Visitors from Grant and nearby towns visit Dillon
In OpENENG visitors from Grant last Sunday. Co G and W S Clark came from Whitehall Monday. Jules Wenger Jr of Jackson spent last weekend in Dillon. Mr and Mrs Camas Nelson of Jackson were in town last week. A Madsen from Bannack was a business visitor early in the week. S M McKnight of Dell spent the early part of the week in Dillon. William Haxall of Alder attended toilousness matters in Dillon last Saturday. Mr and Mrs C W Stallings and family of Bannack spent last Sunday in the city. W M Stewart spent the latter part of the week in Dillon from Lima. Mr and Mrs J J Brown of Armstead spent the latter part of last week in Dillon. Mr and Mrs Ben Mallon were down from Wise River the latter part of last week. Mr and Mrs Charles J Price of Lakeview were guests at the Metlen hotel last Saturday. Mrs Henry Birrer of Lima visited last Sunday at the Gelhaus home. F L Woody paid Dillon a business visit from his ranch near Dell on Saturday of last week. Mrs B L Forsyth of Lakeview spent the latter part of last week visiting with friends in Dillon. Mr and Mrs J E Shaw were down from their ranch in the Big Hole basin on Friday of last week. Mrs Albert Smith was a visitor from Twin Bridges last Saturday. Mr and Mrs A A Schroeder R A Welborn was down from Dell Monday with his young son who was seriously ill. He was reported to be on the road to recovery later in the week though not entirely out of danger.
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R. A. Welborn
Dell
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Family News
E A Van Sicklin and S A Malaffey guests at the Andrus early this week. Friendly Enemies praised for sharp arguments as well as humor. Nelson Maxwell and Josephine Cushing Maxwell welcomed a baby daughter last week. Fred Woodside and Arthur Stephenson traveled to Salt Lake City for two days enjoying the trip. B M Lawrence and Miss Jennie Lawrence visited from Bowen with Nina Lawrence returning home after hospital injuries.
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Fred Woodside
Salt Lake
Arthur ‘Stephenson
National Parks Airways
IT ISS TO LAFF Friendly Enemies at the Hartwig
The Legion presents a patriotic comedy titled IT ISS TO LAFF with a crack cast. Performances run December 5 and 6 at the Hartwig, curtain 8:15. Admission is one dollar, promising a priceless evening of laughter to sway the gloom.
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Lafftor
Dillon
Hamlet
Hartwig
Legion
Real Admonitions on Imitation in Modern Dress
London Daily Mall argues genuine quality defines refined taste. It condemns imitation lace linen jewelry and silver gilt as vulgar, noting that true ladies shun sham fabrics belts and handbags and reject fake butter and ginger as well.
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London Daily Mall
Hen’s brood grieve as minister eats missing brother
The twelve pullets mourn their brother after a farmer’s wife kills and serves him to a visiting minister. The mother quips that the brother has entered the ministry, implying he would not have been useful as a layman.
Sheriff Sale Aimed at Beaverhead Copper Claims
Beaverhead County sheriff W C Orr advertises a December 8 1928 sale of numerous mining claims in Argenta including the Little Iron Mountain and Emerald Lodes plus Grand View Windup and Captain Jim Lodes among others. The sale proceeds cash at the Dillon court house front door per statutory trustees Harry Blumkin A T Morgan C Davis G N Opp J S Cohen.
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Harry Blumkin
A. T. Morgan
C. Davis
G. N. Opp
J. S. Cohen
Butte-Argenta Copper Co
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Bix
Montana Meridian
Argenta Unorganized
Beaverhead County
Grand View Lode
Mountain View Lode
Jim
Surveyor General of Survey
Argenta
W. C. Orr
C. H. Hartwig
Annual Christmas Seal Sale Opens December
The Dillon Shakespeare club sponsors the annual Christmas Seal sale beginning the first week of December and lasting two weeks. Proceeds fund tuberculosis work in Beaverhead County, with 75 percent of last year’s $388.49 total already allocated to the county nurse’s salary. The sale relies on community support and promotional help from national and local groups. The 1928 seal features a ship in full sail and Santa, usable on letters, gifts, bills, policies, and many other items to promote health.
