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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
5
A Maine schooner Madagascar reports sighting a 30 foot brownish green sea serpent with a spinal ridge and sardine diet near Lubec. Crewmen described a forty minute surface encounter at four knots as local fishermen recall long standing tales of Grand Manan monsters.
In 1878 Massachusetts John D. Long runs for governor against General Butler and Judge Josiah G. Abbott. A Boston Journal report recalls Thompson lampooning Long with jests about Homer and translations as Abbott speaks to a large Democratic audience. Archdeacon Sinclair notes St Paul’s Cathedral daily worship totals and seating capacity.
A traveler reports the largest cave in the United States outside Kentucky lies in Searcy County Arkansas. Entry is from the top, with a 30 foot vertical descent and a 75 degree angled slant. The vast dry chamber holds a two hundred foot long damper and thousands of bats.
A traveler describes a newly found Arkansas cave with a damp chamber full of stalactites and stalagmites, a long rough passage, and a ten mile network of rooms. Lead ore chunks glisten on walls as the owner eyes potential fortune if the mineral is mined.
Reverend George H. Hepworth reflects on two friends as lessons in living. One generous, charitable, and humble chose use of life over wealth. the other chased fame and fortune, leaving little worthy legacy. Both are in the afterlife, but only good deeds gain entry. wealth without virtue is warned against.
The Montreal Herald and Star reports Canada has about 97,200 square miles of coal areas undeveloped in the far north with Nova Scotia fields of 625 square miles yielding bituminous coal and seven billion tons. Northwest, Manitoba, Bow and Peace River districts, Crow's Nest Pass rich anthracite. Pacific coast about 1,700 square miles with high grade anthracite. Canada produced 5,332,197 tons in 1900.
The Central Telegraph Office at St Martin's le Grand in London operates 125000 to 150000 telegrams daily with a staff of about 4600. It houses 1226 instruments and features duplex and multiplex machines, Wheatstone speed tests, and cross‑channel lines including London to Paris.
The Kansas City Journal argues for a dedicated Negro exhibit at the St Louis world’s fair. It urges that creation, design, and management be handled by Black architects and workers to showcase life in America and spur progress, seeing the exhibit as a historic, influential project with lasting impact.
Stonehenge stands on Salisbury Plain Wiltshire England about seven miles north of Salisbury. Its origin is contested with sources naming Nennius Merlin and Druids as builders across eras from 472 to 5th century. Scholars vary whether Roman temple or Druidic holy site.
The snow line on the equator reaches 15260 feet, while at London’s latitude it sits around 5000 feet. The note contrasts tropical snow line with mid latitude elevation.
A poet recalls hearing a loved voice that charmed him then and continues to haunt him now. The remembered tones drift softly, guiding the speaker as they long for a return.
A man returns to his village and confronts Aurelia in the doorway of a cottage. They discuss past separations, money, and a stubborn return to the old life, love, and duties as she reveals her worldliness was limited to nearby views and domestic labor.
Aurelia and Lawrence drift apart as wealth tempts them after Aurelia inherits money from her grandmother's brother. Lawrence gives up his shop for a year and a day hoping to live freely but returns to poverty. Aurelia later returns in splendor, but Lawrence finds he longs for a simple life and their child ashore.
The Montreal Herald and Star notes the first printed English book likely appeared in 1474 in Cologne or Bruges, not England. Caxton, a mercer, translated Recueil des Histoires de Troye and learned printing in Bruges before possibly printing The Game and Playe of the Chesse in 1475.
A Chilean botanist reports a plant that coughs at dust as a leaf surface is touched. The leaf then reddens and trembles, while emitting a sneeze like sound. The article suggests a need for careful study of both plant and botanist.
A Standing Grain report from Great Bend Kansas describes standing wheat harvested and flour produced in hours then baked into bread for a 6 o’clock supper. A combined harvester and thresher operated near town with California style machinery. Several bushels were sent to Moses Mill and Elevator, ground to flour, sent to Moore bakery, and sold locally.
The slowness of tanning stems from tannin difficulty penetrating hides. As penetration proceeds the outer hide turns to leather and becomes impervious, slowing further absorption. Thick hides require months of soaking in the tanpit to complete tanning.
Not enough readable facts to form a proper summary card. The fragment mentions a phrase about God and weekly payments but provides no context, names, or events to anchor a news item.
A traditional saying warns that careful planting does not guarantee immediate fruit. It emphasizes patience in yields and long term effort from growers and planters.
A brief note on difficulties in catching hawks when lacking lures. The saying suggests men may fail to trap birds of prey without proper bait or tools.
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