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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
7
A soldier’s wife tells how she stayed up all night to mend a tattered flag captured from the enemy in the Philippines. The flag, once missing when the commander-in-chief sought it, reappeared mended and nearly as good as new, a tale recounted in the Springfield Republican.
The St Paul carnival committee spends 15000 on substantial booths and buildings for an elaborate display. An illuminated arch marks the entrance to a court of honor with hundreds of merchant and manufacturing displays. Fireworks nightly illuminate the street with excursions by railroads on July 28 30 Aug 3 5.
The president, moved, rushes to a small man amid a crowd of boys and congratulates him for his large family. The man questions the remark. the president explains he is taking the orphan asylum to see the circus parade.
Harper's Weekly reports a London case where a house painter was described as a gentleman. Justice Darling notes armorial bearing as a mark of gentility, yet recognizes that a card is not a coat of arms. The ruling probes what constitutes a gentleman and ends with a wry caution about law.
A Lancaster man recounts his wife recovering from nervousness stomach weakness and poor appetite after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. He claims rapid relief including better sleep and increased vitality as proof of Postum’s benefits. The ad notes a $7,500 contest for cooks and invites mail inquiries.
The London Standard outlines a six day voyage from Alexandria to Khar tum via Delta cities Cairo Luxor and Assouan then down to Shel lal Wady Halfa and Khartum. It notes river scenery dam effects at Shellal Haifa and Abu Hamed and recalls battles and military scenes near Khartum with Egyptian army camps and Sudanese regiments.
Archaeologists at Beni Hasan uncover 492 rock tombs dating 4000 years with preserved furniture models. Descriptions include a Nefery tomb with a painted coffin and boats, granaries, beer production models, grain baskets, sailors handling sails, warship models, and a chess game scene photographed across 450 negatives.
In the northern Caucasus a costly bride price from $175 to $1,000 drives vendetta deaths. A young man Bokayeff abducts Neshkho to wed her, but when her father demands repayment from him and his accomplices, they shoot Bokayeff after refusing to pay.
Two young men coax a deacon into his first Turkish bath and watch him suffer through heat and steam. He endures reluctantly but finally begs to leave. He quips the bath is useful for some preparing for the hereafter, yet he is glad to be back on earth.
Prince Louis Napoleon later Napoleon III escaped the Fortress of Ham by disguise in 1846. He shaved his moustache wore working clothes and a bookshelf as a disguise while claiming illness to his jailer. A painter's identity and a waiting carriage carried him to Valen ciennes and Brussels before reaching London.
A four year old, Eleanor, studies a photographed and real mother side by side. She remarks with a playful yet pointed question about whether the real mother could spank her, revealing a mix of affection and pathos.
A New York Herald verse laments fading songs and asks for a poet to restore yesterday’s tunes. The speaker longs for lyrical poetry over comic opera, begging for a resonant, aged refrain amid modern noise.
Judge Newburger cherishes an old Delft clock praised for its value yet derided for its dingy look by visitors. A whiskered observer dismisses it as cheap, but the judge retorts that the clock holds real time value beyond appearances.
The exchange centers on a lecturer from Aumoronus arguing that before marriage a man is half a man and after marriage he loses his identity. A skeptical maid and her escort react with amused nudges and whispered confirmations.
A New York Press joke describes a countryman in a cheap restaurant examining a bald patron. The man laments the lack of hair with rustic humor, calling attention to the bald head as insufficient to “spite a pound of butter.”
Dialogue sketch shows a character remarking on smoke as a misfortune at a fire sale while another vows not to buy salt of clothes again, hinting at a comic misfortune and cover of wry fate.
The wife of T W Russell, a brave Irish agitator, supported her husband’s work with quiet strength. After the South Tryone election news reached Dublin a friend urged fencing the temperance hotel with policemen. She refused and kept every room lit with blinds up, sitting in a window to be seen. No disturbance occurred.
A Baltimore American item notes Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents in the Ark during the first biweekly cakewalk. Animals watched as porcupine and wife performed a comic dance line, judged by Father Ape and a monkey seeking a high perch.
A humorous quip frames a trust as a topic fit for an editorial only when there is little else to discuss. The exchange, attributed to a Chicago Post cartoonish aside, twists a complex concept into a schoolyard witticism.
Local testimonial from Vanburen Indiana dated February 1 1900 endorses Piso's Cure as the best medicine for all throat and lung affections. The letter cites Wat O Exus.ky as a user praising its effectiveness.
An Eastern man, thin and hungry, asks what game is on for the day at an Arizona hotel. The proprietor greets him and replies Seven-up and poker, signaling a casual, local scene with humor and hospitality.
Advertisement claims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promises a refund if ineffective. Parker touts a supposed safest airship, Whealton notes it failed to fly, and Sharpe questions its safety in a Philadelphia Record excerpt.
An OCR fragment describes a product named Mrs Winston's soothing ayarp for teething children. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and includes a slogan about a man unable to tell friends from enemies.
Last week patents were granted to several Northwestern inventors. Names include David Allen of Maple Lake Minnesota for a belt punch, Nicholas Dress of Hastings Minnesota for a scraper and grader, Harry Dryer of Medora North Carolina for a vehicle tongue, Matt Goss of Duluth Minnesota for a firearm, Samuel Hunt of Minneapolis Minnesota for a folding egg crate, Allan McGregor of Duluth Minnesota for vehicle gear, Charlie Zillgitt of Lake City Minnesota for a spring wheel, with Lothrop and Johnson patent lawyers based at 914 and M12 Pioneer Press bid in St Paul.
In a short quip scene a cautious young man concedes poverty might cause rejection while a woman jokes she would prefer money-rich misery over poverty. The Chicago News notes the witty exchange over happiness and wealth.
A humorous quip from the Boston Commercial Bulletin features a rousewife bargaining with a tramp. The tramp jokes that taking the job for 10 cents would violate a new anti trust law for charging neighbors less.
Advertises Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children's Home selling Powders to cure feverishness, bad stomach, seething disorders, move and regulate bowels, and destroy worms. Sold by all Crissists for 25 cents. Sample sent from Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip contrasts a man who kisses his lover’s sister with a remark on youth versus age. The exchange highlights light humor and social mores, reflecting local tone and wit of the period.
Dr J H Rindlaub notes a severe case in Fargo North Dakota involving Underwood. Despite court action six physicians were baffled and no money was recovered from the suit.
Promotes hair growth on a healthy scalp using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Claims stop hair loss, remove crusts and scales, destroy parasites, soothe itching, nourish roots, and cleanse the scalp with products marketed worldwide. Includes locations and distributors in London Paris Boston and Chicago.
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