Poem excerpt about love and devotion
A reflective line expresses deep love with calm, steady gaze and sober passion. The speaker pledges exclusive devotion, likening the beloved to a queen and lifelong companion.
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
8
A reflective line expresses deep love with calm, steady gaze and sober passion. The speaker pledges exclusive devotion, likening the beloved to a queen and lifelong companion.
A southern gentleman Littlepage travels to New York with Mrs. Larsen when a bold man of wealth enters the sleeping car. He defends her honor, faces danger, and acts decisively as the situation escalates in a tense train-side encounter. The narrative follows his duty to protect and the resulting moral test.
In a Chicago Tribune recount, Littlepage quietly subdues a fat man on a nearly empty train car then orders him off as the vehicle slows for a crossing. Mrs. Larsen faints, Angie Matthews suspects a murder, but the culprit claims the man got off miles later and promises to investigate.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts a streetcar conductor noting that nine of ten women sit on the car's right side when not crowded. He observes that a left handed woman sat with a man, suggesting handedness influences seating patterns.
A childhood Kentucky memory portrays Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln, recounting a dramatic incident where a wagon bound Indian attacked the boy, he called to be taken prisoner, a moment interrupted by a brother’s sudden rescue when the Indian was killed.
A New York Sun excerpt notes two brothers Difford and CHIC pursue differing crafts while a father hopes for a higher calling. The line hints at literature interest versus carpentry skill as they refashion an epigram and sharpen a saw, showing the family managing with varied trades.
The story recalls Owen Finnegan a deck hand who rose to captain on Alabama river steamers and notes his Irish cook’s evolving greetings. It also recounts a Mobile man resembling Finnegan who joked he owed Finnegan as well. The piece ends with a medical ad praising August Flower for dyspepsia and liver complaints.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls a simple exchange at sea where a seedy stranger asks to come aboard. The narrator reveals the father refused the request but admits lending his best umbrella to the man out of pity.
Dialogue from the Philadelphia Press recalls a confrontation where Towne explains a punch aimed at him was a mistaken act. Browne presses for the puncher’s identity, but Towne admits he does not know who it was. He notes the aggressor claimed the act was a mistake and apologized, saying he mistook Towne for a friend.
The magistrate declares an old offender sentence of 20 days solitary confinement in the county jail for drunkenness and general worthlessness. Tufford Knott derisively reacts, musing on being separated from his regular thirst.
Philadelphia Press notes a sharp exchange as Weary Walker-G'on accuses Wragson Tatters of trying to barter food for wood, while Tatters retorts that he checked the woman’s claim of a wood pile.
In brief humor from the Ohio State Journal two boarders quarrel about medical cures while noting their landlady provides mackerel each morning. The exchange contrasts belief in the salt cure with daily fish as a practical restraint.
A quip contrasts washing and ironing with a child asking how to tell if the iron is too hot for fine linen. The reply notes that burning linen gives off a smell, and asks if the speaker has a nose to detect it.
An undated exchange notes impressions from a reception last night. Dashleigh and Flashleigh discuss attire and a playful nickname while mentioning Ohio State Journal.
In a New York Evening Journal note, two critics discuss a Jinks painting. The first claims it is crude and jokes about a owed dollar, while the second agrees it is the worst piece seen.
An 8 year old gray gelding weighing about 1200 pounds with a brand and spur marks on the left shoulder and similar vented marks on the hip is missing. A reward of 85 is offered for its return to P M Wheeler in Big Timber Montana.
Special fare options listed for Big Timber to Buffalo and return via standard and differential lines with £61.70 and 850.20 tickets on sale on the first and third Tuesdays each month from June to October 1901 Transit limits set for seven days each direction and 30 days to return from sale date Epworth League holds meeting in San Francisco July 18 to 24 Big Timber to San Francisco round trip $50 Tickets on sale July 7 to 14 with final return by August 34 1901
One gray gelding branded 8 on the right thigh and a bay gelding with a U on old shoes. A mule branded on the right shoulder has a voucher reward. Report to O. B. Curtis at Big Timber for Pioneer local news.
The Nickel Plate road offers Chicago to Buffalo round trip excursion tickets at 8 13 for select Tuesdays in May with five day return. Trains depart Chicago at 10 35 a m 2 30 a m and 10 30 p m with through vestibuled sleeping cars and meals in dining cars. Contact Chicago office 111 Adams St or General Agent John Y Calahan for reservations. Stella H Waker County Superintendent instructs district clerks to file term reports and send copies.
Nickel Plate Road offers round trips from Chicago to Buffalo for May 7 14 21 and 28 at 13 dollars. Return valid five days from sale date. Three through trains daily with vestibuled sleeping cars and first class dining car service. Details from John Y Calahan General Agent Chicago. Depot at Van Buren Street and Pacific Avenue on elevated loop.
Ambassador Choate’s laudatory lecture on Abraham Lincoln covers his life from youth through hardships to maturity and the presidency. Published by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, it can be obtained for six cents postage from I. A. Miller in Chicago Illinois.
Tickets on sale May 30 for a round trip Big Timber to St. Paul with return within 60 days. The biennial Modern Woodmen head camp meeting is noted. Separate notice mentions military surgeons groups and the American Academy of Medicine with return validity of 60 days. Also mentions a Springdale return one fare on train No.3 leaving Saturday morning and valid Sunday.
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