Sunrise Parade and Afternoon Races Festival
A two day event begins with a 10 a.m. parade from Court House Square led by the Big Timber Cornet Band. Exercises include a Declaration reading, oration, and a grand picnic. Afternoon events feature multiple foot races, sack races, jumping events, a ball, fireworks, and a racing program with purses at the grounds west of town.
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Court House Square
Big Timber Cornet
W. J. Hannah
Bessie Mirrielees
W. T. Collins
Hunters Hot Springs
The Glorious Fourth Celebration in Big Timber
Citizens prepare for the 119th anniversary of American independence and the first Sweet Grass county celebration in Big Timber. A program of picnics dances races and other exercises is planned today tonight and tomorrow with committees reporting strong response and generosity.
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Sweet Grass County
Harness racing and local notices from Big Timber
The notes cover a harness racing event with a half mile race and a $10 purse, and music by the Big Timber band between races. It reports wool shipments by Smith Bros totaling about 200,000 pounds heading to Big Timber for pressing before eastern markets. Postmaster salary adjustments affect Montana offices with raises and decreases, and a Granite class change. A teachers institute for Sweet Grass and Park counties runs August 12 for four days led by Olmstead and Miss Annie McAnelly. Vens Bros., nicknamed the old Wehemian, was fined $25 plus costs after a Tuesday arrest and guilty plea for disturbing the peace. jail time 154 days if fines not paid.
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Smith Bros
Sweet Grass and Park
Olmstead
Sweet Grass
Annie McAnelly
Vens Bros
Soo
U. G. Kellogg
Lunphear
Fee Law Changes and Wool Towns Boom in 1885
The document outlines amendments to section 3171 of the Political Code with new fees for recording instruments, abstracts, certificates, and related services. It also reports Big Timber shipping near 4 million pounds of wool this season with notable clips from Andrews, Smith Bros, Work, Fallang, and others, plus proceedings in Sweet Grass County including school district plans, record transcription bids, and a railroad fare note. The Park County Court House case upholds a ruling preventing county commissioners from obligating more than ten thousand dollars without a vote.
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Eees
Ccc Cesses
Ces
Ccc
Great Falls
A. D
J. W. Bailey
P. O. Fallang
Geo. F. Hudson
Nye City
Messrs
Busha
Anderson
Dawson and Deutsch
Rapstadt’s Hill
A. BR. Pratt
Oscar Anderson
G. T. Browning
Robert Newmadger
Big Timber
Meagher
Yellowstone
J.W. Bailey
Board Co
Geo. F. Hopson
Supreme Court
Charles S. Hefferlin
Park County
H. J. Wolcott
Court House
Wolcott
District Court
DeWitt
Disincorporation Law for Small Cities Under New Code
Under the new political code section 4945 cities with populations under 300 must disincorporate. Counties must declare dissolution by resolution and arrange for debt payment, levy annual taxes until debts are paid, and transfer records to the county clerk and the township justice for unfinished police court business.
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Board of County Commissioners
Post Offices Listed in Carbon and Sweet Grass Counties
A published list shows Carbon county offices at Absorakee Lasin Bowler Joliet Red Lodge Rackonlee and Sweet Grass county offices at Big Timber Contact Greycliff Howie McLeod Melville Merrill Nye Shawmut Springdale.
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Carbon
Sweet Grass Counties
Carbon County
Absorakee
Lasin
Bowler
Joliet
Red Lodge
Rackonlee
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Contact
Greycliff
Howie
McLeod
Melville, Merrill
Nye
Shawmut
Springdale
Potent Clover Remedy Sold by Moore and Budd
Advertises Karl's Clover pot claiming it purifies blood improves complexion regulates bowels and clears the head. Priced at 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00. Sold by Moore and Budd.
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Karl
Moore & Budd
Shilohs Cure Cough Remedy in Demand as Vendors Advertise
An urchin era advertisement notes Shilohs Cure for coughs and croup selling at 25 cents per 25 doses. Moore Budd and Clay Puch push sale while a violent hanging is reported in Butte and Boulder. Once A Week offers premium fiction and a Semi Monthly Library with noted authors and travel sketches.
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Shiloh
Moore & Budd
United States
Rita
America
Europe
Qsrip Schubin
Edgar Fawcets
Gilbert Parker
Darley Dale
David Christie Murray
Sr. Rider Hageard
Grant Allen
Hector Malot
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Kellogg’s
Vienna
Delaine Sevary
Arnold Charlies
Vermont
Warcts
H. O. Kellogg
M. Lanphear
Fred Freiman
J. E. Rees
G.T. Browning
Shank’s Hall
Frank Bliss
Geo. M. Hatch
U. . Keller
W. Almas
Kellogg
Big Timber Band
Montana
Anaconda
Billings
Hamilton
Marysville
Miles City
White Sulphur Springs
Deer Lodge
Livingston
Justice Court
West
Robert Andrews
John Work
Elton
Philadelphia
J. BR. Peters
Hallowell & O'Donnell
Harvey Bliss
Hecht, Leibman & Co
Arneson Bros
Muncaster
Lee Smoot
L. Jacobi
O. B. Nevin
Synopmsis OF Proceedings
Board of Commissioners of Sweet
Grass County
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
North Dakota
Idaho
Washington
H. Morrow
Agt
Clay Puch
Chauncey West
Butte
Boulder
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