15 Armed Men Avert Attempted Train Robbery at Silverbow
In 1889 a Southbound train carrying gold bullion faced an attempted holdup as fifteen armed men loaded at Silverbow. Two would‑be robbers at Divide vanished into darkness upon spotting rifles. Also noted are Dillon baseball plans to Bedrock, a new church bell, a large mining sale profit, and a tongue‑in‑cheek school grammar note.
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Tribune
Silverbow
Divide
Dillon
Bedrock
Phil Shenon
Bannack
Sally
Gramer
Runaway Accidents Amid Townline Injuries Reported
John Kent suffered a broken leg in a runaway near his home below town. Miss Lucy Ford of Lima was badly injured in a Lima runaway incident but is recovering. G T Paul chosen grand herald at Royal Arch Masons grand lodge meeting in Helena this week.
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John Kent
G. T. Paul
Grand Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Helena
Lucy Ford
Lima
Wedding of Miss Maidie Rife and L N Van Etten
The nuptials occurred at the bride’s parents home Wednesday at 4 pm. Dillon residents are traveling to the Madison fair at Twin Bridges this week with several auto trips.
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the Tribune
State fair to have big livestock show opens Sept 23
Helena reports daily requests for entry blanks from Montana and neighboring states indicate the state fair livestock exhibits will surpass previous years. Four divisions beef cattle dairy cattle sheep and swine with more than 1 000 cattle sheep swine and goats shown last year. A 136 by 200 foot sheep display building under construction will be ready opening day. The Montana Wool Growers ram sale on days three and four will feature 1 200 rams and ewes from Rambouillet Hampshire and cross bred stock.
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Helena
Washington
Wisconsin
Iowa
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Kansas
Arizona
Dakota
Nebraska
Michigan
Oregon
Canada
Montana Wool Growers Association
Rambouillet
Hampshire
United States Medical Education Reforms Dramatically Expand
Quote from Bessie Bunzel cited in Century Magazine notes early 19th century had only three medical schools and two general hospitals. By mid century reforms began at Harvard under President Eliot in 1869, expanding to eighty medical schools and 4,322 general hospitals with vast medical literature today.
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Osler
United States
Harvard
Eliot
Lfe
Bessie Bunzel
Century Magazine
Do Your Kidneys Need Help
A vintage health ad touts Foley Pills diuretic as a tonic to boost kidney function and urinary elimination. It claims natural relief from aches and fatigue, with a guaranteed product sold by Geo. M. Gosman, successor to Potts.
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Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
Pulse rate drops with moving air in heat waves
A 12 year study by the Holland Institute of Thermology and Pittsburgh Bureau of Mines shows moving overheated air lowers pulse rate, aiding comfort in extreme heat. Electrified propeller units in vaporaire heating systems circulate air for summer cooling and winter heating, improving efficiency.
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Holland
Mich
Pittsburgh
United States Bureau of Mines
Amgerican
Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Avery
Institute
England
Holland Institute of
Americas Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Engineers
Animals and Reptiles Worshiped by Mankind
The article surveys sacred cattle worship and ancient Egyptian Apis cults with rites for a mummified bull and four month training, notes white elephant reverence in Siam with funeral feasts, and describes serpents as feared incarnations of dead relatives in African serpent temples.
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India
Apis
Ita
Siuim
Whydah
Africa
Worcester Angers Over Youthful Skating Noise
Biography reveals Longfellow family’s lively children unsettled neighbors. Worcester, Cambridge lexicographer, lived nearby with a pond between homes. Boys skated and shouted, prompting Worcester to descend and drive them from his side, insisting the racket stay at home.
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Worcester
Longfellow
Cambridge
Golden Age of Labor in Fifteenth Century England
The Detroit News notes a supposed laborer paradise in the late 1400s and early 1500s with high wages, cheap food, short workdays of eight hours, brief winter layoffs, and pay for holidays. Parliament attempted wage reductions, but real wages remained strong before costs rose again.
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England
Detroit News
Spectacular theft drives wild train chase and wreck
A steam locomotive stolen two years ago from Volkrust Transvaal engine sheds was driven fifty miles to Standerton by thieves. They reversed the engine opened the throttle and jumped clear as it sped back at forty miles an hour. The engine remained on the track until crashing into wagons and sustaining wreckage.
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Volkrust
Transvaal
Standerton
SUB ROSA By Mimi
A column on women’s poise and surprise in marriage proposals. It argues women possess innate balance of heart and head, warned that men misread women’s reactions, and notes true surprise comes only when men understand women, with a closing wartime economic note.
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Clarence
Notice for Publication Adelrine Blanchard Final Proof Montana
Department of the Interior Land Office Great Falls Montana August 6 1929 notice Adelrine Blanchard of Jackson Montana filed intent to make final proof under the 1916 act for a Homestead in Township 65 Range 15 W Montana Meridan Sec 26 27. Proof to be made before Fred Rife Dillon Montana September 19 1929 witnesses Michael E Carroll Harry G Davis William M Hermann and William P Carroll all of Jackson or Dillon Montana. register M D Nicholson adv 88 87.
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Department of ‘the Interior
Great Falls
Montana
Adelrne Blanchard
Jackson
Ney
Nyse
Sey
Township
Meridian
Fred Rife
District Court
Dillon
Michael E. Carroll
Harry G. Davis
William M. Hermann
William P. Carroll
M. D
Reward Offered for Illegal Bounty Hunters Arrest
A $100 reward is offered to any person not a regular law officer for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Association advertises the notice.
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Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Homestead Claimant Seeks Three Year Proof at Dillon
Mary Esther Sheppard of Polaris Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish her claim to lands listed under Serial Nos 065389 and 065390 Lot 5 SEY% SEM Sec 29 S4SWK Sec 28 NIGNEY Sec 29 Township 5 S Prince 12 W Meridian before U S Commissioner F A Hazelbaker at Dillon on October 15 1929. Witnesses include George A Pyle John J Brown Edmond P Marchesseau Edward P Bee all of Polaris or nearby Armstead Montana.
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Polaris
Montana
John J. Brown
Armstead
Edmond P. Marchesseau
Edward P. Bee
M.D
Nicholson, Register
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Big Hole Basin
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Hazelbaker
State Normal School
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Martin E. Thurston
James R. Freeman
Horse Prairie
Marjorie A. Stevenson
B. N. Stevenson
Mauldin
Venora E. Metlen
Dell
Ralph Tattersall
Kirkbride Lode
Buddy Lode
H. S. Pilon
Badger Lode
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
State of Montana
Hugh L. McCaleb
H. M. Miller
M. Markovich
Jacob Kambich
Fred KE. Johnson
William Hermann
Anaconda Copper Co
W. S
Wallace W. Francis
John Troupe
Ellis
Wisdom
Isaac Marble
George H. Shambow
Lakeview
S. S. Patterson
City of
George Bott
Annie Bott
Keokuk
Bryant
Silver Bow
Della Nolan
Julia McMenomey
Fred Dingley
M. McMenomey
W. F. Henneberry
Repito Garcia
Albert Chantry
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Lesnard Cole
Henry Cole
Great Western Development Company
Pioneer Quartz Lode
Marguerite Quartz Lode
Sugar Loaf
Beaverhead County
As & Co-Owner
Leonard Cole
Marguerite
L. E. Smack
Henry Hutchins
Sugar Loaff
Crea Western Development Company
Annabel Desmond
DR. Ee D. Curry
Ntst
Geo
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