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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
8
Descriptive notice touts choice farming lands in Southern Alberta near market with good water and coal nearby. Highlights favorable climate and potential for big crops to attract buyers.
The article discusses the power of vibration from violin strings to bridges and human voice. It cites how coordinated movement can shake structures and how vocal cords produce sound through rapid vibrations, noting figures from six hundred vibrations per second to over a thousand in high voices.
A compact note surveys famed men noted for talent and stark looks. Julius Caesar, Sir Philip Sidney, Paul Scarron, Voltaire, Rousseau, and John Wilkes are cited as examples of powerful charm despite unprepossessing appearances, with Wilkes admitting he was England’s ugliest man.
A concise history traces steam power from Hero of Alexandria in the third century B C to early innovators Branca and Captain Savey. It notes Newcomer 1705 and James Watt whose 1769 patent marks the modern steam engine and industrial impact.
A West Philadelphia family discusses a daughter's engagement at supper while a Negro servant, multitasking as waitress and laundress, responds that she has not seen Edith's fiancé. The fragment hints at social roles and domestic daily life in a setting with minor notices about local rent and services.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pioneer Printing and Publishing Co. will be held at the corporation's place of business in Big Timber Montana on Tuesday afternoon June 25 1908 at three o'clock to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as might properly come before the meeting.
A small ad notes a team of horses offered cheaply for sale in a furniture store quarrel? The listing highlights an affordable prospect for buyers seeking a ready-to-work horse team at the shop.
Public notice declares 250 acres in Yellowstone National Forest Montana open for settlement under homestead laws with July 28 1908 entry date at Bozeman. Preference given to actual pre 1906 agricultural claimants with proper qualification and timely exercise of rights.
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