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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
7
Two slight earthquake shocks were felt in San Francisco early this morning an hour apart. They match a dozen earlier quakes since the April 18 quake. No damage occurred and there was no alarm.
General Greely reports to the War Department that order is maintained in San Francisco with restricted liquor, improving water conditions, and excellent public health. Electric railways renew general service as federal troops oversee relief distribution amid affiliations and economic hardships.
Des Moines on May 1 reports Slayer Bchmnitz urged rapid dispatch of all kinds of supplies to San Francisco after a Telegraph inquiry. He stressed immediate rushing of relief goods to ease desperate suffering and relieve distress.
Washington May 1. A resolution was presented to the house by Representative Hiaurst proposing appropriation of 2 500 000 dollars for California sufferers. The measure aims to provide relief amid disaster conditions.
The American Red Cross wired 2.5 million dollars on May 1 to James J. Phelan in San Francisco as relief for California earthquake and fire victims. An additional 1 million dollars was reported available to the relief committee.
The Senate passed a $170,000 emergency appropriation for Navy needs at Mare Island and for San Francisco postal service after the recent earthquake, as reported from Washington on May 1.
Cleveland May 1 The First National Bank of Cleveland sent 200000 by automobile to the Dollar Savings Bank of Painesville stopping a bank run The move follows a US court suit filed by William P Kagel Defiance Ohio seeking an accounting of stocks held for Engel by a local financial institution at the time of Jelindo Price s suicide Bank solvency is asserted by bankers despite the loan dispute background
Advices from Secretary Bonaparte at his Baltimore home say he is an ill man possibly facing pneumonia after a chill in Atlantic City on Friday. The illness followed his return to Baltimore with another, more severe attack.
A steel plant capola explosion in Chicago on May 1 killed two workers and left five others severely injured. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators began documenting the blast and examining plant safety practices.
A South Chicago steel plant accident injured several laborers when moisture entered the boiler area and steam buildup caused an explosion. All workers were employed at the plant and the incident is being investigated.
Uniontown Pa May 1 Mrs Mary McKittrick recently marked her 108th birthday and died by self inflicted throat injury with a small knife kept in her room. Her mind had been deranged for weeks prior to the act.
A dramatic line from Brooklyn Life notes a daughter receiving a letter from her father stating he finished his will. The will leaves all his money to an asylum for hopeless idiots, provoking inquiry into who will benefit.
A fragment from Punch depicts Mabel and a mother urging a child to the nursery after being refused a second mince pie. The tone is humorous and satirical, reflecting domestic scenes and social manners.
The text records a brief humorous exchange about marriage changing a person from a spendthrift to poorer, with lines indicating a husband and wife discussing money and purses. It reflects a social gag about financial restraint after marriage.
A passage from Current Literature argues that earthquakes prove planetary vitality of Earth while the Moon remains inert. It contends that ancient seismic activity may reflect life cycles and that Earth's elasticity keeps it habitable through continual crustal shifts and load-driven stresses.
Wanted listeners to list property with C R Daniel Co offering no cost advertising. For sale a five room house with two lots, stable, buggy shed and chicken house priced at 1100 with 500 cash balance due later. Also 160 acres near Reed with 75 cultivated, water rights, buildings and open range priced at 3500 with 1200 cash and easy terms up to 525 per year lease possibility.
Wiror of McLeod Mt announces a buck herd run near McLeod for the 1906 season from shearing time to October 20 at a price of 60 cents per head. Patronage solicited.
Advertisers must submit display ad copy for the Pioneer by Tuesday morning to ensure insertion in the week’s issue and reading notices and locals copy by Wednesday evening. Pioneer Print and Pon. Co.
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