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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
7
A playful dialogue contrasts options to travel from here to Goobertown with jokes about speed by walking or driving. The scene shifts to a department store where a gilded youth tells a candy counter clerk he would dismiss her to let the candy be wasted, a witty remark noted as from the N Y Mercury.
Mrs Bunting warns Johnny not to eat everything at the party. He returns excited and explains he avoided bread and meat but ate mince pie ice cream pickles nuts cake and candy. His mother faints from the shock of his binge and the scene ends with concern.
Mrs Jackson Flow says she lent a pail of coal and the borrower's wife, Mrs Murphy Fuaix, questions repayment claiming she did say she would return it. The informal dispute centers on the supposed loan and the return claim.
A Scotch publican tried to eject a very drunk customer from his bar and called for a shoemaker passing by. The shoemaker declined, saying he always puts finished jobs in his shop window to display his work.
Warmer Corntessel and his wife in a hotel room overhear a stranger yelling about Il Trovatory a term the clerk reportedly used. The exchange hints the word may be a society name for tooth ache, though understanding remains doubtful.
The excerpt shows a brief dialogue about buckwheat cakes and domestic life. A question about children elicits that one boy is healthy, followed by a casual farewell. The tone reflects plain everyday exchanges from the period.
The script assigns Oliver Bravo multiple roles in the Pride of the Plains company, including a murdered trapper Ogallala an Injun chief and Black John the road agent with additional parts Sampumkins the medicine man and Ipet the ghost of the murdered trapper.
A man loses a leg and argues with a doctor over a cork leg while a Chicago boy asks for a salary advance. The boy, twelve, earns four dollars and fifty cents weekly, claiming he’s worth more than the employer’s judgment. The vignettes come from Arkansaw Traveler and New York Advertiser.
In a New York Weekly gossip item Mouldy Mike and Wearie William discuss a wealthy woman who founded an asylum welcoming 311 tramps. The two speakers note relatives are excluded as the benefactor said she would not support kin who can work.
A humorous line from New York Weekly features a peddler pressing Mrs. Brickrow to buy a parrot to save time from visiting dull neighbors. The gag highlights an intellectual woman preferring efficient conversation through a talking parrot.
Dawson notes cab fares are high with no ride under two dollars. Withump claims a hack for fifteen cents this morning at a Sixth avenue barber shop. Town Talk.
A playful domestic scene centers on a baby attempting words with twenty syllables while a husband jokes about the child becoming a great scientist. The exchange reflects lighthearted family humor and future aspirations.
Atwood family and Maple Hill friends host a Shrove Tuesday party. Bessie Atwood admits she refused Edgar Merrill to teach him a lesson, then accepts his later declaration after confessing past rumors and a test of sincerity. Ed gar Merrill surprises her with a late proposal and the couple plans marriage.
A London Pictorial critique argues flirting remains an amusing yet un instructive vice. It notes flirting often leads to unhappy marriages or none, marks vulgarity and coarse manners, and may reflect a hard heart, with few believing it can be justified as temperament or virtue.
A Manayunk resident famed for mimicking animal calls sparked a night of mischief. While practicing outside a neighbor's yard, the supposed night howler drew a window opening and a volley of objects, ending with the neighbor striking Thomas with a clothes prop. Thomas was knocked senseless and later revived.
The child prodigy Jacques Inaudi amazed observers including Prof. Van Amringe and Prof. Murray with a rapid 24 figure subtraction challenge. He read the board letters and numbers aloud and announced the correct total 498 6417 786 5259 6129 989 101 480 360 948 749 221 999 222 846.
The article chronicles Inaudi solving multiple dense calculations on a blackboard including addition of four 4-digit numbers, a ten-digit subtraction, a 3 and 4 digit square, a six by five division, and cube root extraction. Doctors test his memory and speed as he recites figures aloud and corrects minor errors, demonstrating deep mental arithmetic skill.
Scribbler questions editor on when a novel review will appear. The editor admits not having read the work yet and recalls promising a timely evaluation. The exchange highlights tension over publication timing and accountability.
The passage notes the hostess exudes dignified hauteur and unapproachability, especially to women, remarking she has been in a good school. It mentions Oldpenny before marriage and a prior tenure in the ribbon department at Racya’s.
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