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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
6
Big Timber editorial voice urges the best boat to win in the proposed international yacht race, expressing preference for the one flying the colors of Uncle Sam.
A historical snippet states 1,995 men and sixty nine women occupy the Missouri penitentiary. The author jests that without the men the bird cages could hold the country’s criminals, implying a grim social caricature.
Among eleven thousand ships that transited the Suez Canal in three years only six flew the American flag, or about two annually. The remark frames this as a humbling, instructive fact for Americans.
An explorer reports discovering a tree in Africa that provides a grain suitable for bread and a fatty substance that can substitute for butter. He notes no fruit on the branches suitable for jam and asserts his honesty in describing the find.
A New York morning paper, stationed at the China theater, presents a circumstantial naval clash near the Yalu mouth from weeks past. It aims to be historical exposition but serves as a flawed news dispatch example with multiple diagrams and boastful specials.
The Flint Glass workers claim a $50,000 treasury and urge turning funds into capital for a cooperative factory to provide employment rather than supporting idle strikers. They argue the move shows business sense regardless of success, unlike the alternative of indolence.
Reports urging study of small fruit farming for jams and jellies note English farmers are impressed by Mr Gladstone. Lands once unlivable for stock and crops become highly profitable by cultivating strawberries raspberries gooseberries currants and similar fruits.
LieuTENANT Haein of the United States Navy unveils a small infernal device that can turn a torpedo at twelve knots, attack ships miles away, and steer back to the launch point. If reliable, fortifications become secondary.
A Baltimore dealer fell victim to two crooks in a get rich quick flyer scheme selling fake ornaments at unrealistically low prices. The buyer should have realized the goods were likely spurious given the unusually cheap offers.
Reported plans in France use storage batteries to drive canal boats at about two and a half miles per hour. A French canal will receive trolley service with current generated from feed water between levels.
A 12 year old Freddie Griffith lies ill in Montclair New Jersey covered with 12000 skin grafts from other people. The story questions moral consequences for the graft donors and the boy after life, comparing to biblical figures in a satirical vein.
The article notes a Paris Academy presentation on reviving those shocked by electricity. It observes that proponents avoid testing the method on themselves, preferring to operate the device for others while accusing critics of altruism rather than science.
A Constantino ple correspondent recounts the Sassoun region killings and rapes by Turkish forces. Villages like Vartemis Dalvorig Kelihusen and Cheneg suffer mass murders burnings and abductions with hundreds of Armenian refugees, trials at Angers produce executions and pardons by sultanate action and British diplomacy.
A vintage survey of fashionable stationery colors and papers. Bluet violet sheets with silver crests, Brownie writing paper for young girls, and shades like gray Highland heather and mauve lead the season. White vellum remains preferred for formal notes, with monograms in silver or raised white script. Mourning stationery adopts thinner black borders as taste shifts.
Report by R. Mc Culloch notes 62 American trolley roads offer mail service, 35 carry express, 55 handle freight, 58 under mail contracts, 8 under express contracts. About 30 more services expected. Express rates 5 or 10 cents per package, freight 4 to 10 cents per 100 pounds. Mail income ranges $100 to $1,000 annually. Independent mail cars exist. some states ban freight or express on tracks, prompting calls for remedial legislation.
Mary Ansell Barrie wife of author J M Barrie is described as gentle and attractive. Once a successful London actress she now leads a quiet life with a matron friend and crafts her own costumes and hats. She is a skilled musician painter and rider and owns lace treasures.
A wealthy farmer argues his country academy provides a liberal education as he defends a yearly $25 allowance for his son, contrasting it with the idea of sending him to a big college. A friend questions the value of the chosen school.
A playful exchange theatrically questions whether a poem is dull or lively. The speakers tease the idea of poetry and magazines as the reference point for verse.
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