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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
8
An ad-like notice argues the cost gap between alum and high grade baking powders is small and would not cover a year’s supply for a family. It states Dr Price’s as the standard cream of tartar powder and warns cheap alum powders spoil food and threaten health.
A Philadelphia North American item recalls Attorney General Knox at 42 appearing boyish and being mistaken for an office boy by an elderly visitor. Knox jokingly directs the man to walk in, illustrating the public’s playful view of officials amid a cabinet post era.
A London surgeon narrator recounts a plot to force a risky tongue operation on a woman patient. The supposed cancer proved a ruse by her husband to silence her, revealing a scheme of betrayal and fake medical fees. The narrator awakens in a hospital after chloroform theft and reports no police resolution.
An anecdote from Windsor Great Park recalls two Eton youths who killed a wild boar during a pig sticking expedition. The queen refused punishment saying she is proud of them. Both youths later served in the South African war. one fell honorably, the other returned to England.
The piece notes George Meredith linking Wordsworths protest to a Lake railway threat and inflationary fears of invasion in England. It recalls Merediths pen denouncing greed and a letter to a railway magnate seeking investment guidance for £500, unearthed years ago by an English writer who deemed its publication mischievous.
In Victoria era Britain a talented Distin family rose to fame for singing and brass horn performances in Europe. One member tried a Cranbourn Street shop in Leicester Square but faced empty shelves until he rented a cornet from a city wholesale house. He demonstrated it to a customer who paid 10 guineas, enabling a rapid and profitable start to a business later sold for a large sum.
A description of Calvary clover, a plant said to be native to Palestine but common in England. It features blood red leaf markings, cross-shaped leaflets, and a head bowed at sundown. The yellow flower matures into a thorny pod resembling a crown of thorns, linked to its name and resurrection motif.
A Nassau newspaper excerpt recounts Franklin sleeping afloat in Martin's salt water bath at Southampton for over an hour, a feat described as remarkable by the National Magazine. The tale is framed as a curiosity with public confidence in the storyteller.
A historical anecdote recounts a dinner party where Alexander H. Stephens presents a riddle about breakfast and dinner. Colonel Johnson sketches an alternative answer in a Civil War era social setting, referencing the Atlanta Constitution.
The Duke of Wellington visited Louis XVIII and was snubbed by French marshals who had opposed him. The king apologized, but Wellington quipped that they had fallen into a habit they could not break.
A collection of notices and advertisements includes a Burlington Route offer promoting cheap spring travel to the northwest and urging readers to send names of potential travelers. Another item announces a lease cancellation for F H Baker’s Daly blacksmith shop and invites patrons. A separate note describes a published address by Joseph Choate on Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency with mailing details for purchase.
During March and April the Milwaukee line will operate tourist sleeping cars between the Twin Cities and Chicago twice weekly in each direction. The Pioneer Limited departs Twin Cities Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving Chicago 9:20 the next morning. Rate per double berth one dollar. Westbound cars depart Chicago Tuesdays and Fridays.
United States Land Office Bozeman Mont issues notice that Orrin A. Fairburn has filed for final proof on his commuting homestead entry No 3638 for the 8 5 acres in section 90 township 38 range 18 east. Proof will be made before H C Jewett U S Commissioner at Kern s Ranch on May 3 1902. Witnesses named are Peter Lareen R M Hatch W A Bell Arthur C Anderson all of Absarokee Montana. A L Love Register. First Publication March 20 1902.
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