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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
6
A compilation of wry quips and snippets mocking prosperity politics language and fashion. It notes remarks on Goo Goo Eyes perityphlitis and a pickle trust, plus jabs at a royal coronation postponement and a Kansas wheat district traffic issue.
The text notes King Edward belonged to twenty clubs many with cooks, hints at a cause in social circles. It references the first Kiel international yacht race winner as the Uncle Sam and ends with a generic remark about a game occurring now and then.
Richard Harding Davis asserts the Spanish empire remains strong and King Alfonso appears healthier than his appearance suggests. He notes King Edward’s concern for London's poor even as doctors prepared to operate on his crown.
Patrick F. Sheedy travels abroad to establish a company dedicated to emerald mining. He remains unable to abandon his habit of working with green substances.
A Cincinnati woman pressing sisters to adopt a reform dress costing $1.25 is in a fair way to gain popularity with the sterner sex, reflecting a tidy fashion reform push amid era style and social norms.
An Englishman in Siberia notes that Irkutsk appears deserted during the summer, as if the city had moved its population away like New York or Naples. He describes the unusual seasonal migration and the bustling behavior of locals elsewhere.
A Jersey City judge rules that making goo foo eyes is a harmless attention gesture. The decision clarifies social conduct and reduces concerns over innocent flirtation in public spaces.
The Chicago milkman who disproved the charge of selling poor milk by displaying in court six infants fed with his dairy product demonstrated the power of circumstantial evidence in legal proceedings.
A New York state minister sued over a $6 funeral sermon fee claiming the charge reflected value. He argued the service honored a deserving life and delivered a three dollar equivalent in impact, asserting the effort justified the cost.
In Frankfort Kentucky residents celebrate a record birth trend as the town notes an unusual abundance of female babies. Officials call the development charming and point to a first ever hint that more Kentucky girls than expected have arrived.
A reader dismisses concerns about George Washingtons religion as a trivial worry noting his usefulness and respectable status. The piece implies Washington has been cared for regardless of his beliefs.
A wary reflection on a violent stabbing between two schoolgirls prompts the question Whither are we drifting as readers confront troubling news in the paper. The remark frames concerns about social decline and safety in the community.
Reports suggest King Edward's health worsened from overwork, with a note that he may have read Alfred Austin's ode prior to its publication. The piece hints at royal scrutiny of literary work affecting the monarch during a sensitive period.
A London Ontario Adver tiser report details 127 recorded religious shades in Ontario. It lists Adventists Agnostics Atheists Baptists Catholics Anglicans Jews Lutherans Methodists Mormons Quakers United Christians Unspecified and many more.
A Seattle fire tale is retold as Hon H G Struve rushes into a blazing office to save books. Amid chaos the roof collapses just as he exits, leaving him with the City Directory as his sole rescued item.
New York Times recounts Jacob Riis praising a novel and then telling a modern parable. On New York's east side a girl led penny bank runs until a wild gang of boys returned every penny with another to restore faith and stop the run.
One way to earn lifelong gratitude is to strenuously contradict him when he admits he has faults, a paradox that highlights the value placed on unwavering confidence and self-assured rhetoric.
A French scientist argues that a person can expect to reach the average life span of their parents and grandparents by averaging the ages of their immediate relatives. He lists three causes of aging as lack of outdoor exercise, microbial poisoning, and fear of death, noting the paradox that dying can be a pleasant sensation.
The boy raised among adults must raise his intelligence to a higher standard than nature. You lower yourself to his level and a child notices. He understands and resents being talked down to, which harms his confidence and gradually estranges him.
A short note notes that a new man will introduce a set of fresh manners and social expectations for the community.
Eugene F. Ware became commissioner of pensions despite being a poet. A Kansas man blamed his poem The Washerwoman's Song for defeating Ware politically and even threatened him. Preachers cited the poem against Ware during Funston’s nomination, and a Baptist leader joked they would have voted for Ware if not for one too many poem. A donor sent ten dollars to the washer woman, which Ware refused as the woman was imaginary, provoking the philanthropist’s sharp rebuke.
A notorious vessel, the Pennebanke, built for grain trade, vanishes and reappears as the Kelpie in the Persian Gulf arms smuggling scandal with the British government. It later becomes the Graf Schwarztels on the South American coast, aids political exiles, and is rechristened the Shah-in-Shah in the Pacific before a Spanish gunboat sinks her off the Malay coast after a daring crew repair.
Congressman Cannon delivered a flowery description of moss, water, and forests during a night House session debating forest protection. Mr Sherman quipped that Cannon’s rhetoric flowed like streams but lacked substance, remarking moss does not grow on his back and praising his wordplay over the debate.
An anecdote from Yale features Prof. Brewer of the scientific department who accepts a student’s challenge when the student cites an encyclopedia. The professor calmly admits new information has emerged since he wrote the article, changing his view.
A historical remark notes that European army suicide rates exceed their home country rates. It cites Nathan Hale on poets handling the victory of the vanquished as greater than victory of the victor according to thinkers.
A humorous proverb notes that paint can improve an aged house but cannot restore youth in an old woman, underscoring limits of superficial improvements.
Negotiations for the famous Hope diamond proceed as it nears ownership by Senator Clark of Montana. The 443 carat cushion shaped gem, valued at about 500000 dollars, recently arrived in the United States and was examined at Clark’s Wall Street office. The story traces its origins to the Tavernier jewel and its split history through Europe and the United States.
A poem paints Bessie as a queenly rider in a form fitting gown. She glides down the avenue in an auto leaving steam like a bridal veil while pedestrians bolt for shelter. Her confident grin and bold dominion spark envious admiration and startled crowds.
A poem describes a woman who shows gentle kindness at home yet bursts into reckless driving on the street. The car and its wheelman provoke danger as she skims the roadway in a blaze of speed. Her meek image clashes with a volatile urge to race, ending in dramatic spins and perilous moments.
A Boston Journal reader recalls Ian Maclaren's Drumtochty anecdote Auld Lang Syne featuring Jamie Soutar a sharp tongued villager who foils a lay preacher’s exhortation by noting locals’ deep seated faith and preferring hospitality over patronizing superiority.
In The Century of the Southwest Ray Stannard Baker notes the desert flora defend themselves with sharp spines and thorns. Cactus, mesquite, cat’s claw, agaves, yuccas, bear grass, greasewood, and paloverde deter intrusion with weaponlike leaves and stiff, needle edged growths.
A compact reflection notes that visible evil in people can obscure the good acts they perform. It urges readers to look beyond surface flaws to recognize positive qualities and deeds.
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