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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
2
A devotional message urges believers to trust in God's fatherly care through sorrow and temptation. It emphasizes prayer as the path to Christ’s help, comfort in tears, and resilience as a faithful stand at one’s post. The tone encourages courage and steadfast belief in divine aid.
In a rural village, Deacon Potter frets over gossip after Mordecai Pratt’s horse incident and a race betting card appears. He discovers Saracen wins the Atlantic Handicap and awkwardly faces Fred Carey, who offers a compromise tied to his daughter Sarah.
A deacon gave Fred Carey assistance and invited him into the parlor. The following day he deposited five hundred dollars in a bank, signaling unspecified aid or support.
Pittsburg Dispatch reports a schoolboy’s home letter praising his mother and expressing longing to return home to help her. He describes faith in the Lord, hopes for his mother’s health, and a resolve to stand with the Lord despite past struggles.
Traveling man asks clerk Graves about old schoolmate John Smith of Pumpkinville now back from Alaska with $200,000 from Klondike gold. Graves recalls youthful fishing days and invites Johnny to visit after morning shift.
A lawyer recalls Edward Everett Hale as a guest at a millionaire's dinner where the host boasted about each dish cost. He detailed pricey items from Baltimore terrapin to luxury grapes, even calculating cost per grape. Hale then humorously asks for two dollars and eighty seven cents more.
Theodusia Garrison notes lovers wandering to Arcady’s end where Love rests on a mossy stair. A tranquil garden lies beneath cloudless skies as Love, still sleepy, rubs his eyes. The poem contrasts journeys and the peace of settled times with the road’s fears fading.
New Bedford professor Bonney, famed wit, reacts to a half prepared Latin translation in class. Aeneas seeks to embrace his lost wife, the student jokes thrice I essayed to throw my arms around her neck. Bonney retorts sit down, ending the exchange.
Henry Soule of Hammondport New York says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him eight years ago after twenty years of severe kidney trouble. He suffered backache dizziness and urinary disorders dropping from 168 to 100 pounds and was told he had diabetes. Since treatment he has remained well and hopes to live many more years. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Cal BE B Bierce of Springfield UK on a visit to In Nordin last week discussed whether President Lincoln was a Mason. He states Lincoln was not a Mason despite a 1866 Springfield Masonic Lodge No 4 petition being received and acted on, but Lincoln never pursued membership due to a busy fall after his election.
Fragmentary text mentions refunds for a product with alleged cures and references to ointment. Sparse details provide no verifiable entities or outcomes.
Norfolk millionaire Carl Stevckel funds a mammoth music sheet building at Whitehouse to honor the Litchfield County Choral union. The $100,000 project aims for completion in June ahead of the sixth annual concert featuring Mendelssohn and a 60-piece New York orchestra, with annual costs around $5,000.
A Philadelphia Bulletin item reports a physician's remedy for unwanted arm hair. Mix quicklime one part carbonate of soda two parts vaseline eight parts total, form a paste, spread quickly, and wash off as soon as it begins to smart. Hair usually comes away by the third or fourth use.
A 14 year old girl from Possum Trot draws praise from a prominent Arkansas neighbor. The quoted citizen boasts she can write a letter that could travel to distant cities like Kansas City or Chicago, comparing her skill to sending it to Torpidville or Pagwash.
A Houston Chronicle brief notes a man at a church fair making a plea for “half a chance” while a pretty girl offers a line about chances to exchange. The piece hints at a tense moment amid a fair setting and the man facing an emergency.
The New York Sun reports that one college president struggles to obtain gifts while another notes financiers turning to direct restitution. This tension reflects fundraising challenges amid shifting donor behavior and institutional reliance on gifts.
A quip suggests genius is a tithe paid by men who avoid work. The remark frames intelligence as a reward for non labor, reflecting a skeptical view of deriving ability from leisure.
Hetty Green has set up a bank account and fund for her dog Dewey, a move said to reflect sentiment over wills and possessions. Only Green, her daughter, and bank staff know the arrangements, sparking chatter about the pampered pet. Dewey, an intelligent dancing dog, may now grow old with financial security instead of poverty.
A Franklin anecdote of fair competition and freedom in business. He hosted critics to dinner but served sawdust pudding and water, proving his stance that self sufficiency and integrity matter more than patronage. The tale highlights entrepreneurial resolve.
A garbled testimonial letter from Kinnan & Mauvin endorses G. Cheney for fifteen years of reliable business conduct. The page also promotes Bali’s Catarrh Cure with a testimonial claim and pricing, printed in a Toledo Wisconsin style with broken words and misspellings.
The author argues president should not wield power over transportation pricing or private enterprises, comparing railroads to steamboats and telegraph firms. He warns that concentrated authority could threaten the republic, imagining a future president using Monroe Doctrine to conquer industry.
A short guide correcting common errors in verb forms and phrasing. It contrasts incorrect phrases with corrected versions to improve precision and ear for standard grammar.
About six thousand birds died after storms and fog drew them toward the Cape Grisnez lighthouse. They collided with the lantern while circling the beacon, killed by the bright light and high winds.
A period advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It cites Mrs Fannie D Fos of Bradford Pennsylvania and other grateful women who credit the product with curing tumors and other uterine troubles. The message offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts and urges women to write for guidance.
Remarkable invention claims to cut cotton picking costs by 25 percent. George Lowry's mechanical picker with five operators reportedly handles 1.48 pounds per minute, equating to a days work for five men, potentially replacing seven to eight hand pickers though not yet final. If scalable it could save a large share of the annual 75 million dollar expense and secure sufficient labor for harvest. Lowry’s device could crown him alongside Eli Whitney in historical impact.
A Rockford Illinois paper reports Dr William Langhurst treating O A Leach of Beach County whose eyesight deteriorated after years of heavy coffee use. Specialists attribute nerve damage to coffee while recommending Postum Food Coffee as a safe alternative. The article urges quitting coffee to restore nerve strength and health.
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