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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
2
Local listings feature real estate loans from Mo & Campbell and land scrip offers from C. N. Skillman. Buyers can find farm machinery from Big Timber Supply Co and a range of livestock and equipment including mares horses tractor and plow listings. Also promotions from Bray’s meat market and various notices for property sales rentals and services.
The piece details wartime collapse of European horse breeding across Britain France and Belgium. It notes Britain’s shortage of horses and tractors replacing horsepower, France needing American stock, Belgium wiped out, and predicts America will supply foundation stock as Europe recovers.
A collection of small ads lists farm poultry and eggs from L F Douthett with 169 eggs from 11 hens in February and 96 eggs from 1 hen in early March, farm equipment and horses for sale, a yellowstone garage battery offer, a McCormick binder, and several lost items including a fountain pen and a blue serge coat. The latest note mentions plan to draft pacifist strike workers in Britain.
Partial text shows references to convictions and court related phrases. Names and places are unreadable. The readable bits suggest a legal or criminal matter with references to a first conviction and a street or building context but details are unclear.
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