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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
4
Retired in Bixtimber Montana post office as second class matter this paper mailed regularly to all subscribers until ordered continued and all arrears paid in full only newspaper published in Sweet Grass County subscription price 1.50 per year advertising rates available on application
A long folk poem about the Big Timber shearing crew from various regions, praising camaraderie and work ethic, followed by a notice urging strict quarantine enforcement for scarlet fever and a contrasting piece praising French prosperity and German mercantile energy.
A poem notes the christening of Holland’s princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, praising her as future ruler and wishing her a serene reign with Hollandaises and royal lineage celebrated in verse. It also reports a Philadelphia Record claim about a massive 20 foot long steel band saw turned out at Disston Tacony works, weighing 1,474 pounds and thickened to .184 inch.
Earl of Clanwilliam, an officer who served in the South African war, arrived in Winnipeg from England and warned that without rapid reform England faces invasion by Germany. He argued Germany has grown powerful at land and sea while Britain reduced its volunteer forces and pursued only battleship building. He praised the American army as rapidly approaching British excellence.
A Grenadiers sergeant at The Hague halted a white ambulator bearing Princess Juliana, daughter of Queen Wilhelmina, and saluted as she rode by. The prince consort praised the act and awarded a banknote to buy a keepsake of the first salute to her Royal Highness.
L C Bade offers sale of a milk business with necessary cows, milk boxes, bottles and cans, ice cream freezer packer, and pasture adjacent to town for the summer season. Reason stated as too many sirens in the fire department.
Harriet Walker, a wealthy young socialite in Washington, wears a calico gown to her high school graduation. Her uncle D P Wells offers $50 if she complies to promote simpler gowns, aiming to start a campaign for affordable commencement attire and reduce cost for families.
French naval authorities report a luminous shell that, fired at a high angle, bursts into glowing orbs illuminating a horizon and allowing detection of ships up to sixteen to eighteen miles away. Experiments were conducted at Toulon with secrecy.
A poem from Judd Mortimer Lewig of Houston imagines Texas sending a message to Mars. It boasts Texas as the first signal to space, praising watermelons, strawberries, cabbage and cattle as welcoming symbols and declaring the United States’ wonders and dreams.
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