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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1898

Page

5

Local Notes and Movements Around Big Timber

Local items list residents and visitors including W F Williams building a residence in Boulder Addition No 2. Richard Hangue traveled to Nelsville Minnesota. County Treasurer E O Clark visited Livington. Mrs Pearly Lowell now occupies her residence on Fifth Avenue. Jacob Hogen left for Norway for several months. Miss Ida Seiders assumed charge of Woruser district school. S A Perrine and Jim Strickland spent days at Hunters Hot Springs. County Attorney Sydney Fox traveled to Omaha and eastern points. Mrs J J Hall visited White Sulphur Springs. Labor Day observed by few in Big Timber. Mona Brown acts as county superintendent during Mrs W A Moore's absence. County Commissioners met in regular session with all members present. Frank Kliss and wife returned from two weeks in Anaconda to view races. Mrs Elizabeth Skillman returned home to Minneapolis after visiting relatives Mr and Mrs C N Skillman.

Big Timber News Briefs Include Exposition Visit and Local Events

Residents John Flanagan and Charley Rhem tour the Omaha Exposition with others while couples from Musselshell and Big Timber visit Hunters Hot Springs. The district sees a new freight position at Northern Pacific and plans for the Sergus County Fair are announced for Lewiston in late September. Community notes include school certificates, church services, mine bonding news, a horse incident, a wedding, creamery reorganizations, and local advertisements.

Sergus County Agricultural, Mineral and Stock Association Lewiston

Race meeting postponed to late September at Big Timber

The Race Association postpones the Big Timber race meeting to September 30 and October 1 to allow horses from the Great Falls meet to arrive. At least sixteen Great Falls horses are expected to participate.

The Race Association Big Timber Great Falls

Letters From Ducle Sam Volunteers Lift Spirits At Home

P O Ballang writes that Hag bert of the Third regulars is recovering from yellow fever in Siboney and hopes for a furlough. Oscar Fallang is with fellow Montana boys in Manila and reports comfort with the climate. He notes the voyage meals with his mother's dishwater preferred to the soup on board the Pennsylvania.

P.O. Ballang Ducle Sam Hagbert Third Regulars Siboney Mr. Fallang Oscar Fallang Montana Manilla San Francisco Pennsylvania

Prominent Boulder Investors Approve Planned Equity Move

Indications show Sweet Grass Crevitory near a major equity action. Saturday 1300 shares were purchased by a group led by Joseph Felen ger and George Baker with members from Boulder Deer Creek and the Yellow stone area.

Joseph Felenger George Baker Henry Andrews E. C. McConnell Co. F Bryan Lee Smoot Wm. L. Dutton Frank Clouse EB. Aldrich Lydia Marshall John Ellison James Andrews Boulder Thos Cosgriff Deer Creek James Dundas Yellowstone

Child run over by locomotive near Yellowstone wagon bridge

An eighteen month old boy of Mr. and Mrs. L. DeVries was struck by a westbound locomotive about a mile east of town while near cows on the track. He survived two amputations after surgery by Dr. Moore and Dr. Alton, with the engineer excused from fault as the train could not stop in time. The family lives on the South bank of the Yellowstone near the wagon bridge.

Lost shawl found near Big Timber race track

A bracket shawl lost on the evening of July in Big Timber between the creek and the race track. Return to this office to claim a reward.

Big Timber Big Timber Creek

For Sale At Big Timber Calves and Cattle Lots

For sale at Big Timber between Sept 15 and 20, twenty suckling calves and some yearlings. At Merrill Oct 5 to 16, eighty suckling calves a few yearlings and some stock cows. Calves mostly doped in March and April. Address Saint Engemoe Big Timber Mont Ba.

Big Timber Merrill

Burlington Route Promise Cuts Travel Time to St Louis

The Burlington Route boasts the fastest line to St Louis promising a savings of 9 hours 21 minutes over competing routes. Rail officials tout quicker connections and modern schedules aimed at attracting travelers seeking swift city links.

St. Louis Billings Burlington

Perfect Baking Powder promotes digestion and purity praised

Four remaining Steel Ranges at Olmstead & Howard offered with Montgomery Ward prices. Advertises Perfect Baking Powder as pure and superior for meals and digestion. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted for cures. Also promotes boots and shoes at H O Kellogg's and discount binding twine and Manila rope from Olmstead & Howard.

Ross-Dier Mercantile Co Olmstead & Howard's Montgomry Ward& Co’s Standard Manila Olmstead & Howard

For Sale Sheep Lineup at Stocker Co Big Timber Mont

For Sale 2100 two and three-year-old ewes about 1100 yearling ewes about 900 Cotswold graded lambs about 1300 wethers two three and four-year olds and 38 large sized Cotswold rams. The sheep are in good condition and of large size. Time will be given on good security. STOCKER CO Big Timber Mont.

Stocker & CO Big Timber Mont

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ROS Mercantile CO Tess Ross-Dier Mole Royal Royal Baking Powder CO New York W.F. Williams Boulder Addition No. 2 Richard Hangue Nelsville Minn E. 0. Clark Livington Pearly Lowell Lake Basin Fier Bifth Avenue Jacob Hogen Norway Ida Seiders Woruser S.A. Perrine Strickland Hunters Hot Springs Sydney Fox Omaha J. J. Hall Mona Brown W. A. Moore Board of County Commissioners Frank Kliss Anaconda Elizabeth Skillman Uc.n. Skillman Minneapolis John Flanagan Charley Rhem Stillwater Omaha Exposition L. Witzpatrick Musselshell A. G. Yule Red Severance Norther Pacific Railway Company Frank Schaffer Sweet Grass County Institute Big Tender Geo. Moore and Brother Big Elk Mr. Moore Bostwick McLeod Congregational Church Misses Inn and Maud Jones Sweet Grass County Yellowstone County J. B. Simmons Third Avenue B. Tabor Helena M. BE. Church South Lig Wimber John Quinn S. B. Roberts Reedpoint War Eagle Eureka Hicks Park Chas. A. Reed Jack Diffey Thes. Kent Allan Dodge A. M. Dodge John Moore Elizabeth H. Mirrielees St. Mark’s Episcopal Church D.R. Asbury Ralph S. Jarrett Baker Perfect Hood C. Lt. Hood & Co Lewell Mass Si. Engemoe Big Timber Mont. Ba H. O. Kelloggs
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