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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
8
A tattered shawl woman begs at a stately mansion doorstep and asks to die there. The butler refuses until a golden haired child pleads. The father relents and the woman dies on the doorstep, leaving a hint the world may not be wholly dark.
A lieutenant explains starboard versus port to a young woman who jokes that on one side they are starboarders and on the other only porters. He muses on the sex’s ignorance while taking pride in his naval knowledge. The Indianapolis Press notes the humorous exchange.
In a witty exchange a culture loving son explains a college yell to Miss Brighteyes while a farmer praises colleges and plans to sell a truck in town. The scene mixes playful rustic humor with college culture and local travel.
A set of witty maxims appears from the Chicago Record-Herald on topics of aging music mood and mobility. The snippets joke about microbes revolutions around Khim- Belf and a red headed man fearing gray hair while suggesting that music and portable comforts make or break one’s mood.
In a terse exchange, a young man named Thakins asks the girl's father for permission to marry. The father dismisses the troubles, saying the daughter already intends to wed Thakins and that they must settle the matter themselves.
Mrs Easypayments boasts to a visitor that she paid a man $1.98 to work in the garden, claiming she had persuaded him not to accept a higher wage. The exchange is recounted in a humorous Brooklyn Eyre anecdote.
A Boston Transcript note reflects on homely women marrying and sees it as a hopeful sign for women's prospects. It suggests marriage as a supportive reflection and source of encouragement for readers.
A San Francisco Chronicle item recalls young Tucker grateful for a 50 loan from Flipper and his claim he could never repay it.
A playful spoof from the Pittsburg Press lampoons spring themes. It jabs at flowers and poets for overblown cheer, calling the season a fake amid chores, cleaners, painters, and springtime duties.
Eleanora Duse to play Lady Macbeth. Uncle Tom’s Cabin draws crowds in New York. The Theatre debuts as a handsome new monthly on stage. Crawford completes a drama about Mme de Maintenon for Le Moyne. Hare ends American tour in Montreal with a successful season. Hopper wins 100 on a horse race but loses half after a wine celebration. Mrs. James Brown Potter is ill with lung trouble and a physician attends in London. Joseph Brooks heads the Theatrical Business Men’s Club with Kirke La Shelle as president. A $14,000 clubhouse is being fitted. Bernhardt once spoke with clinched teeth and faced foreign accents from critics. Julia Marlowe plans three major plays next season including a Shakespeare revival. Britain uses town halls, moving pictures, and music to stir soldier enlistment.
The column lists various trotting records and horse racing notes including Bonnie Direct (2 10) and Funston related achievements, proposed monuments for Robert McGregor, and horses like Crescens progeny sold for $5 000. It also mentions trainer J J Scannell gifting a painting, and several horses with set pacing marks such as Kingwood 2 09 and Idolite 2 12. The Blue Trass appointment of Dr J W Madara and his Manila departure are noted.
A compilation of aphorisms and maxims from diverse authors. Notable lines address honesty pride learning happiness generosity and the burden of gratitude. Included voices range from Cicero and Emerson to Cervantes and Mirabeau.
Items of interest note a Paris theater covering about three acres as the largest in the world. It mentions earthquake damage to a Raphael painting in the Vatican, postcard revenue for the Gerais Government, tides at Pangina, and conscription literacy in Denmark and Sweden. It cites a New York palm dealer claiming over 6 million palms distributed for Easter.
A Detroit Journal excerpt recalls a heated exchange with a Celestial figure claiming higher civilization. The narrator mocks the claim noting scarce living standards, while the other party retorts that life there costs little, highlighting potential diplomatic complications.
A London gag shows a violinist decrying omission of his Stradivarius claim while the editor jokes about advertising value. The exchange ends with a quip about Mr Stradivarius paying for ads, reflecting press ethics and old media wit.
A reader recounts a river death with confusion over a man named Weary. The exchange emphasizes mistaken identity as a speaker insists the corpse was not Weary and argues no one could fall into the river so easily. The item reflects urban rumor and misattribution in a New York Evening Journal quote.
The Washington Star quotes a witty exchange where a friend teases about retirement while Senator Sorghum recalls trying to retire once. He notes that neighbors celebrated with fireworks and cheers, and it took over six months to clear the rumor.
A Washington Star exchange frames a lunar and Martian habitability debate. An astronomer dismisses settling the mysteries as ambiguous, while the other, amused, muses about the business of selling theories and income from speculation.
A witty exchange notes railroads lack mechanical loading depots. The depot master explains that lifting trunks harms only the trunks and throwing them out harms only the trunks, while the men are spared. The quip reflects old time views on labor-saving devices and worker risk.
A brief exchange shows a child asking if glasses make things look bigger and a grandmother confirming. The child then requests removing glasses while cutting the cake, prompting a gentle family moment.
May asks about cooking class and learns there was no session due to the teacher's illness. The mother quips about digestion, prompting a light exchange in a Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times snippet.
A rural note recalls a letter to Aunt Tabitha about a robber on the place. She replies with a guinea hen and says strangers always cause a big fuss, per the Indianapolis Journal.
In this Denver News item a suitor declares he will marry the daughter only if she brings wealth. He asks the father to transfer the dowry to him so the marriage can proceed.
A playful exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes a lengthy refusal of a marriage proposal, with one character remarking on a lifelong rebuff as the other questions if he ever gains consent from the father.
A Life magazine remark notes the subject was valued by his employers who offered a large reward when he departed. The phrasing reflects a retrospective view on motive and reward in an employment exit.
A Philadelphia North American poem notes a woman’s changing favors through seasons from spring blooms to summer soda youth and autumn “seven fellow” at college games, ending with a favored suitor whose father owns a stable as sleighing ends and the sun returns.
An American traveler recounts a Brazilian tribe that breeds silkworms on native leaves and uses heat from belts to hatch caterpillars. The larvae crawl over hosts bodies for eight weeks, then spin silk around limbs and torsos. The result is clothes of brilliant silk transforming the naked savages into clothed figures, a striking example of indigenous ingenuity.
A public official, engaged in public service, refuses access during office hours to discuss improvements in how officeholders neglect the public. He is writing a magazine article on this topic.
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