Looking Backward in the Tribune 49 Years Ago
From the October 23 1891 issue the column reports P J Kelly and O J Thompson prospecting at Dye's Creek with 660 acres of placer ground planned for next summer. An executive committee led by Governor White Mauldin and Dart oversees the fall fair. Sheriff Rose took Ching Hee to Warm Springs asylum after a jury deemed him insane. Fred Bird grows the summer champions turnip over 20 pounds. A social at Henry Ginthner's featured Lillie Baker Stella Cornell Lena Neil Celia Lennox Nettie Williamson Lizzie Kent Emma Orem and others. Frank Jones narrowly escapes a timber wolf at Beattie Place Centennial with a .22 pistol. E H Brundage buys a new motor ambulance for his business.
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Robbery at Lima Post Office Stuns Town in 1900
In Lima a bold burglary broke into the E. A. Bailey store housing the post office. the safe was drilled and blown open, yielding $300 to $400 for the Post Office Department. Several local youths were arrested on warrants from Justice Jones for various school disruptions and mischief.
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Legion Auxiliary Elects Delegates for Anaconda Meeting
Delegates to the district convention of the American Legion Auxiliary were elected at the local group's Monday meeting. Mrs. A. S. Johnson Mrs. Ben Davis and Mrs. George Gosman will serve as representatives with alternates to be chosen by the president. District officials Mrs. Patrick Whalen and Mrs. Ralph Rand visited, with Whalen delivering an inspiring talk. The group set November 4 for the next business meeting and November 11 for a social session. George Gosman spoke about his trip to Boston for the national Legion convention.
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Grazing Program Moves Ahead in State
More than half of the cooperative grazing program is completed with 193 951 acres now under the farmer stockman project enacted by the 1939 legislature. Commissioner Nanita B Sherlock says 226 319 acres remain to be designated in other districts as Gov Roy E Ayers promotes the grazing plan alongside water conservation. Rentals from grazing districts fund the state school system.
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Trace of game warden in Alaska
A Montana deputy game warden badge found in a Juneau mining camp prompts Alaska interior officials to check records. They noted no deputy wardens have been in Alaska for years and joked a deputy may have fled Montana for the north to avoid another duck season.
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State Welfare Dept Aid Reaches 3000 Montanans Monthly
A report by administrator I. M. Brandford shows the welfare department aided about 3,000 Montanans each month during the year ended June 30. Total service costs totaled 4,366,671.49 dollars, covering all aid paid.
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How Goes World A View of Wartime Preparations and Events
A 1940s style column surveys U S defense timing toward 1942 43 and 46 with emphasis on production stages Ford GM Westinghouse and raw materials. It notes football spirit and school devotion, British resilience, and Dalmatian coast retirement imagery alongside Cooper Beaversworth and Singapore.
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Merit Council Meets Names Carroll College President
Montana's merit system council held its organization meeting and named Rev Father Emmett J. Riley president of Carroll College to lead the body. The council will oversee the merit employment system across the state board of health unemployment compensation commission and the department of public welfare.
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Helena Couples Play Card Night With Big Diamonds
In Helena on an autumn night, J Si Gray and Bill White with their wives played racehorse pinochle. Gray drew nine diamonds and White passed them, making a remarkable hand that left the players amazed by their luck.
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