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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
8
An irate buyer accuses an agent of false advertising about a Bay house location. The agent defends the claim by noting the listing promised a five minute walk to the station but admits the distance is nearly thirty minutes, acknowledging the ad overstated thet aim.
An editor requests reader contributions to improve the paper. Reports of domestic incidents, visitors, charitable needs, social gatherings, or notable happenings are welcomed. The note invites honesty and community cooperation to strengthen local journalism.
In hot weather many deaths from sunstroke occurred in New York City. The health department notes the danger among police and firemen who wear dark heavy uniforms. A cloth called thatcha and shikari from India, designed to ward off sun rays, may become available. prices range from 66 cents to 2 dollars per yard. Samples will be lent to American textile interests.
A memorial highway is planned in New Hampshire to honor Grover Cleveland. It will extend and improve the road built by Mr. Cleveland from his estate to Tamworth, with giant boulders shrubbery tablets and city maintenance to be provided by Zaemworth citizens.
The Citizens' Commercial association and the school board in Freeport introduce a half time work plan for high school students. Pairs of boys rotate between factory work and classes, earning 10 to 12 1/2 cents per hour with full high school credit. The program aims to link education with manufacturing, improve discipline, and keep talent in Freeport while preparing youths for specialized industrial paths.
Mohammed Ali, born 1872, became Persia's ruler in 1907 after Musaffar-ed-Din. He allied with Russia and England, relied on Russian officers, and faced clashes with a Parliament seeking constitutional cabinet control. Bomb plots in 1908 led to the shah’s siege of Tehran and the dispersal of parliament.
Two couples from Franklin, Pennsylvania, danced for ten hours and fifteen minutes in a marathon event. Thirteen couples started at 9:45 p.m. but most quit before 2 a.m. The last two couples Sylvester Rich with Gertrude Monazan and Frank Sheehan with Jennie Sackard continued until 8 a.m. and split a $10 prize.
Edward E. Ayer of the Field Museum Chicago and Mrs. Ayer completed the Sahara’s first automobile journey from Parfe to Algiers and toward Biskra with a 150 mile desert leg to Tougart. An Arab chief joined the ride, then rode a horse beside the car, expressing childlike pleasure at the new toy.
A rare display from Pacific County Washington travels to the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle. The shipment features a fir library table crafted by Mr Schenk of South Bend plus two additional firs and a spruce plant, with high quality finishes and no visible blemishes.
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