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The hits of 1924 surely had staying power, songs like "Rhapsody in Blue," "It Had to Be You," "California Here I Come" and "Somebody Stole My Gal." Many of us also remember our parents and grandparents reminiscing about famous composers, singers and orchestras of 100 years ago: Gershwin, Jolson, Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians, and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

A first-of-its-kind study by a University of Montana faculty member recently investigated the motivations of people who serve on the frontlines of democracy.

He apparently was too deep into his childhood fantasy to “notice a bunch of urchins peeking out of a doorway across the street.”

By Jim Harmon I see in the paper that Miss Daisy Dawson hosted the Calamity Whist club at her home in Butte last Tuesday evening and Mrs. George F. Lyman of Anaconda visited Butte friends yesterday. But such social-calendar reporting was rather mundane and unremarkable compared to what I found on page eight of the Butte Daily Inter-Mountain newspaper of February 4, 1899...

Spring allegedly is “just around the corner.” So I’ve been very busy lately going through a treasure trove of old family photos, many of which I don’t remember having ever seen.

Jim Harmon writes, "If you grew up in a small town in Montana in the 1940s and '50s as I did, you know shopping for clothing was a challenge."

This winter I’ve been digitizing old family documents. I encourage everyone – if you haven’t already done it – to ask your parents and grandparents to share stories from their past because, as my father realized, the accuracy of those memories can diminish with time.

Achoo! Achoo! Don’t stand too close to me. I have the curse, the scourge of human existence – the common cold! Since no contemporary elixir is helping, perhaps I should look to the past. One hundred years ago, panaceas abounded.

As 1909 dawned in Missoula, a refurbished theater called The Lyric claimed to be “one of the most modern moving picture houses in the West, with seating capacity of approximately 200 (and) first class in every respect.”

Current Mayor Andrea Davis (elected last year) became the second woman ever to hold the position.