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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
4
Brundage and Boatman Wed in Pleasant Ceremony
In the residence of G T Boatman Rev Joseph Wilks joined John H Brundage and Laura Boatman in marriage on Wednesday evening. The county court faced two murder cases this week drawing large crowds with crowded seating. Nearby Argenta mines of the P J Kelly company reportedly yield about $6000 in ore daily from the Iron Mountain and Anaconda mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Boatman
Joseph Wilks
John H. Brundage
Laura Boatman
Argenta
P. J. Kelly Company
Iron Mountain
Anaconda
Work Begins On New Baptist Parsonage Foundation
The Tribune notes the foundation work for the new Baptist parsonage started Tuesday. Also reported: Eph Stroller, John Hirschman and S. S. Patterson hunted deer Sunday morning and returned with three fine deer Tuesday evening. Ernest Orr returns from the Klondike. Cox and Pyle open a new butcher shop in Twin Bridges. T. E. G. Lynch rides bicycle home from Copper Queen mine in Lemhi County.
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Eph
John Hirschman
S. S. Patterson
Cox and Pyle
Twin Bridges
T. E. G. Lynch
Copper Queen
Lemhi
Sugar beets test high sugar content in 1908
1908 notes from the Tribune report that local sugar beets tested by Heber Austin of the Utah Idaho Sugar company are unusually rich for the season, with purity and sugar levels expected to match top beets nationwide. Other items include Y W C A Montana convention guests at the Normal college, John Baker’s republican county clerk candidacy, and Charles Conger winning state fair prizes with his chickens.
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the Tribune
Heber Austin
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
Utah
Idaho
Taylor
Montana
Dillon
The
Normal College
John
Baker
D. L. MacDonald
Helena
Beaverhead County
MacDonald
Argenta Residents and Visitors See Dillon Week
Argenta and surrounding area residents and visitors were in Dillon this week. Local candidates and families traveled between Argenta Powderville Deer Lodge and Butte. District residents and campaign activity were noted with multiple visits and weekend trips.
State Land Board Buys Livingston High School Bonds
Nanita B. Sherlock, state land commissioner, says the state bought $40,000 of Park County High School District bonds for completing a new high school at Livingston and has purchased $163,000 more of the district’s bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Land Board
Park County
Livingston
Nanita B. Sherlock
Moose Creek Hill Sees Traffic Woes After Rain
Beaverhead valley reports heavy rain causing mud and washouts on Moose Creek hill. Road crews had work done earlier in the week as loose dirt and washed shoulders left trucks and cars skidding. Normal weather station records show about one inch of precipitation over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Creek Hill
Beaverhead Valley
Normal College
Beaverhead County appoints judges for November election
Beaverhead County commissioners appointed judges of election for the November 8 general election at their regular monthly session last week. Several changes were made from the staff that served at the July primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Three Babies Born At Barrett Hospital This Weekend
Three babies were born at Barrett hospital over the weekend. A daughter was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Sherman Wardrop. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Bimnet, length and other details not fully readable.
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Barrett Hospital
Sherman. Wardrop
Bimnet
Aia A
Munich cheers and Paris rejoices as peace pact shocks Europe
The piece reports optimistic responses to the Munich outcome, with Chamberlain greeted in Britain and Daladier acclaimed in Paris. It notes German and Italian leaders receiving unexpected ovations while critics in Britain, led by Alfred Duff Cooper, voice dissent. The piece contrasts reactions across Europe to the pact, stressing a shift toward peace rhetoric and the end of aggressive posturing.
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Britain
Mr. Chamberlain
Alfred Duff Cooper
London
Admiralty
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Germany
Stanley Baldwin
Hitler
Himself
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Paris
Daladier
Chamberlain
Got
Czechoslovakia
Heston
Buckingham Palace
Farmers deserting land to seek relief under New Deal policy
Oklahoma's Thomas warned farmers were leaving cotton fields to rely on relief as crop prices fall. Wallace opposed price fixing based on cost, arguing it would soak consumers and ruin farmers, seeking to bridge the gap between market price and prewar levels like 1909-13.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
South Carolina
Elliston D
Smith
AAA
Wallace
U. S
Oklahoma
Thomas
Boy Scout Drive Nears Completion at City Hall Meeting
The Boy Scout fund drive reached sixty percent completion after a finance committee meeting at city hall. Chairman Norman Henry reported many solicitors had yet to respond and urged list cleanup and submission of receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Drive
Finance Committee
Norman Henry
Public Welfare and Highway Funds Sent to Musselshell County
Treasurer Ray N. Shannon received federal checks totaling 149 824 dollars for the state public welfare board 3592 dollars for the employment service and 11193 dollars for completed highway construction work in Musselshell county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Welfare Board
Employment Service
Musselshell County
Ray N. Shannon
Report of The First National Bank of Dillon 1938
Report of the condition of The First National Bank of Dillon Montana at close of business September 28 1938 published to comply with the Comptroller of Currency call under Section 622 U S Revised Statutes ASSETS 469 514 88 9 540 95 negsercens sacmemeneness.
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First National Bank of
Dillon
Montana
Comptroller of Currency
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