Month: November 2016

Amanuensis Monday: Does this editorial sound familiar?

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For Amaneunsis Monday, I thought it would be fun to check out old newspapers on this date, especially a newspaper that either Mary or her parents, Eva and John, might have read.

I went to the Library of Congress web site and did a search for Montana newspapers and then looked specifically for a Helena publication. The list shows that LOC has scanned images of The Helena Independent from January 1, 1889 through December 31, 1894. So I just picked today’s date and began scrolling through the 8-page newspaper that was published that day.

This editorial paragraph on page 4 of the The Helena Independent immediately caught my eye.

The Helena independent. (Helena, Mont.), 28 Nov. 1889. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
The Helena independent. (Helena, Mont.), 28 Nov. 1889. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025308/1889-11-28/ed-1/seq-4/>

Transcription:

One of the things for which we of
Montana should return thanks to-day,
and to-morrow as well, and for all time,
is that we have a governor[1. Joseph Toole, Democrat, was the first governor of the State of Montana, having recently taken office on November 8th, several weeks before this editorial was written.] who cannot
be bullied or coaxed by the conspirators
who are trying to overturn the result of
the election, even though the conspiracy
has the sanction of  Benjamin Harrison,
by virtue of accidental circumstances
president of the United States.[1. The U.S. Presidential election of 1888 was the third of five – including the most recent, Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump – in which the winner did not receive a plurality of the national popular vote. The incumbent president, Democrat Grover Cleveland, lost re-election in the electoral college to Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, but won a plurality of the popular vote by a narrow margin.]

Mary was only 11 years old at the time but no doubt her father, John Rumping – a Democrat – would have been interested in this election.

Amanuensis Monday is a popular ongoing series created by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

“Amaneunsis” is defined as “one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript”. [3.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary : accessed 21 November 2016, “amaneunsis.”]

Copyright (c) 2016, Lark M. Dalin Robart

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Tombstone Tuesday: Mary and Eugene Riordan

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Mary and her third husband Eugene – joined in matrimony for fewer than six months before his tragic death in June 1945 – will forever rest side by side in Resurrection Cemetery located in Helena, Montana.

20160811_160051R I O R D A N

EUGENE                MARY G.
1874    1945            1878    1952

Note: Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt at GeneaBloggers used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites.

November 1 through 16, 1931: the Neenan mine, the power line, Armistice day – and another funeral

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November 5, 1931

Christie went to work at Neenan’s mine today for M. Lawler.[1. The Neenan mine is about 3 1/2 miles southwest of Marysville, via Ottawa Gulch Road.]

christie-digging-out-of-drift
Christie Schenck digging his team out of a snow drift at Jay Gould, Montana.[1. Photograph of Christie Schenck (or Schenk), year unknown; privately held by Stella Dalin, Montana; who provided a copy to Lark M. Dalin Robart, New Mexico.]

November 10, 1931

Albert and the men got thro on the power line. The Frank Murry [Murray?] by the track house and McKendrick house by the church are being torn down.

November 11, 1931

To day is Armistice day[2. Armistice Day was originally celebrated on November 11th to mark the armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. Following World War II, the holiday became known as “All Veterans Day” in the U.S. and was later shortened to “Veteran’s Day”. Wikipedia, “Armistice Day,” rev. 12:18, 17 November 2016.]. Radio has nice military music on and nice poetry for people’s hearts and minds.

November 16, 1931

Brownie Burke was buried. He was 51 ins tall, 38 yrs. old, born Marysville in the house Mrs. Jno. Korting lives in now. Mrs. Korting then Lizzie Rabe worked for Mrs. Burke when the boy was born. It’s a heavy fall of snow. Christie and Martin Pole [or Pale?] have to walk to the Neenan Mine.

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