Promising Mining District on the Head of the Big Hole
Special correspondent reports from Jackson on the head of the Big Hole river detailing mines such as the Jahnke and Shoemaker groups and the Dark Horse property. He notes 21st century assays show metals copper gold and silver with lead veins extending 1000 feet, suggesting potential for a mill site as water and charcoal supplies are ample. The area gains popularity as a pleasure resort with 30 campers at twin lakes and visitors from Rochester. Nick Staudaker of the Horse Prairie Cattle Co. also visited the basin.
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Big Hole
The
Tribune
Jackson
Tripune
Jahnke
Shoemaker Group
Dark Horse Properties
Dark Horse
Messia
Farrel, Hughes and Main
Farrel and
Main
Twin Lakes
Rochester
Nick Staudaker
Horse Prairie Cattle Co
Enjoyable Excursion to Browne's Lakes Birthday Party
Miss Paula Reichle of Butte visits with her aunt Mrs Reichle. A 3 Hood visited Dillon family and Mrs Hood is ill. Fidel Huber and sister Anna stay with Jacob Hartwig. Victor Stolle visits Hon J A Browne. A small party went to Browne's lakes enjoying boat rides and Agnes Lake views, praising the scenery and Creator. Browne's Lakes described as refreshing for mind and body.
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Browne’s Lakes
the Tribune
Will
Paula Reichle
Butte
Victor Stolle
Dillon
J. A. Browne
Browne
Agnes Lake
Alan
Jakes
Uncommon colds may be deadly warnings in medical ad
A column cautions that cold symptoms can mask dangerous illnesses that threaten lungs and consumption. It promotes Dr. Pierce remedies, laxatives, and the Golden Medical Discovery as soothing tonics, claiming benefits without alcohol and urging readers to mail for The Common Sense Medical Adviser and price offers for the illustrated and cloth editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Ted
Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
Birthday Celebration at Joys Ends With Good Times
Last Saturday evening a happy crowd gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Joy in honor of Mrs Joys birthday. Guests enjoyed numerous amusements and a midnight supper followed by more drinks before departures at peep of day.
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Mrs. Joy
School Opened With a Good Enroll ment Bannack Sept 22
The town reports a large enrollment of 34 pupils as Miss Lulu Clark starts the new school year. Residents note weather shifts from a cold spell to milder days, and locals like Wm N. V. Len ker sdorfer move back. Town visits include Carl G. Knoll and wife, John Foster returning to work, and various residents attending leisure at Elkhorn Springs and nearby basins.
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the Tribune
Bannack
Lulu Clark
N. V. Lenkersdorfer
Carl G. Knoll
John Foster
Josephine McConnell
Chas. Mikus
Eon Elmer
Elkhorn Springs
Harrie Gilmore
Geo. Tash
Ed. Loyd
Big Hole Basin
Mace (Simpkins
Forrest Herr
Big Hole
Oscar Vandergrift
Louis Thompson
Tom Thompson, Jr
Chas. Milkus
Town depopulated as fencing tightens right of way at Redrock
Redrock reports depopulation while a railroad company begins fencing the right of way south of Bedrock. Residents say the line runs near the wagon road and feel pressured. Local families travel for fairs and visits to Missouri Iowa Michigan and Chicago as others depart for work and trips.
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The
Tribune
Redrock
Angie Ames
Cleveland
Ohio
Misses Flora
Eda Craver
Pearl Eaton
Miss Eaton
Grinnell
Iowa
Bedrock
Hill Ranch
New School House Rising Fast in Rochester
Special correspondence notes rapid progress on a two story three room school house in Rochester costing 33000. The Bonanza mine may resume soon. Local families move houses and a series of illnesses and visits are reported including bronchitis typhoid fever and a dislocated shoulder.
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Tribune
Rocuestrer
Butte Partiea
Geo. Nelson
Bonanza
H. J. Foster
H. J. Foster Is Ill of Bronchitis. Dr. Sheeran
Fred Counter
Twin Bridges
A J. Dorland
Helena
Cheater McDill
Whitehall
Fred Muller
Pearl_Cornforth
Iron Rod
Jas. R. Redfern
Elk Horn springs visit draws record Elk Horn crowds
Special correspondence from Pouanris reports the Elk Horn springs drew about 100 visitors last Monday the largest crowd yet. The Miner creek lakes trip included fire fishing and grouse sightings. Incidents on the new road caused several wrecks with Stansfield,Mullaney and Abrams among those hurt. repairs under way.
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Pouanris
Tom Ellis
Miner Creek Lakes
Elk Horn Springs
Jimmie Mansfield
Horse Prairie
Mr. Hungate
Tsima
Huff
Tom Mulaney
Jim Abrams
Jim
Pioche
New
Elk Horn
Miss King
Glendale
R. B. Martin
Dillon
George Pyle
Ben Hummel
Deaths of Mrs Arthur Singer in Lima funeral under firemen
Special Correspondence to the TareuxE Lima, Sept 20 Mrs Martha Singer wife of Arthur J Singer and daughter of Mr and Mrs James Phillips died at her parents home in Lima on September 18. She was buried in the Lime cemetery Tuesday the funeral under the auspices of the Lima firemen. Many sorrowing friends attended the funeral and the floral offerings were beautiful among
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Arthur Singer
Lima
Tareuxe
Martha Singer
Arthur J. Singer
James Phillips
Lime
Community Mourns Loss of Mrs Singeraging
The community extends heartfelt thanks from Mrse Rich and Messrs Baker and Stevenson of Dillon to those who offered condolences. Mrs Singer was in her twenty first year and grew up here as Lima Public School opened September 19 with teachers Prof Fisher Miss Williams and Miss French. Friends of John Dowling celebrate his son's rapid recovery from illness.
