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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
3
An article notes a plan to make perfume affordable at one dollar per drop for the wealthy to enhance charm. It discusses the high costs of jasmine and rose cultivation, jasmine bushes and rose yields, and the large area required to supply sufficient plants for fragrance production.
A listing describes Aking Up Four Mile Ranch offered at $100 per acre. It highlights large pasture land with home buildings and 180 acres of arable land. The property is advertised as capable of carrying 150 head of cattle year round, with convenient access two blocks from the depot and two blocks from the art house.
Fragmentary text describes acres with cement buildings and large timber, recalling summer pasturage for cattle. Limited readable details mention 50 head of cattle and a large pasture setting.
A series of comic misfortunes from London and the coast. A hurried groom’s pistol discharge at a church wedding, a boy’s apple stealing ending with an airborne ride on a cow, a ruffled traveler’s bag emptied, and a fisherman left ashore as a crab clings to his leg.
A large electric hatching plant in southern California near Ar testia claims to be the first to mass produce chicks by electricity. It outputs 80 000 chicks weekly, runs seven months a year, uses a thermostatic incubator system, and reports high hatch rates with minimal risk from fire or overheating. The electric process costs about 1 cent per chick, with electrically lit coops speeding daytime activity.
The Paris information service of the Bankers' Trust reports losses to France's art treasures and monuments exceed 325 million dollars after exhaustive study of ruins, churches, museums, statues, and contents. An official note adds 600 million francs as the moral injury value reflecting irreparable losses.
"Motor alcohol" made from molasses on Hawaiian sugar plantations is described as a new automobile fuel that offers more power, better mileage, easier starting, and less carbon than gasoline. Hawaii has molasses to produce about 9,000,000 liquor gallons of motor alcohol, potentially fueling all island cars.
Fragmented text appears as a garbled reflection on musical instruments and performers. It mentions violin flute trombone ukulele piano and coloratura soprano in a dreamy, philosophical context. The passage is incoherent and lacks clear events or identities.
A Cheyenne eastbound sleeper breakfast ends with Colonel Templeton and a cowboy quarrel over a cup of milk. The cowboy demands the baby’s milk, threatens the proprietor, and the colonel pays a dollar for the meal. The proprietor allows the milk, the cowboy eats, and the crowd cheers.
Inmates at the New Castle Delaware county workhouse urged Warden to grant Emerson Stone of Wilmington Community Service a life sentence. Stone led weekly sings and Sunday services, and inmates urged him to stay, praising his music and suggesting glee clubs and a band.
A vintage tip from The Scientific American explains mounting a print by keeping the mount flat. Dampen the area slightly, paste the back with a smooth thin layer, and apply the print, smoothing from center outward with a blotter and roller. Any excess paste stays within the print’s edges.
A U S Bureau of Standards device tests concrete fluidity by placing a molded sample on a circular table top and raising it with a cam. The crank turns 18 revolutions, and the spread diameter ratio is multiplied by 100 to yield Gowability numbers 150 for brick use and 225 for reinforced concrete.
A garbled note reflects mixed opinions on The Mikado with uncertainty about its appeal and catchy tunes. The fragment mentions comparisons to Listen, Lester and hints at audience reception without clear details.
London reports Walter Martin a Piccadilly cigar dealer broke the bank at Monte Carlo three times in an hour. He returned to London with 15 000 francs about 865 dollars after two months of play. He used a defensive system and noted crowded tables and many women players.
Professor Francis Jager head of the bee culture division says bees use a telegraphy like system. He notes progress in bee culture but still mystery in their communication. In experiments a queen bee removal caused crying audible from four to five feet away and joy returned when queen was restored.
The passage urges openness to new ideas, arguing thoughts need proper light to be truthfully examined. It likens windows to media that provide the setting and intensity of light, warning that closing windows leads to stagnation and souring.
A New York to Prague letter describes Ludicrously low prices in the Czech city. The writer notes 75 cent hotel rooms, 50 to 75 cent meals with wine, cobbler repairs for five cents, cheap champagne cobblers, and Martin cocktails at 15 cents. Lodging and breakfast at a top hotel run seven dollars per week.
Jamaican women twenty five or older who can read and write and hold British nationality are now eligible to vote in parochial board elections and the legislature. Qualification includes salary or property conditions such as rent or rates.
United States Land Office Bozeman Montana issues notice that Montana has filed lists of lands under 1894 1898 1901 acts for arid land grants totaling 1396.30 acres across T 3 N R 14 E and T 3 N R 15 E with multiple fractional sections. Protests within sixty days to General Land Office Washington noted by Appleton and Bole with first and last publication dates December 16 1920 and February 10 1921.
Montana Sixth Judicial District designates court terms for 1921 across Park County Sweet Grass County and Stillwater County with specific January April September and November session dates. Final naturalization petition hearings are set for April and October with dates listed for each county. Judge Albert P. Stark signs the notice dated December 10.
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