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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
2
Classified notice style listing property for sale and loans. Items include farms machinery hardware real estate loans Hides and furs buyers and sellers in Big Timber Montana with multiple addresses and contact notes. Includes houses, two lots, relinquishments and livestock and supplies. Sponsored by local businesses and individuals.
Notice to dog owners that all dogs not wearing a drug license tag on and after March first 1917 will be shot under the ordinance regulating dog licensing. Nick Curtis Chief of Police.
Reward of 250 dollars offered for information leading to the first conviction of anyone stealing horses or cattle from any paid up member of the Sweet Grass Stock Growers' Association. Protetction offered to the association. Members with stock for sale or buyers urged to contact Secretary Grany Brishir at Stuntere Hot Springs, Mort.
Collier's reflects on the railroad as a daily marvel of science with trains moving through night yards. It describes switch towers, semaphore arms, signals, and the bustle of locomotives as a living, dragonlike system shaping ends by human toil.
A Victorian opinion by Sir Oliver Lodge argues weather control is possible via upper atmosphere electricity. He proposes a copper equatorial rod and massive electrical discharge to create favorable conditions, plus building a large generating station to flood the air with positive energy. He urges action rather than idle theory.
Our horse shoing goes beyond nailing on shoes. We fit shoes for comfort and correct gait defects. It is a profession, not merely a trade, and we charge professional prices.
Stone cannon balls fired from iron guns with tight bores were employed by the Turks in sieges such as Famagusta in 1571 and Constantinople in 1453, delivering real damage and instilling fear. The balls varied from a few pounds to several hundred, fitting the bore to maximize explosion force. They illustrate siege warfare before modern metallurgy.
A column criticizes young women for careless speech and poor grammar, noting it signals education level. It cites overheard remarks like No, she aint a bit better and argues observers judge intellect by language while many grads neglect correct speech.
An old geographer’ s note describes Patmos as a Greek island of about 4000 residents, many sponge fishers, with 300 churches for 700 houses. The fortresslike monastery and grotto claim to mark where John the Divine wrote and where heaven’s Jerusalem is envisioned.
The passage describes how western towns relocate banks and businesses as new industries rise and fall. It notes rapid growth from tents to painted houses and tree rows, with shifting landscapes and boomtown dynamics transforming barren prairies into developed communities.
George W. Cable staged a prank while visiting Mark Twain in Hartford. A flood of requests for autographs arrived secretly, including copying chapters from The Innocents Abroad and signatures on a cheek. Twain found the joke amusing and complimentary, though it left many readers stunned by the absurd demands.
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