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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
5
Local notes recount Post Office stand fruit sales and prices, visits by S A Deverill and other townsfolk, arrivals from Billings, Melville, Absorkee, and Livingston, plus church delegates, vacations, and river incidents. A woman nearly drowns but is saved, a horse and buggy saved, and local business promotions and upcoming primaries noted.
The State Central Committee convenes the Republican convention at two PM in Helena to nominate a Representative to Congress and an Associate Justice, elect a State Central Committee, select a chairman, and conduct party business. Counties receive delegate slots and rules govern voting and representation.
Wanted situation by a widow with a fifteen month old child, preferring country living. Apply at PIONLER Office.
A carload of stucco cement from the Montana Paris Plaster Co at Joliet Montana has reached Big Timber, destined for the Melville Servantile Co. The product, made from gypsum, is marketed as a durable, crack resistant alternative to lime, suitable for siding and interior use, with strong potential for growth in Eastern Montana and nearby states.
Postoffice stand advertises fruit prices and health tonics. Shilohs Cure a great cough and croup remedy in demand, pack of twenty five doses for 25 cents. Moore & Budd sell Karl’s Clover Root for blood purification and complexion, 25 cents to 1 dollar. Captain Sweeney praises Shilor’s Catarrh Remedy, price shown as 50 cents or 0 cents in ad.
The Republican county convention is called to meet September 4 at noon in Livingston to nominate candidates for county and state offices and to elect 17 delegates and 17 alternates to the state convention in Helena. Delegates will be chosen by Republican voters in each precinct on August 23 between 2 and 5 PM.
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