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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
6
A varied collection of brief items notes a dramatized Book of Job coming to the stage a Chicago poet writes a bath eulogy and August Belmont’s finances are teased. Other items mention Hay Jins babies Junece Newport society attire heat London Japan China and fashion trends.
The piece questions the outcome of naturalizing Hawaiian noi and contrasts it with a Western breakfast option, noting the preference for hot mince pie over poi for breakfast.
Riddled verse questions social dress codes of evenings and coats, playfully musing on pockets pipes collars and socks. The tone suggests witty fashion satire from a bygone era, inviting readers to imagine attire changes and bold contrasts.
A peculiar remark from the Port of Oregonian notes that the Igorrote is visible to the naked eye. The observer adds the humorous aside that he is naked to sight, inviting a wry historical tone to the brief note.
A speaker laments the irony of spending ten to fifteen minutes listening to advice about not wasting time while trying to make up for lost time. The remark critiques motivational interruptions and their impact on urgency.
A Wall Street dispatch warns that excess money supply may soon appear, describing it as the worst trouble-borrowing situation ever reported.
A reader identifies concerns that a feminine voice should symbolize the masculine gender, arguing that few men would be represented if the current approach persists. The missive conveys a view on gender representation in a theoretical discourse.
A fragmented reminiscence notes China’s past reliance on foreign railways and its current trend of acquiring international rail assets, signaling a shift in economic leverage and tech control.
A man frets over his wife’s flirtation but learns she intended a birthday gift. He discovers the gesture was harmless and meant to surprise him, clearing the misunderstanding.
Robert Gaedel has filed his application for admission to the bar in New York. If successful after examination and all required steps, he plans to established practice with a charge and remunerative position.
The essay argues that the top newspaper worker is the one who carries the longest news note, deeming the farmost man in the surnice as the definitive figure. It frames the issue as a benchmark of fairness and esteem in journalism.
The country’s post office business for the year ending June 30 shows an increase of 10 million dollars over the prior year. Yet the average man likely did not notice any rise in his correspondence.
A misread dispatch describes King Leopold sending word to a president about a Roosevelt portrait adorning a bureau in a regal room. The news item claims a large variety of portraits on the rosewood desk, with the account noting persistent crossip referenced by observers.
In a chorus of outrage the Providence Journal questions critics who denounced Borglum the sculptor of angels. The paper asks if the critics ever saw an angel and hints at pursuing interviews with them or perhaps with Borglum himself.
Brooklyn Eagle notes Boston plans for January sixteenth anniversary events marking Franklin birth. It highlights his role as father of modern electricity and his influence on telegraph and telephone progress, with Boston Philadelphia and New York festivities tied to his multifaceted legacy.
A Notes and Queries writer debates Saghalin pronunciation from Manchu roots meaning black. English gazetteers stress the final syllable, with allusions to American colonial times and Franklin’s era of lightning rods. The piece compares German Cachalin, Russian ie vs diphthongal ie and a French Segalien rendering from La Perouse’s voyage.
A humorist recounts a tale where a letter forged in support of Jones for a raise leads to unexpected success. Jones signs as Lewis Jarvis and unknowingly prompts the boss to reward him with a $7.50 raise while the writer frets over the potential fallout. The anecdote ends with wide amusement at the boss’s reaction.
A Chambers' Journal passage describes Lucca and Luccan markets where goldfinches bluejays linnets and bats are shot for sale and consumption. The narrator notes broad shooting along Tuscan roads with contadini and cooks preparing boiled jay and bat pie reflecting local hunting habits and market demand.
A South Dakota inventor patents a milk can attachment for straining milk as it flows into pails. The funnel shaped device fits into or removes from the can neck and uses screens to trap heavier impurities while lighter material passes through to a settling chamber.
A versatile attachment keeps dust and dirt out while funneling into a pail. It can also serve as a no ventilating cover for a milk can when inverted, with screw openings allowing air to pass freely.
In Deep Sea Diving, a ship near Shanghai carried a quarter of a million dollars in gold sunk at 160 feet. Divers labored removing boxes while seaworms bored holes, four-fifths recovered before pirate junks attacked. They persevered and retrieved the final box of gold.
A rhymed verse narrates a man among nine or ten suitors for Araminta. He notes her smiles on him and on others, listing Simpson Johnson Jenkins Green Porter Wilkins Tubbs Dean Smith Brown Jones Robinson and Brown, with gifts like a hat, rose, glove, photograph, and a perfumed note.
A Michigan plant converts hardwood offal into wool alcohol, acetate of lime, and charcoal. From one cord of waste, ten gallons of alcohol are produced with 98 percent purity, plus lime and charcoal, yielding about $1 value per cord and $1,200 daily at full capacity.
A report surveys tramway potential across Smyrna Tripoli and Bagdad in Asia Minor. It notes electricity adoption in Salonica Smyrni and Damascus, the two-part city of Tripoli with no tram link, and Damascus as a favorable site for new electric traction amid dispersed towns and existing horse carriage competition.
A wooden nonmagnetic 600 ton sailing vessel will sail from San Francisco to survey the northern Pacific in a clockwise spiral over about 70 000 knots. The project aims to provide more reliable magnetic data after years of coast and island observations. The cruise is estimated to take about three years amid growing Pacific commercial activity.
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