Sheridan and Glen Station News Roundup in 1919
Local items from Glen Station and Sheridan recount hospital visit for John Gee sie and family travels to Anaconda and Armstead. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers election of officers, wage talk, and wool price outlook plus numerous social gatherings and Red Cross efforts amid postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison National Forest Sheep Growers’ Association
Madison County
Beaverhead County
R. G. Willead
Helena Durin
Montana Purebred Sheep Association
O. E. Selway
Dillon
Frank Metzel
Alder
Wm. M. Rhodes
Sheridan
Comfort of Body in Cold Hands and Feet Relief
Many children and adults suffer constant cold hands and feet and are sensitive to chill. There is definite help in balance, circulation and warming methods to reduce discomfort and improve comfort in cold weather.
Emulsion Ad Promotes Health Through Nourishment
An advertisement extols Paar's Emulsion as a source of fuel for warmth and energy. It claims to support pure red blood and overall robustness, helping the body withstand winds and chills. Readers are invited to use Paar's Emulsion from Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paar
Lands Open for Entry in Helena District February 18 1919
The U S land office at Helena announces that surveyed plats in Fr T 258 R 4 W and adjoining townships, with portions in Madison forest and other ranges, will be opened to entry on February 18 1919 except the Madison national forest portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Helena
Madison Forest
Fr. T
Madison National Forest
Public school opens employment bureau for youths
The public school has established a boys and girls employment bureau. Anyone needing after school or Saturday help may obtain it. Boys in gangs with or without a teacher overseer are glad to work. For labor help call 144 or see E. C. Beck, Adolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Beck
Adolf
New Telephone Toll Rates Implemented January 21 1919
A nationwide standard toll rate method begins 12:01 a m January 21 1919. Station to station calls charge 5 cents per six miles up to twenty four miles and 5 cents per eight miles beyond that. Calls without a specific recipient go to station to station rate based on air line distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Person to Person and Messenger Call Rates Summary
The text outlines toll charges for person to person calls, station to station limits, and messenger calls. It states the person to person rate is about 25 percent higher than the station rate with a 20 cent minimum, and no such call if station to station is under 15 cents. Messenger calls follow the appointment rate plus messenger fees with a 25 cent minimum, and charges apply even if the conversation does not occur.
Report Charge Rules For Unsuccessful Personal Calls
A report charge applies when a desired person cannot be reached within an hour or if the caller is absent or refuses to talk. The fee covers operating work and is about one fourth of the station to station rate, with a minimum of 10 cents and a maximum of 2 dollars.
Appointment Rate for Person to Person Calls
The appointment rate applies when a definite time is set for a person to person call and the conversation occurs at that time. It typically costs about 50 percent more than the station to station rate and is calculated on the day rate between points, regardless of any 25 cent minimum. No appointment call is accepted if the station to station rate is less than 15 percent. Report charges follow the same general conditions as for person to person calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
E.D. Marsh
B. L. Golden
Episcopal Guild
Red Cross
Thomas Foster
Pauline Jennings
Mesdames BH. D. Marsh
L. C. Edwards
Rightenour
Len Foster
Madison County
Marjorie Wright
Butte
Hildred Marsh
Mary Raymond
Eleanore
Neva Walters
John Haupt
Martin Lyden
Ted Burgess
Carl Supple
Walter King
Hazel’ Cheney
Helen Moran
Anderson
Dillon
Olson
Simpson
Meadamés
R. G. Willson
Paul Roehl
R. W. Rossiter
L. R. Foster
Night Toll Rates Set For Station to Station Messa
The reduced night rates take effect 12:01 a.m. January 21, 1919. From 8:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight the charge is about one half the daytime rate. From midnight to 4:30 a.m. the rate is about one quarter the daytime rate. The origin time point determines the night rate. Minimum night rate is 25 cents. day rates apply if the station to station charge is below the minimum night rate.
Collect Calls and Reversed Charges Expanded
Collect calls are charges reversed to the distant subscriber after a completed call. Such collect or reversed charges apply only to person to person calls.
Airline distance based rate schedule overview
The document outlines initial period rates for various service classes such as station to station and person to person, with mile ranges between 144 and 152 miles. It lists rate structures including messenger charges and specific time windows from 8:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight and 12:00 midnight to 4:30 a.m. for station to station service.
Also Mentioned on This Page
GLEN
Reichle P. O
John Geesie
Stephen. Kambich,Sr
Stephen K., Jr
John Walters
Karl Beehrer
Elsie Garrison
William
Anton Bayan
Anna
Anaconda
T. Clifford
Jacob ‘Hartwig
Armstead
Julius Hartwig
John Hand
Lavon
Nettie Hand
Stephen Kambich
Hugh McMillan
Foote Ranch
Louise Hartwig
Polish
Charles Johnson
Washington, D.C
The
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph’ Company
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