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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
8
Poetic meditation on wires above a busy street and a windborne message. The speaker questions fate and meaning as the slender threads carry a haunting song, asking whether the message reaches the receiver as joy or sorrow.
A tramp tells how poverty and law fueled a wrongful arrest after a farmer Holborne is found dead. The real killer, Jamison, is later revealed through a confession, but police and locals cling to the belief the tramp had some role. The tale condemns harsh uneven justice and misplaced suspicion despite the confession.
A young couple in a Boston Journal tale crash down a hill after their auto loses brakes. The car leaves the turnpike, tumbles into an embankment and into a sand pile, sparking wry banter as they recover in a farmer’s wagon. Cyrus Winterbottom’s ruse is suspected by the maiden.
Naturalists describe bird bathing habits as varied. Ducks favor fresh water pools though feeding in salt water, sparrows bathe in water and dust, road dust suits sparrows best, partridges prefer dry loam, and many birds enjoy ashes from early morning bonfires as bath material.
The Duke of Kent avoided hosting Dr Stoughton after money lent, then accepted a peculiar dinner invitation. The doctor then sent a boiled leg of mutton which the duke enjoyed, sealing a lasting friendship. After the duke’s death the queen repaid the loan as a gesture of gratitude.
A playful tale portrays General Duhesme, a French veteran slain after Waterloo, testing a wary defender at Pescara by asking mock questions about a brigadier named De Pietramaggiore. The absurd portrait ends with Duhesme ordering guns to fire, claiming the place is his.
During Wellington's tenure as prime minister under George IV he faced Queen Victoria's forceful challenge. He proposed a court martial death for a deserter, but the young queen pleaded for mercy. She argued for the man's character and, after a brief hesitation, wrote Pardoned across the death warrant.
A glimpse of European dairies in Athens where proprietors blend goat milk trade with foreigners and locals who imitate foreign tastes. The genuine Athenian favors goats over cows and narrates how milkmen parade animals door to door, calling Gala in a guttural cry as customers select goats. The familiar scene shows goats following their master, patient and cooperative as he collects milk.
A Boston Journal fragment ponders English vowel sounds in dog and hog while noting Century Dictionary allows alternative. The piece includes a playful poem My hog and my dog about pronunciation and a chained dog pursuing a roving hawg.
A rumor from the Ohio State Journal recounts Bilkins misdirecting his wife by calling poker chips cough lozenges. She swallowed two, nearly dying, illustrating a comic tale of miscommunication and clever deceit.
German Syrup is the prescription of Dr A Boschee a celebrated German physician and is said to be a fortunate medical discovery. It cures coughs colds and lung troubles quickly and has stood the test of years with increasing sales. Two million bottles sold annually introduced in 1868 now sold widely. Three doses relieve an ordinary cough Pride 15 cents sold by Budd Drug Co. Also notices an Almanac and an address on Abraham Lincoln by Joseph Choate published by a railway company with a six cent postage request.
Daily first class sleeper departs Minneapolis 7 50 a m and St Paul 8 00 a m on the C M and St P Ry and reaches Kansas City next morning at 7 00. Connects at Kansas City for South West and California with lower rates via J T Conley St Paul assistant general passenger agent for details.
The Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues an illustrated treatise on the popular German game Skat. Revised rules bring it up to date and the publication serves as an instructive guide for players. A copy can be obtained for ten cents postage by sending to A. Miller, General Passenger Agent.
Daily first class Pullman sleeper from Twin Cities via C M & St P to Kansas City leaves Minneapolis 7 50 a m St Paul 8 00 a m and arrives Kansas City 7 oclock next morning The route markets comfort to Kansas City the Southwest and California A Tuesday through sleeper goes to Los Angeles with reduced later California fares via the Sunshine Route Settlers tickets priced at 32 90 Details by J T Conley assistant gen pass agent St Paul Minn and at C M & St P ticket offices
A witty quarrel quotes a rich old uncle who is harsh to his ward and even threatens leaving his fortune to a hospital for asthmatic cats. The odd remark contrasts monetary restraint with temper. The piece notes a quip about anger revealing character.
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