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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
2
Real estate loans and land scrip offered in Big Timber Montana. Listings include second hand Cadalac automobile, pianos, hampshire rams, furniture repairs, livestock hides, farm machinery, cream separators, and various sale notices. Local businesses advertise barrels, insurance, laundry, jewelry, and printing services with contact details and prices.
Numerous small ads from Big Timber Montana listing leaseable range 12 fenced sections with water and 150 tons of hay. livestock including a broad sow taken up. horses and equipment for sale or trade. jobs and help wanted. lost items. milk cow wanted. sewer connections and pipe for sale. contact details for E B Hanson George Kirkwood Leo J Cremer and I C Paulley plus Dr Ward's Company ads.
Office of County Treasurer informs taxpayers in Sweet Grass county Montana that 1917 taxes are due now. Delinquent after November 30 1917 at 6 pm with 10 percent penalty. Taxes payable at the county treasurer's office in Big Timber between 9 am and 5 pm. Eric Steensland 4 percent treasurer and collector.
The regular teachers' examinations will be held Thursday Friday and Saturday October 25 26 and 27. Second grade certificate subjects are on Friday and Saturday. Applicants for first grade or professional subjects with second grade must report Thursday morning. Miss Inva Sothery County Supt. of School.
A compact list of items and desires including an 8 foot binder a 1 year old mare and colt a heavy spring wagon with top and assorted livestock and work needs. Also offers for registered Shropshire bucks two dozen Leghorn hens a young man seeking office or bookkeeping work and rental and vehicle listings in Grey Cliff Montana with various contact names and dates.
A science lecturer is challenged by a sharp old lady who asks why wet tea leaves kill cockroaches. He improvises with a humorous but nonsensical explanation about a cockroach wrapping itself in a blanket and catching cold, in Tit Bits style.
Commerce reports say straw hat weaving is the main income source for Mount Pleasant residents. Hats are cheap, selling 81.80 to 1.43 per dozen, made from straw imported from Venezuela and Colombia with Dutch Guiana hopeful for supply. Weaving is done at home by women and children, with a day’s work yielding small earnings, yet many depend on it.
A brief critique on the dynamics of humor in gendered relationships. The piece argues humor can mask inequality and coercion, turning men into peacemakers who sacrifice friendships, leisure, and individuality to prevent domestic storms. It reflects on social expectations in intimate partnerships.
Workmen digging the Namazue river bed in Osaka Prefecture uncover a vast camphor wood canoe over 40 feet long and 6 feet wide with blue coloration traces. Archaeologists estimate the vessel to be about one thousand years old and note its exceptional size compared with similar finds nationwide.
The brook lyn flag master employs Betsy Ross descendants to craft flags such as Venezuela with a prancing horse. A special machine cuts white stars in eight sizes for government flags, stars ranging two to fourteen inches. Ships at sea follow fixed paths, while ancient Phoenician navigators sailed the Mediterranean and Atlantic guided by sun and the Dipper, with the North Star nearer the pole in those days.
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