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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1913
Page
9
In a crusty old column dated 1918, Bingville urges residents to celebrate Independence Day with loud patriotism from midnight to midnight. It extols the flag, the eagle, and civic zeal, insisting every citizen shout and show devotion. A fuller account is promised in another column.
Personal reminiscences recount a village noon with mischief and mishaps. Seth Dewberry, Widow Skinner, and Harve Miller appear in a string of domestic anecdotes. A store sale ends with broken eggs and puzzled traders as the town notes backroom window gossip. The piece blends local characters, minor accidents, and everyday thrift.
Mrs Sam Hawkins lost three hens to cholera last week and fears losses from the illness unless a cure is found. Jaspar Tarbell almost stepped on a large black snake in his orchard, striking his head when a stake hit an apple branch. Arioch Perkins has a pig for sale as it has been unwell. Widow Jones is on the sick list after dinner with neighbor Mrs Woods. Jabe Homans, our oldest inhabitant, will celebrate his 89th birthday next Tuesday. Jake Haines says he is not as vigorous but can still work a full day. his calf fell into a stone quarry and was killed, then sold as veal. Susan Beebe journeyed to the county seat with butter and eggs and returned with coffee and sugar. The weather is warm for this time of year.
In Bingville the Fourth of July will be celebrated with a chaotic schedule led by Wes as self-appointed shotgun herald and a dawn loud display. The event features a 10 AM parade, a town hall address by Jed Peters, and a communal lunch hosted by the Ladies Aid, with a 25 cent meal fee to cover costs.
A volatile scene unfolds as Sarah relentlessly confronts Bill, breaking the broom in the front yard while he cries for mercy. She then sends him to the barn to sleep off his debauch. The community praises Mrs Hepburn for her decisive action in the matter.
Local notes describe Alonzo skipping the Bugle office over a nine year back subscription. Sally Hoskins laments heat and hives delaying a summer poem for the Bugle. Phrenicia Watkins hurts her ankle on church day in new shoes. Ransom Smiley endures a severe toothache causing blistering, Amelia Tucker spills tea at a party, Isabel Miller withdraws. Sade Hooper falls from a hay mow, the gray mare kicks Gabe, who lands in the stable then homeward.
Bil Hepburn a blacksmith visited the county seat last Saturday promising his wife he would not drink. A dusk return in Bingville found him singing loud coarse songs, losing balance and tumbling from a buggy. He faced a crowd on Hen Weathersby store’s piazza before Hen locked the door and he went home. His wife Sarah then attacked him with a broom.
In Bingville the social scene slows as Tien Weathersby passes around old cigars from a 12 year stash. The lingering moths cause those who smoke them to sneeze and choke. Sem Brown Shorty Long quit after a few puffs, leaving the shop nearly empty and vowing to buy elsewhere.
A local seller urges residents to celebrate Independence Day with loud fireworks. The ad touts cannon crackers, sky rockets, Roman candles and more, urging quick purchases before stock and before the holiday.
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