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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
8
Mr Bowser presents a plan for wireless telegraphy to his wife Mrs Bowser, claiming a breakthrough surpassing Edison and Tesla. His demonstration ends in chaos as a home experiment triggers a catapult of misfires and angry neighbors, leaving him defiant and vowing a dramatic finale tomorrow.
A man describes transmitting a message through a building by shouting to create a driving sound wave from New York to London. He claims to guide the wave with the stair door open as a conduit, delivering personal details and a dramatic claim of an assassin's act.
A woman reads from a cookbook and notes the author Charlotte Russe while chatting with Arthur. The scene presents a playful moment as she assumes it a novel, highlighting names and the cookbook setting.
In a Philadelphia Record vignette Heavy Walker demands quarter for a pie from Mrs. Newbride who offers the pastry. He threatens to report her to the board of health and to send the pie as evidence.
Philadelphia prepares for the Pennsylvania Hospital centennial, highlighting its 1751 founding after 1750 efforts by Franklin and Dr. Bond. The institution has admitted about 140000 patients, largely poor, and houses Benjamin Wests famous Christ Healing the Sick In the Temple. The painting, lent from 1801, has traveled museums and now rests in a Chestnut street gallery awaiting a new building.
A satirical piece cites repeated American influence in Canadian industry and resources from mining claims in British Columbia to pulp trade, the Stanley mine, Sydney iron, Sault Ste. Marie, harbor elevators, meat exports, petroleum wells, Grand Trunk railway, and architectural commissions, highlighting perceived cross border dominance.
The New York Journal argues that women should not ride astride, urging sidesaddle use as the proper method. It contrasts Venus statues with male leg shapes to claim women cannot hold a horse well astride, joking that true straddle riding proves Venusian origin.
A tale from the New York Sun recounts a man who feigns hunger to beg a meal in a Thirty-fourth Street restaurant. He orders beef steak and coffee, pays $1.25, and disappears, leaving the diner unsure if the man was a professional beggar or starving impostor.
Instructions from the New York Tribune advise cutting stem ends at right angles, stripping submerged leaves, and keeping all stems off the vase bottom. Change water daily and recut ends, keep flowers from lights and drafts, and use ice or cool storage for staples like mignonette and roses. A German doctor touts gold bichloride injections for baldness.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line promotes its Pioneer Limited service to the American Exposition at Buffalo. Daily five trains from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago connect with Eastern lines arriving in Chicago next morning. Special features include observation cars, private compartments, standard sleepers, bullet smoking cars, and acclaimed dining service. Tickets and the Pan American folder are available from J. T. Conley in St. Paul.
Speedeelites travel from Big Timber to Buffalo and back via standard lines with multiple fare options. Epworth League announces a meeting in San Francisco from July 18 to 24 with special Big Timber to San Francisco round trip rate of 80.00 and July sale windows. Tickets cover return limits up to 30 days from sale and May include other routes such as Springdale with a round trip fare and weekend departure notes.
Estray notice from Big Timber Montana reports a black horse missing since May 1. Distinguishing marks include a white right hind foot a small star forehead branded quarter circle D on the left thigh and age stated as 17 years. A $5 reward is offered for return to B C Hate in Big Timber.
Advertisement claims most Americans suffer from dyspepsia and liver issues with symptoms like sour stomach headaches heartburn and nausea. It promotes August Flower at 75 cents with two doses said to relieve symptoms and lists Budd Drug Co. and Green's Prize Almanac as sources.
United States Land Office in Bozeman Montana publishes notice that James W Vestal of Big Timber Montana files intent to prove on Henares land claim No 973 for the W1/2 SE 1/4 and NW 1/4 of Sec 10 Tp IN Ranges WE MDM. Witnesses listed include C D Walker B A Davis Edward Everett Marian Cox all of Big Timber. First publication August 5 1901.
Department of the Interior Bozeman Land Office notes Andrew Vorayth has filed intent to prove desert-land claim No 0 for the N42 SEM Sec 24 Tp aN REE M P M before Clerk B M Mjelde at Big Timber Montana on a Saturday in September 1901. Names involved include Wesley P Franklin Eric Neste of Malville and Benjamin O Forsythe of Howie with irrigation and reclamation emphasis.
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