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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
3
In a London puzzle, Bell and Steel uncover how a seemingly ordinary door and fanlight conceal a scheme. They trace a burglar’s path through a next door furnished house, read an electric meter card, and deduce a clever ruse behind a Brighton and Gates connection.
David and Bell study a Brunswick Square pair of houses 218 and 219 both matching as a single former residence. They note identical crimson blind, wall color, and a room once shared by occupants. The scene deepens as they prepare to enter 218 with keys.
A narrator speaks of a bewildering skein of events as he confesses helplessness and a desire not to aid a woman again. Ruth Gates appears at the window showing sympathy and deep feeling, her presence shifting the moment as Steel bows and speech trails off.
A mournful bell tolls from Longdean Grange where a distant relative plans to reside. The village fears wild Cuban bloodhounds, hidden staff, and a reclusive lady as dust cloaks the grand yet eerie estate.
A richly described dining room in Longdean Grange contrasts opulent silver and china with a sense of dust and desolation. Enid Henson confronts Reginald Henson, known as Mr Charles, as tension builds around the house and its eerie atmosphere.
A tale from the Aldine association recalls an ex slave who guarded a colonel after emancipation and joined a Presbyterian church. Asked about predestination he quips that he does not know anyone elected who wasn’t a candidate, showcasing sly diplomacy.
A Chicago American report notes a loud street shouter near North Clark and Michigan proclaiming a Moody church service at Chicago and LaSalle avenues. He claims printed Sunday cards fail to attract pedestrians, yet his voice draws attention and even gains a passerby to attend the service.
A jury awarded Mrs. Lizzie Cecil one cent in damages after Richard Langan, a retired capitalist who rented her home, allegedly hugged her during an attempted repair visit. Cecil said he placed his arm around her waist after she showed him a crucifix. Langan claimed he merely brushed by and asked for pardon.
The piece criticizes British wartime conduct, asking if foreign powers find our methods chivalrous. It claims Boer leaders’ estates are being auctioned, with only Transvaal mill ionaires able to bid, sold cheaply as no one else competes. Delarey releases Lord Methuen, who is escorting a wounded man.
An exchange from the New York Sun contrasts upper and under dogs in a fight. Jasper dismisses the idea of sympathy for the under dog while noting a philanthropist may come along and kick the upper dog in ribs.
A weary papa wishes to be a photographer to calm a turbulent infant while a brother quips a photographer alone can make a baby look pleasant when it resists. Chicago News notes the humor of studio life.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a woman asking what Tufford Knott does for work. He replies he hunts for grub, describing his occupation with plain humor and the streetwise persona of a hunter living by scavenging.
A reflective narrator describes watching a city sunset from a bluff as gray clouds weep and smoke drifts below. Gold light blooms into saffron seas and rainbow cliffs, with distant mountains and a final sunrise praised as finer and more sublime. Get up early to see.
Judson W. Oliver, about 70, wed for the third time after a 30 year run with the Somerville police. He greeted roll call with cigars his bride baked, told a Malden origin tale, and quipped about possible a fourth wife while receiving cheers from about 30 patrolmen.
The piece traces card games from their eastern origins to Europe via the Crusades. It notes necromancers’ use, later popularity in southern Europe, and diffusion through the continent. It cites Rudolph I in 1275 as an early European enthusiast and mentions card manufacture rising with paper and declining under bans in Germany and Britain.
A Virginia congressman’s parable about a tanner’s sign ends with a financier who studies how a calf could pass through an auger hole. A bystander, a philosopher, stands for an hour puzzled by the creature’s route, illustrating canny questions from the wrong side.
The Southern Pacific plans a 105 mile new Utah line to save 4.5 miles by routing over a timber trestle across the main body of the Great Salt Lake. Construction will take three years at about 800000 dollars annually, featuring piles driven into sand and soda strata to support a high trestle. The project aims to stabilize waters and open guano deposits to markets.
A Duluth couple’s miscommunication leads to a missing staple as the wife’s note to her husband reveals there is no butter at home. The husband discovers the message while returning from downtown and promptly sends the request for butter.
Scotland covers about 31 000 square miles with 631 water areas and 485 barren foreshore zones. The coast hosts 787 islands, only 62 above three square miles. Lewis and Harris lead at 59 square miles, Skye second. Ireland has over 300 western islands. England just under 100. Total British Isles around 1 200.
Senators Proctor and Frye are longtime Vermont anglers. For thirty years Proctor spends the last night of April with tackle ready and at sunrise on May first begins casting for speckled trout. He was there again this year.
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