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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
The chief French railroads have removed all advertising billboards along their routes. This aims to let visitors scan France’s landscapes without constant reminders of wares they do not need. Americans may welcome the reform and recall Sterne’s quip on better order in France.
President Frost cites a Kentucky mountain girl who taught in a harsh district, with a native observer praising her zeal and suggesting she appeared to be enjoying the work. The piece contrasts with celebrated teachers in favored areas. Also notes diamond price distortions from mine to market, citing Kimberley prices and Transvaal carat averages.
Puerto Rico exports more coffee than any other native product. Gen Roy Stone notes much is sold as genuine Mocha and Java. Agriculturists own a coffee-patch, harvest berries for family use, and process them by baking and pounding into a bitter ink colored beverage. After the war some learn American methods, but most heed ancestral ways.
Recent discoveries show a small class of variable stars including Algol the Demon of the Arabs are remarkably light in composition. Independent researchers Roberts at Cape Colony and Russell at Princeton report densities well below water, averaging about one sixth. The stars may harbor a dense core with a vast cloudy envelope surrounding it.
The article notes how gifts to public leaders blur ethics, citing a large hundred thousand dollar check from a street railway company to its president as a sign of trust and devotion to public interests. It contrasts this with the image of a former brakeman who rose on merit, challenging the idea that youth lack opportunity.
A seven year old girl Mary Terrynear Alviso California lives in a topsy turvy world. She writes and reads inverted and reversed letters after a year of schooling under Miss Carrie Parrish. Experts note no identical case in optical annals mirroring her unique mirror writing and perception.
Mrs. Charlotte D. M. Cardera, wealthy American sportswoman, sails the yacht Eleanor after 700000 miles of global travel. She hunts moose and caribou with a lodge at Mt Kineo Maine, arms aboard her vessel, and has logged global voyages and port seals, while her crew guards against pirates.
The passage celebrates the Loodiana Sikhs raised in 1846 famed as Gordon Sikhs. They served under the Union Jack in China 1860 and in the Indian Mutiny, exemplifying Britain’s diverse military strength in imperial conflicts.
The text notes the Afghanistan war of 1878-80 and the Soudanese war of 1885, praising the Chitral campaign volunteers for gallant service. It describes their regiment as class one, recruiting entirely from Cis Sudlej Jat Sikhs, a farming peasant class. It lauds their physique and spirit as ideal soldiers.
The article describes Bulgarian marriage customs where a groom pays a bride price of 200 to 1500 dollars based on family wealth. Betrothal occurs midweek with pledged sums and furnishings, rings blessed by a priest, and a feast followed by dancing and gift valuation by the bride's father.
The passage portrays a village wedding with sweets and flowers on the floor, a bride seated in state in a red veil and ornaments, a Greek church ceremony possibly at church or the groom's father, and a return to the bride's parents for a wedding feast with singing and dancing before escort to the new home.
The narrative recounts Saragossa's stubborn defense against Napoleon's forces with a twenty nine day siege ending February 20 and 30 000 deaths. compares long sieges at Sebastopol and Cawnpore with Kimberley and Badajoz. It cites Nana Sahib and Havelock in the Indian Mutiny and notes the London Daily Mail as source.
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