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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
A battle in Powell County Montana left four Indians and Deputy Game Warden Peyton dead as he tried to arrest the group for alleged violations of the state game laws. The incident was reported from Helena with details still unclear.
Omaha reports Sewell Sleuman fifty shoots Eva Hart twenty four infatuation ends in double tragedy. Sleuman a leading grain dealer shot Hart then killed himself amid a wrecked room and torn furnishings. A note says Hart refused him and he could not live without her.
An overheated stove caused a house fire in Summit ten miles west of Altoona. Four Delaney children aged 15, 13, 9, and 20 months perished in their cots. Mother Mrs Luke Delaney leaped from a second story window and was badly burned and taken to Johnstown hospital in dying condition. Brother Wilson Judge, 10, suffered leg fractures and internal injuries. A.J. Delaney and the others were trapped as flames blocked escape.
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train No 17 westbound collided head on with an extra stock train eastbound near Braddock Kansas fifteen miles east of Newton Engineer David Roberts was killed and twenty two passengers were injured none fatally Forty head of cattle were killed Three month library cards for the school children cost twenty five cents.
12 two year old Cotewald Bucks offered for sale by Inauies v Voges of Big Timber price 810.00 dollars. Reward offered for arrest or conviction of anyone breaking or wilfully injuring lamps shades wires or any apparatus owned by the Electric Light and Power Co.
News of the accidental death of John Flynn a well known ranchman near Grey Cliff after a wagon horses run threw a field and a fall likely caused a skull fracture. Flynn born December 14 1861 in Madison Wisconsin had lived in Montana 22 years and on a Grey Cliff ranch 14 years. He leaves his wife Mrs A Nelson of Park City and eight children Esther Mildred William Earl Ralph and Clarence. He was a member of the M W A lodge and carried 2000 life insurance. The community offers sympathy to the bereaved family.
A Colorado storm affecting Northeastern regions for nearly two days brought rain and heavy mountain snow. Wires for electric light and telegraph suffered damage, rail and interurban lines were interrupted, and several accidents and one death occurred from contact with broken lines.
Mrs. John A. Blackburn died after being burned near her home while battling forest fires. The situation in the area is serious. A local ad says John Watt can supply corduroy goods with suits from 20 dollars and up and pants starting at an unspecified price.
The Montana Agricultural College dairy train visited Bozeman on schedule, featuring lectures and a milking machine demonstration. Attorney General A J Galen is campaigning for re election, citing achievements including state revenue gains, endowment gains for schools, travel expense reforms, and anti gambling law enforcement.
Isquire of William Duffy Grey Cliff Mont offers ten to thirty one rams one year old for sale. Quick relief for asthma sufferers Foley's Honey and Tar claims immediate relief in severe cases and potential cure if used early. W D Richards druggist advertises.
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