Oddities in Mailboxes and Ruskin Anecdotes
Readers share quirky mailbox finds including money and a sausage prank from a late 19th century Washington Post item. The London Chronicle recounts John Ruskin and Newman Hall swapping views on church building as the pastor recalls a three stage arc from false teaching to truth in 1872.
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John Ruskin
Newman Hall
Venice
Mr. Ruskin
London Chronicle
Nerve Soother Demand Turns on Camden Pharmacist
A middle aged woman visited a Camden chemist seeking morphine for nerves. The shopkeeper asked if it was for her husband and pressed for the purpose. She explained a new marriage proposal had unsettled her and she sought relief for sleep, leaving content with the suggested remedy.
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Camden Town
Meerschaum Cobra Pipe Colors Through Wax Treatment
Meerschaum will not color unless boiled in wax as it is highly porous and absorbs moisture. Wax fills the pores, giving an enamel like finish and allowing coloring. Overheating spoils color but reboiling in wax can restore some of the finish, a skillful trade done by experts.
The Spaniard at Home and National Pastimes
A fragment describes a Spaniard with contrasting traits and a passion for theater and shared bread. It notes bullfighting as a favored but declining national diversion and hints at mixed manners among the class.
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Nowers
Central Pacific Railroad Surpasses Early Doubts
An engineer with twenty five years of experience warned the Central Pacific line could not be finished in twenty years even with full Bank of England backing. The project was completed seven years before the period set by Congress, proving the optimistic forecast false.
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Central Pacific Railroad
Bank of England
Congress
Wis Falrlinga and Bliffkins Mocked for Smarts
A San Francisco Bulletin quips that Wis Falrlinga and Bliffkins boast about intelligence in a humorous exchange. The dialogue focuses on their persistent self praise and its comic effect on others.
Stolen Pasture Horses Listed for Reward in Montana
Barrey Bros of Big Timber Montana offers 830 reward for recovery of four head of horses and 850 for the thief. Descriptions include sorrel mare with a white face stripe, black foaled colt, 11 year old mare with foal, two buckskin horses, and branded shoulder marks claimed by L P Anderson and G R Winsow. Informants warned not to buy branded horses except from the owner.
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Barrey Bros
Big Timber
Mont
Three Trains Southeast Connect Northwest to Southeast
The St. Louis Special through express of Northern Pacific and Burlington changes time on May 4. The revised schedule improves connections from St. Louis and Chicago to the East and South with morning trains, listing new departures at Portland Tacoma Seattle Spokane Helena and Billings. The train carries standard sleeper dining and other cars, offering Portland to Kansas City and Portland to St. Louis without change.
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St. Louis
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Northwest
Chicago
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Spokane
Helena
Billings
Kansas City
Cheap Round Trip to New England Via New York City
Travel advertisement offering round trip fare to Providence via Nickel Plate Road with multiple trains daily and dining car meals. Valid dates July 7 to August 9 with return options via New York City upon request. John Y. Calahah, General Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Providence
RK. J
New York
John Y. Calahah
Adams St
Chicago
High Grade Stock Cheap Delivered at Big Timber
Advertisement listing 4000 Panhandle high grade Durham and Hereford cattle for sale with calves at side, dry cows and heifers, and various ages and prices. Cattle listed include yearlings, steers age two and three, with prices from 21 to 26.50. Brassey name appears as contact.
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Panhandle
Durham
W. W. Brassey
Ranch advertisement offers cattle and a horse
A notice from Big Timber Montana invites owners to identify property and reclaim a gray horse branded on the left shoulder from fall 1901. It also markets 500 head of 2 year old steers and 300 head of 2 year old she stock for sale by T AWAGICLESPIE.
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Bunch Rustlers
A. G. Keren
Big Timber
Mont
T. Awagiclespie
United States Land Office
Lewistown
Montana
George D. Martin
Frank E. Robertson
Big Elk
Sweet Grass County
M.M
CG. N. Skilinson
U.S
Department of the Interior
Jula W. Moore
Charles N. SkiJlman
at_ Biz Timber
Heo
Enid
Charles F. Williams
Alva Gunby
George W. Moore
Spwamp Brassig
Register
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San Francisco Bulletin
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Nye
Minneapolis
Classical School
Yale
Harvard
Smith
Wellesley
Princeton
West Point
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Arthur Dillwyn Hall
Nicollet
Bozeman
Iamie Cottler
B. M. Mjelde
District Court
Enoch A. Grosfield
Emanuel Ash
John T. Esp
Joseph G. Hooper
Ole Birkeland
Grey Cliff
A. L. Love
Alfred Rudd
B. M. Mielie
Harry Sanborn
Jacob L. Rapstad
Edward A Davis
D. F Latty
Bis Timber
L. Love
Bozeman Montana
B. M. Mieldo
Ble Timber
Peter Borgman
Rive
M. J. Abrahams
John Kemp
John van Diest
George Haak
Vermeer
H. C. Jewett
Jewett’s Ranch
Jase Jowell
Nis
Ney
EM. P.M
Julius Johnson
Michael Flanagan
John Hayes
Jamis S. Wheat
Absarokee
Nemed Gettler
BM. Mjelde
Charlies O. Hathaway
O. M. Lanpheur
John A. Oliver
John Blake
Frank Wilson
Mottanna
Setter
Skillman
Edward W. Kurtz
Sen
Grant Keller
Frank Bliss
Ole Gobronson
Thomas Ryan
Freidit
Flathead Field
State Savings Bank of
Butte
Union Bank & Trust Co
National Bank of Montana
Ter Apostal
Montana Land & Oil
Helena, Montana
M. W. OF
Big Timber Camp
M. W. of A
K. P
Helens
Josephine Hopkine
C.N. Skillman
U. S
Joseph J. Hopkins
Geer
Monroe
Bi Timber
Albert, Hiller
Stillman LC Hopkins
Melville
Frank D, Miracze
Mountana
William G. Strong
Thomas F. Garrett
Biz Timber
Wesley P. Franklin
Russell Franklin
Willian. Whalen
Abraham Wells
Gettler
Lee Smoot
James Andrews
W. F. McLeod
McLeat
Starvey
Clause
Peter Michels
McLeod, Mont
Desert Land
Benjamin Urner, Jr
Charles O. Hathaway
George W. Cook
P.O. Fallang
Peter Magelson
Department of the I Mterior
William M. Desjardine
Lauretta Walker
Lauretta Blake
Lauretta. Walker
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
C. N. Skillman
Spaulding Nuneaeny and Oncuano Co
Sravipisa, Int
Henry Symes
R. WE
Philip Philipeon
Ernest Ingle
Frank la Forgey
McLeod
William Martin
Attorney AT Law and
NoTaky Pusu
Hig
Old “Pioneer
E M. Haul
Court House
J. McKay
Urner
Ross Dier
J. H. Moore
Eureka
Standard Oil CO
W. W. Beasley & Son
Stock Commission Brokers
Sollestad
Wie
Timber Montaun
A. Perrine
Prop
ST. Paul
Duluth
Points
California
Japan
Alaska
Klondike
W. J
Pacific Express
Ee Edi
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Pullman
Bill
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Ipea
TEE New Idea Publishing CO
Broadway, New York
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Perrin
C. A. Perrin, M. D
T. V. Overhuls
General Merchandise
Harvey Brothers
Henry Nicholson
Kmillan Fur & Wool CO
Nial Tee Ova
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