Big Timber Post Office Listing Note
Montana notice states the material is entered at the Big Timber post office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
4
Montana notice states the material is entered at the Big Timber post office as second class matter.
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A 1902 Helena Herald report recounts a failed scheme to finance a Republican daily and subsequent political retaliation. It also notes New York retail butchers cutting days to curb beef demand while prices rise due to scarce cattle, with beef per hundredweight quoted at 7.50 to 7.70.
Citizens fear the scarlet fever outbreak in local pupils stem from old library books in room two. Health and school authorities are urged to thoroughly investigate possible library related transmission and improve ventilation to prevent further cases.
The article argues Heinze aims to control the supreme court to rule or ruin. If successful, he would resolve labor and mine disputes in Butte, and ease business operations and mine wage concerns, ending calls to limit hours.
Reports from the eastern wool markets indicate good demand and strong prices with a short on hand supply. Western sales of this year’s clip are in progress, with prices up one to three cents from the same market last year, confirming the short supply condition.
Gardiner launches a new weekly titled Wonder Land featuring strong local coverage, lively profiles of surrounding towns, and abundant advertisements. Readers find attractive content and a steady stream of readable features this debut week.
Several registers and receivers of land offices were appointed last week and the appointees were Republicans. The Democratic aid society faces an unexpected setback as it hoped to gain plum posts.
The irrigation question is gaining friends daily and supporters predict a safe majority in favor of the bill.
The Butte Inter-Mountain published on Monday in an entirely new and attractive dress and makeup.
W A Clark becomes proprietor of The Horses Home livery stable promising top quality horses carriages and attentive boarding. He plans to expand carriage stock and staff under careful supervision to offer superior livery and feed services in the county.
A historical note praises Gentry Bros Famous Shows United for accurate advertising. It commends their posters as artful and truthful about the acts. The show date is Friday May 30.
The Kent school program at Yellowstone Hall Manilla June 6 features songs recitations solos and dances by pupils and patrons. Mrs Brumfield directs with Lizzie Kent Minta McCall Donna McCall Roy Brumfield and Miss Maupin among participants. Woods Orchestra will provide music followed by a dance and basket supper for all attendees.
If you cannot come, send a shoe from your home. The note invites guests, includes a playful verse about a maiden bringing a suitor, and promises cake and coffee. Attendees are urged to bring shoes for exchange and are told of a royal welcome at Joseph Pope's at 7:30 PM on May 27, 1902.
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman reports alfalfa fields in Smith River were badly killed in winter. James Chamberlin finds no living plants on a 150 acre field. Len Lewis’s White Tail meadows also show total loss and a large field near town may be affected. Loss is blamed on rapid thaw in February followed by freezing weather. The valley fears widespread devastation.
A severe rainstorm killed about 800 head of cattle on the range a few miles east of Billings after the stock arrived from the south. Wyoming reports 900,000 sheep dead in Uintah County from the same storm a few days earlier.
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