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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
2
Observation notes that the most prominent merchants in a city are those whose names dominate local newspaper advertising columns. The practice highlights how ads reflect commercial prominence and consumer visibility in urban markets.
A discussion notes how many boxers nationwide feel compelled to comment on fatalities in the sport. Comments sweep across newspapers, reflecting the sport’s risk and public concern.
Paris New York and London are raising anti diphtheria funds to secure horses and cultivate the required serum. Legislators may be urged to consider a state adoption of a centrally located serum farm.
The novelist Robert Louis Stevenson dies in Apia Samoa from apoplexy at age 44 adding his name to the list of distinguished dead of 1894. He is described as not first class but having done excellent work and dying younger than expected.
A reputable circle faces a volatile scandal involving a lethal counterfeit anti-toxine. The fraud is tied to homicide risks, with the presiding punishment proposed as the electric chair should a fatal outcome occur.
The text notes the Suez canal handles about 10,000,000 tons annually when ice free. It states the Soo canal transported 13,195,860 tons in 234 ice free days, serving U S commerce and limited Canadian traffic between Lake Superior and eastern waters.
The author argues a law banning certain Kaiser cheers should define numbers and loudness, timing, and place. A penalty for mis-timed hurrahs is needed. The piece contends such statutes cannot be complete without sections addressing college yells and their perpetuation.
The article notes that earthquakes and volcanic eruptions find outlets in low population and high water areas like the New Hebrides, shielding inhabitants from devastation. It reflects on Admiral Bowden’s description of a massive lava overflow and considers the catastrophe if it had struck a crowded region.
A Brooklyn burglar tried to recruit two men to help in a robbery but the men proved to be police officers in plain clothes. The would be crook was arrested while his instinct misfired, underscoring a cautionary point about relying on instinct in business.
De Quincey notes murder as art but recent cases reveal weak concealment. In Chicago criminals hid bodies by boxing and shipping them, a tactic revived in Cronin and other famous cases. Despite effort, crimes become known, exposing the killers’ limited aftercare resources and frequent detection.
New York City tenement commission considers ordering overhaul of 145 Trinity Church properties or disciplinary action. Officials note annual income of about 600000 and poor tenant conditions with minimal sanitary standards. Authorities seek changes in Trinity administration.
Col. Isaac A. Sugg of Greenville tells of recovery after a sixteen year nervous breakdown. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, claiming renewed sleep appetite and mental vigor. The pills are sold by druggists or by mail from the Williams Medicine Co Science, N Y, 50 cents per box.
A Cascade Cougar correspondent recalls an angling trip in Washington where a tawny cougar appeared on a log crossing the creek. The moment froze both men, Frank exclaiming the animal’s presence as they debated retreat and the risk to their camp, ending with a cautious retreat along a dim trail to safety.
George W. Rea died in Blackfoot Idaho at age 85. Once Pennsylvania’s greatest hunter and trapper he moved to the Rocky Mountains forty years ago and became a renowned hunter on the western ranges. He worked as a guide for Col Miner Roberts during the first Northern Pacific survey with military escort.
A 17 year old Swedish orphan Jens Olsen in Grand Forks county North Dakota is diagnosed with Asiatic leprosy. His uncle expelled him from home and county officials moved him to a hospital cabin on a farm where staff refused to stay. He will be kept isolated.
GEORGE H NOONAN won a seat in the Twelfth Texas district becoming the first Republican in Congress from Texas since Reconstruction. Born 1828 in Caldwell New Jersey, he moved to Castroville Texas in 1851, served as district judge for thirty years, and is described as a capable jurist with Unionist wartime ties. He is brother to former St. Louis mayor Noonan.
An English wedding featured a groom who is an admiral in the navy and a bride accompanied by two young brothers in Fauntleroy white satin suits. A boat crew of bridesmaids in nautical outfits, white moire and navy gold trim, paraded with epaulets and union colors. The wedding cake bore a sugar model of the Alert marking Admiral Markham’s 1875 polar voyage.
William Cantwell a former Ohio inmate, while at a Daleville prayer meeting, rushed the pulpit and yelled loudly. He struck the sexton with a Bible as others fled, was coal struck, then jailed in London after being seized.
A dialogue unfolds about marriage proposals and social status. One character cites poverty, while another questions aristocratic standing. The exchange ends with a blunt admission that the speaker cannot bear the sight of the suitor, revealing emotional clash over class.
The New York Weekly reports Jinks claims an official on public business caused a crash while rushing to push through an ordinance banning bicycles on public streets. The exchange notes no excuse for reckless driving and frames urgency as a defense.
A humorous exchange between a wife and husband about flowers. She complains he once brought violets daily, he jokes that flower girls no longer attract him, she replies she does not really care for flowers after all. New York Weekly.
A New York Weekly item mocks a scene where an old lady asks a teamster to swear in a language other than English. The humorous exchange centers on whether the worker speaks any language besides English and the request is politely refused.
A brief exchange reveals local suspicions about a newcomer family. A child notes the absence of a family Bible and hints at unfamiliar customs, highlighting prevailing mistrust in the neighborhood.
Dialogue fragments show children lamenting prolonged rain over three Saturdays and joking that punishment targets teachers for wickedness, while good boys like Johnny endure the weather. The rural or classroom setting hints at a moral or humorous anecdote about rain as fate.
A mother warns her son not to quarrel with a boy, saying to think before speaking. The boy quips that he stayed silent only to conjure a long list of names to call him, revealing a playful but sharp home exchange.
A mother notes a child being praised for excuses while a sibling claims talent. The exchange centers on self worth and parental approval. The dialogue highlights a contrast between claimed ability and actual usefulness as framed by family dynamics.
A light exchange features a housekeeper noting half items are discarded while a washerwoman explains that when an item is torn into multiple pieces it counts as a single piece. The dialogue uses practical counting to resolve the puzzle.
Hobson asks Dobson for an afternoon outing and is advised to visit the races where a person can be more out and about than anywhere else. Puck adds the remark.
In a witty exchange from New York Weekly, Algy insists his oversized overcoat was bought not from a seller but a pawnbroker claiming it was made for a prince. Cholly cautions against trusting clothing dealer stories as Algy defends his purchase with pride.
The text touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a nervine that cures nervous debility by improving digestion and assimilation. It condemns strong alcoholic stimulants and laxatives, and alleges the bitters relieve kidney bladder and liver trouble malaria constipation and rheumatism while promoting appetite and nightly sleep.
A Vick's Magazine excerpt lists flowers with their symbolic meanings such as Sweet alyssum for worth beyond beauty and red rose for beauty while noting others like lily of the valley for return of happiness and sunflower for arrogance. The note ends with an advert-like testimonial for Piso's Cure for Consumption from Louisa Linva of Bethany Missouri dated January 8, 1904.
The writer Thackeray joked that failing at novel writing would push him to calligraphy. He demonstrated by inscribing the Lord’s Prayer on a small note paper inside a circle the size of a three-penny piece, leaving room for a crown and the numeral 3.
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