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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
8
A cobbler recounts a night fire in his shop and a meddling plumber who urges a grand fire sale scheme. Neighbors critique the sham sale while a flood of customers arrive seeking bargains amid talk of insurance and damages.
A flashy young Negro applicant to Assistant Secretary Ailes of the treasury asks what he can do and claims to be from the first state alphabetically. He cites Alabama as the first state in the Union, prompting a cutting exchange in Washington Star.
A garbled stage note from the Philadelphia Press cites heat in a theater and Chicagoans missing benefits of a concert or show. The fragment references Mike, a stormy night, and confusion over seating or access amid a busy city scene.
A garbled OCR passage references a conversation about listening to a pianist, mentioning Clara and a date-like fragment. The text is incomplete, offering only scattered names and a possible scene of listening during a performance with no clear event or outcome.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and scattered phrases with little coherent meaning. The readable portions include odd quotes and garbled names, offering no clear event, person, or location to summarize into a news item.
Fragmentary text mentions a person and a marriage reference with unclear names and relations. No clear event date or location is readable. The piece reads like a jumbled personal note or OCR noise without verifiable facts.
The fragment from a Chicago News item hints at a cryptic scene where an innocent maid asks who was the other woman, as a dignified man remarks on two sensible women in a fashionably ornate dialogue in a dated issue.
The report surveys prominent figures across politics, diplomacy, and society. It notes Knox's equestrian passion and horse purchase, James Docl's birthday in London, Miss Morris's Georgian staff appointment, and young diplomat Marquis di Malaspina. It mentions veteran soldiers, oil ventures in Texas, and aging physicians. It cites Alpheus Stickney’s marriage, Aguinaldo's uncertain birth year, and General Thomas's sisters. It closes with a Greek king tending a farm in summer.
Cilengo telephone girls asked to say naught instead of aught when counting numbers. A brickmaker can produce 4,000 bricks daily. a 1G horsepower machine makes 0,000 in the same time. A 12 word telegram to New Zealand costs 12 cents with a simple stamp. No statue in the capital to Grant Sherman or Meade, though many lesser generals are honored. Sardinia famed for prehistoric tomb giants. four hen tombs yield skeletons over nine feet. Pings pens, a society amusement, crosses to this side as lawn tennis with celluloid balls. Since May the tallest New York skyscraper at Broad Street corner rises, 23 floors, 27,000 sq ft, $3,000,000 cost. A Welsh parish Sher near Uridgend union has eight or nine souls. Nash and Stembridge have 14 inhabitants between them.
White pearl buttons tiny as specks are used for Urimiting and tissue blossoms with Bruze leaves adorn evening gowns. A short bolero ends with a broad collar for broad shoulders. Wash silks in variegated stripes debut for shirt waists at 81a yard. Mowers imitate flowers, crape and eblison roses praised. Tan snail and pale biscuit shades dominate gowns parasols and accessories.
Hobart Chatfield Taylor studies for the stage while Helena Modjeska nears departure for Poland. Anthony Hope prepares Pilkerton's Peeraze in London. Emile Faguet joins the French academy. Wilson Parrett works on The Christian King for autumn in London. Mascagni plans an eight week U S tour with an Italian orchestra. A memorial window for Mrs John Drew is unveiled in Larchmont. Sol Smith Russell drafts reminiscences from retirement. General Funston and the Philippines plot explores an emotional romance on stage. Richard Mansfield faces portrait disputes over two works. Actors often publish untruths and later deny them as seen in a Clipper case.
California horse Funston leads a year in review with Toboggan trotter plans. Notable brood mares Rachel Ray and Arline Chimes breed on Fuller and Baron Wilkes lines. Grattan farm in Indiana will breed back as Zyiplig’s filly grows. Georgena eyed by Elwood Park management for a purse race, while Leander and Pistones string at Cleveland and Detroit seed future star York Roy Grand Simmons among top trotters and pacers.
The passage outlines on demand payment terms for notes, fraud and intoxication voidability, endorser liability and without recourse, interest if not stated, dishonor notice timing, death of maker affecting surety notification, and governing law for notes payable in the state of origin or where title transfers, concluding with exchange.
A compilation of quotes urges will over strength, warns anxiety halts progress, and mocks the word impossible. It notes that effort turns opportunities golden and that resolve to conquer or die rarely yields defeat. Each line fosters personal responsibility and perseverance.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway promotes its Pioneer Limited service to the American Exposition in Buffalo. Daily trains from Minneapolis and St. Paul connect with Eastern lines, offering observation cars, private compartments, standard sleepers, bullet smoking cars, and renowned dining. Tickets at cheap rates to Buffalo and return available. contact J. C. Conley in St. Paul for the Pan American folder and rate information.
Travel offers list various intercity routes with return fares and sale dates from June to October 1901. Items include Big Timber to Buffalo via Stockton lines, 7 day transit limits, 30 day return, and monthly sale on first and third Tuesdays. Also notes North League meeting in San Francisco July 18 to 24 and reduced fare tickets via Nickel Plate, Chicago to DirtVale, and Chicago to Buffalo with specific constraints. John Y. Calahan is named as general agent for full details.
Special reduced round trip rates from Chicago to New York with vestibuled sleeping cars and dining service aboard the American Club meals are available. Excursion dates include July 23, 28, and 26 with prices from 35 to 100 dollars. Tickets via The Milwaukee and Pioneer Limited, offices at Chicago depot Van Buren and Va Vilie avenues.
Dr AL Bosehee's German Syrup, praised as a fortunate medical discovery, rapidly relieves coughs and severe lung troubles. It is not experimental and has earned wide trust with millions of bottles sold annually. Introduced in 1888, it is now common in towns and villages worldwide. Three doses said to relieve ordinary coughs. Sold by Bird Drug Co.
Improved ranch on Bridger creek containing 60 acres with horses cattle implements and farm gear. Describes water year round and good range in eastern Montana. Also notes a stray black horse from Big Timber with white right hind foot, branded left thigh starter circle. Reward offered for return.
Fragmentary text describes a civic or judicial test within Ember County with mention of officials, duties, and a governing body. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR but reference to seats, county role, and Towne ship suggest a local governance or court context.
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