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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
19
A quizzical local note presents eddyitorial squibs from Bingville as a garbled pastiche of proverbs and jokes aimed at back subscribers. The piece mocks procrastination and inflation while lampooning Hank Dewberry and other townsfolk, ending with a pledge to collect overdue subs.
Social notes report a pop corn party hosted by Miss Milly Hoskins last Thursday evening between 6 and 9 at her home. Guests enjoyed doughnuts apples and games then dispersed by 9. Also a church fundraiser at Bingville church last Saturday evening raised funds for Rev. Sami Moore with admission of 10 cents including pie and coffee. Amount $1 45 was donated. Also a humorous ad for a botts cure and a note about Miss Amelia Tucker considering boarding school plans.
The Bingville Bugle editor reveals a curious incident at the town P O on Tuesday morning. Readers learn the letter from Iz Brown in Snake Bend caused the outburst after a $2 bill credit request, with townsfolk misreading signals and discussing cider, hens, and local gossip.
The note hints at possible showers while urging Bugle subscriptions. It mentions Dec Livermore the physician rushing to help Enos Witherow near Ringville four miles west on the turnpike. A humorous horse swap with Seth Green interrupts the urgent call.
Sime Wilkins rides home five miles from Bingville when his horse stumbles and bolts, leaving him to walk home through dark mud. Bill Sims injures his knee with a corn cutter and plans a petition to Washington for pension uplift. Bud Hinckley returns to school and suffers a lick for misspelling cat. Deacon Butterworth tears his glasses, muttering a profanity. the gathering jokes about a cake and a rift with Susan.
A Galway Gap item from the country correspondence notes quiet conditions and sends a light news list. Snik Holborn cuts his chin while shaving and plans to buy a safety razor. Miss Mehitabel Harriman kept a late parlor light and the writer suspects companionship with Sam. A husking bee is planned at John Everman’s barn next Saturday with music by Jock Slocomb on the fiddle.
A humorous old-time ad offers first class specktackles with refunds on unsatisfied purchases. It promises free eye examinations and claims second hand specktackles incur charges, noting mistakes happen even with specktackles. The message signed by Dr. Livermore of Bingville.
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