Local Notes and Social Update From Bozeman to Livingston
The page lists residents visiting towns and holiday happenings including Sydney Fox of Red Lodge, J C Welly in Bozeman, Louis Martin with relatives in Bozeman, Mr and Mrs Thomas Ross in Livingston, Deputy U S Marshal Sam Jackson in town, Dr Mekkay to Miles City for Christmas, church services at the Missouri church, a special song service at F230, Mrs Prescott traveling to Butte, a Grand hotel dance well attended, Rev W Bell of Helena to conduct services at the Congregational church, a McLeod schoolhouse appointment postponed, a leprosy report in Missoula, and the Timber and Big Elk circuit quarterly conference postponed to Jan 4 with Presiding Elders S R Tabor arriving.
Northern Pacific to double passenger service around April first
The Northern Pacific may start a second passenger train around April first boosting service for local residents. Rumors suggest the route runs from Lombard to Martinsdale on the N P line with possible future extensions toward Billings depending on who backs the project.
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Northern Pacific Road
Billings smallpox cases prompt quarantines and exposure control
Billings reports three varioloid cases after a prior smallpox outbreak. Authorities quarantine the new cases and those exposed. In unrelated news a headend collision near Missawa killed Fireman Dixon and Engineer Pheim, with two accompanying theft victims crushed. A Montana windstorm caused structural damage in Great Falls.
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Billings
Missawa
Dixon
Pheim
Death of Mary Jane Kimberling at age forty near Boulder Bridge
Mary Jane Kimberling died December 21 1899 at her mother's home near the upper Boulder bridge. She had been an invalid for 23 years and was a Baptist since age 18. Funeral conducted Sunday at 11:30 a.m. by Rev G Lister with large local attendance.
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Boulder Bridge
Mary Jane Kimberling
G. Lister
Montana cattleman warns of breeding stock shortage and imports
Thomas A. Darling of southern Montana spoke in Seattle about a turning point in the cattle business. He cites three years of dull markets forcing sale of young stock and heifers, followed by three years of prosperity that exposed the error as producers now seek to rebuild breeding stock and expect large imports from other districts this year.
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Thomas A. Darling
Montana
Seattle
Winter Snow Arrives in Big Timber Amid Early Snowfall
The town records a light October snow and seven to eight inches on the ground by Monday night. E H Cowles plans a Boston trip for Cowles Consolidated Mining to boost capital to $200000 and will visit Oregon fruit orchards on route home. Prof R S Shaw favors Austrian brome grass for arid lands noting yields over two tons per acre without irrigation and its green early spring growth.
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E. H. Cowles
Boston
Cowles Consolidated Mining Company
R. S. Shaw
Bozeman Experiment Station
American Writer Hillegas Chronicles Boer Life in Africa
Howard C. Hillegas, author of The Beer Girl of South Africa, was the first American to interview President Kruger and spent time with Cecil Rhodes. He gathered material on Boer farms and homes to write Dom Pauls People and is now abroad watching the Boer British conflict after leaving the United States in late November.
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Howard C. Hillegas
South Africa
Ladies’ Home Journal
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Africa
Pretoria
Executive Mansion
Oum Paul
Wruger
Cecil Rhodes
Theritish
Dom Paul
Hillegas
Holi day Line Highlights at Rudd Drug Store
Rudd Drug Store reveals new holiday line with seasonal items and gift ideas. Shoppers discover cosmetics, fragrances, and novelty gifts as post launch specials run through the season.
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Rudd Drug Store
Burlington fast mail sets record runs in miles per hour
The Burlington fast mail has long runs at 60 70 and more mph. A Mendota to Chicago trip of 83 miles in 76 minutes is cited as the best time between those points by a road officer. A Mendota to Aurora leg of 46 miles in three minutes, engine No 1592, and a 206 mile trip in 206 minutes with head winds are noted.
