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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
7
The official directory lists national leaders including President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana. Other entries name key cabinet officers such as Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
Federal judge George M. Bourguin and clerk George W. Sproule are listed in Helena. U S marshal Jos L. Ashbridge and U S attorney B K Wheeler are named with Helena ties. Help Surveyor General Henry Gerharz is also noted.
I W Appleton of Bozeman H J Kelly of Lewistown and Fred H Foster of Billinge are named as registers of land offices in a brief notice listing official appointments or designations for these locations. The item reads as a concise directory-style entry from the land office service.
Governor S VY Stewart of Helena Lieutenant Governor W W McDowell Butte Secretary of State C T Stewart State Treasurer JH Hart Helena Attorney General S C Ford Helena Auditor Wm Keating Helena Superintendent Public Instruction May Trumper Helena Railway Comm J E McCormick chair Dan Boyle J H Hall State Veterinarian Dr W J Butler Chief Justice Theodore Brantly Associate Justices W H Holloway Sydney Lanner Clerk J T Larroll
Stenographer G E Marvin of Livingston is listed in the notice and appears in the records for the Livingston jurisdiction.
The list names key county figures including State Senator Henry Ellingson and Representative A H Arneson alongside commissioners G M Parker A M Clark and W A Car. Also listed are Sheriff H G Lyon treasurer R S Jarrett Clerk and Recorder J E Cameron Clerk of Court H C Pound Assessor O A Fallang Attorney J B Selters Supt. of Schools Inga Solberg Surveyor H J Kleinhesselink Coroner G A Williams Administrator J G Ellington Justices of the Peace T G Shipton and T W Kiethley.
City Mayor Dr D Claiborn and Chief of Police W R Curtis lead a list of city officers. The clerk is John BE Rees with attorney J B Selters and treasurer J E Roecher.
Mass at St Josephs Church on the second Sunday of each month. Additional services held when road conditions allow. Rev Fr Joseph Blaere is the pastor.
Church directory notes an 11 a.m. preaching service and 10 a.m. Sabbath school. Evening preaching at 7 80 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. Mission study class Tuesday at 7 20 p.m.
St Mark's Church Episcopal announces evening prayer and service at 7:30 p.m. led by Minister Nev. P. BuexErr with services on the second and fourth Thursday evenings.
Church notice lists Rev A L Norfleet as pastor with Sunday school tea and morning worship services. Evening worship at 7 06, with related event times indicated as Michigan?
Court summons defendants in a Montana district court foreclosure case over Lots eleven and twelve in block fifteen, Big Timber, Sweet Grass County. Plaintiffs seek default judgment for $1500 on a mortgage dated October 21, 11%, with 20 days to answer from service.
The article explains March as the Roman month named for Mars and later Lent. It notes varied European beginnings and English proverbs about March weather predicting the year. It contrasts European and American March with rainfall patterns and the month as the seasonal transition from winter to spring.
A satirical sketch discusses people who value and parade illness over family, noting how chronic complaints draw attention, spark conversation, and brighten social rooms. It highlights how nervous disorders become enviable traits and lists common symptoms as favored topics.
Abadawu M. Grostield of Bis Timber Sweet Grass County Montana has filed an entry application under the 1874 act. protest deadline is September 18 1817. Appleton Register invites objections to the disposal of the lands described Sec 10 to NS we.
Notice to Contractors seeking sealed proposals for furnishing materials and constructing a school building in School District No 19 Sweet Grass County Montana. Proposals due August 1 1917 11 am at the clerk home. Bid security 3 percent. Plans at clerk's home. Right to reject all bids. Jah Magelsen chairwoman Mrs J Masia clerk.
Oscar Branten contests Charles B. Marshall s homestead entry No 005 made July 15 in section 26 township 25 range MD and seeks cancellation. Grounds include nonresidence and abandonment. Marshall allegedly left Montana and did not serve in military operations. Respond within twenty days after the fourth publication and serve a copy of the answer on the contestant. Date of first publication August 1917.
A review of sneezing as a superstition from ancient times to modern days. It notes the belief that a sneeze could herald luck or misfortune, the practice of saluting sneeze times, and historical customs such as hats raised to the sneezer and phrases like God bless you. It mentions kingly and military exclamations and even myths linking sneezing to cures and sanity.
The Japanese use soy beans to make a milk similar in texture and composition to cow’s milk. Beans are soaked and boiled with sugar and phosphate of potash until a white liquid forms, then water is added to resemble condensed milk. Proportions of protein fat and sugars are close, though enzymes and vitamins differ. Japanese claim it fulfills milk’s nutritional role and offers lower infection risk when produced carefully.
The Bible was the first printed book and a landmark work of Johann Gensfleisch von Gutenberg. In 1430 55 he and Johann Faust of Mentz produced the Mazarin Bible, the earliest folio Latin Bible. Gutenberg later resigned his press to Faust who, with Peter Schaeffer, printed the Mentz Psalter in 1457. Auction records mark these two as the world’s most valuable books.
Dr James Cantlie reports he has adopted needling in certain cases after observing its benefits in China. The technique appears to reduce tension in inflamed areas and relieve neuralgic and rheumatic pains, swelling, stiffness from sprains and fractures, and chronic hip pains known as sciatica.
An English physician recounts a tale from a gossiping old lady who advised a rheumatism patient to put sulphur in her stockings. The patient reports the hands pain faded while a silver wrist ornament turned black, per the Los Angeles Times.
A mother counsels Willie about dining etiquette in a domestic scene. She permits a second piece of cake but forbids requesting a second helping of potatoes, emphasizing restraint at table. Willie acknowledges with a brief assent.
The Big Timber hospital introduces a graduate nurse in charge, detailing access to modern eye examination apparatus and a full range of anesthetics including laughing gas. The note presents the nurse as a capable supervisor overseeing patient care and surgical readiness.
Time card effective June 7 lists trains on the Northern Pacific line. Westbound services include North Coast Limited and Puget Sound Express with specific departure times. eastbound trains cover Atlantic and Mississippi Valley Express, Eastern Express. Trains do not stop via Helena or via Butte. Additional numbers show addressable times for Western and other expresses.
City reserves right to reject bids or waive defects and accept any bid for sewer system construction. Bids listed include Gust Nordquist with bid higher than two lower bids. contract awarded to Nordquist for reasons not stated.
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