Looking Backward from the Tribune Files 1891
A collection of short notes from October 2 1891 items include John Shefer and Miss Nellie Blair’s marriage on October 6 wishes for happiness. Thomas H. Hamilton of Horse Prairie with a 900 ton hay crop. Golden Leaf Bannack ships a 2000 dollar bullion bar. changes at Charles Hirschman’s Senate saloon. awnings on Main Street vandalized. Great Falls projects and car accident near Bey. ducks as local wildlife highlights. C C Thornton visiting Lima for a new bank project. street dust vs paving comments and need for cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shefer
Nellie Blair
Thomas H. Hamilton
Horse Prairie
Hamilton
Charles Hirschman
Senate
Main Street
Great Falls
Bey
Mr. Cosgrove
C. C. Thornton
Lima
Local Business and Land Transfers Highlight 1900 Dillon Edition
The McNamey cattle crew prepare steers and fat cows for delivery to a Butte butchering firm on the 15th. Rudolph Peterson and William McManus return from a Rattlesnake hunt with three deer. The Odd Fellows building on Bannack Idaho is sold to A F Graeter for 8000 dollars, while the Estes two story block on Bannack sells for 9000 dollars. Mrs Estes sells adjoining Idaho street lots to Graeter for 1500 dollars. Rose Morgan replaces Ethel Squire as stenographer at Dillon Implement Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMenamey ‘Ari
Erineberry
Butte
Rudolph Peterson
William McManus
Odd Fellows
Bannack
Idaho
A. F. Graeter
Estes
Bannack Street
Idaho Street
Rose Morgan
Dillon Implement Company
Ethel Squire
Free mail delivery begins in Dillon in 1910
The Tribune reports Dillon adopts daily mail delivery with two routes starting Tuesday. Deliveries occur at 8:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Residents may initially resist the change as they adjust to the new service. Jardine Rife returns from Idaho after installing a country electric plant for Thomas Yeaman. The Manse society ladies visit the Anderson ranch escorted by spring wagons. Scenic theatre, recently in receivership, changed managers with Mr and Mrs Robert Hay leaving for Butte. Earl Wheat runs it this week pending final disposition.
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Dillon
Jardine Rife
Near Junction
Idaho
Thomas Yeaman
Manse Society
Clark Anderson
Finley Cunnard
Anderson Ranch
Maudlin
Robert Hay
Butte
Earl Wheat
1920 economic difficulties noted by Tribune readers
The Tribune from October 8 1920 recalls 1920 as a difficult year for business. Dick Cosgrove and Chris Bay return to Dillon and begin new ventures amid the challenging climate.
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the Tribune
Cosgrove
Chris Bay
Dillon
Montana in Brief: Junior Livestock Show and Local Developments
Stanford hosts the second annual Junior Livestock Show and Fair on Oct 11 with Judith Basin County allocating 3000 for expansion. Laurel reports a new Railway Service and Supply plant worth 30000 to service Northern Pacific packing. Chinook beet harvests run toward Utah Idaho Sugar factory with normal sugar content. Valier displays a one and a half pound Spanish sweet onion by W A Vanover. Billings reports Montana game agent Roahen noting C W Yancey jailed in Duluth for illegal beaver transport. Wicks fined for fur shipping without permit and Keiper fined for trapping without license. Hardin artesian well yields water from Dakota sand for irrigation and domestic use.
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Stanford
Judith Basin
Billings
Kenneth F. Roahen
Montana
C. W. Yancey
Edward Morgan
Glasgow
Duluth
Minn
Roaden
W. E. Wicks
Lewistown
William Keiper
Wolf Point
State milk board creates four districts in Montana
G Ai Norris secretary of the state milk control board announced four new districts after a hearing held at Helena. The districts are Columbus Nashua Absarokee and Chinook to stabilize the dairy industry by setting a district minimum price tied to production costs and related factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ai’ Norris
State Milk Control Board
Helena
Norris
Columbus
Nashua
Absarokee
Chinook
Bowman cites 1940 hail losses and final payments
State hail commission head E. K. Bowman announces final payments for 1940 hail crew losses. He states total damage around 95000 dollars and that losses would be paid despite claims cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K., Bowman
Americas must train for defense says Carrell and Strasser
A long opinion essay argues modern ease weakens bodies and nations. It cites U S Army fitness rejections, German forces, and a call for disciplined democracy to stand against fascism. It also covers Garand rifle progress, youth in war, installment credit trends, and global pressures from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis Carrell
U. S
U. S. Army
Julius Caesar
France
Stockmen Warned On Feed Changes By State Veterinarian
Dr. W. J. Butler warns Montana stockmen against abrupt changes from dry to wet feeds. Sudden shifts can cause asthma in cattle, which is often fatal. Several cows have already died in the western end of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Butler
Montana
Ewestern
Mrs Bates of Joliet visiting Joliet sisters
Mrs. Walter A. Bates of Joliet Illinois is visiting her sisters Mrs. Harry Graves Mrs. R. A. Chandler and Mrs. Adam McLaren during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Bates
Joliet, Ill
Harry Graves
R. A. Chandler
Adam McLaren
Perkins Versus Defendant In Beaverhead Court
Mina Perkins files an alias summons in the district court of the fifth judicial district Beaverhead County Montana. The case involves civil proceedings with the beaverhead court issuing summons to an unnamed defendant for response and appearance. The document sets the procedural path for service and future court dates as required by Montana law.
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Court OF the Fifth Judicial District
State OF Montana
Beaverhead
Joe Branson
Wenry I
Stocking
Norman Giles
Fifth Judicial District
Montana
County OF
Edna’ Johnston
State OF
Mina Perkins
Erith C. Perkins
Beaverhead County
Rife
Dillon
J. L. Mayland
District Court
Louis Kruger
Louis
Theodore F. McFadden
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the Tribune Publishing Company
Albert Erickson
National Advertising Representative
The
American Press Association
Tribune
United Press
Laurel
Railway Service and Supply Company
Northern Pacific Railway
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
W. A. Vanover
Hardin
E. A. Lammers
Bleuno
Cas Sanaa
Northwest Bancorporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
How Goes the World
Austin Conover
Hitler
Otto Strasser
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
National Socialist Party
Black Front
Strasser
Russia
Low Countries
Gestapo
Rudolph Hess
Germany
Faust
Mephistopheles
William Knudsen
Springfield Armory
Garand
America
Sapire
National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau
Benjamin Franklin
Leon Trotzky
Karl Marx
Indo-China
Australia
British Commonwealth
Great Britain
United States
Montana State University
Missoula
Association of American Universities
H. H. Swain
Greater
University of Montana
J. E. Kelly
Robert €. Johnston
A. D
Court Seal
W. M. Stone
Leonard A. Schulz
Plaintiff
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