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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
8
The Ekalaka column notes a quiet week with local farming activity and cattle shipments. Town residents report small events such as a coal dealer injuring a foot, housing activity, hotel meal price rises, and plans for social events and post office improvements.
Baker A J Breckenridge returns from Chicago. Alfred Wright visits from Terry at W W Pugh ranch. Rev E Ellsworth Smith visits from Glen Ulin North Dakota. Over 80 children live in Baker School District No 12. Mrs R F E Morris moves to a new east Baker home. Joh Muller travels to Miles City for business. Sparks adds 32 foot extension to livery barn. Ro Vuaree drills a well on residence block. Rein delays carpenters on several new Baker buildings. James Hunter ships eleven cars of sheep D T Phillips one car east. Anderson and Phillips accompany stock east. No land open within 12 miles of Baker. many settlers squatting. Miss Oliver from Wisconsin hired as Baker School teacher. Dad Bohr helps in Ismay meat market. Mrs Castleman of Miles City visits. Frankie Smith from Ismay stops in Baker on way home from Chicago. Latham Hollmquist offer fresh meats. REKAB.
Karl J Renn and his brother Paul rushed to Miles City this week missing Fallon’s new hall opening but a large crowd from Glen Dive attended. Joe Thompson returns from a month with his Maddock, North Dakota uncle and says Montana looks better than ever. Local notes mention hunting plans, farm work, and community moves around Ismay, Ash Creek, and the Flat with prospects of oats and new homesteads.
The Mildred column notes farmers gathering crops and fixing things for winter, with residents S. K. Michener returning from Miles City and H. L. Struckmeyer reporting progress. William Pressler made a business trip to Terry, J. B. Campbell lost a driving horse, and the C M & St P dock remains busy with a new depot proving convenient. Harper Williams adds shoes, a voter registry occurred, surfacing crews moved to Calypso, Alex McMurray failed to supply meat, and local talk mentions recent heavy rains and other scattered updates.
J A McKinley, candidate for the Montana legislature from Custer County, outlines his career in newspapers, education, and public service. He emphasizes a balanced farming and stockraising future, good roads, and conservation of natural resources, pledging fair, thorough work and fidelity to all constituents.
A collection of short wry observations on work fear, debt, reputations, secrecy, and politics. It notes the public mood, voter apathy, and the role of newspapers in shaping opinion, ending with a plug for subscribing to the Ismay.
Fallon Bud Nichols, living with his uncle and attending school, was kicked by a horse last Wednesday while in the barn. A Miles City physician attended him and reports indicate he will recover. The town hall dancing event Friday night drew a crowd despite bad weather and fair turnout from nearby areas.
The Ismay weekly notes the sale of Mildred lots set for Thursday Nov 5 with advertising rates and post office entry in 1908. It mentions townlot sale day on Thursday and an election day that same week and expects many attendees from nearby Aberdeen and Miles City.
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