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Rich
John Dowling
Dell Forest Fire and Pipe Line Progress Report
Special correspondence notes a destructive forest fire raging on Muddy Creek timber alongside a pipeline project. Dent. Serv. 22 reports Garr Bros plan threshing on the 25th in the lower valley, plus local residents traveling to Dillon for school and fair events. Water service aims to finish the pipe line this week with a note on equipment causing a past freeze.
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Dent
Muddy Creek
Garr Bros
Nevada
Bessie Wall
Dillon
Frank Nelson
Pocatello
Dell
Harry Andrus
Water Service
Music as an Aid to Ideas at Evening Parties
Mrs. John Lane writes in Fortnightly Review that music helps shy men at evening gatherings. A piano breaks the awkward silence and suddenly ideas flood in, enabling the silent man to speak and the other to converse with fluency.
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John Lane
Fortnightly Review
Too Wise For Her Years in The Governess Tale
A Brooklyn Life snippet recalls a governess tale where Elsie requests another story after hearing the fairy tale. The narrator notes the tale’s familiarity to childhood and the governess recounts four marriage proposals in her life, gifting a glimpse into social expectations of romance and storytelling in the era.
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Elsie
Mamma
Lfe
Brooklyn
Normal College reception links students and faculty in Dillon
A Saturday college reception hosted by the Normal College faculty drew more than one hundred students. The event featured a musical program and a guessing contest, with dormitory parlors and dining rooms decorated with plants and flowers. Seniors helped serve as new students arrived during the week, including Marta Scott returning to resume work.
Real Estate and Water Transfers in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county transfers include 640 acres near Polaris with 1 percent interest, 5 lots in Dillon, 8 miners inches water from Twin Creek, 160 acres near Dell, plus land patents in Bloody Dick Creek and Jackson area. Quartz and graphite claims listed along with several water locations and declarations of waste water rights in Sheep Creek basin.
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Beaverhead County
Pearl J. Smith
Pearl I. Smith
John Lenkersdorfer
Lenkersdorfer
Polaris
Matthew Orr
Obriatina Albora
Dillon
Geo. A. Pyle
Ruth A. Pyle
Twin Creek
Jos. L. Seybold
L. B. Seybold
Dell
BE. O. Schwenniger
Apex
Sullivan & Green
van Camp Canyon
Aucon J. Brown
Meadow Creek
James C. Dunham
Barbour Springs
Bart
Walter Crowell
Sheep Creek
Bart Hungate
Cabin Creek
Sheep Creek Basin
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Kodak
Kodak Store
Riley
Mont
Han
Normal College
Mia Martha Scott
Esther Sutherland
Alice Fogarty
Phemia Campbell
Miss Fogarty
Miss Campbell
Misa Sutherland
Ward Swain
Ralph Tatteras
Alma J. Morse
Edith P. Noyes
Verens Lindfors
Nellie Wade
Douglas Palmer
Ralph W. Clark
Wm. E. Chapman
E. D. Brundage
Ora Conway
Maude Stone
Georgie L. Featherly
Mildred Weenink
Anna E. French
Gertrude French
Carl B. Taylor
Herbert ©. Hanson
Estella Mac’ Rich
Mrs. B. Norris
Raymond Noyes
Marie Lamont
Hazel Kennedy
Hazel Sanger
Pauline Howard
Mary Sullivan
Lottie R. McIntosh
Edith May Poindexter
Luln Atkins
Margeret Griffith
Francis Chase
Lillian Lambrecht
Effie Richey
Pearl Deatly
Clyde Park
Margaret Ross
Argenta
Flora McDonald
Margaret J. Long
Maude E. Long
Alder
Cora Owsley
Edna Owsley
Parrot
Emma M. Poirier
Lathrop
Gertrude Chambers
Ella M. North
Livingston
Ivy Davidson
Jardine
Olga V. Johnson
Race Track
Mattie Preston
Thompson
Eva L. M. Lawrence
Bowen
Dora Hamilton
Maude Griffin
Sterra
Marie Carter
Alma J. Ernest
Miles City
M. Jean Butler
Philipsburg
Julia R. Norville
Olive Valentine
Eliza Newton
Marcia E. Thornton
Columbia Falls
Maud Baldwin
Stevens
Hattie Pope
Norris
Belva Brewer
Townsend
Mary J. Kiefer
Bozeman
P. Wells
Miss Buree
Glendive
Helen F. Flotom
Maddux
Effie M. Hood
Silver
Eva A. Stocker
N. B. Knapp
Lisbon
N. D
Marthe Scott
Deer Lodge
Crockery
W. C. Orr
W. C Orr
Ontario Veterinary College
Center and
Idaho Streets
After
Land & Cattle Co
Bloody Dick Creek
Benjamin Whitehead
Lottie Whitehead
City Shoe Store
Henry Schoenborn
Oxford
Blucher
Dillon Bakery
Ane
Paul Brown
A. C. Gruwell
Prop
Miei
Tad Expres
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