1914-1917: Fred is ill; Fred builds the 8-room ranch house; sheep shearing

6-25-14 Fergus County Democrat

11-4-15 Fergus County Democrat

6-30-17 Great Falls Trib

2-2-19 Anaconda Standard

     1919: Fred ill again.

1904: local politics

10-5-04 Fergus County Argus

      Fred and John sometimes served as "judges of election," appointed officials who oversaw polling places.

10-12-04. Fergus County Argus

1-4-05 Fergus County Argus

1967: Fred and Bell's 45th wedding anniversary

1928: the "Cottonwood-Beaver Creek" community club: smut control

     "Smut" is a fungal disease that afflicts grain.

1906: "a very enjoyable affair"

7-13-06 Fergus County Argus

Fred Jenni

     The Argus here describes, not a farewell party, but a party in honor of Mrs. G.C. Moseley of St. Joseph, Mo., who is visiting. She is described as a "sister of the three Jenni brothers," namely, Fred, John, and Gottlieb, I assume. (Magdalene? Caroline? Emma? Elise?)

     Mrs. White, sister of Mrs. Fred Jenni (i.e., Emma Flueckinger), was in charge of the dinner. (Her name was "Frieda.")

9-4-06 Fergus County Democrat

John S. Jenni

     Nearly two months later, the Democrat reports a "farewell party" held for Mrs. Cable Mosley [sp?], who was heading home to St. Joe. This Mrs. Mosley is not a sister but a "nece" [sic] of the Jenni brothers. 

     "Miss" Emma Jenni, it reports, accompanied Mrs. Mosley and will enter school in St. Joe. This Emma, then, is unmarried; hence not Fred's wife (also "Emma Jenni").
     I have found a marriage certificate dated Jan. 16, 1913, identifying Emma A. Jenni (21), daughter of John Jenni and Albertina Diezieger, as marrying Edwin E. Kindschy (29). This Emma Jenni, being the daughter of John is a niece of the Jenni Bros., Fred and Gottlieb.
     Emma was about fourteen years old when she accompanied Mrs. Mosley on this trip.

9-7-06 Fergus County Argus

     Two days later, the Argus reports the same "farewell" party held for Mrs. Cable Mosley.
     "Miss" Emma Jenni is described as accompanying Mrs. Mosley, again, to attend school at St. Joe.
     Here's paperwork for the 1870 Federal Census. It includes the Jenni family of Lincoln, Missouri, who had recently emigrated from Switzerland. That family included Frederick, John, & Gottlieb—the trio later referred to as the "Jenni brothers."

The Jenni family seems to be split, residing in two distinct addresses. (See "Samuel" Jenni at bottom.)
Daughters listed include Magdelene, Caroline, Emma, and Elise.

     Lincoln is about 120 miles northwest of St. Joseph.

P.S.: Here's a report of Fred's visiting St. Joe, MO from 1891:

     Fred married Emma Flueckinger in 1891. She had lived in St. Joe, MO until 1891. She too was originally from Switzerland. (St. Joe, a real town, is very near Amazonia, a small village.)

P.S. [August, 2021]

Came upon this:

The Inland Empire, May 24, 1906

ALSO:

The Inland Empire, Sept 6, 190 6

1929: Fred (Jr.), Bell, and the "Odd Fellows"

7-5-29 Great Falls Trib

Wikipedia 

 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd Fellows founded in England during the 1700s, the IOOF was originally chartered by the Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity in England but has operated as an independent organization since 1842, although it maintains an inter-fraternal relationship with the English Order.… 

While several unofficial Odd Fellows lodges had existed in New York City circa 1806-1818, because of its charter relationship, the American Odd Fellows is regarded as being founded with Washington Lodge No 1 in Baltimore at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey along with some associates who assembled in response to an advertisement in the New Republic. The following year, the lodge affiliated with the Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity and was granted the authority to institute new lodges. Previously, Wildey had joined the Grand United Order of Oddfellows (1798-) in 1804 but followed through with the split of Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity (1810-) before immigrating to the United States in 1817. 

In 1842, after an elementary dispute on authority, the American Lodges formed a governing system separate from the English Order, and in 1843 assumed the name Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows became the first fraternity in the United States to include both men and women when it adopted the "Beautiful Rebekah Degree" on September 20, 1851, by initiative of Schuyler Colfax, later Vice-President of the United States. 

Beyond fraternal and recreational activities, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows promotes the ethic of reciprocity and charity, by implied inspiration of Judeo-Christian ethics. The largest Sovereign Grand Lodge of all fraternal orders of Odd Fellows since the 19th century, it enrolls some 600,000 members divided in approximately 10,000 lodges in 26 countries, inter-fraternally recognised by the second largest, the British-seated Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity.

1881: In the beginning — Fred Sr. and John go to Montana

From Heritage Book of the Original Fergus County Area (pp. 451-3):

Nothin' goin' on in Amazonia, it seems.

¶  The Samuel Jenni family emigrated to American [sic] in 1869 from the small town of Waldeck, Switzerland, where they had operated an inn near the capitol city of Berne. The family consisted of Samuel and his wife, Anna Segesseman Jenni, and their children, Eliza, Red [Fred?], Anna, Gottlieb, and John. Eliza later became Mrs. Fred Hornkohl, and Anna married Frank Kalin. Young John was seven years old when the[y] settled on a farm in Amazonia, Missouri. His education had begun a year earlier under a tutor since there were no public schools in Switzerland at that time.

