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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
2
A mosaic of witty asides on love, politics, ships, and society from a 19th century style journal. It pokes fun at bankers, widows, senators, and foreign affairs while noting scandals and famous figures with satirical tone.
Sir Henry Irving leads several carloads of splendid scenery into New York as the troupe prepares for a country-wide tour, greeted by crowds and city officials.
Patti announces her coming tour is positively the last, a supposed farewell. Lord Rosebery's barometer storm remark is noted, while local notes mention a Kentucky millionaire marrying his son's widow and coal mine closures in Pennsylvania with swamp mud proposed as coal substitute.
A Chicago professor advocates enlivening prayer meetings with occasional college yell. The remark positions him as a fervent figure seeking spirited religious gatherings.
Joseph Leiter pays debts at a rate of half a million dollars per year yet earns half a billion annually raising questions about the sufficiency of his credit and the merit of such fame for paying obligations.
A Russian paper fires sharp remarks at Uncle Sam’s navy but the target remains largely unshaken as the critic’s shot appears to miss the mark.
An article notes Germany aims to dig the Panama Canal sparking international debate. A man seeking a sure bet bets on the unlikely outcome, arguing action should follow a cautious tip despite opposition.
A Russian governor survived a recent attack while officials dismiss costly measures. A New York observer, Mother Grinwald known in Alon City as Mother Grinwald, questions moral certainty in modern cities. She cites Russell Sage as an exception to presumed distrust in justice.
A New York clergyman advocates euthanasia for hopelessly incurable patients and asks how existing statutes against homicide should be applied. He proposes reconsidering laws and urges officials to clarify or revise current homicide provisions to address medical mercy cases.
A garbled line suggests Northwestern University co-eds may resist changing routines despite temptations like cream puffs, with a hint of rivalry or confusion over which group is being discussed and what action is required.
Fragmentary text notes a British soldier discovering intoxication from eating cartridge shares. The design appears to have been at work during a timer event as efforts to evade a danger emerge.
Commander Booth Tucker pitches a sweeping irrigation and colonization project to Congress. The Salvation Army would loan funds and oversee 100000 acres to settled poor families, turning two and a half million city paupers into landowners and taxpayers, with contracts and government support to foster home ownership and rural livelihoods. Fort Amity Fort Rennie and Fort Herrick are cited as model colonies with paying settlers and growing crops.
Oliver Doud Byron, with a forty year stage fortune, reinvests at Long Branch. He recalls Iago and Lago roles with Edwin Booth, notes Booth and Irving’s fates, and credits his money management to staying behind his era while urging others to consider his epitaph about outlasting trends.
A tale of desire and diplomacy where a woman aims to win a suitor by witty persistence. The fiancé, surrounded by seven sisters, jokes about room and socks while the heroine proves her worth. She withdraws her refusal and, spitefully, marries the clever man.
A poem asks readers to count the true cost of living beyond prices and figures. It laments hunger, disease, despair, and human suffering hidden behind economic metrics while urging empathy for mothers, the disabled, and the afflicted.
A New York Press reminiscence notes how crowds rush to exit through any door a leader uses in a busy Broadway office building. The observer observes orderly behavior lacking courtesy, with people filing out as an indistinct herd rather than holding doors for others.
A recent book argues that theater masks in ancient Greece and Rome created a striking, statue like presence. The immovable faces and solemn movements gave audiences the sense of divine images and heightened both artistic and religious fervor.
At Vestre churchyard in Copenhagen a simple ceremony marked the grave of Carl Roh Gmith, designer of the Sherman statue. Minister Swenson, with Prof. Sinding and Gen. Christensen present, laid a palm leaf wreath and paid tribute to the sculptor’s work on the memorial.
The Fjelde model of Ole Bull status is presented to Aalesund by sculptor widow Margrethe Fjelde Aalzund. Jakob Fjelde, born in the old town, left at seventeen to pursue sculpture and valued returns. The Ole Bull statue be presented by Dr H Ejelde and Tyather, unveiled by Gjessing School Inspector with remarks on Fjelde’s work.
At a Christiania meeting local dealers agreed inter-Scandinavian reading barriers are easing. The main obstacle to wider exchange of literature is high transport charges. associations will push for reduced rates on package shipments to boost cross border book trade.
Professor Erick Ecke of Sweden travels through the Northwest to observe farmer life and Minnesota prosperity. He sampled a Minnesota farm for two weeks then studied schools and factories in St Paul Minneapolis before moving to Chicago. He plans to write a book on America.
Dr Vigga Drewsen of Brooklyn and the Drewson family of papermakers in Norway is said to have devised a cornstalk papermaking process. Warren and Co. mills in Maine report promising results. North America uses about 2,500,000 tons annually and seven plates could yield 50,000,000 tons of cornstalks after harvest.
Terje Viken, a fishing steamer from Aalesund, sailed south last month with thirteen crew. Ten resided in Aalesund and three in Bergund. Nine men were married leaving widows. four to seven children faced hardship, and four supported aged parents. kroner 1100 was raised for relief at Jakob Fjelde memorial events where Ole Bull statue was unveiled.
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