Big Timber classified ads list offerings and notices
A dense roundup of local notices and ads from Big Timber Montana includes horses for sale and rewards, real estate and rental listings, farm machinery and vehicles, insurance and loans, services from garages and harness shops, groceries and candy, livestock and poultry buyers, lost items, and upcoming sales. Names like A M Groefield, Nepstad Otis & Lyon, Bray, J A Lowry Co, Dixon the Jeweler appear amid numerous scripts and tax-style line items.
Farm and Livestock for Sale in Washington State
Notice lists a 9.1 acre orchard and cattle assets including 90 horses 15 mules 20 Holstein milk cows 20 Shorthorn milk cows a Mammoth Jack aged four years. Sold on full payments by Leo J. Cremer with reference 38ff.
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Washington
Leo J. Cremer
Teachers Examinations Schedule set for June dates
County Superintendent Inga Solberg announces regular teacher examinations on June 6 and 7 with detailed timing by grade. Second grade tests run June 5 to 6 covering history civics grammar theory and practice spelling arithmetic geography reading agriculture physiology. First grade tests occur June 6 and 7 with American literature geography and school management.
Optical Specialist Dr Corkins Schedules Billings Visit
Dr Corkins of Billings Montana will again be at the Great Hotel in Butte June 5 for eye examinations and consultations. He will be available to hear patients and provide optical services in a brief but attentive session.
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Corkins
Grand Hotel
Big Timber
Billings, Mont
Agein
Gread Hotel
AVING
For Sale Our Oakland Six demonstrator Model 34
For sale Oakland Six demonstrator in near new condition. Model 34 priced as a bargain. Contact 201f Douthett Williams for details and quick sale.
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Oakland
Douthett & Williams
Bargains Offer Oakland Six 1917 Touring Car
First class condition 1917 Oakland Six touring car described as like new with about 6000 miles. Also advertised New Smith Form A Tractor attachment with special radiator oil pump and water circulator for Ford cars. Douthett Williams contact via phone 73K.
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Oakland
Ford
Land Sale Near Big Timber Offered By Glass Brothers
320 acres of land about two miles west of Big Timber adjoining the H. O. Kellogg ranch on the east side. Terms easy. Inquire of Glass Brothers 20rf.
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Big Timber
H. O. Kellogg
Glass Brothers
Fly-Proof Toilets and Sanitation Rules Issued in 1919
The Board of Health announces enforcement of fly proofing for external toilets by June 1919. Garbage must stay in fly proof containers and manure removed from alleys and corrals every two weeks during fly season. Decomposable waste must be burned or buried, not dumped in alleys. Endorsed by John T. Esp, A. P. O'Leary, and D. Claiborn.
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John T. Esp
Board of Health
A. P. O'Leary
D. Claiborn
Arras Preserved Ruin Remains as War Memory
A vivid reminiscence of Arras after invasion, describing the ruined Hotel de Ville site and quiet streets. The piece notes Arras as a preserved ruin in contrast to rebuilt towns, with empty lanes, broken houses, and a landscape of war seen from the west gate.
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Arras
Hotel de Ville
la Joyeuse
Thare the Riter
No Man's Land
France
Doullens
Amiens
St. Pol
Dead Man's Corner
Uses for lignites explored by Mines Bureau
The bureau of mines will investigate the commercial and economical value of lignite and its potential as fuel oil gasoline substitutes ammonia tar solid fuel and gas for power. A $100000 appropriation was approved to demonstrate lignite's value, noting Texas lignite deposits rival coal and could save Texas $15000000 annually in fuel costs per the Houston Post.
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Bureau of Mines
Senate
House of Representatives
Texas
Wingo
Arkansas
House
Houston Post
Alaska Platinum Beds Found by Columbia Scientist
Dr. Herschel C. Parker of Columbia University reports discovering extensive platinum beds in the Susitana and Yentna valleys in Alaska. He has collected ore samples, conducts tests, and plans a plant to process ore next spring, noting the ore is low grade but abundant and could become a major world supply with large scale, economical engineering.
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Herschel C. Parker
Columbia University
Alaska
Susitana
Yentna
Cook Inlet
Doctor Parker
Airplane Freight Carrier in Southwest Military Use
A Texas field report describes a pilot flying 125 miles from a practice field to wing headquarters and returning with a sleeping watchman prisoner. He also carried $2,500 in pay vouchers, 100 pounds of bread, four airplane wheels, landing gear and struts, a bundle of papers, magazines and a pouch of mail.
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Southwest
Texas
Earl N. Findley
Red Cross Magazine
No End to That Peace Talks Continue Comment
A quoted exchange notes a longstanding quarrel over peace terms. The speaker recalls an agreement reached more than a year ago to stop quarrelling and points out ongoing wrangling since then. The remark highlights persistent tensions despite supposed consensus.
Garden upkeep prompts husband to hire weekly weed cutter
A fragment shows a wife noting her husband’s fondness for their garden and his plan to hire a man to weed it weekly, illustrating domestic attention to yard work.
City Record Notes May Riot Era Despite Clipped Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a May Riot in 1919, with a city official and property owners cited. The garbled text mentions attestations by Jw. OE and a clerk named Rees, outlining a week in Ne ig Tiaber and possible property actions.
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Neig Tiaber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tai
Forsyth
Lake Basin Road
A. M. Groefield
Mont
Homestead
Nepstad, Otis & Lyon
Big Timber Supply Co
C. N. Skillman
Tion
Churchill & Amery
Bray’s
J. A. Lowry & Co
Dixon
Gardner
City Garage
A. L. Bray
Pioneer Office
Bray
Anderson and
First
Anderson Street
Pioneer
Olmstead
F. J. Skala Harness Shop
Ole Birkeland
Grey Cliff
Jackson
O. R. Duncan
Cole
Catholic Church
C. W. Allen
R. I
A. H. Carrier
Eee
J. A. Lowry
Livingston
Elite
Ltf
W. H. Donald
Big
O. J. Johnsrud
Thayer
Thompson Yarda
Rhode
A. W. Strickland
Coly
C.H. Cummings
Sci
Jay Loving
Hes
Monarch
H. T. Keithley
Miles Implement Store
Cemetery Road
Sawyer’s
Grey _Cliff
Fioder
Grey_ Cliff
Fer Sale
Principles of
Inga Solberg
DR. P
Vritey End
Taya
Dr. Carkins
Ana
Sylve Pe
Cambrai
Bapaume
Beaurains
Remy
Vis-en-Artois
Hell
Federal Bureau of Mines
E. C. Davis
Melville
Montana
Aed
Duncan
Garag
John E. RE
General Insurance
N. Skillmna
U. S
Real Estati
Serle
Tee
Property Owners
Rees
Chaumont Voiles
Pongee
X Kinistone
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