Leadville, CO pack train, 1880s

¶  In 1881, [23 year old] Fred and the nineteen year old John left Amazonia and stayed in Leedville, Colorado for a time before coming to the territory of Montana where John worked for awhile at a livery stable in Helena and then for a Prickly Pear Valley rancher until the winter of 1882 when he joined his brother on Fred’s homestead on Beaver Creek; eventually filing for one of his own just below Fred’s. A year later Gottlieb began homesteading on the land adjoining John’s and the winter of 1983-4 were busy ones as the three brothers built cabins and settled in.

Deer Lodge, MT, Masonic Lodge

¶  The Journey from Missouri to Montana had been made aboard an immigrant train departing from Omaha, Nebraska. The travelers furnished their own food, which they cooked on huge ranges, which took up much of the space in the cars. The seats made into beds at night and the train was a comfortable place from [which] to view the spectacular scenery which became increasingly more awe-inspiring as they approached the Rocky Mountains. It took four days to make the trip from Omaha to Ogden, Utah, and many lasting friendships were formed as the pioneers traveled west in congenial kinship. At Ogden, passengers bound further west were transferred to the narrow guage [sic] Utah Railroad, which was later converted to the Oregon Short Line. This train labored up through the mountains, which in winter were bitterly cold. The passengers finally arrived at Deer Lodge, Montana and the end of the line. From there, those going north took a stage to Helena, about forty miles.

Maiden, MT

¶  In 1884, Samuel Jenni died of yellow fever at New Orleans, Louisiana and his widow journeyed to Beaver Creek in September of that year with daughter, Anna; their railroad tickets, from Amazonia, Missouri to Billings, Montana, cost $46.35 apiece. Until her death of pneumonia in 1885, Mother Jenni made her home with Fred.

Gilt Edge, MT

¶  Lewiston at this time was a fur trading post only; mail and supplies were picked up at Cottonwood Town, the stage stop. John worked for Phillip Laux, making brick and then helped build the store in Cottonwood Town. He and brother Fred, who was an expert teamster, worked together on the bridge across the creek at Cottonwood; Fred handling the horses and John working with broadax, hewing trees into logs and lumber. He also helped build the church on upper Beaver Creek at the foot of the Snowy Mountains, gaining valuable experience in carpentry.

Maiden, MT 1886

¶  A man with a plow, horses and a few hand tools could till his land and raise grain crops which were hauled many miles to Billings, Fort Benton or to the roaring gold mining towns of Maiden and Gilt Edge or to the Spotted Horse Mine. Supplies were brought back so the wagons were loaded both ways. During the winter months, poles were hauled out of the mountains for building cabins, barns and fences. John could recall weather so cold that the trees would snap and literally explode when touched with an axe. Montana winters were truly a test of a man’s endurance and strength. Temperatures of 65 to 70 degrees below zero were not unknown. On one sled trip to the mountains for poles, John became hopelessly lost in a raging blizzard. Realizing that it would be foolhardy to continue in the loaded sled, he unhitched the team, hung grimly onto a tail and let the horses have their heads. After what seemed an eternity of struggling, half frozen, through hip high drifts, they stopped in a settler’s yard where the weary horses were fed and rested and John fell asleep over a bowl of hot stew as he tried to be polite and stay awake to listen as his host ramble on, eager to visit with the first company he’d had in weeks.

Leadville CO

¶  Freighting was a rugged life; John had many experiences which tried him sorely. Getting hung up on a stump was a common occurrence; frequently a load would be dumped over. One time a team and full load bogged down at a crossing and one horse got into quicksand; John hastily tied the poor beast’s head to a nearby tree, succeeded in loosening the rest of the horses and with them pulled the … foundering animal out. On another occasion he was saved from being robbed of team and provisions when a rider came along just as he was accosted by a couple of unsavory characters. The area had its share of outlaws and misfits such as “Rattlesnake Pete,” who enjoyed terrorizing the citizens, but for the most part the pioneers were hard working and honest men…. 

     [Author unidentified]

1889-1891: Fred's new "hay press"

11-7-89 - Fergus County Argus

12-10-91 Fergus County Argus

     Evidently, Fred Jenni counted as a "progressive" farmer. He owned one of the first hay presses in the area.

In the early days, these contraptions were called "hay presses"

1891: Fred and Emma Jenni, marriage certificate

     Anna Segesseman and Samuel Jenni were Frederick (Fred) Jenni's parents, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1869, settling in Missouri. Those people died in 1886 and 1887 respectively, so who are these people, these "household members"?

     Fredrick Flueckiger and Anna Maria Scheidegger (or Schreidregger) were Emma's parents. They, too, had emigrated from Switzerland, settling in Missouri in the 1880s. Anna Maria S died before Fred & Emma's marriage (in 1891)(Fredrick married again to a woman named Rosina Heck—at about this time). So who is THIS Anna Maria Scheidegger?

     One of the witnesses—Anna Slinluger[?]—remains a mystery to me.

1894: "The finest hams we have ever seen in any country...."

     Whatever else might be said about Fred Jenni (Sr.), evidently, he was good at raising pigs.

     The article below is from the Fergus County Argus, March 29, 1894: