23 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
1
The firm announces a large sale offering shoes slippers straw hats fur hats wall paper crockery and glassware with wide selection for customers to choose from at Wel l o g g and Walbridge store location and dates not specified.
A Gallatin county reader defends Helena as capital against a foreign‑owned monopoly. The letter attacks Anaconda for influence over state politics, cites legislative fights over the Agricultural College site, and argues that the Anaconda company swayed votes and stalled Bozeman’s bid. It denounces political corruption, praises American governance, and urges unity for Montana’s future.
The text argues for weighing city advantages and disadvantages and cautions against locating capital under oppressive corporate control. It frames cities as imperfect but necessary, noting a historic strike by arbitrary corporations and questioning future capital placement under similar ownership.
The article explains why summer fallow is widely practiced in the Gallatio valley, detailing goals such as renewing soil, increasing available nutrients, and weed control. It outlines best practices for churie and green manuring fallow, including timely plowing, weed destruction, and seed burial to prevent reinfestation, with notes on timing and methods.
The Butte naturalization court saw 264 citizens sworn in on Thursday amid a crowded Department I courthouse. Judge Speer led rapid questioning on moral character and loyalty as applicants, many from the Anaconda mines, sought full citizenship to vote in the fall under new state rules.
Electric Bitters is praised as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases and clears skin issues. It is said to drive malaria from the system, prevent malaria fevers, and relieve headaches constipation and indigestion. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back, priced 50 cents to 1 dollar at Moore & Co's Drugstore.
Bucklen's Armica Naive salve claims universal healing for cuts bruises sores ulcers skin eruptions and hemorrhoids with a money back guarantee and promise of perfect satisfaction. Sold by Moore & Co at 25 cents per box.
Rochester’s H. H. Warner, who built a fortune from Log Cabin remes and advertised nationwide, dies after returning from Europe with nothing left. He reportedly lost his last fortune at Monte Carlo.
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