Local stores bustle with sales and arrivals in Big Timber
Fresh salt water fish at Big Timber Market on Thursdays and Fridays. Montana Trading Co offers Calumet ham bacon and a patent jar filler with fruit jars plus sugar deals. Local residents and visitors frequent Budd Drug Co for rubber goods and fishing tackle while healthcare and photography services are highlighted. Hallmarks include Ed Ellingson buying a Red Poll bull and Sheriff Hubbard visiting on business, with fishing, mining chatter, and various out-of-town guests noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. van Fliet
Ross-Dier
Big Timber
Bev Miles
Peter Decker
McLeod
Calumet
Montana Trading Co
Maud Walker
Lilian Harrison
Sweet Grass County
Montana
Drading Co
Ellingson
S. C
Melville
James Duffy
Frank Webber
Ferguson
Boulder
Budd Drug Co
Douglas Sutton
W. Powers
Mona N. Brown
McKay
Chas, McFarland
Butte
State Pharmacists Association
Mat Moran
Yellowstone
Dry Creek Canal Co
J. F. Simmons
C.N. Skillman
Mansfield Bryant
Cowles
B. O. Clark
Truman Lanpheart
Hunter’s Hot Springs
Wmn
McKenzie
Gage Ranch
Cottage Hotel
T. C. Overhuls
Overhuls Mer. Co
Grey Cliff
T. V. Overhuls
Yellowstone Pharmacy
C. A. Murphy
Rocky Mountain Husbandman
Dry Creek Baseball Tourists Fall to Big Timber Scrubs
Last Sunday the Dry Creek team challenged the Big Timber Scrubs and led early. The visitors used four pitchers and three catchers but could not stop Big Timber who finished with 36 runs to 27. The Dry Creeks showed potential and with more practice might rival Eastern Montana clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Creek
Montana
Wool Shearings Set Record in Fort Benton Region
Jacob Rapstad reports exceptionally heavy Delaines produced near Fort Benton. From 410 wethers he gathered 5110 pounds of wool averaging 1231 pounds per head and selling at 13 percent per pound. Ewes averaged 10 pounds per head from 1400 sheep, with wool at 135. per pound. 1500 ewes averaged nine pounds at tdc per pound. Yearlings numbered 3600 with eight and a half pounds per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Rapstad
Montana
Fort Benton
John Willis Shot Dead in Nye City Land Row
A telegram at 4 10 pm reports John Willis was shot dead in Nye City by Washburn during a land dispute. Deputy Lyons has departed for the scene to gather details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willis
Nye City
Washburn
Lyons
Crazy Man at Contact Mine Takes Shot at George Wolf
John Cunningham, a cook at McNulty's mine in Contact, in a drunken frenzy last Saturday stripped naked and fled into the camp. He pursued escape by running through the camp until he found a rifle and fired at George Wolf through a cabin hole. Billy Sheldon wrestled the gun away and helped restrain Cunningham until Sheriff Beley of Park County arrived to take him to Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunningham
McNulty
Cunningham
Geo. Wolf
Billy Sheldon
Beley
Park County
Livingston
German Syrup touted as a safe cough remedy and mine shipment planned
Dr A Boschee’s German Syrup is presented as a longstanding cough cure with two million bottles sold annually and three doses claimed to relieve ordinary coughs. The report notes Geo Hatch and associates mined high grade galena at Granite Mountain, shipping to East Helena. A G Keller to haul the first load, with future expansion depending on shipment returns and rough operating costs due to the undeveloped location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Boschee
Boschee
United States
Budd Drug Co
Green’s
Geo. Hatch
Granite Mountain
East Helena
A. G. Keller
Freighter George Maars in wagon accident near Big Timber
While en route to the mines on his last trip from Big Timber George Maars collided on a wagon ascent up Brier Hill. Mrs Maars and Mr McNulty aboard were thrown to the ground with Mrs Maars shaken and still affected by the fall. The team suffered damage. Maars escaped unharmed and McNulty avoided injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Frye
Holland
Snowy Mountains
George Maars
Big Timber
Mrs. Maars
Mr. McNulty
Maars
Proposals For Poor Farm In Sweet Grass County
Sealed proposals are invited by the Board of County Commissioners of Sweet Grass County Montana for a Poor Farm not exceeding 160 acres with improvements within three miles of Big Timber. Proposals must not exceed 3000. J H Moore county clerk Big Timber July 31 1901. Dr Prickett to open a Billings Osteopathy branch office in Big Timber Sept 15 inviting interested citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Sweet Grass Co
Montana
Big Timber
J. H. Moore
Mont
Prickett
Billings
Sweet Grass County
O. B. Prickert
D. O
J. H. Moors
School Term Delayed to September Ninth
The board of school trustees postponed the fall term start from September 2 to September 9 due to Labor Day and the race meeting in the first week of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of School Trustees
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Hamilton
Cook & Olmstead
Chas, Cottle
Neice
Miss Muay Hight
Henry Lamb
E. B. Clark
Wm. Kramble
Wm. Boyd
W. F. Gilmour
Chico Springs
Asbury
Gebo
Gebo Coat Co
Clark’s Fork
West
Sigmund Thamling
Sheriff Hubbard
Tin Pionngeer
Monthly
World Magazine
Robi. Brownlee
Thomas Laughlin
American Fork
Beattie
A. L. Bray
O. L. Bryant
Hayti
Company of the National Guard
McCulloch
BH. Ayres
Ed Shea
Gilt Edge
T. C. McCall
L. E. Stone
Absarokee
H.C. Ranly
Nou
O. M. Lauphear
Ur. J. Riesland
Grand Hotel
Nye
George Wolf
Charley
Jane
Strand Theater
London
Bozeman Sanitarium
General Hospital
H. W. Foster
R. Bozeman
Big Timber National Bank
J. A. Hall
C. T. Busha
John F. Asbury
Emmett Brown
Ass't
Jas. Vestal
J. C. Radford
Jobe F. Asbory
D. D. Smith
Blakeslee Hotel
Minneapolis Classical School
Minneapolis
Morgan Hall
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
West Point
Annapolis
Graham Hall
Department
Smith, Vascar
Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Pasures
Xood School
Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
C.N. Skillman & Son
Wharton & Opp
Christie & Watt
M. S. Huffman
Merchant Tailors
BISCO
THE
GEM
P. Oo
the Jersey Dairy
J. T. Parker
Prop
Henry Nicholson
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