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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1910
Page
1
The Ismay area reports visits by B L Laux B W Moore and families O lrogg and Miss Carter plan campaigns and travels. Terry mayor Ian Al Wright visited, a Baker talent show drew crowds, and local projects from remodeling to laundry relocations are discussed. Nearby towns report accidents and a drowning death in Calumet and a fatal freight-train incident at Sentinel Butte.
A montage of early 20th century incidents: Miss Lillie Suntz choked by her false teeth, a large fire in Alice Kansas wiping out a business district, seven poisoned by ice cream in Glenn Kentucky, two drownings at Grind Stone Lake, a man beaten and thrown into the North River in New York, and Belgium’s exposition ruins with plans to reopen. Also notes on a giant nosed man in Cincinnati and a street brawl near Lexington.
The Montana state board of equalization announced higher railroad assessments for 1910. Main lines such as the Great Northern, Montana Central, Northern Pacific, and Oregon Short Line will be taxed at $10,025 per mile, with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul at $14,000 per mile east of Butte and $12,000 per mile west of Butte.
Fallon flat Walter Standley stacks hay on Haines claim while Miss Shepherd sells hay to Van Coil on stubble. Harry Foster cuts twenty acres of oats for Jacob Buraas as roads remain unstable and a Good Road Association is sought after a runaway injures Mr Wilder and Dr Brindjone treats him in Terry.
Friends report J B Kempton a leading stockman of Custer county is seriously ill at home with pneumonia. Doctors Brings Jones and Brindjone attend him as his condition remains critical Friday noon. He is widely respected as a proactive businessman in the community.
Notice declares readiness to repair and manufacture tin and sheet iron work harness and shoe repair ing, signaling a broad service offering for customers.
Spring Creek Miss Christensen visits Miles City for a few days. John E HoYer hauls lumber for a new house on his claim. Mrs Frank Buckley and daughter visit Fallon on business. C Dow finished cutting with the header for Sigurd Hanso's flax. Mr and Mrs Lund attend an election recording school in Fallon last Saturday. Calvin Dow remains with the Montana citizen family after the new arrival. Mike Brest's horse power separator moved from Jake Gifford's to Mike's near Sentinel Butte. Rumor hints Mr and Mrs J D Johnson plan a Yellowstone Park trip soon. Miss Louise Bream returns to Fallon after two months in the mountains. Mrs Magpie Mclean serves musk melons from her garden. she stays busy as homesteader, dry farmer, and hotel cook. The road wears down from her frequent buggy trips to Fallon with notable turnips and heels. Dayne
Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle sends the original letters he wrote to his wife as a Montana missionary in 1867 1868 and 1869 to Judge W Y Pemberton librarian of the state historical library. He explains the letters tell of people and events in the territory and he hopes they bless future readers.
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