W H Fitch obituary details tragedy and family ties
Sheridan dispatch reports Willard Henry Fitch born 1862 in Ohio died November 7 1918 from complications after an accident in October when his horse fell. He left a wife Virginia Frances Miller Fitch a son Martin Paul Fitch and a grandson Frank Willard Fitch. The piece recalls his long move west and centennial valley farming success. A second obituary notes Ernest Jones 17 died of influenza in Centennial Valley with siblings and parents mourning.
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Sheridan
W. A Ritch
Tribune
L. A. Fitch
Monida
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Willard Henry Fitch
Sheffield
Ohio
Henry M. Fitch
West
Fort Peck Indian Agency
Missouri River
Laura
Deer Lodge
Virginia Frances Miller
Trenton
N. J
Lakeview
Centennial Valley
Madison County
Martin Paul Fitch
Frank Willard Fitch
J. R. Hedley
Long Beach
Calif
Martin
France
Ernest Jones
P. J. Jones
Jones Cemetery
Local Notes From Glen and Surrounding Areas
Private Fred J. Hartwig has returned from the hospital and is on furlough at home with his mother accompanying him from Missoula. Henry Lehman seeks medical advice in Dillon for an infected hand from a sliver and Horace Hand and family are ill but improving. Harvey Wickham is hospitalized in Butte with consumption. Many neighbors, including Dr. Walker, visit rural cases and threshing near the Wood Live Stock Company site proceeds slowly as illness lingers among workers.
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Reichle P. O
Fred J. Hartwig
Fort
Missoula
Henry Lehman
Dillon
Horace Hand
Harvey Wickham
Butte
Fred Hamish
Stephen Kambich
M.reichle
Dr. Walker
Horace Hand Ranch
Lavon
Alois Fassler
Melrose
Jacob Hartwig
Frank
White
Wood Live Stock Company
Apex News Highlights Local Reopenings and Travel Notes
School reopened with full attendance after flu closure. Residents report travel to Dillon and Butte for business and medical care. Beaverhead Ranch finishes threshing on Hopp Mantle Birch Creek ranches. Bill Frakes moves family to Apex to join Apex ferries and children rejoin Apex school.
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Rwee
Apex
F. A. Bryan
T. H. Ellis
Butte
Ellis
George Bitty
R. Mel Cosgrove
Fred Bryan
Dillon
A. C. Hood
Roy Mengel
H. M. Miller
T. H. DuBois
Noah Allen
A. B. Stanfield
A. T. Crosley
Beaverhead Ranch Company
Hopp and Mantle
Ferguson Ranch
Birch Creek
Bill Frakes
Apex Nd
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W. H. Fitch
Charlie Montgomery
Montgomery
Frank Jones
Campeau
Swift & Company
Federal Trade Commission
Seaboard
U.S. A
Glen News
Apex News
The
War Industries Board
Auto Supplies
Labor
Montana Auto Supply Co
Beaverhead Motors Co
Ditty-Sheppard Auto Co
Dillon Auto Company
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