11 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
1
Mrs Matthews sits in an old chair as her niece notes how progress brings thanks. She cites lightning enabling safety improving home protection and smallpox vaccines, and the invention of magnifying glasses from nearsightedness as blessings born of peril.
A terse public notice encourages visitors to consult a local or regional source with promises of profit, urging engagement without listing specific dates, events, or entities.
The fragment lists Hig Thimber as a notary public in Highlands? Montana and E M Hall as an attorney at law with offices in Big Timber and the county courthouse. It appears as a directory notice noting legal professionals and their offices in Montana.
The board of county commissioners of Sweet Grass County Montana invites bids for a bridge over the Sweet Grass River at Mudland crossing. Bidders must submit plans per general specifications, viewable at the county surveyor's office or obtainable by mail. J H Moors, County Clerk.
Announcement announces that starting November 1 bills will be issued with all coal delivered and payment collected or coal returned. Signed by 7 L. F. Dovruert.
A public notice invites readers to share experiences using Green's August Flower for indigestion dyspepsia and liver troubles. It promises free literature and offers a 25 cent trial bottle with a regular 75 cent size available at druggists.
An estray notice reports a three year old horned cow with a dark red color and white shoulder spots, and a two year old light brown mule with cropped left ear. No brands. Owner urged to call, pay charges, and take the animals away. GEO AUWARTER
A Minneapolis Times interview quotes a prominent man praising the Northwestern Line and its North Western Limited as the peak in railway comfort after comparing routes from Minneapolis to Chicago. For more information contact T. Weasdale and associates in St Paul Helena.
The Nickel Plate Road offers round trip fares at one fare and a third for travel December 24 25 and 31 1905 and January 1 1903 to points within Central Passenger association territory with return by January 20 1903 Pullman service on all trains and dining car meals priced 35c to 81 00 Contact John Y Calahan general agent 113 Adams St Chicago for details Chicago city office 114 Adams St depot Harrison St and Fifth Ave
In New Caledonia sea serpents are common and sometimes captured. They range three to four feet with a tiny poison gland in the jaw. M. Kermogant observed a Nonmen experiment where a rat placed in the serpent’s mouth died in four minutes after a bite, showing potential deadly capability.
A description from American Queen explains how ear shapes signal character traits. Proportions and placement indicate coarseness or refinement, sensuality or timidity, and mental capacity. The piece links large red ears to indulgence and a low ear position to sharper intellect.
The London Express notes the Indian census sparks less amusement than British returns. It highlights odd categories such as 46 male, 7 female and 67 dependent piano tuners in Chenab and 205 shipowners in Nahan, plus 117 receivers of stolen goods and 126 witches and cow poisoners.
A southern judge with many hogs offers a colored man two of his favorite hogs if he promises not to steal any more. The man, weighing the deal, responds that the judge has been a good neighbor and that he wants to do right, but notes he will lose what he had.
A Washington woman visiting New Orleans during peak river shipping witnessed a steamboat crewman mistreating a Black deckhand. The slave humor in the reply frames the harsh reality of paid labor and brutality aboard the vessel.
The London News argues against ornate diction and vulgarities in favor of clarity. It asserts that strong thought, argument, imagination, and fluent, direct use of English determine good writing. Grammar and diction matter when guided by knowledge and purpose.
The source advises feeding puppies with fresh buttermilk and corn bread with soup twice weekly, avoiding sweet milk, and ensuring ample exercise. It stresses spacious kennels, separated feeding, limited medicine, and daily one hour of outdoor running in all weather for strong, healthy dogs.
The nerve specialist states in a lecture that in his experience long continued suffering rarely morally improves patients. He notes few cases where suffering refines character and argues chronic invalids are often selfish, making nurse care a hard task.
A black yearling calf with GN on left ribs came to a ranch on Bridger Creek. Owner must call and claim the property and pay costs. 11-27 Rasmus Cincarn, Grey Cliff.
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