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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
1
Ismay residents share travel, commerce, and family news from the week. The item lists visits to Miles City,_western suppliers, and arrivals, with names like J F Ross, Mary Turesigh, and G G Askin. It notes Jack Anderson selling sheep in Chicago markets and Capt Hasty's Minneapolis death, signaling local ties to broader events.
The Ismay introduces an altered weekly edition to improve the paper but admits the current issue carried a union by mistake. The president’s message and Montana news appeared in the extra last week. Stock issues prevent a full change this week, with a pledge that the error will not recur.
The record notes meetings on the first and third Mondays each month. Officers listed include PRINDLE as President and ARMSTRONG as Secretary. The reference mentions Ay and OES in association with the Commercial Club.
A Shelby Ohio reader writes to Sears Roebuck in Chicago to explain preferring local merchants. He cites community support, lack of reciprocity from Sears, absence from charitable and civic lists, and absence from tax records as reasons for continuing to trade locally. The letter also notes a rural proverbs analogy about corn and cobs.
Montana exhibitors dominated prizes at the National Corn exposition in Omaha. M Baker of Cascade won second in best sheaf bluestem wheat, Broadview Seed Co took third in durum, S N Klock of Great Falls won first in red winter wheat, George B Manning of Kalispell captured first in best wheat other than main varieties, with Nelson Berry of Kalispell taking third in white oats. Gus Siegeling of Armington earned first in tow-row barley and led state sweepstakes, alongside Montana entries in navy beans marrowfat peas and field peas.
A fragmentary notice reports a farmer proposing cobless corn as a new variety. The text hints at a future where corn is consumed without cobs, praising the innovator and suggesting broader adoption, though details remain unclear.
E D Coon of Pennell creek Ismay announces his daughter Mary Irene Coon will wed George C Green in Lima Wisconsin on December fourteen nineteen hundred nine. He plans to move his family to Pennell creek after the wedding and hopes to reach Montara with his wife soon. The Ismay community wishes the couple happiness.
Joe Deckert from Ismay settles on a favorable Montana homestead four and a half miles from town with spring water and irrigation potential. He plans hog farming as a key industry. Eastern seekers rapidly claim land, while Iowa visitors endure subzero temperatures, walking eighteen miles to file on land and plan winter residence, proving endurance for ranching in the state.
A. H. Hoerr of Illinois brings 77 hogs to Ismay for George Burt's planned large scale pork operations on 500 acres. Burt aims for about 500 hogs after spring piglets, with woven wire fencing and ample feed preparations. Hoerr visits Crow Agency relatives and notes local dances amid bitter weather.
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