Local News Briefs and Shopping Items
McLeod visits from McLeod for a busy week. School resumes the first Monday in February. Read the Fireman's ad then buy an overcoat. Irvine's offers wholesale and retail goods and the Banner cigar. Helena feels good on the Sweet Grass measure. Labrie visits from Lebo creek ranch. Polutnick travels to Mel Ville and back. Fresh navel oranges and nice apples available. Irvine's sells large boxes only. Martha Washington Perfume and Creme de Lis at Almas & Co. Bliss and Kellogg travel to Irelena to join the third house. Western mail arrives. Big Timber residents expect a kick. Some delinquents still owe the paper. Hatch Dier Mercantile Co. sends out calenders. Busha & Bailey give a dust-pan broom attachment. Dr. C F Walker left for Columbus and plans a return to his new office opposite the bank.
Shilohs Cure in Great Demand for Cough and Croup
Shilohs Cure, a popular remedy for coughs and croup, is in high demand. Pock et size sells twenty five doses for 25 cents, marketed to children and sold by Moore and Budd.
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Shiloh
Moore & Budd
Blacksmith Al Robertson Leaves for Northern Country
Al S Robertson of Livingston, a well known local blacksmith, spent Sunday night and left by stage Monday morning for a few days’ visit to the northern country.
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al. S. Robertson
Livingston
Karl's Clover Root Patent Medicine Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root as a blood purifier and complexion restorer. It claims bowel regulation and mental clarity with prices listed as 25c 50c and 100 dollars, sold by Moore and Budd.
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Karl
Moore & Budd
Shilor's Catarrh Remedy Praised by Captain Sweeney
Captain Sweeney of the U S A in San Diego endorses Shilor's Catarrh Remedy as the best medicine he has found. The remedy is priced at 50 cents and sold by Moore and Budd.
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Aptain Sweeney
San Diego
Cal
Shilor
Moore & Budd
Senator Geo M Ifutch Heads to Helena for Montana Assembly
Geo M Ifutch of Park County, a state senator, left Saturday morning for Helena to participate in the fourth session of Montana's legislative assembly.
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Geo. M Ifutch
State Senate
Park County
Helena
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Not So Very Bad Poem by Uncle Jack Next Week
A literary note previews a forthcoming poem by Uncle Jack praised as not very bad and announces next week’s publication by Robert Livingston who feels aggrieved and argues it should have appeared sooner given time and space.
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Uncle Jack
Robert Livingston
Populist Leaders Go to Helena for Committee Meeting
Judge R B Dunham and Gee F Hudson eastern Park county leaders travel to Helena on Friday to attend the populist state central committee meeting and to advocate for the Sweet Grass county movement.
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R. B. Dunham
Gee. F. Hudson
Park County
Helena
State Central Committee
Sweet Grass County
Third House Visit for Sweet Grass County Dill Support
J A Wall travelled to Helena Sunday morning to join the third house and advocate the meritorious measure known as the Sweet Grass county Dill. T Busha, a former member from this district, is also in Helena and left for the capital Monday morning.
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J. A. Wall
Helena
Sweet Grass County
T. Busha
Welena
Grand Ball by Lamb Bros at Melville Hotel
A grand ball hosted by Lamb Bros at the Melville hotel drew many attendees from the area on Monday night. J. A. Post arranged a large six horse sleigh for the outing, taking himself and wife along with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Keller and others. The group reported a most enjoyable time.
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Lamb Bros
Melville Hotel
J. A. Post
A. G. Keller
George W. Brown
Lessie Little
Larry Sanborn
Clara Fisher
Tarry Allien
A Christmas Dinner Dilemma and Gentle Advertising Echoes
A humorous Christmas verse narrates a dinner turnout with vivid scenes of a hungry narrator and festive settings. It blends personal woes with light satire and includes lingering advertising lines from Irvine's shop and a note urging unsettled debts to be cleared.
Handsome new dental offices opened by Dr. C F Walker
Dr. C F Walker has fitted up stylish offices in the Budd building opposite the Big Timber National Bank. He has become a thorough Big Timberite and plans to remain in town. His work is first class and he is building a large practice.
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C. F. Walker
Budd Building
Big Timber National Bank
South Omaha Drovers Journal promotes live stock market reporting
The South Omaha Drovers Journal markets paper advertises as the leading live stock newspaper with tri weekly semi weekly and weekly editions. It pledges complete accurate impartial market reports by telegraph from principal markets and general news including grain and stock reports. Subscriptions priced per year with mailing to Union Stock Yards South Omaha Nebraska.
