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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
4
The article credits the president's personal intervention with ending a severe coal famine. It recounts bureaucratic paralysis, political maneuvering, and public hardship, noting Dr. Garfield's resignation and a settlement seen as a recurring display of the master hand guiding the people's interests through a national fuel crisis.
A local appeal urges readers to buy Red Cross Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis relief in Montana. The message stresses duty to the stricken, urges broad public participation, and frames the sale as a shared gift to prevent future infections with proceeds supporting the disease effort.
Montana figure Maj. Jesse Roote recalls European observations after months in Germany. He cites German aims to sow discontent and disintegration among allies and to fuel revolutionary movements in the United States, warning loyalists of pro Bolshevik radicals and Hun propagandists active at home. He says his Germany study yields valuable insights for postwar America.
Fred G. Hugo of El Paso, manager of the J. M. Dobie ranch near Muzquiz, released by Villistas who held him for 10000 dollars. No ransom was paid. Telegram to Carranza garrison Piedras Negras via General Ricaut reported Hugo's release and several other captives freed without payment amid ongoing communications difficulties.
The American embassy in Mexico City was directed by the state department to press representations to the Mexican government over the kidnapping of Fred G. Huge, manager of the Dobie ranch near Muzquiz by Villistas last week. The embassy and the Eagle Pass consulate were also told to probe reports that another American, Phillips, was abducted.
Gaston DePrida, a young sportsman known in New York and New Orleans, went from New York to capture Villa for a $30,000 Chihuahua state bounty. He was captured by Villa and executed without ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, on December 15.
Items from the Pioneer dated December 21, 1906 note W L Shanks departing for Statham Ontario to spend winter. Spencer Jarrett return from Kalispell visit. George Browning of Dier Browning Merc. Co. visits Billings. Samuel D Solberg transacts business. W D Richard the druggist plans Washington trip. Rev E A Erickson to hold Lutheran service December 26. H C Pound visits brother Thad of Park City and Big Timber Eagles smoker. Dr A K Wearne now of Bozeman greets old friends.
Attorney General Palmer ordered New York DOJ to gather German propaganda evidence for transfer to Washington and storage in the State Department vaults. A baggage-car box five by four by two feet held books and papers as agents slept. Bill’s new fall derby was found crushed under the case when the box was turned right side up.
A fragment mentions Yellowstone National Park with a Bey reference and unclear context. Readers should note potential event or notice but details are unreadable. The piece preserves a geographic reference and a personal name fragment for future clarification.
Pago Pago in American Samoa, a natural harbor and naval coaling station, is described by visiting writers as a lively port town. The island group is rugged and scenic, with hospitable natives, colorful dances, and cricket as a beloved pastime among tribal communities.
Trade checks issued by firms and wealthy individuals replace national currency in Si beria. The ruble’s value collapses to under four cents, while private slips like “American Grill. Two Rubles, Not Good for Ever” circulate in Vladivostok. Merchants issue scrip to keep pace with inflation and instability.
The article notes swordfish heads yield sixty five gallons of oil, refined and sun bleached to resemble whale oil sold at whale oil prices. Halibut heads provide forty gallons each ten. Boston and Gloucester together crank out twelve thousand gallons annually, and by 1893 Pacific salmon heads boosted output to fifty thousand gallons.
A visitor in a small town notes a new professional figure. The sign reads J. W. Bloor, O. D., M. T. D., D. C., sparking talk. The landlord quips that the practice is economy and eye doctoring, hinting at local curiosity and humor.
Canada’s fuel resources are concentrated in the far east and far west and in western Alberta. Lignite coals lie in Alberta and Saskatchewan, separated by a wide middle belt lacking coal measures of economic value. Within this central area lie about 12 000 square miles of peat bogs.
Fragmentary text provides limited readable terms and names. no clear event, person, or organization identified for a proper summary.
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