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Dillon Shakespeare Club
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Beaverhead
Montana
Wrongly Placed Heaters Waste Millions in Coal
Heating experts from the Holland Institute of Thermology warn mislocated warm air plants waste coal annually. They urge basement placement for equal heat, with under living rooms preferred if partitions exist, and proximity to the chimney flue for efficient draft.
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Holland Institute of Thermology
Holland
Mich
Circular Flues Safest Cleaning Is Easy and Cheap
Soot buildup in corners of square or oblong chimneys when using soft coal or wood can cause fires. The Holland Institute of Thermology recommends circular flues as safest, and cleaning via a modern vacuum cleaner chimney device is quick, inexpensive, and tidy.
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Holland Institute of Thermology of
Holland
Mich
One Good Point Haunting Quote From Mencken
A fragment quotes H. L. Mencken noting that the human breast is one of the few charming things to be said about always bulging with hope. The line reflects Mencken's ironic wit and anxieties about optimism.
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H. L. Mencken
Animals with instinct foretell disasters, critics say
An article in Pearson's Weekly claims animals have prophetic instinct. It cites Thames flood prepurchants, London mice fleeing a Westminster curtain, and a 1922 Aldershot squirrels episode where a fire burned near their former haunts after they migrated, suggesting premonition.
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Thames
Pearson's Weekly
London
Westminster
Fox Hills
Aldershot
Weighty Volumes in the Library of Long Ago
The article traces early lending libraries in monasteries and the use of chained reference books. It credits Sardanapalus with amassing 10,000 Nineveh clay tablets and names William Ewart as a reformer who helped found the modern town library while abolishing the death penalty for cattle stealing and hanging in chains.
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Sardanapalus
Nineveh
William Ewart
Choice of Two Evils Gossip About Gagge on Stage
Gossip claimed Gagge was crazy in amateur theatricals but he denied it. A friend questioned his constant appearances in private plays and asked why he performs so often. Gagge admitted tiredness yet said he would rather be on stage than in the audience.
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Gagge
Gugge
Arm Round Waist Case Sparks Courtroom Laughter
A Stirling case on a youth who put his arm around a conductoress’s waist was ruled legal assault. The sheriff noted that consent could end the charge, drawing laughter, and the youth received only a judicial warning.
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England
Stirling
Coughs Pose Danger as Germ Spreaders
An old health officer warns that any coughing or sneezing spreads infectious germs, urging the public to stop coughing to curb colds. The notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe, effective cough and cold remedy for all ages, sold by Geo M Gosman.
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Foley
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
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Grant
Co. G and
W. S. Clark
Whitehall
Jules Wenger Jr
Jackson
Camas Nelson of
A. Madsen
Bannack
S. M. McKnight
William Haxall
Alder
W. M. Stewart
Lima
J. J. Brown
Armstead
Mrs
Ben Mallon
Wise River
Charles J. Price
Lakeview
Metlen Hotel
Henry Birrer
Joseph Gelhaus
F. L. Woody
B. L. Forsyth
J. E. Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Albert Smith
Twin Bridges
A. A. Schroeder
E. A. van Sicklin
S. A. Malaffey
Nelson Maxwell
Judith Gap
Maxwell
Josephine Cushing
W. J. Cushing
B. M. Lawrence
Jennie Lawrence
Bowen
Nina Lawrence
Barrett Hospital
Santa Claus
Dorothy Carlson
Florence
New York
THE
RED Cross
Sheriff’ Sale
Surveyor General
Territory
W. J. Romersa
Hughes & McCaleb
AlbeRt T. Reid
Nookie
American Express
Standard Lumber
R. D. Curry
Enlls Telephone Building
Annabel Desmond
Phillips
Dillon Telephone
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