Teachers Hired and Salaries Raised at Local Board Meeting
At the board of school trustees meeting the current teachers except Principal Davis and Miss Edith Merrielees were reengaged. New principal Harrington of Indiana and Miss Tyer from Macon Mo now teaching at Grey Cliff will take over. Salaries for teachers were raised five dollars per month and 100 poplar trees ordered to beautify grounds. Also Wool grower B O Forsythe faces a $2 000 loss after refusing to sell wool through commission men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Davis
Edith Merrielees
Miss Merrielees
Harrington
Indiana
Merrielees
Miss Tyer
Macon
Grey Cliff
Park City Nursery
B. O. Forsythe
Forsythe
Montana
Chicago
Mr. Forsythe
Albert Crest
Sheriff’s sale settles six year old note against four men
Creditors auctioned town and county property to satisfy a judgment from a Roberts Kent note endorsed by A Harrison T Gurney. Gurney’s White Beaver two quarter sections sold to Martin for 1000 dollars. Half interest in Montana Trading Co carriage warehouse lots sold to E O and E B Clark for 250 dollars. Annie Hopkins Kent house lot bought by Miss Hopkins for 2300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Harrison
T. Gurney
S. B. Roberts
Thomas Kent
Roberts
Kent
Gurney
Harrison
Martin
The
Montana Trading Co
Mr. Gurney
E. O
E. B. Clark
Annie Hopkins
Mr. Kent
Miss Hopkins
Monthly teachers meeting program 1902 high school
The schedule for the monthly teachers meeting in the high school auditorium on Saturday May 17 1902 at 3 PM includes papers by Rose Maupin on valuable knowledge and Miss Harrison on vacation usage with songs by Miss Harrison and Miss Merridees on language in country schools Miss Tyer on keeping pupils from leaving near term and Miss Whitfield on games in the primary A special invitation goes to patrons and school officers from districts Streetan Waker County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Maupin
Harrison
Betes
Merridees
Tyer
Miss Whitfield
St Louis Special Sets New Portland to Kansas City Route
The St Louis Special of the Northern Pacific and Burlington changes time May 4 boosting Northwest to Southeast service. Morning connections from St Louis and Chicago improve transfers East and South with Portland departure at 8 25 a m and Portland to Kansas City nonstop. The train adds standard sleeper tourist sleeper dining chair and baggage cars and remains the only through Northwest Southeast train.
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St. Louis
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Northwest
Chicago
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Spokane
Helena
Billings
Kansas City
Southeast
Bank Statement Certification at Big Timber Montana 1902
In Big Timber Montana the statement is sworn by Julia F Asbury cashier Joan F Asbury and notary public Iskat-Expert Brown with attestations by directors J A Haun and James Vesta. The document dates April 30 1902 and May 1902 for Sweet Grass County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Montana
State of
of Sweet Grass
Julia F. Asbury
Joan F. Asbury
Brown
Sweet Gress County
Former city native serves in Philippine Scouts
Geo A Post, now in the regular army on the Philippines, reports as sergeant of the 15th U S cavalry stationed in Philadelphia that his company has seen seven engagements in three months and has cleared a province of insurgents. They captured Gen Caballas with 700 armed men, and have insurgents cornered on Samar awaiting surrender daily. Friends here rejoice in his progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. O. Kellogg
Geo. A. Post
Philippines
15Th U. S. Cavalry
Phila
Caballas
Samar
Irrigating Ditch Bid Notice Near Melville Montana
The undersigned invites sealed bids by May 24 1902 for an irrigating ditch near Melville Montana to be 121g miles long. Bidders must be at Melville at 8 00 a m May 19 1902 to view plans and specifications. A bond securing completion is required and the right to reject any or all bids is reserved. O B Nevin Melville Mont May 3 1902.
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Melville
Montana
O. B. Nevin
Mont
Affordable Nickel Plate routes to New York and East
European tourists and others bound east will find low rates on the Nickel Plate Road to New York and New England. Eastern terminals are near ocean docks, with three trains daily from Chicago. Uniformed porters oversee day coaches, cars are kept clean, and dining car meals are reasonably priced. For details contact John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
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New York
New England
Ocean Steamship
Chicago
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago City
Low Rates To Eastern Points On Nickel Plate Rail
Low rates apply via the Nickel Plate Road to New York New England and eastern states. Three daily trains connect Ft Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York and Boston with standard equipment and dining cars. Meals in American club plan priced 35 to 100 cents. For particulars contact John Y Calahan 111 Adams St Chicago Depot Fifth Ave and Harrison St.
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New York
New England
Ft. Wayne
Findlay
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
Boston
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Chicago
Depot
Fifth Ave
Harrison Street
How to Tell a Good Cigar Says an Expert
An expert warns that color does not indicate quality the best test is feel. A good cigar is slightly flexible with the wrapper sinking under finger pressure and should not sound like pressed straw when pressed to the ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Manila
Key West
Washington Post
Pickings From Fiction Voices On Work Time And Pleasure
A compilation of quotations from various works notes insights on labor effort versus ease, mercy and faith, nature’s aims, time’s bite, money’s role in holidays, memory, and the paradoxes of love and art. The passages contrast duty, indulgence, mortality, and emotional intensity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazarre
Fis
Grant’s blunt remark on Canadian soil and Canadian fate
Lord Dufferin recalls visiting Washington during Grant's presidency. When asked if he had ever been in Canada, Grant replied he had not set foot on Canadian soil but had seen grass growing in the streets from a riverboat. The anecdote reflects common misgivings about Canada’s resources and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Canada
Lord Dufferin
Washington
General Grant
London News
Mrs Weeds Accepts Binks Wedding Date
Mr Binks asks for Susie Weeds hand and is referred to Mrs Weeds. She, modestly surprised, agrees to marry him and suggests the wedding be set for the 20th of this month. The exchange frames a sudden life change for Mrs Weeds.
Temperance Tale From a Philadelphia Shop
A humorous temperance quip from a Philadelphia Press item features a lathe and buzzsaw in a shop. The buzzsaw claims the master operator brought whiskey, and the machine notes it took two or three fingers at the cost, playing on a drinking misadventure in a playful exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Customs Vary Welcomings Across Cultures
A New York Times note contrasts customs where a groom is welcomed by his bride’s family. In Australia some regions strike the groom with a stick as a welcome, while in parts of America a man who marries the bride’s relative receives a joan’s strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
America
Joan
New York Times
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Crouse & Brandegee
Utica, New
York
Conyrigh
Palmer
Raglan
Ceylon
Schillings
Japan Teas
Japan
Teachers Monthly Meeting
Sreetan Waker, Co
Supt
BIG Timber National Bank
J. A. Haun
F GT. Busta
James Vesta
U.S
GANG
AWFUL
Vuz
U. . Treus
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