Shakespeare Club Dillon Hosts State Women's Club Meeting
Katherine Orr reports that Montana State Federation of Women’s Clubs District No. 2 holds its third annual meeting in Dillon at the Training School auditorium on October 26 and 27. Open sessions invite delegates from Butte Anaconda Missoula and other clubs. Shakespeare Club hosts, active since 1892, with 35 members federated since 1904, led this year by Mrs. E. R. Mosher and Miss Edna Ketchum.
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Katherine C. Orr
Montana State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Training School
Dillon
Shakespeare Club
Girls’ Club
Women’s Peace Party
Marian White Arts and Crafts Club
Woman's
Anaconda
Cardinell
Corvallis
Deer Lodge
Hamilton
Missoula
Orchard Homes
Montana
Lucy Hamilton Carson
Montana State Normal College
E. R. Mosher
Edna Ketchum
Third Annual Meeting Program of District No 2 M S F W C
The program lists events for the Third Annual Meeting of District No 2 M S F W C at the Training School Auditorium Dillon on Friday Oct 26 with multiple sessions, speakers, musical acts, luncheons and a dinner, led by president Mrs T J Edwards. It includes invocations, addresses by Mrs E R Mosher and Mrs Wallace T Perham, reports by credential and committees, and war time topics.
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Jessie Poindexter
C. P. Thomas
M. S. F. W. C. Training School
Dillon
Bitter Root apples rotting as prices pin growers
Butte reports M A Henneberry says hundreds of barrels of apples and cherries lie on ground in Bitter Root valley due to high prices and lack of harvest labor. Growers say they receive 90 cents a box, cannot cover harvest costs, while neighboring counties see fruit rotting by the thousands. He urges substitution of fruit for other foods needed by allies.
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Butte
Helena Record-Herald
M. A. Henneberry
Dillon
Heneneberry
Residence sale on South Washington street completed
Ed Cushing closed a sale of his residence on South Washington street. Purchaser was J Guthrie of Bannack. The Cushings will move into the Joe Walsh house on Washington street while the Walshes relocate to the Julion house on South Washington street.
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Ed. Cushing
South Washington Street
J. Guthrie
Bannack
Cushings
Washington Street
Joe Walsh
Walshes
Julion
Liberty Bond Drive Promotes Government Bonds
The Second Liberty Loan of 1917 is pitched as a safe, high return investment. Beaverhead county prepares a wide campaign led by county chairman Frank A. Hazelbaker and an executive committee with local bankers and precinct workers listed.
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United States
Beaverhead County
Frank A. Hazelbaker
First National Bank
A. L. Stone
State Bank
C. C.thornton
Security State Bank
C. W. Hudson
Beaverhead State Bank
A. M. Sheima
Wisdom State Bank
Board Probes Dell Auto Train Collision
State law inquiry convened in the First National Bank room to determine fault in a Dell area crash one mile from town. Mrs. Mary A Patterson died when a train struck her car. A Grant and family survived. Train crew testified the whistle and bell were used. driver did not see the auto as it crossed.
First Snowfall Brings Cold North Wind Prompting Warm Coats
Wednesday morning light snow fell as a cold north wind moved through town prompting residents to reach for heavy coats and gloves. The brief flurry disrupted morning routines and sent shoppers into stores seeking winter apparel.
Two Dillon Boys on Duty in Butte
Ed Drummey and Robert Ostrander, Dillon natives, serve with the Washington coast artillery company in Butte. Both enlisted in Seattle within a week after the war declaration and have trained continuously. Drummey, Beav erhead County High School alum and former state basketball champion, has a younger brother in the Montana National Guard. Ostrander, medical corps, is a Washington University graduate and former Wisdom druggist, well known in Butte and Dillon.
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Ed Drummey
Robert Ostrander
Dillon
Butte
Washington Coast Artillery Company
Montana
Washington Company
Seattle
Drummey
Beaverhead County
Montana National Guard
Ostrander
Medical Corps
Washington University
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Anaconda
Montana Declares October 24 as Liberty Bond Holiday
Governor Stewart proclaims October 24 as a legal holiday in Montana to promote Liberty bond sales. The proclamation urges all residents to suspend regular business and vigorously sell bonds to uphold the state’s patriotism.
