Deaths and obituaries from Sheridan and Fresno
Reports detail the death of Miss Elizabeth C. Gersch of Fresno born in Sheridan where she taught primary grades for 15 years and earned praise for her modern teaching methods. Funeral rites included joint pallbearers from local lodges. Interment was in Belmont Park cemetery near Fresno. Also noted is the death of Douglas McCollum former Sheridan resident and World War II veteran, with funeral in Great Falls. Additional items mention a political incident involving a Japanese official and a divorce suit by Edna Ackerman of Kansas City.
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California
Ruby Rebekah Lodge
Sheridan
Odd Fellows
Fresno
Rebekah
Belmont Park
M. H. Grewell
Los Angeles
M. W. Baldwin
Sioux City
Iowa
Normal College
Dillon
Douglas McCollum
Great Falls
William Shaffer
Enterprise Printing Office
R. L. Dewar
Walier
Missoula
Helena
Charles Shaffer
William Berryman
Butte
George Foster
Polaris E Hazel and others leave for Chicago trip
E Hazel Charles LaPorte and H W Rienhart depart Monday by motor for Chicago. Joe Ryburn to teach at Anaconda junior high. Several local residents visit and host dinners at the Harrison Daly and Marchesseau homes. Miss Stella Lee begins teaching at Polaris. Grasshopper Herding Association starts fall roundup in Elkhorn district.
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E. Hazel
Charles LaPorte
H. W. Rienhart
Chicago
Russell Brown
F. .B. Daly
Erma Mae Martin
Missoula
Elizabeth A.marchesseau
J. J. Brown
F. H. Daly
Mary E. Sheppard
Olive M. Harrison
E. P. Marchesseau
Rose Marie
Jane Martin
Frank Marchesseau
Erwin
Delia
Jane
Estelle Marchesseau
Eugene Holloway
Frank Martin
John Judge
Marchesseau
Brown
Daly
Frank Bell
Mr. Bell
Kansas
Farley Ranch
Charles Meine
Mayfield
Rambiling Facts About Agriculture
Mont Extension Service reports seed stock shortage likely next spring as good potato prices drive fast crop movement. Indian 4-H clubs enroll 400 youth. feeder calf shows verge in Great Falls and Billings with direct entry to J M C Anderson at Montana State College Bozeman. Poultry houses need sealing for winter and shelter for trees and shrubs requires watering cessation as maturity nears.
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F. M. Harrington
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
J. M. C. Anderson
Montana State College
Bozeman
Anderson
Saddle theft tale from Texas to Montana backed by deputy Burt
A Waco Texas woman writes to Deputy Jim Burt after a saddle theft report by James M. Burt, Lima officer, drawing in readers with a humorous, wide internet of exchanges. The letter shows a lonely West Texan, Billie Marie Anderson, in Fort Worth roots and a wish for pen pals.
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James M. Burt
Lima
Associated Press
Texas
Montana
Dillon
Mont
J. A. McCollum
Jim Burt
McCollum
Burt
Waco
Cleveland St
Fort Worth
Ft. Worth
Billie Marie Anderson
Cleveland
P. S
Snapshots from the Air by John Van Guilder
Practical guide for taking airplane photographs from the window. Tips include altitude, camera settings, shutter speeds, and composing landscapes with lakes, rivers, towns, and clouds to capture vivid scenes. Warns against vibration, heat distortions, and running out of film.
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John van Guilder
Local notices of visits travel and a historic naval quote
The item lists Jackson residents visiting friends and relatives and notes local events including the Jackson Rebekah lodge meeting with delegates to Bozeman in October. It also recounts John Paul Jones in the Bonhomme Richard Serapis battle and its notable surrender and ship loss on the way to France.
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Jackson Rebekah
Wisdom
Rebekah
Bozeman
Rose Clemon
Pearl Stewart
John Paul Jones
Jones
France
Argenta Busy Weekend Guests and Local Mill Update
Bertha Fleming Leigh reports winter guests at the Sharpe ranch. Edith Hansen visits Ralph Harding. Julia Kannegaard teaches in Argenta and visits Dillon. William Wagner and family visit relatives in Salmon Idaho. Dan Turner visits Dillon on business. Louise Hand and Ann Burrough return home from Dillon High. Edith Stanfield visits from Dillon. The Argenta Consolidated Gold Fields mill runs steadily on three shifts under C. C. Pottet and A. S. Williamson.
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Bertha Fleming ‘Leigh
Malcolm ‘Stone
Jay McCarthy
Chester. Buckingham
O. O. Sharpe
Edith Hansen
Ralph Harding
Julia Kannegaard
Argenta
Dillon
William Wagner
Salmon
Idaho
Dan Turner
Louise Hand
Ann Burrough
Edith Mae Stanfield
Ray Stanfield
Argenta Consolidated Gold Fields
C. C. Pottet
A. S. Williamson
Camp Birch Creek welcomes Inspector Wills during visit
Colonel Harry J. Wills from Ninth Corps Area HQ of San Francisco inspected Camp Birch Creek on Wednesday, reviewing welfare and camp operations. Mrs Leo C Wilson plans to move to Atlantic Street on the 14th or 15th. James A Lumsden traveled to Fort Missoula for a meeting of educational advisers and forestry superintendents. Jacob Van Hoff of Orange City makes wooden shoes sold to Dutch settlers at $1.00 per pair.
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Harry J. Wills
Ninth Corps Area Company of
San Francisco
Camp
Birch Creek
Leo C. Wilson
Atlantic Street
James A. Lumsden
Missoula
James A
Jacob van Hoff
Orange City
Iowa
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Annie
Edna Ackerman
Kansas City
Polaris
J.J. Brown
A. L. Gibson
Elkhorn Springs
Richard McCarthy
East Granite
North
St. Dillon, Mont
Johnson & Johnson
Lewis & Walker
N. Wyoming Batte, Mont
Shippers
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Title Association
Pearl L. Smith
Mont. Extension Service
R. H E. Cameron
H. EB. Cushman
Har
Rington
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Harrington
Jackson News
Tored
Ralph Barnes
Fred Nelson
Hamilton
Barbara Lehwalder
Hirschey Ranch
East Fox School
Howard Henri
Peers “Argent
CCO News
Union Pacific
Watt
Boulder Dam
Lake Mead
Union Pacific Railroad
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