15.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State OF
Montana
Beaverhead
Carleton Innes
Mary L. Innes
Dillon
Dillon Tribune
Manana
Henry G. Rodgers
District Court of the
Frank Conklin
Beaverhead County
Swynwy
John ‘Collins
Poindexter ‘Block
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Grest Falls
Mont
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
R. S
Frank Ritschel
Wisdom
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Dillon Montana
National Advertising Representative
The
American Press Association
Pnede
George Washington
Dreadful Valley Forge
Mrs. Washington
Austin Conover
von Ribbentrop
Lord Byron
Britain
Babylon
Egypt
Rome
Commonwealth of Nations
Eton
Harrow
Exeter
Dunkirk
Somerset Maugham
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Cannes
Novelist Maugham
New York
Europe
Hitler
United States
Mussolini
Il Duce
Italy
Fascist Party
II Duce
Hamline University of
Idaho
Montana State University
Bobcats
Colorado College
Western State
Colorado
Greeley State
Colorado Mines
the University
Robert Cooney
Kootenai River
Libby
State, Fish and” Game Department
Anihala
Yaitet
Northwest” Bancorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elegal
Sam W. Conklin
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