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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
7
Caracas reports Venezuelan President Castro refuses to revoke the May 14 decree banning transshipment at Curacao and proposes confidential talks in Caracas. Venezuelan artillery prepares defenses at La Guayra as shells are distributed to new forts amid anticipated Dutch naval demonstrations.
In Union City Tennessee sheriffs posses and citizens arrest over fifty suspected night riders connected to the Rankin and Taylor abductions. Two prisoners are women as authorities guard suspects across five bordering counties. Governors Patterson Noel Pindall and Wilson back a regional executive conference to crush the night rider group.
Judge Albert Akers in Quincy Illinois appoints John E Linehan secretary and general manager of Battle Creek Breakfast Food Company Limited as receiver of its property and business. Linehan posts 200000 bond through Illinois Surety Company. Company organized in Michigan February 18 1902 with 109000 capital and 6815 outstanding shares split 2684 preferred and 462? common. rest treasury stock.
Brigadier General Harry G. Haskell a veteran of the Civil and Spanish wars has died in San Diego at sixty eight years old. The obituary notes his service record and long military career.
A historical overview explains Bulgaria's rise from Ottoman rule to a constitutional principality under Prince Ferdinand. It notes the Berlin Treaty, the split territory, later unification of East Roumella, and Sofia as capital. The piece highlights rising Bulgarian nationalism and military preparation ahead of potential conflict with Turkey.
A humorous Punch verse on women and numbers mocks arithmetic and age. It notes Madge as twenty, then thirty-eight, while the speaker ages pass thirty-two and fifty. The piece blends wit and mathematical whimsy to question female control of figures.
A brief clipped exchange shows Maud questioning Jack’s coldness and Marie recalling her engagement to him, reflecting a domestic or social episode captured in a Buffalo Express snippet.
A popular New York actor often recounts a precocious nephew story. At his sister's house the boy arrived as school time neared and, when asked what he would learn that day, quipped in a playful riddle about knowing and going to school.
A comic exchange shows Mr Grumps asking a photographer to capture his wife’s photo quickly before a pleasant expression fades. The photographer confirms readiness and emphasizes speed, noting instantane ous processing. The vignette highlights a humorous push for a rapid portrait.
A dialogue between a lawyer and prisoner discusses delaying a trial to rehearse a story and fade memory of guilt to become a stronger witness. The excerpt reflects courtroom strategy and criminal narrative shaping from an Baltimore American text.
Vintage quote portrays Sumpkins as a harsh figure with a harsh remark about a man’s misfortune. The Cleveland Plain Dealer transcript captures terse judgments and a bleak rural humor.
An offhand conversation from Detroit touches on compromise and gender dynamics. A speaker reflects that yielding to a woman feels easier than arguing, illustrating common relationship tensions in everyday life.
In a Brooklyn Life vignette a teacher nags a pupil about effort and ends with a smart remark about not having to eat, capturing a playful classroom exchange and social humor of the era.
Quip from a detective and friend in a Kennebec Journal item turns on a mistaken belief about marriage. A blunt retort notes the man was instead run over by an automobile last week, shifting the joke to an accidental death mishap.
A Town Topics-style quip contrasts the newly rich moving into a mansion with the notion that their ancestors hang on walls while a few are still said to be hung in life, reflecting on social climbs and family memory.
Mrs Hobbs asks if Henry is practicing on his cornet while Mr Hobbs says he is mainly tuning his nerve centers. The exchange reflects a domestic scene in the Boston Transcript style.
A readable quotation from the Philadelphia North American mocks He Spostsa as a fountain of information while calling him an artesian well in a witty exchange.
City leaders declare New York practically fireproof, while shifting debate to higher finance and investment in aeroplanes. The era’s prophecies of earth burning echo from 1908, influencing public sentiment as fires recur in the discourse.
Department of the Interior land office at Bozeman Montana issues a notice dated September 28 1908 regarding land entry and filing requirements for settlers and claims in the local district. The notice directs applicants to comply with existing mining and homestead regulations and to pursue the specified procedures for recording surveys and confirmations.
Classified notice indicating the first publication date of a land listing related to non coal land. Includes minimal readable details and standard notice language from the era.
Notice of Election announces submission to qualified electors of Montana at the next general election of a constitutional amendment to Article 12 Section 9. The measure relates to revenue and taxation and proposes increasing the tax levy. The Legislative Assembly enacts the amendment for voter approval.
The document outlines a constitutional amendment for Montana proposing tax limits on real and personal property. It sets rates: not to exceed two mills per dollar when assessed property reaches 500 million dollars and not to exceed two mills per dollar at 800 million dollars, with a provision for voter approval if the rate is increased. Separate official ballots were to be used at the November 1908 general election.
A formal certification states the act submitting to Montana electors an amendment to Article 12 of the state constitution on revenue and taxation and a higher tax levy. Enacted by the Tenth Legislative Assembly and approved March 7, 1907. Witnessed in Helena on July 13, 1908 by Secretary ALN Yoder with the state seal.
The article announces a proposed constitutional amendment to Section 1 Article XIII to authorize a State Depository Board guiding deposits of public moneys and limiting treasurer liability for deposits. It directs official ballots for November 1908 and sets submission procedures and penalties for misuse, with start date upon approval.
Secretary of State certifies an act to submit a constitutional amendment to Montana voters. The document bears official seal and date July 13, 1908, in Helena. The act amends Section 14 of Article XII of the Constitution.
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