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Jefferson Fresh Foods is the latest recipient of the Whitehall Rotary Club's Wheelchair Award for community service. Rotarians Terry Ross and Arlene Weber made the presentation. Chad Collins and Rhiannon Ross were recognized for their many, often unnoticed, contributions to our community. When the Rotary Club held its free Splash Day this last summer at the community pool, the ice cream ordered for an ice cream social in memory of Vic Miller was donated. Another example of their giving is...
Jefferson Valley News, November 1925. The weather was cold and blustery, as would be expected. Congress was debating tax reduction, but no decrease in surtaxes on incomes between $10,000 and $45,000 because the loss of revenue would be too great. At the tobacco and Cuban exposition in New York, Marion Bagney was showing some leg as Lady Nicotine. Mussolini evaded a plot to assassinate him, as did King Ferdinand of Romania. Secretary of Commerce Hoover froze licenses for operating broadcast...
November 1899, Jefferson Valley Zephyr. The front page of the November 3, 1899, edition was mostly depressing news. A man in Butte was dead after trying to kill his mistress when she refused to give him money. Death came quickly for a worker at the Anaconda converters from electrocution. Smallpox cases were nearly over at Missoula, and the town lost one of its prominent citizens when he was kicked to death by the horse that was pulling his buggy. The Boer war set a heavy loss of British men...
October 1925 – Winter arrived early with heavy snow in some areas, just like 2025. The Jefferson Valley News was sharing stories from 25 years ago, just like now. The following are national and local news items that appeared in the October 1925 editions of the Jefferson Valley News, some edited for length. The American Legion dance ad appeared in the October 29, 1925 edition. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS: According to the London Daily Graphic, the British government has learned that since 1...
October 1899: The fall harvest is mostly complete. The weather is becoming more fall-like and even winter-like. Butte held a large celebration to welcome home Montana soldiers who had been in the Philippines for the past year. Before the troops left San Francisco, they were not happy – payday was postponed again, and a smallpox outbreak at the Presidio made the ride home even more inviting. Admiral Dewey received a grand welcome from several million spectators around and in the New York City h...
The Whitehall Rotary Club donated $270 of canned food items to the Whitehall Food Pantry on October 6th. All items were purchased locally at Jefferson Fresh Foods. Rotarians Terry Ross (left) and Karen Burtch made the delivery to the Whitehall Food Pantry and Pantry coordinator Cara Sacry (right) was there to receive the goods. The Rotary Club has been supporting the local food pantry for many years with donations and assistance in delivering Christmas food baskets to a low income housing...
September 1925. When reviewing the news from old Whitehall newspapers, what to include is much easier than what to leave out. While much of the local news focused on who was motoring where, visiting, or having dinner, there are plenty of other events that remind us of the good old days, which were both good and bad. Some of the news sounds a lot like what we are seeing today, and some would be nice to see today. The national news in the September editions of the Jefferson Valley News included...
September 1899. There were celebrations for Montana troops coming home from the Philippines and sad news of people passing away from age, illness or by their own hand. Smallpox cases were reported in Kalispell and Great Falls and the Townsend boys from Waterloo reported on their experience with helping smallpox victims while they were in Valparaiso, Indiana. In Sparkhill, New York, four children died at an orphanage when fire destroyed nine of the ten buildings. In Chicago, nine workers died...
Most of the crops in the valley were harvested before a late-month frost took care of what was left. The popular form of social "media" was the weekly dances or attending group meetings to chat with friends in person. National news contained a lot of topics that sound familiar today. Threatens to Deport Poles: Berlin-Foreign Minister Stresemann announced that Polish people living in Germany who kept their Polish citizenship would need to leave the country within 48 hours or face compulsory...
August 1899. All the following come from the August 1899 issues of the Jefferson Valley Zephyr. Summer was shutting down; farmers in the valley were busy with crop harvest; children were enjoying their freedom from schoolwork until mid-September. Outside of our valley, plenty of events were making headlines in the Jefferson Valley Zephyr. YELLOW JACK RAGES: There are 30 cases of what is believed to be genuine yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home, near Hampton, Virginia, and three deaths...
July 1925. We know that history can repeat itself. Let's hope that some events from July 1925 do not. It was a joyous month with Independence Day celebrations and patriotic activities, and it had its terror-filled moments. The first front page of July focused on earthquakes. A 6.9 quake hit near Townsend on June 27th, destroyed schools and other buildings in Gallatin County, and toppled chimneys in Whitehall. On June 29th, Santa Barbara, California, was struck by a 6.3 quake that caused...
July 1899. Some of the front-page news could be from today. The Brazos Valley in Texas was devastated by a massive flood. Hundreds were rescued, and hundreds died. The early estimate was as many as 300 deaths, with the loss of livestock, crops, and other farm losses estimated between $7,000,000 and $15,000,000. The other loss was also in the millions. In today's dollars, the farm loss would be between $271,000,000 and $581,000,000. Near Anaconda, a massive forest fire was destroying valuable...
Many people have been stopping by the historic fishpond in the center of Whitehall to see the trout that are normally there by the Memorial Day weekend. However, this summer the pond is dry and the fish are missing. Why? The Town of Whitehall’s decision to chlorinate the water has made it impossible to stock the pond this summer unless a fresh water source can be provided for the fish. Trout cannot tolerate any level of chlorine. The Whitehall Rotary Club has been looking into various options to make stocking the pond a possibility for this s...
