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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
7
Sealed bids for pool selling privileges on races at the county fairgrounds during September 21 to 24 will be received up to 6 00 p m August 15. Signed H UterMoute Secretary.
Bolivian consul general in New York explains the frontier dispute with Peru covers hundreds of square miles near the Corilleras and Acre river. He notes Brazilian gains from past wars and Bolivia’s rail investments while recounting Peruvian claims based on historic Spanish partitions.
The shah’s rejection of the 1907 constitution sparked widespread unrest in Persia and partial anarchy. Nationalists seized Tabriz, Bakhtiari tribes captured Ispahan, and the advancing force reached Teheran. Britain and Russia press for a representative assembly while a Russian army protects foreigners near Kazvin amid Turkish onslaught.
Arthur H. Mulholland, a Philadelphia man rumored to be worth more than $250000 and eager to be a great detective, begins serving as a subpatrolman at $2.25 daily. After several days on reserve night duty and occasional patrol wagon duty, he is assigned a regular beat in a residential area.
Edward Ayer of the Field Museum and Mrs. Ayer completed the Sahara journey from Paris to Algiers traveling to Biskra and toward the desert heart. They faced soft sand with 30 foot matting strips and met an Arab chief who rode beside the car and enjoyed the new toy.
Commodore Henry W. Leyhe challenges Captain W. H. Thoerwegen to a Mississippi river race between the two largest boats Alton and City of Providence with stakes ranging from 1000 to 50000 dollars. Thorwegen accepts and the event would mark a return to the golden era of river racing once feared for boiler safety devices.
A thunderstorm in Chaves county New Mexico saw eleven people struck by lightning as it hit the Rail homestead killing H N Rutherford. Thirteen people were in the house when the bolts struck at one minute intervals and the final strike set a fire that was put out by Mrs Raff.
Judge R O Harris introduces alpaca coats for jurymen in the superior criminal court Boston to keep them comfortable in hot weather the county covers the cost and the judge would pay the bill himself if there is any objection
An old Washington Star verse mocks fears of air travel and coastal disasters. A grandmother warns of dangers as families travel by gasoline powered craft, while others dismiss the caution as superstition.
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