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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
6
A collection of brief items notes varied topics from cartoons to politics. Mentions Santo Domingo surrendering a rebel army, Venezuelan navy readiness, King Alfonso and Princess Ena gossip, a Dublin foreman becoming lord mayor, and Kipling’s silence on liberal victory among other short observations.
The czar rapidly appoints governors while anarchists strike with assassinations, illustrating rising political violence and consolidation of authority amid turmoil. The dynamic shows decisive state action clashing with insurgent tactics, signaling ongoing instability.
A historic early St Paul resident, the first white woman born there, has died just shy of sixty two. The brief notice notes her passing and marks a reflection on the young Midwest. The column also touches on other light items about travel, marriage, and distant signatory inventions.
Congressman Maynard suggests minting $2 silver pieces to help fund the Jamestown exposition. The coins would be acceptable for dropping in the contribution box.
The Moorish commissioner at Al feciras took all his wives as he left. Anxious to attend the conference, he expected trouble without adding personal tensions to the gathering.
The Pipe of Desire is described as the first native grand opera in America reflecting the nation’s restlessness and dissatisfaction through symbolic themes and music.
The Chicago Tribune notes the death of Fighting Joe Wheeler, describing him as a brave knightly soul and a highly patriotic American citizen, marking a loss to the nation.
A theatrical trust decides to drop Shakespeare temporarily prompting speculation on jealousy. Shakespeare remains a dominant figure in drama and holds an unshaken monopoly in the stage world.
Two descendants from famous Napoleonic and Decatur lines become entangled in a modern American naval confusion as historic legacies collide with contemporary events.
Reports say Beerbohm Tree staged Stephen Phillip's Nero with lavish excess that outdoes the historic Nero. If produced in America the play may be executed with equal thoroughness surpassing Nero's own myth.
In Paris ballooning parties are common with an automobile tailing the balloon to pick up the party after descent. The sight of these aerial pleasure trips has always attracted curious onlookers.
Boston's Patsey Sheppard notes betting here is minimalist beyond ballgames with rare large stakes. The piece recounts historic wagers from New York to England, including a 1906 divorce bet tied to Bryan and McKinley and a $500,000 win from a Negro betting game on Fifth Avenue, illustrating quirky, extravagant bets across eras.
A Vermont GOP convention recalled Col. L M Read of Bellows Falls as a Civil War veteran while recounting a debate over Read's fitness for Congress. An admirer quipped that Read could not be wounded in the mouth, implying his oratory power over his opponent Grout.
At a New York Princeton alumni dinner President Wilson cited Johns Hopkins as a wealth creator. He recounted Hopkins lending a note to fund the local Y M C A, then discounting it himself to four percent when three young men offered to take the note for cash.
A young woman stood with an umbrella on the Main Street track as a downtown car approached. She halted the vehicle by placing one foot on the rails, prompting the motorman to brake and the crowd to watch in surprised excitement.
Ethel, a four year old from New Hampshire, asks God to smash her brother Willie’s bird traps at prayer time. She explains she already destroyed the traps herself, revealing a humorous, devout family moment.
An oculist argues hazel eyes are overrepresented in a sample of glass eyes. He notes 47 of 100 eyes are hazel while the rest are blue brown gray and black, concluding hazel eyes occur four times more often than any other color and should be denied to them.
Notts England observer reports an experiment with chub in a roadside pond. A penny slot machine by the pond feeds cheese to the fish and its noise excites the fish while silent drawer does not. The reaction suggests some hearing ability in fish.
Poetic reflection on aging and memory with lines about winter snow, lost friends, and a new light. The speaker laments the passing of happy times and trusts in beautiful dreams of life and love as night settles over the day.
A whimsical note critiques a moon tourist and a wife viewed as ungrateful in a parable about a rich man forced to draw as an adversary. The piece blends irony with social satire and playful wording.
A vindictive foe taunts a rich man about wealth and proclaims he will crawl one day. Two weeks later the man must crawl beneath a costly climbing automobile for repairs, proving the ominous prediction true.
A fragment notes a man addressing sympathy after a troubled marriage. The dialogue hints at the wife’s independence costing her marital security and employment, reflecting social tensions in a domestic scene.
In a witty exchange from Puck, the first artist asks about ideas or a man, and the second suggests a bold sketch of a cyclone in action. They joke about using the cyclone for hair in a portrait of the American girl, highlighting creative, humorous banter.
A light exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press recalls a Yellowstone visit where Mrs. Nw ritch notes seeing all features and Miss WNuritch asks about geysers. The line mentions Mr. Dinken claiming Wilhelm is the greatest geyser.
A belated pedestrian was startled by a thief shouting hands up. The felon, limping away after a hurried payment of a dollar, claimed to be returning from a poker party as the Philadelphia tedger.
The dialogue jokes about the price of a marriage license with a clerk proposing an absurd installment plan. It humorously suggests one dollar down and a lifetime payroll deduction as the cost of marriage.
Dialogue highlights a New York minister claiming bad cooking drives men to drink and that women also take to the habit due to bread-worries. The exchange mocks such rhetoric as un-American and simplistic in blaming household roles for social ills.
A young doctor asks why champagne is ordered for each new patient. The elder physician replies that the practice reveals whether the patient can afford it, aiding when making out his bill.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a child asking why mops aren’t visible by day and a parent explaining they light them up after dark, conveying a city lighting routine.
A speaker asks if Sing Sing is far, replying that it took an hour to go there and a year to return, conveying a rural exchange about travel time.
Dialogue hints at slang meanings for boot blacker and moonshiner, with Wilfred asking clarifying questions about each term and the term gunbusta. The exchange suggests regional or dialect usage in a humorous or colloquial context.
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