June 1925 was a lot less violent than it was back in 1899. Still, there was plenty of bad weather and other bad news. Perhaps humor was the main item in short supply in the Jefferson Valley News that month, but several good examples were found. The editor must have been in a more solemn mood. National headlines were mostly moved to the back pages of the paper. Some of the top included the Amundsen-Ellsworth flight to the North Pole; the Teapot Dome scandal and who was indicted; and the upcoming...
Rotary clubs typically have a program at their meetings highlighting a business, project, or other relevant topic. When the program cannot come to a meeting, the club will sometimes go to the program! Members of the Whitehall Rotary Club did just that on June 10th when they made a visit to Summit Valley Outdoor Living south of Cardwell. Daniel Miller gave a very informative talk about the types and care of the wide variety of flowers and garden plants available in the greenhouse. With this...
This was not a quiet month. There were violent accidents, violent murders, and violent weather. The front pages of the Jefferson Valley Zephyr's June editions had plenty of bad news. American soldiers were still dying in the Philippines. There were, of course, deaths in the Butte mines, and an increase in reported deaths on railroads from workers and those hoping to jump on for a free ride. Tornadoes in Wisconsin left nearly 200 dead, with casualties also reported in Nebraska and Iowa. Massive...
1 YEARS AGO: May 1925, PART II: Our community is in its mid-30s. News headlines from Montana and other areas sound familiar to those in 2025. Here are some of the headline news from the May 1925 issues of the Jefferson Valley News. • BIG INQUIRY INTO N.P. LAND AFFAIRS: Forestry service charges gross frauds in total aggregating more than seventy million dollars perpetrated by N.P.R.R. • GOVERNMENT MAY DROP USE OF ELLIS ISLAND: The government is considering plans to examine all aliens abr...
The Jefferson Valley Museum will open for its 30th season on Saturday, May 24th, at noon. Regular hours from May 24th through September 15th are noon to 4 PM, Tuesday through Sunday (including Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays). If staffing is available, doors may also open on July 4th. The museum office is open on most Monday afternoons. This will be the 30th year the museum has provided residents and visitors from all over the country with the opportunity to learn more about the history of...
May 1899 in the Jefferson Valley. The fledgling community of Whitehall is growing up. Beyond the peace of our local area, there was turmoil, destructive weather, and good news, too. The eastern side of Kirksville, Missouri, was struck by a massive tornado that left 200 families homeless and more than 50 deceased. Martial law was declared in Shoshone, Idaho, after union strikers blew up two mills at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines. Montana boys were still dying in battles in the Philippines....
Members of the Whitehall Rotary Club and three other volunteers completed filling 49 large bags with sorted aluminum cans earlier in April for delivery to the recycling center in Butte during Earth Day week. They received a higher price during that time for the aluminum, which totaled 2919 pounds. Money earned from this effort helps fund the club's many local projects. Non-member volunteers included Tom and Sarah Ahlin and Thane Burtch. Thane hauled the bags in multiple trips to Butte, for...
1 YEARS AGO - APRIL 1925: It is April 1925. Many changes were taking place globally, in the U.S., and even here in Whitehall. In Western Australia, voters turned down a proposal to ban the sale of beer and liquor by a large margin, 65% no and 35% in favor. An F3 tornado did extensive damage in Dade County, Florida. Imperial Airways added an "in-flight movie" on its flight from London to Paris. The British Colonial Office announced a joint plan with the Australian government to encourage at...
1 YEARS AGO - APRIL 1899, PART I: April of any year brings the promise of warmer weather, green fields and hills, and only a couple more months before the warm freedom of summer. Back in April of 1899, there were plenty of headlines with topics not far from what we see today. The following articles are taken as written, with edits for length, from the April editions of the Jefferson Valley Zephyr. The photo is an ad that appeared in several of those 1899 weekly papers. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS...
The annual meeting of the Jefferson Valley Museum will be held on Thursday, April 3rd at the Star Theater. Admission is free and open to the public. The program will begin at 7 PM following the 6:45 PM annual membership update. This year's featured speaker will be Montana anthropologist and storyteller Sally Thompson from Missoula. She draws on her extensive experience and will delve into the fabric of Montana's past with excerpts from her latest book, "Disturbing the Sleeping Buffalo: 23...
Fashions have changed, towns have become cities, and cities are metropolitan areas, but some things are not much different now than they were 100 years ago. The following news items are taken as written in March 1925 editions of the Jefferson Valley News. Outside of Montana, headlines include the Federal Probation Act, which became law and allowed probation as an option for a federal prison sentence. Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated for a second time, with the event broadcast on the radio for the...
In March 1899, there was plenty of news to report from around the world and here in the valley. Fighting was ongoing in the Philippines, and a front-page story made it clear that the government there was not fond of the U. S. forces. Our troops in Havana, Cuba, were fighting a typhoid fever outbreak that was not helped by the primitive sewage systems. A young man with the Northern Pacific in Helena chose suicide as the way to get out of his marriage. Montana Governor Smith vetoed a bill that wou...
