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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
7
Practical tips on cattle and dairy management, crop rotation, beekeeping, pig feeding, and orchard care. Notes emphasize profitability from beef and dairy cattle, alfalfa and silage use, careful feeding schedules, sanitation in poultry houses, and early pruning and drainage for orchard health.
A Brooklyn widow Catherine Subrer’s probate exposes a tangle of marriages and step relations. Catherine Faust, born in Germany, wed Philip Sohn, then Eugene Suhrer after believing her husband dead. Suhrer married his stepdaughter, producing three children, creating a web where Subrer became son in law to his first wife and grandfather by marriage to his stepchildren. The dispute, with many degrees of relation, remains unsettled despite court scrutiny.
Charles Reade notes in Hard Cash that British justice is costly. Cecil Chesterton blamed for articles accusing two state officers of conspiracy to aid Godfrey Isaacs. The Marconi financial case lists prosecution and defense counsel fees totaling £3034 plus daily £378, plus expected further costs as the long dispute unfolds.
Baylis v Baylis highlights that children from a good faith marriage after a believed divorce face stigma and property rights issues. The court ruled existing law does not protect offspring when one party acted on a mistaken belief the other spouse was legally divorced.
A Washington Star quote cites Massachusetts figure Bill Murray using a witty biblical allusion to imply dishonesty. The line compares a man walking with Ananias and Sapphira to being in his family, framed as a mild rebuke.
The French vice-consul at Bourgas reports that Bulgaria maintains near normal crop planting despite universal conscription. Wheat acreage is within five to ten percent of last year due to expanded use of agricultural machinery driven by wartime necessity.
Agnes Repplier reflects in Century Magazine on the rise of independent women. She notes early unwed women faced scorn, while modern spinster farmers run apple orchards and dairy farms, challenging male agrarian norms and inviting exultant discussions.
In Hartford the Stowe and Clemens homes stood close as Dr. Twichell recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe freely raiding Mark Twain’s conservatory. The gardener’s scissors were useless as Twain insisted the place remain open to her liberty. Finally he exclaimed he wished the old lady were in Heaven.
A Dutch traveler in a small cart with two goats is charged five cents to cross a bridge. Later he returns with the goat seated on the cart, and when asked to pay, he points to the goat and says to ask the driver.
Brief notes describe the Scots parliament famed for concise laws and sharp humor. The era’s lawmakers are portrayed as unpretentious yet spirited in shaping legal tradition.
A remark notes an old Scottish Parliament act banning entering hay sites with a candle unless in a lantern. The commentator highlights the brevity of the statute and claims it has not harmed Scotland over two centuries.
The essay portrays Rabelais as a monk turned humorist and later a capable physician. It notes his practical jokes and the grim humor of Gargantua and Pantagruel reflecting his character. It argues his wit defined his fame across eras, with irony as a weapon of his time.
Greek writers mention coal 500 years before Christ and it was common in Egypt 500 years earlier. A long gap follows and coal reappears in England around William the Conqueror in the eleventh century with mining rights granted to the people. Coal’s widespread use arrives in Paris in the sixteenth century and later in Germany.
A Rockville touring company produced East Lynne and a village newspaper critic called it rotten for its implausible plot and melodrama. The critic praised one villainous man while condemning the cast's clichés and sentimentality.
The Philadelphia Times promotes shoe horns with yard long handles as a welcome novelty for women. Round handles resemble walking sticks in mahogany or golden oak, while horn tips come in silver or gold plate or in atchel.
The passage discusses the inevitable persistence of metaphysical inquiry in human thought and the need for a critic of pure reason to examine it. It argues that metaphysics cannot be wholly abandoned and must be tested universally to provide relief from the demand for knowledge.
Notice of reg ular examination of applicants for teachers certificates in Sweet Grass county Montana to be held at the court house Big Timber on Thursday and Friday August 28 and 29 1913 starting at 9 in the morning County Superintendent Mrs Jessie F Evans directs applicants to attend the examination
J A Lowry president invites bids to August 27 1913 6 pm for erection of one story and basement of Carnegie Library Building work includes plans and specifications by Link and Haire Billings Montana. Bids require 10 percent certified check and may be rejected in whole or part. Plans available at the president's office Big Timber or from Link and Haire architects.
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