Rumors On Great Northern Building In Spring Town Notes
Town and community items cover winter storms, illnesses, and travels. Ralph Laird has scarlet fever while his father suffers grip. Wm. Pearce goes to Washington state for business and returns in spring. A schoolhouse dance draws praise and funds for athletics amid heavy snow. A Grass Range Rod and Gun Club idea and a country club proposal near McCartney Creek are discussed. Beedie barn fire, insurance, and local people’s movements wrap the page.
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Murch Dryden
Murch
Montana
River Press
Fort Benton
Washington
John Vrooman
Grass Range Review
Kemper
Florence
Kentucky
Dem.News
Emily Sanderson
McCartney Creek
Flat Willow
Becket Items Reflect Local Commerce and People
Becket notes describe visitors Hugh Bowman and Sherman Reese in Lewistown, Dress Petroleum drillers traveling, and local commerce. Coal bets at Ira Glenn event, Mrs Glenn’s medical trip, and Ira’s injury. Community updates include Forest Grove meeting, T M Shaw ranch visit, J H McLean’s winter plans, August Westwelt coal discovery, Sunnyside mine shipment, Becket lath factory visit, and local farming and livestock news including a Becket yearling bull purchase and Beatrice Foster’s leg injury recovery.
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Hugh Bowman
Sherman Reese
Lewistown
Dress Petroleum
Boniface
Becket
Frank Aiken
Review
Ira Glenn
J. H. McLean
George Mudd
Babe
Snyder Ranch
Mr. Mudd
Brook Nook
Laurin Snyder
Beatrice Foster
Sleighload of neighbors enjoy evening with B Brown family
A festive gathering near Battrick included games and a chicken supper at B Brown and family. Neighborly visits continued with Mrs Emsweller returning home after a week with relatives and Jay Tunnicliff settling into a poultry farm venture on Mock place.
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Battrick
B. Brown
Family
Button Butte Farm Loan Assn
J. J. Dewan
Fox Ranch
Emma Emsweller
L. S. Butler
Button Butte Ranch
Pete Spoja
Fred Lindstrand
Jay Tunnicliff
For Sale Grimm alfalfa seed 2000 pounds
For sale two thousand pounds of thoroughly cleaned Grimm alfalfa seed grown on dry land and free from all foul seed. See R. J. French.
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R. J. French
Battle Hymn of the Republic Author Near Midnight Inspiration
The Detroit News recalls Julia Ward Howe writing The Battle Hymn of the Republic in a single night. Relating a Civil War era visit to Fort Stevens, Howe woke from sleep and penned the poem to preserve its text before morning.
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Julia Ward Howe
Detroit News
Doctor and Mrs. Ramaker visit Ross Walker residence
In Hobson, Doctor and Mrs. Ramaker spent the weekend at the Ross Walker residence on a kind of informal honeymoon trip, prompting quips about marriage and property sharing in a lighthearted, social-note tone.
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Ramaker of
Hobson
Ross Walker
Hard Time dance at Legion hall next Saturday night
A community notice announces a Hard Time dance at the Legion hall scheduled for next Saturday night. Details on admission or performers are not provided.
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Legion Hall
Chinese Family Relations and Concubinage in Historical Context
The excerpt discusses the nonexistence of the "old maid" in China and clarifies customs around concubinage. It notes that concubines enjoy a respectable position, recognize legitimate children, and that men face social pressure from wives and in‑laws if they act against their wife’s family.
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China
F . Saito
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Northern
Ralph Laird
F. C. Laird
Mrs. Laird
G. B
Wm. Pearce
State of Washington
P. H. Brown
Denver
Grass Range
Ayers
Magnus Johnson
Helena
Supreme Court Commission
Legion
Fred Welch
Blakeslee
Frank Kahabka
Lovell
Wyoming
Custer Inn
M. Munson
Dunn
E. E. Loebs
Bert Replogle
Beedie
Wm. Beedie
C. A. Brown
Kenny
Charles Key
Tyler
Judith Steam Laundry
Scheidt Bros
Leading Jewelers
Main Street
Fergus
R. & J. Clothing Co
Grass Range Milling Co
Chesterfield
Liggett @ Myers Tobacco Co
Sterfield Sar
Hedges Real Estate Co
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