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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
3
In 1875 Lew Burnet, trail boss of the Cross T herd, leads Texas cattle to Ogallala. TOM ARNOLD is killed in a stampede, leaving Lew boss until sale. Joy and STEVE stand to inherit shares, Clay Manning disappears in Dodge City, and Lew hires extra hands fearing the Open A rival herd. Joy travels into town seeking Clay.
Lew leads his party north with Clay Manning injured and Joy by his side as Open A guns fall silent. In Dodge the hospital scene ends with Clay alive and Joy vowing care while Lew steels for the final push toward Ogallala as peace officers arrive to curb Steve’s flare of resistance.
Vignettes recount Churchill at the White House during a pivotal visit with a young War Department aide delivering urgent military news to FDR and Churchill both waking in the early hours. Jokes and stage recollections mingle in a mosaic of wartime banter and theatrical memories.
Gossip column paints a bustling scene with Hildegarde and Jacqueline Susann at a Persian Room blackout number, Rusty Hatch’s divorce and engagement humor, Gloria King’s Park Central Lounge incident, and a wave of social pages. It notes Harper’s sell-out, Gov Dewey coverage, and fashion mentions from Elizabeth Arden to Femarines.
Beaverbrook’s former editor Frank Owen edits a one sheet London Standard for Mountbatten. He writes a daily Good Morning editorial and a popular comic strip. Naval officers on leave report Mountbatten banned reading the sheet without buying The India Times, which allegedly struggled due to Owen’s circulation.
Pattern 831 contains transfer pattern pieces for two bibs and sizes 1 2 3 or 4. Demand is unusually high and war conditions slow order filling for popular pattern numbers. Send your order to assist with processing.
In their natural state sponges can reach gigantic sizes. A specimen recently fished from a Bahamas sponge bed measured ten feet in girth and weighed 100 pounds when dried. Capturing such a monster requires detaching its root with a harpoon and a 20 to 30 foot hooked rod, then enlisting many helpers to haul it.
Shortage of metal curtain rods prompts a vogue for wooden rods and ornate window treatments. Victorian style swags, jabots and cascades, cut and measured per space, with bias ends, form a formal valance setup.
Questions cover Alaska versus Texas size, Arlington National Shrine origin, Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Knights of the Round Table purpose, early absentee voting for soldiers, Grand Banks location, dol drums term, and distinctions between patriot and patriarch.
The quiz item presents varied facts from geography and history. Alaska’s size relative to visible neighbors is noted, with references to Gen. Robert E. Lee, Don Quixote, and the idea of irrevocable rank. It also mentions Civil War voting by Union troops and Newfoundland. It defines patriots and patriarches.
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