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Burlington
Mendota
Chicago
Men Gota
Aurora
Notice of Big Timber National Bank Stockholders Meeting
Notice is given for a stockholders meeting of the Big Timber National Bank at its Big Timber Montana office on January 8 1900 between 9 P M and 8 P M to elect directors for the coming year and address other business. J A Hall president dated December 11 1899 in Lig Timber Mont.
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Big Timber National Bank
Big Timber
Lig Timber
Mont
J. A. Hall
Wise Weather Clerk in a Ladies' Home Journal poem
The poem praises a weather clerk who reads past trends to forecast future skies. It imagines a bold, fantastical forecast system that signals a coming thunderstorm a week ahead and assures readers of sunny days. Albert W. Smith signs the verse in January.
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Albert W. Smith
Ladies’ Home Journal
Public insult to flag prompts harsh punishment vow
Minneapolis Judge McGhee declares any man who insults the flag and prays for enemies to be horsewhipped on public streets. The remark, aimed at enforcing patriotic restraint, stormed the city’s public discourse.
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Judge McGhee
Minneapolis
Aganil
C B Towers Brokers Large Cattle Sale to Northwestern Buyers
C B Towers, acting as broker, reports contract signing for a major cattle transfer. Scott and Robertson of Colorado and Texas sell to Cato Johnson and Brown of this city 3000 head of two year old steers for May delivery at about 25 dollars per head. Heifers price not disclosed. All cattle are Hat brand top stock with delivery included.
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Yellowstone Journal
C. B. Towers
Colorado
Texas
Scott & Robertson
Cato
Johnson & Brown
Towers
Captain Brown
Osteopathy and remedies advertised by Dr. M Henry
Dr M Henry from Kirksville Missouri will visit Big Timber Tuesday and Friday weekly with office at Grand Hotel Irritating stings bites scratches wounds and cuts soothed by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Beware of imitations Budd Drug Co also promotes One Minute Cough Cure praised as quick and safe by W W Merton Mayhew Wisconsin The Burlington Route advertises fastest train to St Louis via Billings claiming 9 hours 21 minutes saved over other routes
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M. Henry
C. S
Kirksville
Big Timber
Grand Hotel
DeWitt
Budd Drug Co
W. W. Merton
Mayhew, Wis
St. Louis
Billings
Burlington
Five Horsepower Gasoline Engine for Sale
A keen used but first class five horsepower gasoline engine offered at a low price. Inquire at the Pioneer office for details and purchase.
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Akeen
Pioneer
One Minute Cough Cure Sent to Bluffdale Texas
A Bluffdale Texas principal reports a sick baby with a month of severe cough and fever improving after use of One Minute Cough Cure. The claim states immediate relief and a few days’ cure, attributed to Budd Drug Co.
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B. L. Nance
Prin. High School
Bluffdale
Tex
Budd Drug Co
DeWitts Early Risers Promote Health Says Geo Hi Jacobs
Geo Hi Jacobs of Thompson Connecticut praises DeWitts Little Early Risers saying they aid digestion without gripe stimulate the liver and improve blood and nerves while restoring appetite. Rudd Drug Co.
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DeWitt
Geo. Hi. Jacobs
Thompson, Conn
Rudd Drug Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Puri
Eam OF Ta
Mammouth Mercantile
Wright
O. Kellogg
Sydney Fox
Red Lodge
J. C. Welly
Bozeman
Louis Martin
Mrs. Thomas Ross
Livingston
United States
Sam Jackson
Dr. Mekkay
Miles City
Mrs. Prescott
Butte
W. Bell
Helena
Congregational Church
McLeod School House
J. BR. Lister
Missoula
Mrs. Geo. van Fleet
Ross Dier
Mrs. van Fleetch
Montana Railroad
Lombard
Northern Pacific
Martinsdale
Merrino
N. P
Lurlington
Bulings
Great Falls
Wise Weather Clerk
Funnyland
the Weather
Osteopathy
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