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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
6
Observers recount remarkable cases of animals remembering injuries and retaliating. A mastiff attacked a groomsman who doused it with water after heat. In Worcester a fox terrier pair faced a badger. Mick led to Jerry, then Mick died beside the combat, the badger killed. An Indian elephant carried a disliked ancestor into a thorn tree.
Miners now carry a small storage battery and a cap lamp wired to a belt unit. The electric lamp provides bright, front lighting with a safety advantage. Electric mine lamps surpass older open flame lamps once prone to igniting coal dust or gases.
A middle aged man visits an arctic steamer on the eve of departure and asks to join the expedition. He learns of the cold, hunger, and long separation from his wife before finally agreeing to be recorded in the books.
A French movement asks Britain to restore Mauritius to its mother country. The island has been under British rule for over a century yet is described as essentially French with a desire for union. The Newcastle Chronicle notes no British strategic or economic need for the island. For France it is tied to nobility exile and literary fame, with islanders historically sending sons to fight for France.
W Wallace Alexander of the Elkins estate and Hecht in the Orpheus club joked at a camp fire about mining troubles in Pennsylvania. Miners worked coal two days weekly while christenings filled the other five, with each christening consuming a full setup and celebration. He proposed hiring an abrass band and merging christenings into one grand parade day to fix the issue.
A rare Birmingham made lens, six inch diameter with a 36 inch focal length, improved war photography by delivering sharp detail from miles away. Reportedly it allowed observers to detect barbed wire and troop movements, aiding reconnaissance during combat conditions.
The London Times published many notices about the very old in the British empire during World War I. In six months of 1918, 312 centenarians died in the Isles, while youth fell to enemy guns and influenza. No centenarian died from influenza.
An elderly visitor from the countryside drew sharp laughter in Washington by joking he came to see a specimen of senatorial dignity, hailed as a leading humorist by the Birmingham Age-Terald.
Mr. Brown and his wife consider chartering a yacht for a year. Mr. Hughes notes the cost, but Brown says the plan remains only in the thinking stage.
A Boston Post anecdote recalls a 1883 birth of a girl named with every alphabet letter long sequence Anna Bertha Cecella Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Katherine Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia Patience Quince Rebecca Sarah Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetty Zeus Pepper. Also notes a portable electric grinder for shop use with a movable motor and adjustable shaft to suit interior grinding tasks.
Joke from the Boston Transcript notes a wife saving $3 weekly by handling chores herself. The husband buys Pepsia and the doctor gets $8 for other remedies, illustrating a light domestic economy gag.
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