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Stewart
Montana
Fourth Contingent to Start for American Lake October 27
The fourth contingent of drafted men will begin departure for American Lake on October 27. It is not yet known how many will come from Dillon.
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American Lake
Dillon
Freight Wreck Ties Up Northbound Traffic Near Neihart
Northbound freight No. 277 derailed at the Neihart crossing two miles north of town after a wheel broke on a center car. Ten cars left the track, seven irreparably damaged, scattering baled hay coke canned goods and general merchandise along the right of way. The wrecking crew cleared the line by 2 pm and the early passenger, No. 29, was held at Dillon for seven hours.
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Neihart
Lima
Dillon
Flue Cleaning At Boston Montana Smelter Involves 300 Men
In Great Falls 300 workers cleaned the flue to the large stack at the Boston Montana smelter. The project was extensive, as the flue had not been cleaned in ten years or since the stack was built.
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Great Falls
Boston ,& Montana
Anaconda Deputy Warden Acquitted of Fish Disposal Charges
Deputy Game Warden Pilling was acquitted in district court of illegally disposing of confiscated fish. He was defended by J. H. Duffy J. B. C. Knight and Peter Breen of Butte.
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Anaconda
Pilling
J. H. Duffy
J. B. C. Knight
Peter Breen
Butte
Fire crews respond to shed kitchen blaze at Andrus residence
A small fire broke out in a shed kitchen at the Migi Cora Andrus home last night and the fire department was called to extinguish it.
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Migi
Cora Andrus
Coroner's Jury Rules Automobile Fatality to Train Crash
County Coroner Dr. Ford led an inquest into the death of Mrs. Mary A. Patterson who died when her car was struck by passenger train number 31 near Dell last Friday. The jury found she died instantly in the collision despite the train crew taking customary warnings. Driver Grant testified he did not hear the whistle or bell and did not know of the train until impact, due to wind and road parallelism obscuring noise. The verdict notes the date as October 12 with the incident occurring one mile south of Dell.
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Palmer
Ford
Lima
Mary A. Patterson
Dell
Grant
Diddy
Ben Greet Players to Perform in Dillon Next Saturday
The renowned Ben Greet players bring a thirteen member cast to Dillon for a performance of The Palace of Truth on Saturday night. Tickets are on sale at the Thomas Book Store and are expected to set records.
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United States
Ben Greet
Dillon
Thomas Book Store
Mrs Martin Christensen Leaves with Child to Seattle
Mrs Martin Christensen and children of the Big Hole basin departed this morning for Seattle, taking a family journey to the Pacific Coast.
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Martin Christensen
Big Hole Basin
Seattle
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T. J. Edwards
Higbee
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F. D. Willis
National Council of Defense
Tyler Thompson
A. S. Christie
D. J. Davies
Wallace T. Perham
Glendive
Department of Domestic Science
Edith Hatch
America
FP. H. Garver
George M. Melton
Mary Hester Phillips
F. W. Peckover
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R. S. Stephenson
Normal Hall
Apex
William R. Hyland
Carl Hartwig
Reichle
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James E. Doyle
James M. Dodd
Burnell L. Forsyth
Polaris
William S. Tash
Ira Sanders
Frank P. Blair
Luther C. Stocker
DEWEY
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Walter C. Jones
George P. Lossl
Red Rock
Alpheus Decker
Armstead
Edward B. Roe
Bannack Fielding
Graves
Guy E. Gray
Henry R. Paddock
Chandler W. Stallings
Dell—Smith M. McKnight
Elmer M. Martinell
Henry C. Patterson
John E. Keller
Leo Harry Truax
Charles S. Truax
Jackson
George M. Clemon
Martin C. Jackson
Charles F. Lloyd
Thomas A. Pendergast
Jorgen Jorgenson
West
Arthur L. Badcon
Hugh Lamar McCaleb
A. Jardine Rife
North Central
George F. Dart
D. V. Erwin
South Central
Robert W. Boone
Jean Frank Bishop
Wm. F. Epling
S. Wash
Wallace B. Hartwig
S. Idaho
Bert Orr
Hawley J. Selway
S. Washington
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A. Grant
Jack
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
F. W .Rothas
W. J. Ingling
L. Rasmussen
B. F. White
Ques
Neihart Crossing
Sam
Bond
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