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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
2
Migration from eastern and western cities to Northern Lake Michigan resorts grows each vacation season. The article extols the air purity and simple life as magnets for weary businessmen and notes a South Haven harbor photograph from Moyer & Gates of South Haven, depicting a pleasure boat in a light breeze.
Smithers, a club member, jokes about learning barrel racing a new sport from across the ocean. He describes standing a wine barrel and spinning it to race a finish line. A mishap leaves his hand bandaged and him blaming the pastime for being too strenuous.
A critic questions a woman defined by duty in a reflective piece. The narrator notes her insistence on doing what she sees as right despite discontent, signaling social friction and public sentiment about moral insistence.
A Philadelphia Ledger note portrays a neighbor who acts from a claimed sense of duty to repeat rumors about others. She interprets minor pranks as youthful depravity, reports them to parents, and watches neighbors and servants to feed a cycle of ignorance and discontent.
Civil engineer H B Carpenter finishes the 277 mile survey of Utah state line with landmarks to locate the boundary. A sandstone butte near the Colorado river rises 1000 feet exactly on the line, named Weak State Line Butte, and nearby Tower Peak rises 1300 feet, both serving as permanent markers for future boundary location.
One of the early Royal Academy members, Gainsborough, sent his works to London by a prosperous carrier, Mr Wiltshire of Shock Erwick near Bath. He refused payment, saying he loved pictures too much.
The article notes Gainsborough offered six top works to a gallery with modest rewards and recalls two key sales: The Parish Clerk of Bradford on Avon sold for 500 guineas and The Harvest Wagon for 2500 pounds, with values deemed modest. It mentions The Sisters fetching nearly 10000 pounds at a later sale from another gallery.
The article describes dark lava chasms in Idaho where creeks vanish into fissures formed by cooling lava tubes. Rivers once fed from distant sources disappear into openings in basalt cliffs along the Snake River valley. Some lava tunnels trap ice masses that never fully melt, altering local waterways and terrain.
A commission appointed to study cordite condemns its use in British service after a dozen years of employment. The report highlights concerns over its effect on arms and calls for reevaluation of its role in ordnance.
A German physician condemns sleeping after meals, noting experiments show reduced stomach movements and increased acidity. The finding emphasizes avoiding postprandial rest to prevent digestive upset.
A photo features the South Haven Michigan life-saving crew, part of the United States government stations along the coast and lakes. The article praises their bravery and self-sacrifice in aiding sailors, noting Lake Michigan storms and the crew as among the best organizations.
An overseas traveler, praised for tasteful living, shares a Polish method for asparagus. Boil the stalks as usual, then plate with buttered toast crumbs sprinkled over the green ends and finished with melted butter. The method adds a toasted crumb garnish to the dish.
Styles for autumn coats favor long lengths that reach past the skirt, with last year’s short jackets already out of date. A smart old-fashioned reefer look returns in a double breasted curved design, while fashion emphasizes choosing looks that suit the individual wearer rather than fixed lines.
The feature highlights two tone frocks with contrasting stitching and matching colors. Parasol pointers describe plain white sunshades, sun and rain umbrellas, and stylish enameled novelties matching dresses with lace, Dresden figures, rosebud handles, and detachable covers for coordinated outfits. Elderly wearers favor tilt accuracy via joints.
A garment description details a blouse with a collar edge forming a vestee and a pleat broadening the shoulders. Dark blue mohair piping outlines blouse edges, pleats, belt, and narrow flat flounces of the skirt.
A convenient Japanese style settle features a tall straight back and bamboo frame with a seat of matting. The seat lifts to reveal a shirtwaist box for storing wraps sweaters and rugs. Priced at 25 dollars, it suits a summer house hall.
The season shows skirts featuring a prominent front panel created by overlapping pieces. Shaped flounces border the edge, with the upper flounce finished by three rows of fancy mohair braid. Edges are stitched in self color Corticelli stitching silk for a severe tailor like finish.
Two dresses described in detail: a left gown in white silk with rose bouquets, ruching and bands of pink lace, and a bolero with lace borders. a second gown in striped silk with white watered silk and china silk, black embroidered lace hip yoke, and a flounced back panel.
Linn Maine correspondent describes Peleg Sprague raising a tame woodchuck for a sustained roast. He fed it ice cream to fatten it, then used the pet to lure and kill wild woodchucks for dinner, maintaining a perpetual supply from June onward.
A Chicago based passenger agent revealed an eastern line ticket nearly six feet long with seven or eight contracts that could alter travel, stops, routes, or return times. The two small coupons and vast length showcased excessive stipulations hidden in a single travel document.
A Southwark Police Court hawker described his trade as selling love letters in insinuating terms. A specimen praised as very latinate offended the magistrate, who fined him for using bad language. The notice notes one rhyme too many for "ation."
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