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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
6
A fragmentary column jokes about Mics Yohen Paris buying gowns to ease grief and mocks a boastful scheme in progress by incubator trust promoters. It quips Carrie Nation's initials spell Can and recalls a dead inventor of the circus calliope.
The article notes Mr Usual Still works as a railway conductor in New York. It also mentions his parents made a grammatical error in naming him.
Rumor that Gen Kitchener would retire faded as reports emerged that he plans marriage. The remark about New York people and parachutes adds a wry note to the changing expectations surrounding his public life.
London reports May Yohe has arrived in Paris and is expected to be joined by her husband. Other items hint at a train robber killed and speculation about Pat Crowe’s reaction. The sultan of Zanzibar reportedly enjoys Boston baked beans, while peonies in Kansas suffer ankle bugs.
Russell Sage aged and quiet gains a dollar after 25 years of a debt. Europe bound women sue their pearl necklaces past the customs house. Dr Garnault challenges bovine tuberculosis contagion in a cautious study. Gates pursues a coal deal described as a minor flyer with a $10 to $15 million aim. An Town man holds $10 million to invest, joking of a library partnership with Carnegie.
The piece notes Chamberlain’s chance to reflect on the Boer War and his failure to secure the English premiership. It also mentions Austrian stationers fearing ruin from the photo postal card fad, while traders trust love letters endure and households worry about meat prices amid currant jelly making and peach canning prospects.
Chicago announces a systematic plan to double its population in 25 years. In the past four months thirty six pairs of twins were born in the city, signaling a notable birth surge.
A Paris lover, eager to communicate quickly, scribbles a note on the back of his partner’s pug as a playful, improvised message. The quirky scene highlights a humorous attempt at speed and secrecy in a domestic mishap.
An odd Wisconsin chatter notes audiences at Chautauqua lectures include hundreds of intellectuals and countless mosquitoes. Word lore claims Montana and silver rhyme with rayme. now oneeth and ehilver emerge as rhymes in this quirky linguistic find.
A London writer derides what he calls the defect of women in business noting a hotel run by a woman is uninhabitable due to economy and poor taste. He references prunes during berry season as an example of misapplied thrift and gender bias.
A fragmentary poem passage reflects on beauty and inner grace. The speaker notes a cold gaze reading the subject’s spirit and handwriting of the soul, while being drawn to her allure. The lines emphasize the contrast between love and restraint.
Norman Baker, a reserved newspaper proprietor, woos Elizabeth Wells after a lonely childhood. A chance rescue of a newsboy at a rainy May crossing leads to a luncheon invitation that deepens their cautious courtship.
Mr Saker and Harry choose a new suit with help from a young lady. They visit an art gallery and, by a cheery fire, Norman and the big silent man listen intently as she finally confesses love after a six month question about affection, sparked by the boy’s kindness.
A tribute in the Grand hotel honors late Capt. W. W. Reisinger U S N praised as an officer to obey and a man to respect. Friends from Washington Annapolis Pensacola and beyond recall his decisive grit and leadership at the Washington Navy Yard Dale where he kept men to exacting standards.
Smith, an education minded sociologist, works with poorer children in city playgrounds during vacations. A neatly dressed young man watched the children, asked questions, and claimed to have a trade as his reason for interest, calmed by Smith’s probing smile.
A West Virginia University professor plans a 30 day fast while continuing daily lectures to test the idea that reduced stomach fullness increases brain blood flow and sharpens thinking. The piece humorously muses that great verses might arise from such extreme discipline, likening it to placing poets in a cell with water only.
The article notes colored glass bulbs once common in drugstores are vanishing as window ornaments. They held no deep history, simply signifying a drugstore. Liquids inside, made from cheap chemicals, faded in sunlight and needed frequent replacement, while long lasting Wauids colored chemicals offered a durable alternative.
Squire Redwine described a smoking lake near the Cocopah country forty miles from Imperial and twenty one miles from Mexico. The lake lies on the Mexican side, formed after the Chino river was cut off and water redirected into the Cocopah river. Explosions and mud bursts occur, with flames visible miles away, while Indigenous residents have moved away and settlers consider leaving.
Poem fragment attributes a wistful line to Mary E. Wilkins. The quote reflects hardship arising from natural forces and human affairs.
Col John F. Mosby avoided joining his guerrilla band by urgent public duty and private obligations. The tale recalls Col Tichener, a Union board of general appraisers officer in New York, who once captured Mosby’s ally and a Confederate officer after a night patrol, a moment Mosby described as the liveliest escape of his career.
A playful how to guide explains drawing a cork from a bottle without a corkscrew using softened sealing wax. Apply wax to the cork, let it dry, press to adhere, then pull the cork free with the waxy stick, ensuring the cork dries before wax is applied.
A Century August report describes a volcanic tornado sweeping southwest and widening its devastation. Two damp air currents from southeast and north converged on its path, cooling the fiery spout along a clear line, causing fireballs to fall on one side while mud and stone rained down on the other.
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