Easter program canceled due to scarlet fever in Wisdom
Breezes reports scarlet fever outbreak in Wisdom town forces cancellation of the Easter program by Sunday school scholars. Also noted are social circle gathering at Wisdom hotel hosted by Mrs J W Potts, a farewell for Rev G W Kaufman moving to Pennsylvania, local visits and a wedding escort. Additionally mill work at Pioneer Gold Mining & Milling expected to resume by the 10th. Alfred Turner improving in a Butte hospital. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets recommended by Potts Drug Store for stomach issues.
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Wisdom
Wisdom Hotel
J. W. Potts
G. W. Kaufman
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
W. H. Rideout
Pioneer Gold Mining & Milling Company
Polaris Notes From March In A Small Montana Town
Polaris March notes report a quiet period with Easter weather lifting spirits. J C Harrison and Horse Buyer Hanson’s five year ranch leasing project is halted. Dacotah workings closed indefinitely. Postmaster Frank Madden returns from Dillon. Mrs J McConnell celebrates a late birthday. A Marchesseau receives a phonograph rack for 280 records. Ellis and Pearson recover from grip. Purdy travels to county seat, returns for Easter. Moral: Pine feathers make fine birds.
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Tribune
Polaris
J. C. Harrison
Hanson
Dacotah
Stanley Starr
J. McConnell
McConnell
Frank Madden
Dillon
A. Marchesseau
Thomas Ellis
David Pierson
Jas. Purdy
Easter Tales From The Big Hole Valley
Bert Cozad visited from Jackson to see friends and his ill father at Taylor creek. Beef steers moved from the basin to Bedrock, with many bunches feeding at D L or K 9 ranches. Tash Lenkersdorfer and Murray Live Stock of Grasshopper began moving fat steers to Bedrock. Frank Brown from Jackson visited the Ellis family. John Van Etten helped at the K 9 ranch with hay for Big Hole steers. An old folks Easter dinner at the Marchesseau home drew twenty guests with music and repartee. Lee W Shaw of Bristow visited and ploughed early, planning to sow wheat and timothy. Easter smoke drifted in blue-black clouds labeled by Flurry Ruffles.
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Bert Cozad
Jackson
Taylor Creek
Bedrock
D. L
K 9
Tash & Lenkersdorfer
Murray Live Stock Company
Grasshopper
Frank Brown
Ellis
John van Etten
Louis
John
Marchesseau
Lee W. Shaw
Bristow
Shaw
Timothy
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets claim health restore
Potts the Druggist sells Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets that purport to assist nature in removing impurities and restoring body organs to health. A brief drug advertisement notes regular use supports cleansing and renewed vitality.
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Chamberlain
Potts
Lakeview Reports Early Spring Amid Snow Melt
Lakeview notes mild spring days with snow nearly vanished in Centennial valley. Stock prefer rustling to feeding as roads remain iced and muddy, marking an unusually early thaw since 1889.
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Tribune
Lakeview
Centennial Valley
Snowshoe Johnson and valley notes move through Idaho and Montana
Snowshoe Johnson travels via Madison basin toward Lockview with an extra horse to meet his wife visiting Dubois Idaho. Fish hatchery officials visit Elk lake revealing scarce grayling and untrue claims of fish ladders. Lakeview saloon for sale. local cattle movements include 12 carloads sold by Boatman and a car sold by Sparrow. Mrs Culver receives a genealo gy book tracing Edward Culver to Dedham and Winthrop colony. A. D. Jones sells beef to James Dodd. families plan Montana land hunts. Gettysburg trip by Eda Craver and peers. Chamberlains Liniment recommended for rural households.
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Snowshoe Johnson
Madison Basin
Lockview
Dubois
Idaho
H. D. Deam
U.S. Fish Hatchery
Bozeman
Henshell
United States
Elk Lake
Lakeview
A. B. Wakefield
Mr. Miller and
Iowa
Ike
R. T. Boatman
Frank Sparrow
Eli Twitchell
Fred I. Hanson
Middleton
Omaha
W. R. Edwards
Grant
A. F. Jones
James Dodd
Butte
L. E. H. Culver
Culver-Culver
Frederick Lathrop Culver
Tenafly
New Jersey
Edward Culver
England
America
Dedham
Mass
John Winthrop
Culver-Culvers
Alice Davis
Frank Davis
A. Davis
Mr. Fairbanks
Montana
James Doyle
Bray Bros
Dick Wadams
Lima
Remedy Promise In 19th Century Ad Copy
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a rapid cure with no after effects. It pledges reliability and pleasant taste and notes Potts the Druggist as the seller.
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Chamberlain
Potts
Medicine Lodge Briefs and Local Elections
Medicine Lodge April 5 Isaac Rife returns soon from California. District No. 20 school trustees met April 2 and re-elected Mrs. T. B. Craver. Easly South Carolina reports Avery Stewart is very ill while visiting his brother W. M. Stewart. T. B. Craver had a business trip to Dillon. Mrs. I. Rife and son Ike visited relatives on the Prairie. Spencer Burgess went on a trip.
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Tribune
Medicine Lodge
Isaac Rife
California
T. B. Craver
Easly
South Carolina
Avery Stewart
W. M. Stewart
Dillon
Willis and Local News From April Six in Spencer
John Hart manages Wood Live Stock of Spencer. Hugh Hall shipped a carload of hogs from the company ranch. L. G. Woodside visited from Dillon. Dr Molleur and T Hun gate of Melrose called. A renter’s son broke both legs in a fence fall and was taken to Dillon for treatment. Lescher family guests of Mrs Reichle. French and Haines stayed at Reichle’s and drove cattle to summer range. Postoffice Inspector Clum found the office in order. Anne Breen begins teaching with twenty two pupils enrolled.
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Tribune
Willis
John Hart
Wood Live Stock Company
Spencer
Hugh Hall
L. G. Woodside
Dillon
Dr. Molleur
T. Hungate
Melrose
Math Polish
Browne's Gulch
M. Reichle
Virginia City
Anne Breen
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Dart Hardware & Implement Co
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Scott
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National Park Seminary
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Fred Tauchman
Upper Medicine Lodge
Horse Prairié
Billee
Cotyr
J. B. McLaren
Martin & Critz
Metlen
A. Jardine Rife
Sebree ‘Street
Union Electric Co
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