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West
South Omaha
Tor
Two Drovers Journal Company
Union Stock Yards
Neb
Late Literary Notes in the Cosmopolitan Feature New Works
A review roundup notes an adventure tale by W. Clark Russell in the January Cosmopolitan and a new installment of Great Passions of History. It mentions ongoing pieces by Ouida and Charcot Pasteur related material, plus critiques of New York theatre season and stories by Tourgée Howells and Coppée.
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W. Clark Russell
Froude
Gosse
Lang
Cosmopolitan
Edward Bok
Charcot
Pasteur
New York
James 8. Metcalfe
Life
Tourgec
Howells
Francois Coppce
The Price of a Wife Across Cultures and Sightlines
An examination traces the historical value of wives in various societies from Beena marriages to African, Asian, and Oceanic practices. It contrasts bride prices with distances visible from mountain peaks and notes atmospheric refraction affecting horizon calculations.
Peculiar Prisoner Name Leads to Brief Jail Stretch
A former county sheriff recalls a prisoner with the unusual docket name Xeno phon Emerito Mercatoria Andrea. The man, a dogo, was arrested for disturbing the peace and served less than a week before escaping, the initials causing the trouble.
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Xenophon Emerito Mercatoria
Andrea
Indianapolis Sentinel
The Rhubarba and a New England Residence Name
The piece recalls Kirk Munroe and a witty woman in a quiet New England town who replies to a tea invitation from her newly named home The Elms. She suggests The Rhubarbs as the distinctive title, noting rhubarb dominates her back yard.
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Kirk Munroe
New England
A Cautious Lover in Texas Siftings
A brief humorous exchange centers on pursuing a shy romance. Gus is urged to court the girl, praised as a pearl, while he laments trouble with the mother of pearl and a cautious approach to love.
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Gus
Texas
Simple Fire Escape Invention Described For Windows
An invention uses two iron brackets fixed near a window a stout ash bar and a strong rope with a slip noose. Fire alarm triggers drop the bar across the window coil rope once for a child twice for an adult. Slipnoose under arms lets a person descend while the operator lowers himself to safety.
How to Poison Mosquitoes Now Recalled
The article describes making a mosquito poison from pennyroyal and kerosene with an unpleasant odor that is claimed to deter mosquitoes. It presents the preparation as highly effective and emphasizes the lingering deterrent effect.
How to Select Meats for Households
A practical guide for choosing beef cuts and storage. Look for bright red lean meat with white fat and white suet. Avoid dark or purplish lean or yellow fat. Ensure proper jointing by the butcher. Favor sirloin, ribs, or roasts for family meals, with stews from head or tail. In hot weather keep fresh beef only a day or two, use salt and cloth, or ice if possible.
Take Care of the Mouth Advice on Digestion and Teeth
The passage warns that tobacco chewing and most sauces increase saliva waste and can hinder digestion as meals finish. It notes thin blood during this period, urges thorough chewing of nuts breads and vegetables, recommends keeping teeth clean, avoiding sudden temperature changes, and swallowing slowly to prevent choking.
How to Install and Adjust Spring Roller Shades
Replace torn shades with ounce tacks and attach with care. Fasten the round hole bracket on the right side, insert the roller, and roll the shade up. If the spring is too strong, reduce revolutions, reinsert, and test. For inside shutters measure inside molding, cut roller true, and aim for 15 to 16 revolutions for ordinary lengths. Use bread to clean dirt and avoid oils.
How to Remove Varnish from Wood Carvings
The guide says use strong ammonia not kitchen ammonia and apply a small rush to reach all crevices of carving or molding. Let it cut the paint and varnish, repeat with a second coat if needed, then scrape loosened paint and varnish with a small sharp steel tool.
How Women May I Make a New Vocation
The article urges refined women to adopt trunk packing as a vocation. It stresses efficient use of space and safe packing, especially guarding the hat section, and advises training as a professional packer to work quickly. It notes trunk height, capacity, and measurement before packing, with potential earnings of about $1 per trunk.
How to Serve Gravy at the Table
Instructions on serving gravies and sauces in boats to pass around the table. Do not pour sauces over meat or fish. Place gravy on a vacant plate area and let guests choose to use it or pass the boat.
Salvation Women Escorted in Notorious Quarters
Mrs. Baffington Booth answered a question about Salvation Army women needing escorts in Reiny. She said it would be too white to protect the escorts, noting the women are fearless and almost never molested.
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Salvation Jray
Premium Supplement Free With Weekly Pioneer Press Offer
The Weekly Pioneer Press of St Paul Minnesota advertises a premium supplement offered with a yearly subscription. Articles normally sold separately are included free as a holiday gift with the subscription. A sample copy and premium list can be requested by sending a postal card.
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Pioneer Press
St Paul
Minne
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