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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
5
Local items mention Olmstead and Keith hosting guests at the Grand while Melville visitors and guests from Reed Point, Melville and Billings appear around town. Loans, plowing engines, and farm goods are marketed. several births, visits, and real estate notes populate the week.
A poetic spoof by Chris Magelssen appears in The Pioneer lampooning new settlers from Norway and their rural life. It lampoons sheep herders, digs at Americans, and closes with a playful Fourth of July street race in McLeod street led by H. O. Kellogg. Also notes visits by Senator Charles McDonnell and Mrs. A Oldsback, plus a lost horse notice and a foreclosure suit by Columbus State Bank against William M Coffin over a Stillwater land mortgage with $100 principal.
Market report shows minimal movement with stable prices for fruits and vegetables. Eggs rise to 30 cents a dozen, chickens scarce, and livestock prices vary with Hogs 38 to 8.50, Sheep 5.50 to 7, Calves 7 to 8.50, while fresh produce lists varied per pound or item. Grand Hotel ad notes port wine at 75 cents per quart or 82.50 per gallon from new stock.
Notice states township plats for filing after August 10 1910 at the office. Entries cover Township 2 South Range 15 East and Township 2 South Range 16 East. Signed MM Wilson.
Fragmentary OCR reads as Lumbe and Patebel offering sale at the mill for cash. The text is unclear but indicates a sale event or auction related to a mill named Slog.
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