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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
5
A probate court in Mobile Alabama denied a liquor license under the state prohibition law. The notice notes enforcement actions and conflicting local decisions affecting liquor sales and compliance.
In Messina Archbishop Rarcvigo blessed a grave 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep holding 1,300 bodies amid ruins. Survivors joined the ceremony as he blessed nearby wrecked military and civic buildings. Gold and valuables totaling 3,600,000 dollars were moved to the steamer Duca di Genova. A banker Mouromati, ruined, sought shoes and an overcoat. Major Landis and a team work four days to recover A S Cheney and wife from the American consulate ruins.
Secretary Root signed arbitration treaties with Ecuador Bolivia and Hayti on Thursday. Next week he aims to sign with Ambassador Bryce a treaty referencing The Hague tribunal for Newfoundland fisheries disputes pecuniary claims and boundary waterway. The two hope for British approval after minor claim removals.
Mrs M Florence Erb wife of Captain J Clayton Erb and her sister Mrs Catherine Beisel were found not guilty after a nearly eighteen hour jury deliberation. They faced charges of shooting Captain Erb in their October 6 1908 case.
An amendment to the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill reported to the senate from the finance committee raises the president's salary from 50000 to 100000 dollars and includes 25000 dollars for traveling expenses. It also increases the vice president and speaker of the house salaries from 12000 to 52000 dollars annually.
The Union City jury found Garrett Johnson Tid Burton Bob Ransom Fred Pinion Arthur Clear Sam Applewhite guilty of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances. Bud Morris and Bob Buffman were convicted of second degree murder. Sentences fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary.
Paris authorities issued a warrant charging Count Louis Hamon known as Cheiro the palmist with embezzlement. He left for London after allegedly defrauding two American women of stocks. If he is a British subject, extradition may be blocked as Britain does not permit extradition of its citizens.
L. H. Fasenfield, general manager of the Red I company of Baltimore, continued testimony in the suit to dissolve Standard Oil. He said Eagle Oil was a concern created to compete against itself and that its ads were matched by his company to retain trade.
A home remedy claims to cure coughs and colds quickly using half an ounce of Concentrated pine compound two ounces of glycerine and a half pint of whiskey. Doses are a teaspoon to a tablespoon every four hours. The pine product is sold in half office bottles, air tight, labeled Concentrated.
A doctor advices a powerful blow to a man who has collapsed while Mr. Flynn, his old foe, vows to strike. The confrontation hints at a tense rivalry and a violent solution.
A Midwest missionary family notes dandruff and milk crust on a child. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment the scalp becomes clean and free of flakes. The author praises Cuticura as a blessing and cites Mrs J A Darling of Carthage Ohio in 1908.
Prince Rupert's drops are molten glass drops hardened in water and shaped like tadpoles. The thick end resists hammering, while ripping the thin end causes the drop to explode into fine dust. The toy is attributed to Prince Rupert or his introduction of it in England.
A newspaper ad claims a universal cold cure using Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla and Toris Compound with whiskey. It instructs shaking and taking a tablespoon every four hours, promising cure of an acute cold in 24 hours and noting ingredients are available at any drug store.
A humorous toast from up-state prompts a response by a father of twelve daughters who quips he should know. The toast praises the ladies for sweetness and beauty and jokes that their hats occupy the entire sidewalk.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promoters offer 100 dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims constitutional treatment, promotes circulars, and lists Hall's Family Pills for constipation with Toledo based company J Cheney & Co.
Exchange explains a grim line saying Satan waits until the crowd is gathered then swoops in and seizes the whole business. The dialogue hints at a cunning plan to exploit a gathering or crowd.
A notice offers a handsome reward to anyone who proves the letters are not genuine or that the women were paid for testimonials or that letters were published without consent, asserting the letters came to them unsolicited.
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