Melrose to Lima and Montana at the Chicago World’s Fair
Correspondent notes Miss Nettie Wheeler's school attendance in Mexxrost, mining activity by Burton and Quirk, welcomed teachers in Lima, and travels of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. Reports on Melrose musical conventions, World’s Fair visits, silver and mineral prospects, and varied local arrivals and departures. Montana attendees at the fair, updates on Joe Shineberger and Mr Roe, and a vivid scene from the fair including the Texas day celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Wheeler
Burton
Quirk
Peabody
Helen Blackmer
Livingston
George H. Stewart
New York
Oscar Wells
Stewart
Lima
Montana
Melrose
Otto Victor
Hi. Rodda
Maiden Rock
East
Philadelphia
Rodda
William Bartle
Butte
J. A. Brown
J. A
Chicago
Oscar Waly
W.R. Browns
Camp Creek
Wanderer
Joe Shineberger
Walter M. Bickford
Callahan
Dillon
J. O. Jacobson
L. Logan
Jennie Bishop
John F. Bishop
W. R. Sebree
John March
H. J. Burleigh
Mart Barrett
A. F. Graeter
Graeter
Tom Yoast
J. C. Clough
Lemhi Co
Idaho
Ohio
Kunnry Gow
Dances, digs and missing horse thief rumors in Polaris
From Our Regular Correspondent Sept 18 1893 the Polaris region reports snow on surrounding mountains newcomers from Big Hole Basin Helena and Townsend. mining deals and two new locations. Lulu Cozad to Dillon high school. lively dance with Polaris string band and a supper by Mrs Larimer. meat wagons run by Tash and Harrison. A separate note dated Sept 15 recounts Ben Froman Grant Haynes seeking a stolen trotting horse and buggy from Dillon. Culver blamed for a horse thief who later looted Jim Blair's home. Will Orem and Froman move toward the lake in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollaris
Joseph Littlefield
Big Hole Basin
O. J. H. Allen
Helena
Townsend
Courtney and
Haines
Lulu Cozad
Dillon
Polaris
Larimer
Tash
Bannack
Harrison
I.G
Maapatra P. O
Wm. Culver
Ben Froman
Grant Haynes
Mr. Padley
Mr. Culver
Henry Jake
Froman
Lima
Will
Culver's
Prices for school books set by 1890 act
A list of legally fixed prices for school books and related items is published, including McGuffey readers, Swinton arithmetic, Barnes geography and history texts, Harvey English grammar, Spencerian copy books, and health primers. Advertised cures from Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve are noted with testimonials from users in multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffey
Swinton
Saath
Scion
Tish
Barnes
Montana
LBD
AD Harvey
U. S
U.S
Steele
Montana Weather and Harvest Report Highlights
The week saw temperatures slightly above normal with showers and uneven precipitation. The growing season ends as grain harvest continues statewide. irrigated crops meet average yields, while unirrigated grain trails. In Flathead, wheat yields range 25 to 80 bushels per acre with better quality than last year. Prairie fires threaten northern cattle ranges despite rain help in Cascade and Fergus counties. Havre notes fires over grazing lands south of town. Bear Paw north range scorched. Fires near Sweet Grass and along the boundary persist. Rivers shrink in northern and eastern Montana, stressing cattle. timely rains needed to ease drought and trigger spring runoff before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead
Montana
Cascade
Fergus
Havre
Poo
Bear Paw
Boundary
Local Market Prices and Public Notices
Local market prices list butter at 80 per pound and home grown potatoes at 80 cents per unit. A Montana rail fare offers a round trip for Sunday excursions via the UP and Montana Union lines. Also advertised is a salve priced at 20 cents per box, sold by City Drug Store. The Chicago Union Pacific line touts year round travel from Chicago to Omaha. A New York Press Club puzzle fundraiser asks readers to mail a dime for a souvenir mystery benefitting a newspaper workers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. White
City Drug Store
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Omaha
New York
New York Press Club
Press Club
Temple Coast
N_Y
Legal notices and court judgments listed in docket
Several court actions are recorded including judgments for and against various plaintiffs and defendants. Key items include estates of deceased individuals, guardianship accounts, divorce decree, burglary charges, sentences for Murphy and Wells, and foreclosures or defaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hobson
U. N. Ry
H. J. Burleigh
Geo. Sears
Guardian
W. F. Kirkwood
Martha J. Jones
Kiva M. Bray
John ©. Bray
Bielenberg
John Bordige
Geo. A. Butts
State
Murphy
Wells
Vox & Pond
Chas. Taylor
L. A. Brown
J.A. Ubl
An Author's Bitter Cry in Lustige Blatter and Verse
The fragment notes an author’s complaint about overwork for a new treatise arguing for an eight hour workday. It mentions a summer day poem image of a couple walking in a scented lane with a parasol, and a small white hand in a tender scene conveyed by the Boston Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Courier
Too Confiding Jimson Hankson Bilson Quote
A fragment from New York Weekly quotes Hankson as failing due to perpetual purchases of new contrivances claimed to save costs in a year. The remark reflects distrust of persistent clever schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimson
Hankson
Bilson
New York Weekly
Fragmented 1893 Local Notes Mix of Letters And Anecdotes
A mosaic of brief items from 1893 includes satirical quips about watchmen and mince pies, seaside daydreams, a bicycle mishap beside a club window, and a playful maritime exchange. It also lists uncalled letters and names such as Preeden, Clayton, Hoffman, Johnson, Kleiber, Moore, O Connell, Renford, Rashtone, and Thomas among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preeden
Clayton
JH Hoffman
Fred Johnson
James Kleiber
Magnne Lemons
Jv, Minshew
HA Moore
Wm O'Connell
Dan Thitlips
Jas M Renford
E . Rashtone
John Houn
LJ Thomas
James Moerinder
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Frank Sparrow
Charles
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W. Ei. Weild
Ehurch
Maring
Qufferer
Geo. H. Stewart
Clyde
N. Y
J. A. Uhl
Jack O'Brian
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Nicholson
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Missoula County
Leason
William Roe
Congress Street
Presbyterian Hospital
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Dr. Leason
Joe
Centennial
H. Clifford
New Cassel
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg, II
John Speaker
Catawba
Hucklen
N.M. White
Weather Crop Bulletin
Crowiny & Nuckouns
All Points
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Arnica Salve
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Brooklyn
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Imperial Bicycle
Imperial
Tim Bute
W. L. Fant
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Butte, Mont
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George E. Rockwood
Hutte City
William H. Smead
Missoula
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Jon-H. Harper
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