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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
7
A provocative view frames football as modern sporting warfare with a distinctly South African influence shaping tactics and fan culture, highlighting intense regional rivalries and strategic innovation.
As the football season ends Congress convenes, pleasing fans of the strenuous life. They note few fatalities this season and urge teams to be thankful it is over. A separate item mentions an American artist commissioned to paint coronation scenes for King Edward and old masters returning. Another Vanderbilt son is about to marry an heiress, with thrift highlighted in the family.
A Baltimore company organizes to produce whisky from watermelons as a novelty business. The note adds a line about uplifting the colored race, and mentions other items including France's cabinet crises and Emperor William's stove project, with references to escaped convicts in Leavenworth and horse theft in Kansas.
A New York man asserts angels instructed him in using a typewriter. The claim prompts speculation about celestial spelling and punctuation guidance.
A witty remark notes that about one seventh of the population works in railroads while the remaining six sevenths ponder how to obtain free transportation in the future. The line reflects public attitudes toward rail travel and subsidies.
Farmers along the proposed Paris Vienna route plan precautions against flying wheels and debris as the race approaches, safeguarding livestock and property from possible harm and chaos.
The Supreme Court decision will surprise Aguinaldo who suspects the Philippines longed for American control since meeting Gen Funston.
Georgia residents show affection for national leaders by sending watermelons to Mr. Cleveland and persimmons to Mr. Roosevelt, illustrating a spirit of goodwill and regional pride.
A census report records 159 salt establishments with total capital of 27 million 123 thousand 364 dollars. The figure reflects accumulated investment across the industry and provides a baseline for economic analysis.
The theory that disease develops genius should be studied by publishers. It suggests that the looming marriages of cabinet officers' daughters attract more public attention than their fathers, highlighting social spotlight on family ties and romance.
The Atlanta Constitution notes a ruling that it is illegal to open a theater in New Jersey on Sunday while a broad range of charters in the state can be issued for many activities.
A Brown University professor reports an achievement in extracting light from beefsteak. The claim is framed as a remarkable scientific feat. The piece hints at public awe and potential demonstrations if the method is shared.
Among one day’s crisis reports a man killed himself after shooting another, one man quit due to luxury, and another due to poverty. The text notes that self-inflicted death seems of small moment amid these causes.
A crowd of 3,000 Americans attended the opening of the bull fight season in Mexico. The report notes a restrained stance on commenting on the event and its cruelty.
The dean proposes sending women students home between their second and third college years for social experience, a plan likely to gain support from the student body and reflect on social development questions at Barnard College.
The Twenty ninth battery moves from Cuba to Missouri and will be stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Census data show US school population at 17 020 710 in 1900 with 15 483 462 in public institutions. Greece Guatemala China Peru and Costa Rica accept invitations to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Lieut Col Schebiko is moved to Berlin and Lieut Col Agapieff succeeds him in Washington. Philippine coastwise shipping policy under review. A new pneumatic dynamite gun at Hilton Head shows 6000 yard range. Major Ira McNutt leads the ordnance board. News from Europe notes heavy snow in Scotland and England disrupting rail traffic. Dreyfus in Paris shaping defense with Labori links and Rousseau proximity.
A northwest breaker of the Temple Tron company at Wandling Pennsylvania burned, causing $50 000 in loss and leaving 500 workers idle. A Bayou des Allamandes Louisiana fire killed seventeen year old May Ernest and two year old Flossie de la Loretonne who were connected in New Orleans society. The McKinley memorial carriage from the 1898 Chicago peace jubilee burned in Leroy Payne company stables. Sherry M Marshall Kansas City National Bank of Commerce teller died after being struck by a San Francisco train at Lacygne Iran while on a hunting trip.
A man named James Co. Green was hanged in Stevens, Washington, for killing E. V. Benjamin at a dance on March 24. Two more of 26 Fort Leavenworth escapees were captured in Lawton, Oklahoma, leaving seven still at large. A Lexington, Kentucky man, J. N. Hawkins, was robbed and shot while returning from his store. P. H. Bundren, near sixty, was sentenced in Rutledge, Tennessee, to life for killing Attorney J. H. Crozier during a highway debt dispute. An official of Standard Slaughtering Co. of Chicago and five retailers face charges over condemned meat supplied to the public.
reports cover Dewet near Kitchener’s scouts with 2000 men and potential delay of King Edward’s Ireland visit. a Russian tariff note hints at reciprocal tariff review if Germany adopts its plan. Vienna cites Hallu’s possible link to Stambuloff murder. Kitchener reports Boer losses and captures in Pretoria. Austrian violinist Nocian debuts in London. Arthur Raikes named first secretary at Washington embassy.
A roundup lists numerous deaths and a declined election bid. Louis Supper near Sandwich Newfoundland dies of heart failure. Rev Campbell Brow of West Virginia, bishop elect of Porto Rico, declines. Amos Bixby named receiver for Rest of Oil Co in Upper Sandusky. Rev B Kelly of Ottumwa dies in Somerville. Judge Caleb Blodgett of Boston dies in Canaan at 69. George H Fisher of Toledo dies at 55. Jose Hugnio Duarete Peareira Brazil delegate to Pan American dies in Mexico. James Argyll Smith of Mississippi dies of pneumonia. William Southward founder of Chicago wholesale grocers dies in Wichita at 75. Dr W J Van Eman of Leavenworth dies of blood poisoning at 41.
Federal and state actions loom as agitation grows for opening the Coeur d Aline Indian reservation in northern Idaho, a 500000 acre tract. Other items note Roosevelt orders Colorado officeholders to resign from political posts and cattlemen face removal from Choctaw domain.
A massive eastern flood disrupts rail traffic from Pennsylvania to New England. Damages run into millions as towns flood, mines inundate, and power plants fail. Cities like Ithaca and Wilkesbarre report severe losses and widespread darkness.
Crown Prince Constantin and Princess Sophia announce the birth of a son. News notes the event amid a string of global items including deaths from poison, political moves, and court health rumors.
Widespread floods hit the East with heavy rains melting snow increasing river levels. Damage runs into millions as swollen streams threaten towns and infrastructure.
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