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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1909
Page
4
The Ismay newspaper lists subscription rates payable in advance for one year and six months. It notes entry as a second class matter on May 19, 1908 at the Ismay Montana post office under the 1879 act.
A fragmented railroad time card shows passenger and freight listings for east and west boulevards with times like 4:21 am and 11:00 am. It references C M & Puget Sound Railway and agent 145 ER, without coherent context or dates.
County notes report visits by Mrs. J D Johnson and Mrs H J Kramer, a wool haulers’ welcome, rural road work by Jack Nagan with Pat Ganley, and a Fallon celebration featuring a wool-rich ball game, music by Karl Renn and Paul Renn, and a Terry Orchestra. Fred Williamson returns from hospital using crutches.
Mildred Mennis left for Illinois on the ninth. Farmers report rain nearly daily with better haying ahead of last year’s crop. Mr Larsen of Whitney thinning out. Weather injures Burt ranch buildings and a Glendive crew visits H Y ranch. Visitors include Miss Myra Day and Mrs Drummond with others touring Terry and Whitney areas. No injuries reported during travel.
Passenger No 3 on Milwaukee road delayed by heavy rains. Lulu McQuaid 09 graduate visits Lemmon and may stay for high school. Weather hot. crops look fine for bumper harvest. Dan Boone to be in town next Wednesday. Lightning damaged Kinney residence chimney. Haislip of Hibbar d Richardson Co. visited town. John Bjornson home from Ekalaka Baker Ismay reports flourishing business. Sam Sanderson to Rushford Minn. son ill with bone tuberculosis. Mayo doctors in Rochester to operate. Oliver Van buys new 20 HP auto for sheep camps and town business. Sadler signed by Miles City Grays. former Star Bloomer pitcher. Geo A Ross visits Tribune. recently wed Clara Jacobus at Alexandria SD on June 30. honeymoon at Big Stone Lake Minn. returned to Terry July 7. Tribune notes pleasant immor aac et?
Charles Addington King testifies in Ramsey County Minnesota that during a seven year world walk from Port Arthur begun May 1 1905 he wore a single pair of Gotzian shoes purchased in Spokane Washington.used from the second day of April 1908 until the affidavit date in Spokane and on the road bed of the Northern Pacific Railway. He states the Spokane shoes held up better than others and were inspected by C Gotzian & Company of St Paul Minnesota.
Fragmentary news items show references to illness, a visiting person named Mrs Graft and a trip to Miles City. The text contains garbled place names and stray phrases about a large display in front of a house and mentions of nearby towns and events.
Local notices report residents moving and working near Fallon and Conlin. Custer County residents hear a Terry Bridge Committee pitch urging support for a Yellowstone River bridge to lessen taxes and boost development with supporting data from neighboring counties.
The piece discusses Montana's epoch of town building tied to railroad expansion, urging foresight for wealth from new ground in the Flathead opening. It notes Roundup’s new electric light plant activated July 14 powering a 75 by 75 foot facility linked to the Roundup Coal Mining Co. mine with 1200 lights in use though capacity over 3000, and mentions a local ball game between clerks and bartenders plus counter jumpers, plus a Land Office entry in Miles City for a section in Montana.
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