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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
7
In Saco this week local activity centers on the Saco Mercantile Co. with new binder twine and housing material deliveries. Residents, shops, and visits flourish as people insure crops, transact business, and discuss hospital, bank, and real estate matters amid community chatter.
Fragmented OCR shows an ad offering money to loan on deeded farm land. Mentions contacting Minnick and Lee for details. Text is garbled but indicates sale or loan terms and a request to see the responder before proceeding.
A native man died on a railroad track near Rochelle when struck by a fast express, ending his life due to carelessness about coughs and colds. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung trouble, claiming cures and weight gain testimonies from J Watts of Floydada Texas. It offers 50 cents to 100 free at druggists.
District No 24 invites bids for constructing a basement under the Beaverton School House with cement walls and floor. Addition measures 6 by 18 by 8 feet with two windows and one door, to be moved sixty feet and placed over the basement.
A group of Democrats from Saco and nearby areas met Wednesday at Lee Minnick's office over the First National Bank and elected delegates and alternates to the county convention. Delegates include C. E. Broadbrooks Al Shaw Dr Re Minnick George Steele and Charles Hunter. Alternates are Lee Minnick Fern Pierson De W Crutchfield John Jacobson and J A Renahan.
A fragmented text traces a girl named Mary evolving through several names Mary Mae Maymie Maizie Mae and Mae as she meets a young man and adapts her identity over time The readable segments suggest a drift through aliases reflecting social or personal change.
The article reports Shanks, a known figure, stricken with paralysis last week. It references nearby supporters and expected medical updates as the community watches for further condition details.
Reports describe a serious motor nerve center paralysis case with limited recovery hope. Doctors warn that movement of the condition could be fatal, as pains began in limbs after departure west, while Mrs. Shanks traveled to join him and officials await further updates.
Dr. R E Devney of Glasgow will be in town August 26 27 28 and 29 with office over First National Bank. Mrs I C Smith and her children are guests of Mrs Smiths parents near Hinsdale this week.
Fragmentary notes indicate a Democratic caucus in Glasgow with factions led by Plant Dawson and Coleman. Reported events describe two separate caucuses held in the same hall the same evening, with varied accounts of results and participation.
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