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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
3
Gen. Charles Dick, Ohio congressman and Republican official, praises the Pacific Railroad settlement as a major achievement of McKinley’s administration. The piece details prior government subsidies, bonds, and the complex legal actions that secured repayment, including Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Kansas Pacific dealings and final settlements reaching tens of millions.
Alexander R. Smith of New York defends the one American line against foreign interests and free traders. He cites shipping statistics showing the line carries a small share of Europe trade while foreign vessels dominate. He warns that removing the line would slash American flag carriage and boost foreign control, urging stockholders to invest and resist.
The article notes coffee costs 7144 cents per pound versus about 18 cents in 1805, arguing the breakfast table luxury has not risen much under McKinley’s administration.
Secretary Hay told Boer envoys that the United States government could not do more than its current efforts to secure peace in South Africa. He reaffirmed limits on intervention while stressing continued U.S. concern.
The document notes a total indebtedness around 130 million with half in accrued interest. It cites cash or equivalents of 124.42 million recovered in under two years. The text praises the administration for swift, thorough settlements of large corporate claims, led by Presidential insistence on collection.
The Louisville Courier Journal editor announces ending the double column editorial style while keeping a double entry approach to political thinking.
Tammany figures lead an ice trust accused of fleecing New York's poor while Tam many Democrats rally to oppose trusts. The piece frames political blame across factions and hints at public outrage.
Government acted promptly when an opportunity offered through appeals to representatives of various nations at Irretoria and was the only nation to act. Its offer of mediation was courteously declined by England, leaving no further opportunity at present.
In London, Mr. Pulitzer criticizes Mr. Bryan for not backing his flagship issue while Senator Teller urges Bryan to embrace the Defunct 16 to 1 idea. Bryan remains in a tight bind between opposing political pressures and his defining stance.
The piece notes that many Democratic side-shows have finished their acts and will move into the main event in Kansas City, signaling a shift to the larger political stage.
Kansas farmer John Butternew rises on rail passes sold as political leverage. He becomes a candidate for congress, mortgages his home, neglects his farm, loses the race and his fortune. Sheriff sells the homestead as his family sinks further into hardship.
A Chicago Chronicle item depicts a countryman arguing that city clocks lie as he faults a hotel clerk over time. He jokes that his own watch stopped and recalls five years in the city, claiming a sharp private detective past and warning against staff at a local house watchman.
The renowned lawyer William M. Evarts earned a $250,000 fee for giving a legal opinion in a single three letter word Yes. The corporation seeking guidance accepted the ruling as final regardless of outcome and paid the sum without objection. The answer proved correct.
A distressed patient cries for death as the doctor urges patience and insists he is doing his best in a tense medical room sequence. The dialogue centers on suffering, endurance, and the physician's restraint amid agony.
A claim describes capsules made from cheap chemicals that when mixed with water produce enough electricity to light a house or run a car. The text then touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as far more powerful, curing indigestion dyspepsia biliousness and liver and kidney troubles.
Theodore Tibbs wears gay shirts and awning stripe patterns in a humorous remark from the Indianapolis Journal reflecting style and fashion taste of the era.
The exchange shows a humorous contrast in domestic relations with Henry Peck remarking that he and his wife do not get along as well as she does. The brief dialogue captures a lighthearted portrayal of marriage dynamics reported in the Chicago News.
The Minneapolis supplier claims a significant scoop on binding twine with a price 14 and a half cents below the Minnesota State Prison rate. It advertises a temporary, limited sale, urging prompt orders before supplies end and touts the twine as new bright and good.
A Somerville man hunting cray squirrels in New Hampshire was told by a local native that gray squirrels are not his size and that he should pursue elephants instead. The remark came after the man fired his shotgun thirty or forty times last fall.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen burning sweating feet bunions and other foot pains. It claims to cure with a shaking into shoes and mentions pricing 25 cents and a sample offer from Allen B. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A fragment recalls a newspaper ad seeking a man to sell imported canaries. The exchange features a bird store proprietor and a stranger asking about jobs, ending with a quip about how cities lost their tails.
Esteemed remedy from Lynn Massachusetts claims wide praise across the coast. It states the product has cured many women and invites letters seeking guidance with free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
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