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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
6
Local notes list numerous residents and visitors including H T Fleming from Quebec Tom Cosgriff from Grey Cliff and Abe Goodkind from Helena. Other entries mention J G McComas J L Pemberton and Col A B visiting from McLeod and Livingston with several trips to Billings Helena and Melville throughout the week.
Real estate transfers include Big Timber National Bank to W D Richards and wife for lots 4 5 11 and fractional 12 block Y Boulder add No 1 for $500. Twodot Land Livestock Co to M L Higgins John P Britt and Frank Buser for fractional section 19 township 6 north range 15 east Sweet Grass county 632.80 acres $8859.20. Otto Bartels to Ricka Bartels one third interest in south half of section 20 township 1 north range 16 east $4000. United States to Jesse Langston specified quarters in section 14 township 6 north range 14 east. M M Morrill of Kent Washington to Annie S Morrill for lots 4 and 5 block 28 original Bic Timber townsite nominal.
Letters remaining uncalled for at the Big Timber post office for the week ending May, 191%. Names include Olson Louis, Simpson Tom, Thompson John, White Jesse B., Wirak D. D. When calling for the above please say Advertised. Augusta C. Serban, P. M.
Bids invite rebuilding a 16 mile line between Milligan creek and W L Shanks ranch with holes three feet deep and poles and cedar posts 150 to 175 feet apart. Materials furnished by company. Bids due May 15. Company may reject any or all bids. Address Ole Birkeland Grey Cliff Mont.
A one year old branded bay gelding weighing about 1400 pounds is missing from Big Timber Montana. A reward of 10.00 is offered for information leading to recovery. Contact J. M. Caswell or area authorities.
A six pound baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Dan Jones. Campbells measles cases include Genevieve Meacham confined at home. R L Guthrie improves and hopes to travel to Kentucky in weeks. Fishing party on Bridger creek counts forty three trout. Rev John Chirgwin lectured Four Years in South Africa to a full house. Dr James Hale and Miss Josephine Dunnam wed in Columbus with celebrations at Joe Lay’s home. Martha McWilliams and Ambrose Brumfield marry next, with ice cream and cake at the hotel party.
Grow alfalfa seed and contact Alfalfa Products Company at Great Falls for details of a plan to furnish Dr. Sudduths Alfalfa Seed and contract to take seed at season end at ten percent above market price. The plan claims potential net earnings of thirty to seventy five dollars per acre.
Public notice states the Heliopeter shearing plant begins operations on June 5 with Marcus Christensen in charge. Those seeking bookings must act in April and provide sacks and twine, under humane officer and Australian system. Sheep are inspected in pens of 30 to 50. book early to shear early.
The amber industry operates as a Prussian state monopoly centered in eastern Prussia. After equinoctial storms, Ashermen drag the beach and women and children sort pieces by size color and form. Prices range from near a cent to $150 with large pieces reaching 16 or 17 ounces and total value estimated around $1.5 million.
A comprehensive list of Montana counties with their county seats as of today. Beaverhead Dillon Broadwater Townsend Blaine Chinook Bighorn Hardin Carbon Red Lodge Cascade Great Falls Chouteau Fort Benton Custer Miles City Dawson Glendive Deer Lodge Anaconda Fergus Lewistown Plathead Kadspell Granite Phillipsburg Gallatin Bozeman Hill Havre Jefferson Boulder Lewis and Clark Helena Lincoln Libby Madison Virginia City Meagher White Sulphur Springs Missoula Missoula Musselshell Roundup Park Livingston Powell Deer Lodge Ravalli Hamilton Rosebud Forsyth Sanders Thompson Sheridan Plentywood Silver Bow Butte Stillwater Columbus Sweet Grass Big Timber Teton Chouteau Valley Glasgow Yellowstone Billings.
A London Graphic excerpt describes a man who plans to alter his face quarterly through imaginative changes and a new architectural scheme. The piece ponders identity, vanity, and the spectacle of self as the narrator imagines peering into a constantly shifting reflection.
A household exchange reveals a visitor named Mr. Biggs who stopped by while Mary was away. The dialogue emphasizes the unfamiliar name and the caller’s inquiry, with the mistress seeking clarity on who visited.
A brief dialogue excerpt shows She refusing an advance yet noting the proposer’s offer would place her on par with Kitty Cobb, the leading girl in their circle, highlighting social rivalry and conversational tension.
The article argues wood frame homes offer adaptability and can be moved or altered without harming appearance. It suggests painting as an improvement that refreshes value, contrasting with costly substitutes. It ends inviting readers to learn more about lumber.
The article recounts Mme Sadi Carnot's restrained political involvement as wife of the French president. At twenty she married the engineer Carnot and influenced him little in state affairs. She once asked a cabinet minister for postage stamps for a poor boy. after Carnot’s death she funded charity efforts, sold state jewels, and declined a pension.
An advertisement extols Merital Hair Tonic from W. D. Richards & Co. claiming the product cleans the scalp promotes healthy growth, and leaves hair soft and lustrous with a call to try it.
Sir Ray Lankester questions the purpose of the chin while Dr. Forbes Ross notes its uselessness and offers a theory. They discuss how browsing animals lack chins and how humans evolved teeth and jaws as they moved away from grazing.
A Cosmo Innes example shows James Halfpenny of Dublin transforming his name by dropping letters to James Slalpen, then Kenneth McAlpin after his son sought a pleasanter sound. The tale traces how a life in retail ends with renaming to a more Celtic style.
In a New York Press note, art buyers at picture sales show a curious exchange when bidding stalls below expectations. They glance at each other and say, It’s on the rocks already, a cue that no wreck typically follows.
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