Torch Happenings From Sheep Hook Ranch to Wibaux
Local notes recount inspections and visits by Gov Burt and residents such as Ben Grow Al Loveridge C C Stolts and Miss Mary Carter. Town events include public school opening a party for Miss Lucille Burt and a surprise gathering at Marlingburt hall with dancing and supper.
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Sheep Hook
Wibaux
Gov. Burt
Kenzie
Ben Grow
al Loveridge
Baker
C. C. Stolts
Chas. DeGraffenried
Carl Olson
Miles City
Rollie Shumaker
Knowlton
C. H. McArthur
Westmore
Mary Carter
Luce Burt
Marlingburt Hall
Bicklus
Lucille
Serioul
Beav er Valley Transformation Shows Rural Growth
A long reflection on horizons and personal worth opens with a local focus on Custer County. The Beaver Creek Valley area, once considered marginal for grazing, has been transformed by farmer energy into productive wheat and oats fields. Local farmers credit shared labor, upgraded roads, and grain transport plans, noting increased soil moisture and belief that similar progress could occur elsewhere with sustained effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer County
Wibaux
Smith
Enn
Hook
Son
Beaver Creek
Beaver Valley
The Curious Claims of Brains in Public Life
An odd satirical essay surveys brains as a product used for money and influence. It quips that brains once shaped literature and now fuel advertising and transport schemes while being mixed with ginger and dissolved by alcohol. It notes brains move through markets and political centers yet often remain unseen until after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Masson
Lenox Bar Harbor
New Port
Washington
Albany
New Milliners’ Trends From Chicago and New York
Dispatches describe a futuristic millinery conceit called the aero plane hall with a rectangular contrivance in velvet moire shades between lavender and wasabi purple. The back forms a rudder appearance and two large wings project from a box like contrivance, signaling an avant garde hat design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Millners
Ismay Commercial Club Notices and Growth Report
Ismay Commercial Club holds regular meetings on the first and third Mondays. D. Barry of R L Polk Co Helena, publishers of Montana directories, toured Custer Dawson and Rosebud counties with a data crew. He notes strong town growth and forecasts eastern Montana population surge next year.
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Barry
R. L. Polk & Co
Helena
Montana
Custer
Dawson
Rosebud
Northern Pacific Coast Resorts illustrated booklet released
The Passenger Train Department of the Northern Pacific Railway announces a new color illustrated booklet titled Northern Pacific Coast Resorts. The cover shows two children at a salt water bath, a resort hotel in the background, and a snow capped mountain range. Inside, two color pages and many half tone photos depict coast, mountains, and regional features. Free copies available by writing A A Cleland at St Paul and enclosing four cents in stamps.
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Ma A. A. Cleland
Ginral
Northernas Uhe
St Paul
Istmay County Fair Exceeds Expectations With Showy Prizes
The Istmay and surrounding communities held a county fair with strong attendance and a robust display. First prizes included spring wheat from dry farmland and white oats awarded to Bert Jams and Geo. Burti, with several notable mentions and high regard for quality across multiple grain categories.
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Althomsh
Ame Dite
Istmay
Bert Jams
Geo. Burti
Wastiud Woods
Bert Cattwe
Milter
Vis Bkules
Apetty
Uuntsiehers Gravel Frass
Geo
Batt Danomble
Liz
Nick Shepmen
Tetley
Bert Jones
Weddings at Ten Years Past With Formal Travel Dress
The account recalls a wedding marked by a traveling dress for the bride and a dark suited groom with a rose, hair oil scent, and a gliding entrance. The bride earns a good salary as a bookkeeper and the groom loses the comforts of past privileges as friends bid him farewell at the depot.
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Ife
Stray Pony on Ranch Near Mildred Reported
A stray pony is sighted one and a half miles from Mildred on a ranch. The branded animal bears a T on its left shoulder, weighs about 800 pounds, and appears to be about 15 years old. A note lists C Williams of Mildred and Edward Harriman as figures connected to a broader financial affair, with uncertain health references.
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Mildred
C. Williams
Mont
Edward H. Harriman
Bikei
Byson
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Christ Jacobson
S. P. LaBree
Tee Dee
Madge Hamilton
Willie
Alex
Hunter
Roy McKenzie
W. T. Perhant
Taylor and Roberts
J. J. Butcher
J. Higbie
Marie Pox of
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Bert Benson
Gray
D. J. Greenslit
Westmere
Corred HK
Priess
C. R. ‘Tisor
Dr. Barker
Terry
Ko. Armstrong
Otto Andre
Sid Haynes
First National Bank
Mr. Pressler
Wat Miles City
Bert Eno
L. Newsum
la Farge
Wis
Burns
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Minneapolis
C. AL & DS
Bowman
Aberdeen
Earlingburt Mercantile Co
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Union Stock Yards
Dernative National Bank
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Lowell
First Ratonal Bank
Petersburg
Billings State Bank
Tidings
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Sturgis
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First State Bank
Lemmon
James Dunbar
A. Walter
Ismay Commercial Club
J. &. Prindle
Hk. Armstrong
North Pacific Coast
Passsenger Tranie
Pacific Coast
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