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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1913
Page
7
An editorial notes Bingville’s summer duty to improve town appearance. It highlights Cy Hoskins’ unpainted front fence and missing palings, Widow Skinner’s weathered henhouse, Hank Dewdberry's broken window with a rag, and urges residents to repair and repaint to make Bingville a proud, beautified town.
Awful Calamity Home Powers of Sorrow Hollow visits his married daughter Mrs. Enos Wilkins of Birgville. Mame, a Civil War veteran who lost a leg at Gettysburg, fell after Hen Weathersby’s prank, as Gid Small eyed removed his wooden leg and threw it through a store window. He retrieved it and returned home, vowing to kick back next time someone helps a fellow.
Miss Ellen Hoskins hosted guests on her home piazza with a Japanese lantern brightening the yard. Milly Andrews invites for a Wednesday picnic at 1 p.m. from her residence, five miles to Snyder's Pond, each bringing own lunch. A planned coaching party by Miss Amelia Tucker was canceled, and the Ladies' Aid Society schedules a strawberry festival at church next Saturday weather permitting with priced refreshments.
Mrs Andrews baked a fruit cake before Christmas. A slice fractured Mrs Andrews’s knife and Mr Andrews’s upper false teeth while he bit in. The teeth fell into his lap and he complained their durability had waned with age.
Watkins advertises a flea plagued dog bought from Enos Suedgrass near Borrow Hollow. Sime Packard’s cat litters, hornet sting on Bud Hinckley’s birthday, and a free kitten offer echo small town life. Hank Dewberry shoots a fish hawk. a cow is shot by stray buckshot. Bugle subscription urged amid June weather and local chatter.
Abe Wood dodged injury when a spruce tree nearly fell on him during felling. Miss Phronicia Hunt bought two new hair ribbons in the county seat and wore one Sunday. Sam Henderson spotted bear tracks on a cold walk, unsure if fresh or last winter. The writer plans to visit Ringville next week but hasn't fixed a day.
Land's End brief recounts Bill Renshaw cutting his chin shaving in a hurry. Rafe Atkins' dog supposedly killed five ptarmigan in one day. Mrs Ten Jordan's baby sickened suddenly then recovered after a drive to Hardscrabble for a doctor. Hi Hederson caught a pickerel at Gootchic Pond weighing about three pounds. Farmers nearby join the local grange.
Abe Witherow tried to pull off his boots with a bootjack on Tuesday night. The device broke, he toppled into a pan of dough, flattening the risen dough his wife had prepared. He had slept in damp boots and wore them until the next evening.
A public notice from NOC LIVERMORE seeks the return of a lost bottle of external rub-on medicine intended for Amri Vaines who has a stitched back. The finder is urged to return it promptly to prevent delay in treatment. Samantha Deevers remains ill but improves slightly and hopes to be outdoors if weather permits.
A local ad offers a first class colt for cash or swap, sired by Chesterfield Jr and dammed by a noted brooding mare. The seller, Brent Williams of Ringville, asks twenty dollars now, warning prices will rise as the colt grows.
Samuel Hicks warns a thief in Bingville after seven chicks vanish during the night. He pledges nightly surveillance and says he will shoot to kill any future chicken thief.
Israel Goodwin of Bingville reports a pig escaped from its pen last week and has not been seen since. He appeals for the pig’s return and offers thanks to anyone who finds it.
Perfessor Waldron P. Wheeler of the Co. seat will host a stercoptican lecke sure in the church basement. He plans to show several pickshares and address the audience on sama.
Public notice invites all to attend a one night only spectacular event described as the greatest show of its kind. Doors open at 6 30 PM with early arrival urged to secure front seats for babies free admission and a family friendly fare.
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