Barrack Bag Returns to Original Owner as Coincidence
J J Wikidal of the Dillon Steam Laundry received a renovated army barrack bag from Nashville marked for Penry C Wyatt Co D Mont Inf. The bag, issued to Wyatt in 1917 and carried to France with D Company 163rd Infantry, now serves as a souvenir and proof of an unlikely coincidence.
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J. J. Wikidal
Dillon Steam Laundry
Nashville
Tennessee
Penry C. Wyatt
Mont
15Th Infantry
Mgr. Wyatt
Montana
France
D Company
163Rd Infantry
First National Bank
Wiksdal
Thanksgiving Day Activities in Dillon
Thanksgiving day in Dillon featured morning church services across towns, followed by home dinners with turkey as the centerpiece. County jail inmates enjoyed a turkey dinner with trimmings and smokes. A high school vs independent team basketball game ended 34 to 21 in favor of the high school, with plans for winter league play. The Hartwig theatre showcased the Signal Corps action photo from the war to packed houses. A city hall dance closed the day with Baxter Tonrey orchestra providing music.
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Dillon
Turkey
Signal Corps
Hartwig Theatre
City Hall
Baxter- Tonrey
Meeting to organize Dillon Young Men's Club
A notice announces a Monday 3 45 P M meeting at the high school gym for boys students young men and community men interested in forming a booster group. Attendees will work toward a club room and support Dillon Montana by boosting the town’s growth.
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Dillon
Montana
Dismissal of Jurors Ends Dillon Term
Judge Joseph C. Smith dismissed six jurors remaining Wednesday afternoon as others left town for Thanksgiving. Jurors had previously returned verdicts in several cases including McKinster vs Prescott for the plaintiff and Dishno vs Montana Racine Rubber Co for the defendant. The term ended with rulings in Kruletz vs Kruletz and Bourquin vs Ditty, while the Olmsted-Stevenson case continued.
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Joseph C. Smith
Dillon
Cnter
Adi
Ciee
Bourquin
Harry McKinster
A. K. Prescott
John Collins
Norris, Hurd & Collins
T. D. Wier
Helena
Montana- Racine Rubber Co
Frary
Freeman, Thelan and Frary
Great Falls
Alfred
Silas C. Dishno
E. J. Calloway
S. J. Cowley
Lyman Bennett
Olmsted-Stevenson Company
Thomas Flynn
Roy S. Stephenson
Rodgers & Gilbert
Emil Kruletz
Tony Kruletz
Ditty
Stolen Dodge Recovered in Butte Leads to Arrests
Edgar McIntosh and W Le Joslin are jailed in Dillon on grand larceny charges after Sheriff Duggan traced a stolen Jerome Baxter Dodge touring car to a private Butte garage. The vehicle, once orange, was found and identified by Baxter and Mrs. Baxter. Bonds set at 5000 each as they await district court trial.
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Edgar
McIntosh
W. le Joslin
Jerome Baxter
Larry Duggan
Butte
Mooney
District Court
Duggan
Dugan
Court House
Dupyan
Jutte
Dupgyan
Mast Placer Street
Vane O
Carine
Strat
Strawers
Join
Montana Clearing House
Rail motorbus to bolster Northern Pacific miners line
Northern Pacific officials unveil an experimental rail motorbus built to haul 17 passengers on steep grades. After alterations it will run from Agnhosed Mont to Salmon City Idaho linking mining traffic with rail service. trial between St. Paul and White Bear showed satisfactory results. Mack Co builds a larger 36 passenger unit.
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Northern Pacific Railways
Mento Oritorbert
Nortien T Pacific
Agnhosed Mont
Salmon City
Tdaho
Roy W. Clark
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
White Bear
Mack Company
Minneapolis Tribune
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad
Armstead
Former Deputy Clerk Judson Holden Dies in Butte
Judson R. Holden aged 62, a former Beaverhead county deputy clerk under H. Mayers from 1896 to 1898, died at his Butte home last Friday. He began the county property book system still in use. Born in Vermont, he moved to Montana 37 years ago, living 17 years in Dillon and 20 years in Butte.
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Judson R. Holden
Beaverhead County
H. Mayers
Butte
Holden
Vermont
Montana
Dillon
Bitte
G and P Accident Injures Three After Rail Line Crash
John Kelly of Anaconda, foreman for Gilmore and Pittsburg at Tenday Idaho, dies at 58 from injuries after a windblown telephone wire fouled a handcar on the Tenday line. John McLaughlin and another crewman were injured as the crew jumped the track. Dr. Hanmer and Gen Manager W. N. Biehler rushed to aid. Kelly underwent a high risk operation in Butte but died after sinking from a hemorrhage.
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John Kelly
Anaconda
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Tenday
Idaho
Murray Hospital
Butte
County Galway
Ireland
Montana
Denver
John McLaughlin
C.F. Hanmer
Kelly
W. N. Biehler
Armstead
Hanmer
Salmon
Niles
Electric lights shine at Brandy mill opening
The Brandy development plant near Wise River switched on 60 000 volts lighting the camp for the first time Friday night. The $1,000,000 mill with 500 ton daily capacity will host an opening with eastern financiers and local visitors. The project includes a railroad into Brandy, a school, mail service, housing for 25 families, and a new upper mine hotel and boarding house.
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Boston and Montana Development Company
Brandy
Anaconda
Wise River
Montana Southern
Cie
Suffering From Cancer Aged Man Ends Life
Andrew Hendricks, 69, suffering from throat cancer, died after taking an overdose of morphine at a Hogan's alley cabin last Saturday night. Despondency over his condition and regular morphine allowances led to suicide. A German native, he worked as a sheep herder for county stockmen in recent years. funeral at Brundage chapel followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery.
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Andrew Hendricks
Hogan’s Alley
Hendricks
Brundage’ Chapel
Mountain View
Germany
Stated Prize Awards Named in Dillon Event
The report lists rewards given by Stepherson and Shaw, with honorees including N. Knox, Miss Bapman, John Allison Covden, a Jackson forest ranger, and Miss Winnie Fullerton Gilliam of Paona Colorado. The notes reference a Tuncay afternoon ceremony and named participants from Dillon and Paona.
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Stepherson
N. Knox
Bapman. Shaw
Dillon
John Allison Covden
Jackson
Winnie Fullerton “Gilliam
Paona
Colo
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Henry Wyatt
J. F. Wikidal
Baxter
BIG Motor Bus
G. & Pla
N.op
Minnesota
Whitney
John KR. Pope
Feebles
W. R. Allen
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