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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
The G A R Declares Memorial Day The Correct Title For May 30 In Pennsylvania Headquarters General Order No 10 Urges Public Education Against Using Decoration Day Note Comrades May 30 Is Memorial Day Not Decoration Day
O Zear plans a public cider cistern in the square with 100 barrel capacity. Cement walls house the free beverage to quench thirsts after next fall. The pump will draw apple juice for all who work the handle, restoring a historic custom once used by the Zoar communist society.
An offer of ten dollars reward for the arrest or conviction of any person breaking or wilfully injuring lamps shades wires or any apparatus owned by the Electric Light and Power Co.
A brief prompt asks readers if they have bought their fishing license and notes the timing for compliance. It urges checking local regulations and renewing where needed. No further details provided.
Notice to bidders for moving a residence on McLeod Street. Bids due by Monday May 24 1909. For further information inquire of Dr A P O Leary.
Seven leprosy patients from Molokai were taken to Honolulu for re examination after legislators noted lack of outward signs. The group resisted leaving the settlement, requesting permission to return as kokuas if proven free, highlighting the settlement’s rare mix of care and fear.
Notice to trespassers. Warns against trespassing on the ranches of Edward Veasey in Big Coulee Fish Creek and Melville country. Violators will be prosecuted according to law. Martha Scott?
The U S forest service plans to test eastern hardwoods in California this year. Chestnut, hickory, basswood, red oak and tulip trees will be planted near ranger cabins on national forests to evaluate performance. If successful, larger commercial plantations may follow, boosting California's forest resources and benefiting local furniture and vehicle industries.
Police officer Mattie found William and Alfred Papke, ages twelve and fourteen, studying by streetlight at South Orange avenue and Bailey street after tending a sick mother. They explained they studied after dark to catch up, and the officer took them to the station where their father collected them.
Mrs. Asquith hosted a novelty tea party at 10 Downing Street featuring Paris fashion designer Poiret and three of his models. The American Countess of Craven and Essex attended as guests and praised the salon's display of period and world influenced gowns inspired by historic art and stained glass.
Governor elect Brown plans a Georgia made outfit for his inauguration. He will wear jeans spun from wool in southwest Georgia and jeans cloth from Marietta, with Georgia cotton underwear and top shirt. Shoes will be from a Georgia maker, and only the hat may be nonGeorgia.
On Senator Elihu Root’s Clinton New York estate a government forestry service supervisor oversees planting of about 58 200 young trees. Species include 16 400 white pine 15 200 Norway spruce shipped from Germany 5 200 red pine 6 000 red oak 5 200 black locust 5 000 chestnut and 5 200 basswood. Mixed planting plan alternates spruce with locust red oak pine and basswood in four to five acre plots with chestnut and spruce grown together in two to one rows.
John Schuette a Michigan lake mariner markets a novel compass recorder. The device records a vessel course every moment at sea using electricity and ink dots on paper. It tracks ship direction and monitors the wheelsman, enabling captain oversight from the private cabin.
The United States Navy will install a moving picture camera on a tug at the Brooklyn navy yard to record speed trials gunner drills and maneuvers for a Washington naval board. The camera is mounted on a stationary axle so it remains level despite tug rolls and will be placed abaft the bridge for an unobstructed view of ships in action. Officials say the film will help compare ship performance and improve gun crew efficiency, promising a revolution in ship handling methods.
A team of patients from the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Logansport Indiana issues a challenge to other U S asylum teams. The squad includes attendants and a South Bend trained pitcher. Proceeds support the hospital entertainment fund. They seek a game with Cincinnati Longview asylum nine.
The emperor of Korea announced plans to proceed to a field outside the east gate within a few days. He will perform a ceremony of tilling a small plot to encourage citizens to pursue agriculture.
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