03 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
1
The Montana Trading Company Hardware Department at Charter Oak and Acorn Stoves and Ranges and Coles Air Tight Heaters offer a large stock with right prices. Fall buyers can select Racine and Winona Carriages and receive special inducements on low prices. Holiday trade features Silverware Hardware Novel ties Cutlery China Crockery and Glassware.
Just received a car of Furniture, Carpets and Bedding. Furniture and House Furnishings include fancy chairs couches china closets centre tables music racks book cases paper racks table covers curtains pictures frames carpet rugs and art squares. In Lumber Department stock a complete line of building material sash and doors window glass paints oils varnishes alabastine lime cement stucco building and carpet paper coal and wood.
Montana Trading Co and M W A lodge detail meeting times and officers listed. The McMillan Fur and Wool Co circular dated Oct 12 1903 is filed for reference noting the house has existed for a quarter century and is positioned to pay high prices with shippers satisfied by dealings.
A long notice details a stolen black stallion from Fish Creek with a Geo. Cook brand and a buckskin saddle horse of the owner’s brand, offering rewards totaling 450 dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction. It also promises 250 dollars for recovery of any stock taken from the ranch after the notice, plus trade ads for Rambouillet and Merino rams, winter stock purchase wants, and stock for sale including 25 head of two year old steers. The notices reference J. J. Bparnineton of Melville, Winnecook listings, and Coox & Lorn of East Boulder with dates in late October 1941.
Time when 1903 taxes become delinquent and 10 percent penalty imposed after November 30 1903. Taxes due at Sweet Grass County treasurer Big Timber Montana offices 9 am to 5 pm. J W Geiger treasurer collector warns no discretion. Also a job ad for agent in Chicago with salary 20 weekly and expenses.
An advertisement seeking 200 to 400 head of cattle to winter with guaranteed protection from loss except for disease. Cattle will be cared for and fed straw and hay as needed until April 10 at 81 cents per head. Address Two NEIGHBORS, Big Timber Pioneer.
A London Chronicle note lists royal names avoided by monarchs including Peter and John, citing historical massacres and misfortunes. The article then shifts to Standard Oil canning, praising Herman Miller as the inventor behind the five gallon can and detailing production gains at the Devoe plant on Long Island City, with rapid increases since 1865.
A collection of wry maxims about trust luck and friendship. It notes that signs mislead easing goods delivery and that praise often masks stingy motives. The piece mentions a forty year old angel in an alley with a wrapper and a neighborly butter loan as a humorous vignette.
A dialogue in the Chicago Tribune quotes a prospective patron and a college president. The president says English has been abandoned, noting dictionaries now contain millions of words, largely slang, with new words born every minute. The exchange highlights a grim vision of future language education.
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts Young Brown acting quickly when Silk and Sat in faced financial trouble. He rushed to attach claims fifteen minutes before doors closed, beating other creditors. The great lawyer praises the move but warns of possible salary demands.
Excerpt discusses how millionaires drive progress and modern industry through superior machines and methods, arguing poverty follows absence of wealth creators. It pairs a dinner party anecdote about miscommunication with a science note on fatigue in muscles and nerves, citing Bose and Pearson's Magazine.
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