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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
13
A Detroit woman suggests separation is best for divorcing couples, saying a court battle over legality and costs is unnecessary. She questions why disputes arise when a simple split would suffice, noting respect for divorced partners is often lacking.
The passage urges army and navy officers to read Kipling's ballad praising Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar known as Little Bobs. It notes his modesty and questions whether he advertises his deeds.
A New York Press correspondent argues clergy prayer could sink Spanish warships but warns caution, posing a hypothetical about reciprocal divine aid and questioning prayer’s unequal efficacy in war.
The Chicago Post reports a club treasurer solves budgeting by listing receipts and outlays to show the amount due, then asks her husband to provide a check. The remark notes many expatriated cashiers lack husbands.
At his eighty third birthday celebration Prince Bismarck walked aided by a gold handled cane a gift from the present emperor. Onlookers recalled the early days when the first emperor William relied on Bismarck as a steadfast staff guiding Germany toward the imperial throne.
A New York man gave his wife two brand new front teeth as a wedding gift to fill a gap. On the highway he tried to pull the teeth from the gap and was fined ten dollars by the magistrate. The joke ends with a wry moral on propriety.
W S Gilbert sought five thousand dollars in damages after a London paper called him pompous envious and ungrateful. The jury disagreed. Gilbert notes satire of men women and ideas exceeds most, arguing against the notion that those who give should be willing to take abuse.
Richmond Indiana expands the Pingree lot garden program with city management. The city will allot over 150 vacant lots, provide seed, break soil, and supervise. only eligible poor families may apply and harvest profits help through winter. City funds cover early work with long term charity savings.
A dramatic feature narrates a troubled boy dubbed a bad lad and his desperate search for guidance. A haunting lake rumor strands a body mystery while a curious piece describes feeding dogs as a sensational oddity.
A fragmented verse from the Atlanta Constitution by Joseph Latta Miller describes a passing smile as a heavenly spark. The speaker recalls a brief gaze from a quiet girl who brightens the harsh street scene and inspires reverent prayer and blessing.
A Boston Sunday school teacher kept faith with a boy she mentored despite his drift into crime. After years disappear, the man reappears in California as a reform candidate. he reveals he owes his transformation to her patience and faith. The tale questions whether any case is truly hopeless.
A historical column reflects on Lake Superior’s perilous losses and recounts a Philadelphia boy’s failed “wild man” stunt. It then offers detailed potato planting and cultivation instructions including seed preparation, use of the Acme hand planter, spacing, and weed control practices for efficient yields.
A narrator recalls a funeral for a man who perished with a group of thirty eight others in a shipwreck. He explains the sole survivor body remained above water because it was caught in the vessel timbers and could not sink. The account evokes a grim maritime disaster from the era.
A frugal guide for small families to feed dogs using kitchen scraps and leftover soup. Collect residuum from meals, add milk, then mix in ground feed sifted for oats. Boil, then add soda and baking powder, bake into biscuits, and store in a dry place for long keeping.
The passage notes Herbert Spencer saying his first twelve years of writing failed to pay for paper and ads and left him poorer. Yet forty million readers demanded five free copies, an act he likens to Lazarus asking alms, as cited by the London Times.
A Punch cartoon caption features a officer titled Major and a woman asking his age. The Major replies with a witty retort about never guessing age while acknowledging the woman’s appearance. The vignette blends humor and social polish in a brief exchange.
From the Newcastle Leader Professor Alleson of the Berlin Geographical Society describes Dawson's Island as a vast flat plateau littered with decaying ruins of once substantial structures. Huge stone heads ten to thirty feet tall crown volcanic ledges while natives guide to ancient workshops revealing a landscape of remarkable archaeological remains.
Mrs. E. V. Lewis has tailed her husband through England, South Africa, Australia, and China to Britain’s colonies, then sailed from Vancouver to the Klondike chasing the man who lights cigars with dollar bills. The Englishman, said to be irresponsibly minded, sparked a newspaper romance as the devoted wife follows to the frozen north aboard the Centennial.
The article recalls Joseph Marsden's past legerdemain in Hilo Hawaii where he palmed a $10 gold piece from a church collection then replaced it with a silver girter. After the service the bag was checked and the $10 piece was found missing but later returned by Marsden. A humorous aside notes Briggs giving up club life and taking up shell pattern embroidery at home.
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