23 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
1
A Montana stock sale lists 9 Holsteins and 25 other cows at Grace Park Ranch Sprindale with about six cows fresh or to freshen within a month. Prices expected about 30 dollars per head and bargains offered. Prospective buyers urged to write or visit the ranch.
Senator Thomas J Carter criticizes the Dingley Tariff as harmful to Montana wool growers, arguing the McKinley law offered better protection and that western senators must push a higher, unconditional protective figure. He cites the wool association's warnings and urges unified action after party conventions settle differences. A separate note warns of fraudulent schemes offering low priced wheels to secure political influence.
Makers of cheap wheels adopt various methods to move their inventories. A common device is to write persuasive notices or advertisements to attract buyers.
A rural comic tale follows Maud Muller and a judge as her bicycle pump misadventure intertwines with a wedding of social consequence. The piece blends flirtation with social satire while inserting a long village episode and a moral about appearances and fate.
The McKinley shirt front from Albright & Co. Chicago features Maj. William McKinley and Garret Hobart portraits with an early American flag design. Priced at 10 cents for quality No. 1 and 1 cent for No. 2, it promotes Sound Money and Protection as a Republican campaign novelty.
A historical advertisement touts Shiloh's Cure Idug as curing thousands daily including asthma coughs colds and croup through druggists.
A county resident aged fifty nine was summoned for poll tax after believing exemption applies to those over forty five. The road supervisor asserted authority and required two days of labor from the elderly man, highlighting confusion over tax rules for residents and foreigners.
In Helena Justice Hunt writes the court held registration may not start before the first Tuesday in October and identifies the sections of the 1893 law in force. The case grew from mandamus filings by three parties in Lewis and Clark county against Gilpatrick registry action.
A judge Cullen and party including Geo Miner, Attorney Clayberg, R A Floyd Jones and Mr Sludson fished the Boulder river near Big Timber. A trout weighed about five and a quarter pounds and proved very gamy. Rail service now lets Helena visitors reach Big Timber for day fishing with overnight schedules in both directions.
In a Chicago Post note, a man defends his honor after being accused by Ife of cheating in a poker game for 5 dollars and in a wheat deal for 8500 dollars. He says the slander is unjust and expresses disbelief at the insinuations.
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