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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
20
The Bingville Bugle laments few June marriages and argues population and prosperity hinge on婚 couples pairing up. It questions community support for marriage, cites rising living costs, and urges Abs Skinner and others to wed, calling for one hundred weddings in June.
Ez Fara Wilkins visits Hen Weathersby’s store for nails prunes coffee sugar and a grain sack. While loading items into the sack a miscount leads to a comic mix up as the clerk and bystanders tease Ez about the mistaken portions and the sack’s true contents.
Doc Livermore rushed to attend Johnny Hatch at 2 a.m. Sunday after the boy claimed eating 17 green apples. The physician treated him through the night with medicine and remedies. Johnny is reported improved, with relief attributed to timely care.
Local gossip and notices from Bingville cover neighbors Sunday visits at Elm Crossroads, a boundary dispute delayed, a stray horse incident, stray misgivings about town morals, and farm life updates. Residents comment on pie gifts, church solo, pension news, and the need for a school term teacher.
Town notice from Bingville's General Store announces ice cream to be served next Saturday evening if time allows. Ice cream priced at ten cents per dish or three for a quarter. If not ready, sale will occur the following Saturday evening. Bring your best girls and boys.
Rufe Holloway ran into the street shouting fire at bedtime, drawing a crowd as Bingville volunteers rushed to Town Hall with water pails. It turned out to be a mistaken mustard plaster. The town praised the Bingville Fire Department for their prompt response.
Alonzo Peckham visited the county seat last month to pay taxes and contemplates further trips. Abigail Brantcomb shaved her head after a fever, looking odd. Lige Peterson mourns a pig’s death and regrets a missed sale, while Emily Hance gives birth to a 10 lb girl. Sam Hance laments gender expectations. Some residents push for a local schoolhouse. Susan Wilkins buys a new kitchen stove to replace an uneven old top. E pluribus unum.
Lem and Hisself, known for outbursts and absent minded talk, stood outside a post office arguing with hisself about his tire. Eph Higgins, the night clerk, overheard the scene and crept closer to listen. Lem then prepared to fight hisself, realizing the absurdity, clothing himself and trudging home in disgust while Eph laughed.
In a bog last week Brad Hinsley sank to his middle while cutting briars and lost a boot in the mud after a struggle with the mud. Doe Livermore mixed medicine for Mrs. Samantha Deevers and plans to sell the bottle cheap due to a mistake. Mrs. Cyrus Hoskins baked a Johnny cake that burned and Cy preferred them wet, while Hen Weathersby awaits spring arrivals yet to come and warns patrons of delays. Miss Mary Ann Whittacre suffers a facial rash blamed on eating too much.
A local office retracts a prior report about Bill Hepburn after he demanded an apology. The notice admits errors in describing Hepburn as intoxicated and violent, stating he is not to blame and that the office was mistaken.
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