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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
8
A Washington Star quote from a famous art connoisseur argues that collecting starts with pictures that please the eye. He says buyers learn to judge merit by daily viewing, and even novices can become competent judges over time through exposure and self guidance.
Under U S government auspices a distinctive Negro exhibit will be shown at the Paris exposition. Thomas J Calloway of Washington is chosen to prepare the display highlighting African descent in America as civilized, Christian, and economically active with significant property and participation across industries. New England states will be invited to contribute to the exhibit with more than a dozen related features underway.
A Washington Star report reveals subterranean capitol bathrooms with about 15 tubs in the house area where lawmakers bathe at government expense during sessions. Attendants scrub and rub down members at any hour, while senate and house wings offer barber services with government supplied goods, allowing members to avoid hotel charges.
In a December 19th Century article, J. D. Rees recounts meeting a raja riding a bicycle at the sixth mile with attendants before and behind. At the palace the rani rules domestically, with a Brahmin husband as consort, and a royal child offers a bicycle and tricycle to visitors after breakfast.
A speaker expresses that receiving a bicycle for their big daughter will complete the party. The remark frames gift giving as the final touch to the family celebration.
A historical description explains armored trains used in campaigns. Each train includes a powerful engine, three iron tracks, a water tank and a passenger car. Sides rise six feet with boiler plates perforated by slits for rifles and Maxims, and each vehicle can hold 50 to 60 men.
Ainslee's notes describe rinderpest sweeping from Central Africa into Natal and beyond, killing many cattle and making beef scarce. It also details the tsetse fly, a biting danger to domestic animals, and the white ant harassing Rhodesia, damaging buildings and decimating boots and metal.
A New York Herald note that Leadville in Colorado is not made of lead, while an African city named Bura uses pure lead for over 300 buildings. It highlights three ornate public structures built from lead, praising durability and low cost with total project cost never exceeding 80 000 dollars.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes a Connecticut man plans a park project and preaches an earth flood outlook. He will find the stock of lions at Lincoln Park Zoo elegant and complete when he goes to buy his supply.
The czarina adopts a type writer with pearl encrusted frame. The maharajah of Benares gifts Lady Curzon a pearl coronet of immense value during Lord Curzon's visit. Three British soldiers with peerages lack sons. Lord Roberts loses an heir. Kitchener remains unmarried. Wolseley’s only child is a daughter. Lord Kelvin, 76, travels to Glasgow after a London dinner to honor workers who make his navigational devices.
It is not generally known that the queen the prince of Wales and other royal family members have their own private solicitor Sir Henry Arthur White has acted in that capacity to the royal family for many years.
United States Land Office Bozeman Montana posts a contest notice against Timber Culture entry 246 made January 15 185 for SE 4% SW and other lots in section 18 township 4 north range 14 east. Heirs of Edward R Parker deceased are summoned to appear March 2 1908 and April 10 1900 for hearings. affidavit shows lack of cultivation and improvement on land.
Notice to the public that under a court order and decree of foreclosure, A T Kellogg as sheriff will sell Lots 1 and 2 in Section 12 Township 1N Range 14E Sweet Grass County Montana at 11 a.m. March 16 1900 in front of the courthouse for cash to satisfy the plaintiff Arete Staalson's judgment with costs and interest. Grork M Haten serves as under sheriff. First publication February 22 1900.
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