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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
2
The Lincoln Paint and Color Co markets Pure Lead and Oil Paints claiming long climate durability. They tout 12 years of town use and claim 50 percent more coverage than cheap paints. Also offering JAP A LACK in small cans, ALABASTINE wall finish in colors for furniture and walls.
Complete stock of John Deere plows including Walking Surky Disc and Gang models. Kentucky Shoe and Disc Sand Drills favored by grain growers. Disc Harrows Steel and Wood Frame Drags for top field work. Spring Wagons Buggies Carriages from Racine Winona and Wibe. Winona Rushford Maline Farm Wagons in all sizes.
In the District Court of Montana Sweet Grass County the estate of Samuel Kelley deceased is administered by M N Stevens. Creditors and claimants must exhibit claims with vouchers within ten months after first publication to Stevens at the Winnecook ranch Montana. J E Barvour attorney for the administrator.
The Big Timber Pioneer urges farmers to circulate a petition to gauge how much milk can be procured for a condensing factory in Sweet Grass County. The note invites community effort to bring the project to focus and asks residents to take action.
A call to decide now whether to celebrate the Fourth of July with civic events and community plans. Officials urge swift input from residents to set the schedule and activities.
A police officer who kills during an arrest may face criminal charges if excessive force is used. Court references include State v Coleman and McKell v Robins. Rulings discuss constitutional limits and liability of companies for safety in building construction.
A London brewery wagons travel bearing the motto Thinkest thou be caue thou art virtuous there shall be no more calcs and ale. France's president sends a typewriter to the Persian shah. A Gluckstadt citizen returns a census form listing basketmaker as trade and Our work sitting as position.
William J. Knapp Alexander Duffy John Fahlgren and Elisha L. Harris of Big Timber testify to continuous residence and cultivation of the land as witness witnesses. M. R. Wilson Register notes 1st publication May 9, 1907.
The British Admiralty restores the boatswain’s pips on ships, reviving a tradition long neglected. Pipes will be reinstalled on seagoing vessels and the practice of sounding them will be systematically taught again, pleasing lovers of naval ritual.
A wealthy woman’s will, opened after her death in Pars, baffled relatives by allocating $0,000 francs for funeral expenses. Executors followed the strange order, hiring several doctors to embalm the body and securing the finest coffin, turning the funeral into a remarkable spectacle at St. church bells tolled for an hour.
A London Paris exchange notes that adopting the Greenwich meridian in Britain and France could speed alignment of time zones and watches for travelers. The text argues Britain might reciprocate with metric time and supports France hoping England and America adopt metric measures. It discusses eight minutes gained if France adopts Greenwich and cross-Atlantic metric standard appeal.
The traveler asks for the next train time and the station master replies only the next one runs at twelve. The exchange notes that no earlier train is available, reflecting a humorous exchange from the Boston Globe.
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