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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
4
Local items recount sales at Richards Drug and Jewelry and Boozer Hardware, loans at Skillman Bailey, watch repair, and Kauffman Studio portrait appointments. Lost gold locket reported. steam engines and Rumley machinery advertised. Notable visits include H H Moorhead and Smithsonian rep Mr. Silberling. A Christmas bazaar to fund church furniture, court adjournment, and a potential auction inquiry for Big Timber area tracts are noted.
Montana averages more precipitation than the Willamette valley in April through August, with Montana receiving 8.6 inches versus 8.2 for Oregon, and 4.95 inches in hot months compared to 2.60 inches in Oregon. The annual Montana total is 14.55 inches against 39.98 in the Willamette valley.
The article notes a national broadcast of a man described as Jowell with a $1000 reward and predicts eventual capture. It reports WW G Ricketts to be returned to the penitentiary for violating parole by entering saloons and drinking liquor, and being held pending board directions.
In 1906 lightning killed only 169 in the country and death from liver trouble is common, but Robert Madsen of West Burlington Indiana found relief after four doctors gave him up. Electric Bitters cured his virulent liver trouble and yellow jaundice, claimed to be the best remedy for stomach liver nerves kidneys and a blood purifier. Only 50c at all druggists.
A Muscadine Alabama man credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his wife from a severe bronchial illness and dangerous cough. He recalls her recovery after using the remedy, which is advertised as a reliable treatment for lung troubles. The ad lists 50 cent and one dollar sizes and a trial bottle free with a drugstore guarantee.
Proceedings document regular session noting members Leasby Esp Rein Hickman present. Minutes read and approved. Bills listed by fund with amounts for witnesses jurors clerks coroner's inquest autopsy autopsy fees office supplies jail janitor sheriff deputy clerk stenographer and various services. Board adjourned to Dec 5 at 10 a.m.
Sealed proposals for weekly care of the sick and poor in Sweet Grass County Montana for 1912 will be received by the county clerk until December 30 1911 at 10 a.m. The board may reject any bid. F R Hickman clerk.
Notice reprinting section 1 of ordinance 12 by Big Timber Police Magistrate H Uttermoinle. It declares selling intoxicating drinks to minors or habitual drunkards a misdemeanor with fines from twenty five to one hundred dollars, possible license revocation, and imprisonment up to ninety days, and warns harsher penalties for further violations.
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