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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
2
Rawway travel in Germany appears nearly risk free with one fatality per 63 million travelers. In contrast, American figures are described as frightful, highlighting stark differences in travel safety between the two countries.
Curio notes several renowned sopranos sharing the name Emma in the musical world. Emma Eames Emma Calve Emma Nevada and Emma Abbott are highlighted as celebrated divas whose careers elevated vocal performance to lasting fame.
Residents report seeing a frightful phantom in Evanston streets at night brandishing a club. The rumor has stirred fear and sparked discussions about safety and local folklore.
Leo Stevens and Robert McKim claim a recent journey from Bridgeport to New York by balloon. They face calls to prove the feat by returning to Bridgeport in the same manner and advertising their departure.
Cana pleads for European powers to force Japan into a peaceful settlement while criticizing the idea of a large nation seeking aid from the world for protection against a smaller foe, a situation seen as ludicrous by observers.
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that bicycles have the same rights as other vehicles. A suit by N A Thompson claimed bicycles lack road rights after a horse collided with his buggy. The court said the bicycle is lawful and cannot be banned for age or origin.
In Cambridge a charitable woman offered a tramp a rail ticket to Worcester after a pitiful tale. At the station he boarded the train but leaped from the car and disappeared, leaving the woman to pursue a missing passenger case.
A secretary praises women borrowers for perseverance in securing mortgages. She notes wives save coins secretly, earning weekly payments without their husbands knowing, and argues that with will and co operation from husbands many women build homes. She asserts women borrowers rarely miss payments and do not flee to Canada.
The state funds a large program to test all cattle with tuberculin, set up two quarantine stations, and cull cows that test positive. Promoters admit TB cannot be fully eradicated, noting humans also suffer but plans focus on animals, with repeated cycles likely.
A 19th century account describes Colonel Starke Oliver purchasing Samuel Johnstone for sixty dollars in Selma Alabama, tying him to a hotel column and forcing a twelve mile march to his owner, while witnesses and a crowd of African Americans observed the spectacle. The narrative frames the act as a rare postwar sale of a Black man, detailing Johnstone’s age, strength, and family ties, along with the exchange and subsequent treatment. A second item notes deposition evidence about Dr Amick’s treatment of consumption in Cincinnati.
While strolling on the boulevard with Braga, Rossini met Meyerbeer who anxiously asked about his health. Rossini confessed a bad headache and pain yet claimed he could scarcely move but soon reassured Braga that he felt fine to delight Meyerbeer.
The article notes the maximum east west distance along latitude 45 parallel from Eastport Maine to a point west of Salem Oregon totaling 2 754 miles It also records the broadest north south width along longitude 97 from Pembina North Carolina to Point Isabel Texas at 1 614 miles
An aristocrat at Hengrave Hall near Bury St Edmunds married three husbands in sequence. Penelope, daughter of Earl Rivera, owned the hall after her first suitor Sir George Trenchard died. She later wed Sir John Gage, then Sir William Hervey, outliving all three spouses and leaving a storied legacy.
Nellie Duclos of Saratoga Springs, age 18, was convicted of bigamy in Bailston New York after evidence showed three living husbands. She had married William Lawler of Albany and Frank Clough of Asbury Park while her first husband Charles Duclos remained alive. She pleaded guilty.
English medical commentary notes lead in drinking water and argues charcoal filters remove all danger. Powdered or granulated charcoal should be used in bulk and renewed often. Lead poisoning peaks June to October in England due to higher temperatures and moorland conditions. Continuous exposure harms youth and susceptible individuals, so use filtered water only.
The article notes drought relief for western orchardists in Colorado and New Mexico, where irrigation regulates water for fruit trees. It highlights growing orchards in New Mexico near Noswell with plans for 7 000 acres this year, a 1 000 acre Missouri dam project in Chavez county, and broader expansion of grapes and apples. The upper Rio Grande valleys ship grapes east, commanding higher prices.
A vast 101 descendant gathering at Montagu house honors the dowager duchess of Abercorn. She is linked to six Bedfords and multiple future titles, including Abercorn Marlborough Leeds Buccleugh Lansdowne and Win a ton. She declined two court offices while a queen’s confidante.
Mrs Goandsee praises a new home while Mrs Howlingswelle notes a design flaw. The architect left out street visibility of the sideboard, troubling the neighbors in this quaint domestic exchange.
A scattered collection notes quick justice in New York, candy alcohol campaigns in Chicago and New York, ether vapor bicycle by W I Twombly of Portland, and cigarette links to West Point rejections. Other items include a hanged Oregon man with Revolutionary lineage, a Portland cap valued at 500, a British Empire disappearance figure, fashion tidbits on creased trousers, Austrian diploma pay debts, Eton slang, Tom Brown at Busby, a Boy in New York averting a railroad blaze, a Syracuse burial for a 1789-born man, and Well’s belief about a Washington body servant and the Mother of His Country.
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