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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
7
Beginning December 1, 1916 The Pioneer will charge the standard Bozeman land office rate of eight dollars for land office publications.
A quoted Exchange note urges writers to count words in a newspaper column then craft multiple columns on varied topics. It describes chasing a missing news item around town only to find nothing, suggesting five more columns weekly yields slim-year material and elevates reporters to public benefactors.
Big Timber plans a municipal Christmas tree on central McLeod street to be lit nightly around Christmas. A December 23 program at seven features 250 schoolchildren, carols, a glee club, and a municipal band. Santa will give 700 stocking bags and crowds await shopping and movies afterward.
Additional local visits from the Fanning and Topping families from Gibson and business matters. Harry Kaufman and forest ranger George Knight return from a hunting trip with three bears and two deer. Lucinda Prather returns from Seattle for holidays and may winter on the coast. Bert McMurray and two daughters visit Gibson to see the Nye family. A Boddy school district dance is noted with Miss Iona Taylor in charge. S. P. Harvey hosts Thanksgiving dinner at an east side bungalow. Donna McCall spends Thanksgiving in Missoula with her sister Mrs. Bonner and attends fraternity dances and a Sigma Chi ball. F. L. Miller seeks first class dressed poultry. piano for sale at Pioneer office.
A Washington Star excerpt features Mr Growcher discussing giving his wife credit for political understanding. He says he wants to acknowledge her knowledge without requiring her to explain anything, highlighting a dynamic of recognition without detail.
Social settlement workers note some girls avoid giggling and may mask other concerns. The remark highlights how workers meet many kinds of people and observe behavior across communities.
In a terse exchange the bore ARS taunts a hidden observer while Festus Pester declares persistent presence. The Judge’s line anchors the interaction, hinting at a cryptic confrontation within the narrative.
The piece notes Montana towns excel in alfalfa production with four to six tons per acre at low cost, praising superior seed stock and its value to farmers including hog raisers and dairies. Red clover is also highlighted as a valuable forage crop under Montana conditions. A separate item reports cattle disease diagnosed as stomatitis rather than foot and mouth, with quarantine likely lifting soon as officials anticipate relaxed movement restrictions.
A gold bar valued at 7000 dollars, minted in Denver, was shipped recently from the Cumberland mine at Maiden. The mine, leased and bonded, has become a regular producer under James Breen of Spokane as principal owner.
The second big dye manufacturing plant in the United States and the only one west of Buffalo New York opened in Quincy Illinois today, marking a major development in the chemical industry for the region and the nation.
A church harvest of potatoes gathered at the Church of the Stranger will be distributed to the poor as a Thanksgiving offering. Worshippers were asked to drop at least one potato in barrels by the doors, producing a large collection likely to fill about 59 or 60 baskets.
A London Answers quip recalls a boastful father Shrewdly claiming his fortune would go to the first of eleven daughters married. In a farcical twist eleven elopements occur in one night, leaving no clear first bride and letting the father keep the fortune.
A Garfield reflection on political issues contrasts real public concerns with party manufactured agendas. The quote suggests genuine issues emerge from public opinion and cannot be created or ignored by leaders or parties.
A kitchen's order and beauty boost family happiness. A harmonious room aids housework, as Harriet Sisson Gillespie notes, since servants mirror surroundings and cheerful furnishing encourages loyalty and cooperation.
A judge recalls a neighborly tale where a husband, long at the club, defends home by knocking a burglar senseless with a poker. The tale highlights his reputation as a poker expert learned at the club.
Mrs. Lapsling recalls a poet who sent verses and used acrostic lines spelling I adore you. The Chicago Tribune notes the moment in a playful remark about poetry.
A fragment urges living in the moment with the line Enjoy it now. It references a Florida Mines Union motto about savoring life, noting the nebular theory relevance is secondary to current happiness.
Quote attributes high bar of virtue to Nature, stating nothing is beyond reach when virtue guides. Philosophical reflection credits Quintus Gurtius Rufus with urging moral ascent.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat recalls a boarding house chat about athletic games and a playful swap from skip rope to skip the board. The Boston Transcript notes a family moment with a daughter’s infatuation and a mother fearing the head of the young man.
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