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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
6
The column surveys bold claims and oddities from around the world. Chile orders two battleships while Morgan loans 12.5 million. Russia stirs liberty cries. Lipton to marry an American. curfews in Colombia. Carnegie backs libraries. rumors of royal marriages and aviation quirks abound.
A Boston man dies from an exertion linked to playing ping pong. The piece mocks quiet study lives and criticizes variegated habits. It notes a Burlington editor’s boast of tobacco abstinence and fears editors will abstain from drinking. It also mentions Samuel Denton, a New York canvasser jailed for ninety days for kissing a housemaid, sparking reactions from local women.
Mrs Adolph May of New Brunswick New Jersey found a clothed tramp asleep in a bathtub a quarter full of water When awakened he blushed and fled Museum managers are trailing him with blood hounds Women seeking Uncle Russe Sage to invest are urged to visit him in person He vows to avoid female investors a stance some may sympathize with.
The article portrays Glandorf in Putnam County as a small German-speaking community with about 600 inhabitants, close to German customs, a single mile-long street, and farms nearby. It praises hospitality, simplicity, and local work patterns, highlighting the linguistic isolation and cultural cohesion of the town. It also includes a cost analysis of naval ammunition from the Manila and Santiago battles and ends with a San Francisco writer recalling Adelina Patti in Paris.
The Pok son Iron and Shipbuilding works in Toronto will deliver on June 1 to Montreal contractor J Poupore the largest dipper dredge, costing 62000 dollars. It can scoop thirteen tons per stroke from fifty feet deep, lifting sixty loads an hour for a ten hour day.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader cites repeated animal madness episodes from a horse to cats and cows. The tale recounts a buggy horse’s monthly fits, a fatal wreck during a drive, and later crippling injuries, arguing for a scientific look at animal psychology.
A story told by an old sea captain aboard a Stockton house porch in Cape May during a summer afternoon ends with a joke about a shipwrecked crew eating the colored cook. Gen. William J. Sewell remarks the tale hinges on Noah's son Ham, implying the cook was boiled and tasted like ham.
Richard Croker ex president of Tammany Hall brushes off a newsboy offering an extra about city government change. The scene shows Croker’s displeasure as reformers gain power. Separate item notes Palermo gains a new theater with costs cited.
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