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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1894
Page
5
Weather described as slightly windy with holiday shopping in Almas & Co and skating praised. Reports include residents visiting Helena and Bozeman, a Christmas tree event planned, land contest in Bozeman, church services, a marriage in Columbus, and primary results in Big Timber.
Moore and Budd announce a new line of goods in Big Timber. Shiloh's Cure, sold with a guarantee, claims to cure incipient consumption and is marketed as the best cough remedy. Prices are one cent per dose, 75c, 50c, and $1,000. Also noted is the death of Thomas F. Sturtevant near Boulder, formerly of Livingston, with burial to be in Red Wing Minnesota.
A horse race on the 16th between Geo. McFarland's black horse and Si Bickford's roan colt ended with the roan colt winning by 50 feet for 325 a side. They plan a Christmas Day rematch for 50 a side. There will be a grand ball and Christmas tree at Sanford Moore's home on Christmas night. Ed Bryant of Big Timber visited to buy beef cattle. Will Robertson and family relocate to this vicinity. Thomas Noble returned from a business trip to Big Timber. H C Pound bought a ranch on Big Timber Creek and will move there next April. Froix
The issue blends Kipling Howells and notable authors with poetry by Arnold Stedman Riley and portraits of society women. It features art on The Relation of Photography to Art and a travel piece by Napoleon Nay plus Great Passions of History. The Cosmopolitan boasts superior material and illustrations, asserting value at a dollar.
The document lists an amount of 815 717.74 with per capita 8.10 and 1 939 children aged 6 to 21. Districts 9 and 10 lacked three months of school, followed by the apportionment details for the districts.
The Pope Manufacturing Company renews its Columbia Desk Calendar for 1895 with brighter visuals and added silhouettes. Proceeds support better roads and outdoor exercise, especially bicycling, and the calendar sells for two cents per stamp via Pope Manufacturing in Hartford or a Columbia bicycle agency. Mrs. T S Hawkins of Chattanooga endorses Shiloh's Vitalizer for debility, while Moore and Rudd offer the remedy at a price set.
Delegates were elected at primaries across precincts for a convention here to name officers for the proposed Sweet Grass County. Lists include Big Timber Melville Independence Howie Edna Lodge formation of a Degree of Honor lodge with 23 charter members and officers elected for the ensuing term.
Citizens of Townsend and vicinity met Saturday evening to organize the Broadwater County Club. W. T. Hazelton was elected president with Herman Berg as vice president John R. Stout secretary and Wm. Whaley treasurer. Committees were appointed and preparations made to contest the coming issue. Flood's Pills are vegetable and do not purge or gripe. Sold by all druggists.
Lamb Bros. host a grand ball at the Melville hotel on Tuesday December 25 with a festive hospitality promise. Karl's Clover Root promotes health and complexion and is sold by Moore & Budd in 25c 50c and 1.00 prices.
This old advertisement proclaims a salve claiming to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee if not satisfied priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Moore and Cu.
The Premium Supplement of the Weekly Pioneer Press advertises free articles normally paid for, inviting readers to obtain holiday gifts with a yearly subscription. Readers are urged to request a sample copy and premium list by sending a postal card to the Weekly Pioneer Press in St Paul Minnesota.
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