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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
2
A collection of short items mentions Montanan timber, summer European tourists embracing the Marconigram, Canada's claim to the north pole and a Madrid free library proposal by King Alfonso. Other notes joke about Carnegie Cuba, Buffalo Bill wealth hopes, ice cream unions, limburger cheese theft, and proposals of marriage by women.
Canada proposes a border fence funded at ten thousand dollars to deter incursions along the Montana line. Montana officials and residents weigh potential impacts and border security implications.
A Cleveland pastor linked to the Rockefeller circle accuses anarchists among the wealthy. He cautions the affluent to self assess and fit the shoe to their own size before judging others.
Ebicca and Secretary Shaw weigh disputes over repacking a woman's trunk amid financial issues and creditor claims on a $1,000,000 life insurance policy benefiting creditors.
John L. Sullivan says he would not trade appetites with John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller faces an unusually bad form of dyspepsia, the article notes.
A New York mother has given her young daughter the unusual name Ping Pong. The quirk appears not to be unique in the city, as another resident showcases a similarly unconventional streak.
Holland sympathizers say the war will last four more years, while others doubt England can endure that length.
In a bid invitation for 150 locomotives the Belgian government signals preference for American manufactured engines. The move aims to secure the lowest cost while ensuring quality, with bidders warned of the government’s stance on source origin.
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post quip notes that domestic servant issues loom larger than foreign relations for American households, comparing national policy to household management and implying domestic labor matters dominate daily life. The remark underscores timing and tone of mid century social commentary.
The new president brings a personal touch with her own children, yet neighbors doubt her understanding of the business. The contrast hints at scrutiny she will face in leading the organization.
About 8,000 self-supporting Pueblo Indians reside in twenty six villages, twenty have day schools. The United States spends not less than £20,000 annually on these day schools, plus a much larger sum for boarding schools.
Old settlers recall springs when roads stayed blocked with snow into May and note the more a server ages the more discouraging late spring stories he can tell.
The claim of 25,000,000 cats in the United States is not proof of 25,000,000 old maids. It indicates that supply of black martens imitation sealskin and other fashionable furs is nearly matched to demand.
Movement to move inauguration day to the last Thursday in April praises those who suffered pneumonia and ruined their clothes at March ceremonies, implying wide support among those burdened by previous dates.
The article recounts how Roger Williams Park in Providence Rhode Island was kept intact by two sisters Rhoda and Betsy Williams who paid off a mortgage and donated the land to the city under conditions. The original Williams homestead where Roger Williams died remains preserved with the well he dug nearby and the old burying ground neatly arranged.
Goji Ukita lectures in London on Japan's regalia the mirror sword and jewels. The mirror symbolizes knowledge the sword courage and the jewels mercy. The regalia are simple metal and stone emblems not beautiful by modern standards.
In The Leisure Hour a portrait of Charles Stewart Parnell reveals his calculated detachment. During a raging Times forged Pigott letters controversy he quietly analyzes a supposed gold find, testing minerals in a Wicklow workshop while his followers clash with the Times.
A Philadelphia druggist collects humorous requests from customers. The letters ask for remedies and items for children, with spelling quirks and earnest pleas for medicines, plasters, licorice root, and even sody water. Each note ends with a payment or instruction.
John Murdoch, former Dundee plumber who died in December at Craiglockhart Hydropathic, leaves over £60,000 to fund a public plan aiding indigent bachelors and widowers. Beneficiaries need not share a denomination but must show practical sympathy and a sober, moral life in science or its pursuits.
A reflective line suggesting that divine works surpass human comprehension and that faith honors mystery beyond human grasp.
A humorous anecdote recounts a statesman in the night waking to burglars and hitting his nose on a door edge. His wife quips about the open door policy as he groans from the injury. The tale underscores foreign relations wit without graphic detail.
A Brooklyn geography class is challenged to name Long Island peculiarities. A fat boy raises a humorous answer noting that on the south side you see the Sea and on the north side you hear the Sound, earning him praise and advancement.
Judge Clarke in St Louis convicts and fines grocers for selling alum based baking powders. New York Health Department seized alum stone and ground rock substitute and dumped it. Officials warn the public to choose established brands and watch for inducements like prizes, hoping alum products vanish from homes.
Two young girls ride a street car and share brisk opinions on Kipling Shakespeare Laura Jean Libbey and others. They debate authors and books with lively enthusiasm before leaving by the statehouse.
Hon Rice Pierce of Tennessee declares he has never used alcohol, calling it a lifelong observation. He notes his father was a total abstainer who lived to 89 while his grandfather drank regularly and reached 96, suggesting no ironclad link between liquor and lifespan.
A US senator visiting Atlantic City stayed in an American plan hotel five days and ate only bread and milk due to rheumatic gout. He was billed $40 for room and board plus $3.75 for fifteen dishes bread and milk not on the regular menu. The clerk cited the policy that dishes not on the regular fare are extra. The senator vows to warn friends to avoid the hotel, claiming potential loss of $1,000 in publicity.
Connecticut representative Sperry recalls backing the Monitor project with a bond forty years earlier, alongside John A. Griswold Cornelius Bushnell and Winslow. The plan faced Navy skepticism yet proved pivotal in defeating the Confederate Merrimac, with Sperry and Bushnell recalling the celebration in New Haven when victory was assured. The original bond has never been found.
The diver known as Tim Mons recounts a perilous incident while patching a 3000 ton Hamburg American steamer wrecked on a Magdalena river bar in Colombia. He faced a 12 foot shark circling him and used a hammer to scare it away as sharks fed on debris and fish near the wreck.
The Woelffel expedition reports cannibals in forests behind the Ivory Coast defend eating human flesh. They claim washed bodies are cleaner than cattle, and a Bangalla chief argues human flesh is superior, replying to cries of horror with the idea of ownership and choice in meat.
A 2000 year old mammoth skeleton and more were found preserved in ice in eastern Siberia. Scientists freed the creature from frost, posed it, and celebrated the discovery while noting the world has changed since its cold plunge.
The report suggests the passenger will fare better traveling by car than by taxi. It notes smoother travel and reduced delays, implying a preference for private vehicle transport in this scenario.
An oil painting of the late John B. Gough has been donated to the Worcester County Mechanics' Association and will be unveiled at the upcoming annual meeting.
A reflective maxim asserts that idle time fosters many minor faults and patterns of conduct. It links leisure to temptation and suggests vigilance to curb slipping into lesser vices. The statement emphasizes moral self-discipline in daily life.
A provocative question title invites debate on candid expression and courage in speaking truth to power. The phrase challenges readers to consider whether fearless honesty serves justice or causes harm.
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