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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
6
Two veterans from different regiments reunite after many years. They recall the Fifth Ohio and Grant Sherman campaigns, recognize each other as Bill Jones and Bob Henry, and sense they still have battles left in memory and spirit. They joke about aging eyesight and the idea Uncle Sam may call on them again.
A vice chancellor granted an injunction to stop timber felling by the Duke of Newcastle after the lawyer, arriving by boat during the judge's morning swim on the Thames, presented affidavits. The chancellor resumed swimming once the injunction was issued, a remarkable legal scene noted by Tit-Bits.
The piece reflects on Gettysburg as a decisive preeminent battle among world wars, noting its vast twenty five square mile battlefield with 600 monuments and the national cemetery where Lincoln delivered his timeless address whose final lines are carved on the national monument.
A Collier's Weekly tribute to soldiers who died in battle. The poem laments fratricidal strife and honors those who fell in Cuba and the Philippines, promising comfort and a hopeful dawn of freedom as waves bear banners overhead.
Preservation of the Monitor log records its clash with the Merrimac on March 9 1862 at Sewall’s Point Hampton Roads and action with Confederate batteries including Fort Darling. Entries note weather engagements disablements and key officers J Weber Louis Stodder and George Frederickson with events from sunrise to afternoon including shelling and repairs aboard the Minnesota and Worden’s movements.
A Philadelphia Record piece reflects on Memorial Day reverence at Arlington and in Philadelphia with lines honoring fallen soldiers. It notes graves decorated by blue soldiers and a flower boat ceremony dedicated to sailors who died for the country, contrasting with ancient rites and heroic rescues.
On the forenoon of the third day at Gettysboro Confederate sharpshooters occupied a barn between Union lines. The fourteenth Connecticut infantry repulsed their position and later helped repel Pickett’s charge, capturing enemy colors.
A light exchange features the line God ring around the Moon means rain while Peck quips about a ring around a woman's finger signaling reign. The dialogue appears as a Boston Tran script fragment with playful wordplay on rings and weather.
A reflective line notes that plans delay living as life passively wastes away while people prepare to live, urging immediacy over perpetual preparation. It invokes a contemplative view attributed to Binersan about time and action.
A Boston Transcript item recalls little Elsie being scolded for saying What and told to use I beg your pardon. She later asks her mother in a playful mix of words when is pardon time, illustrating a child's humorous grasp of manners.
The church today must have men with varied gifts but its greatest need is for effective preachers. Seminaries are criticized for producing scholars and administrators while churches seek ministers who can preach with grace and power. Rev. Dr. Ezra Squier Tipple stresses preaching as the essential requirement for the modern pastor.
Rev Lucas G Engelstad leads Lutheran services with Sunday School at Big Timber every Sunday at 11 am You are invited to attend. First Congregational Church offers Sunday School at 10 am Everyone welcome.
St Mark's Church announces Rev. G W G VanWinkle as rector. Regular services are held morning and evening on the first and third Sundays each month at regular hours with Sunday school every Sunday at 11 a m.
First Methodist Church lists Rev Thomas Clarkson as pastor with Sunday school at 10 a m Epworth League at 7 p m worship at 11 a m on the second fourth and fifth Sundays and every Sunday evening at 7 80 Prayer meeting every Thursday at 8 o'clock St Pauls Methodist Reed Point holds divine worship on the first and third Sundays at 10 30 a m and 8 p m on the Saturdays preceding these dates
A local church announces services Sundays at 1 a.m. and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the South Missouri Building on Anderson Street. All welcome to attend.
Mass honoring Rev Father Joseph Bliere is scheduled for the third Saturday of the exchange month at Wasn. The service will attract parishioners and local clergy to the church.
Train schedule listing east and west bound trains with numbers names times and routes via Helena and Butte. Includes North Coast Limited Pacific Express Atlantic Express Eastern Express and Miss Valley Express with respective departure or arrival times and notes about stops or routes.
An eye care office opposite the post office offers prompt service day or night. Glasses fittings and treatment for eye diseases are available at this location in Big Timber.
An office is located above Brammer's Bakery near the Residence and Grand Hotel Montana. Local property notices describe the building usage and surrounding premises, with owners and dates not specified in the fragment.
Dr R M Wolf an osteopathic physician from Kirksville Missouri advertises treatment for acute diseases including tonsillitis pneumonia diphtheria typhoid fever and appendicitis plus chronic diseases minor surgery and women's ailments. Office Bell and Home phones in Big Timber Montana offer day or night outside treatment.
The note indicates Livingston residents will travel to Big Timber each Tuesday and Friday. It lists recurring visit days without specifying times or services. The arrangement focuses on cross-town mobility and local access on a regular weekly basis.
Local brief notes that B J Klein Hesselink operates as a surveyor in Big Timber with a concise listing indicating professional services available in the area.
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