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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
2
Local notices offer for sale rent animals and equipment including a two room house for £100 and a Ford car with delivery body. Advertisers include J A Lowry C F Schuman and Glass Brothers with items like tractors, plows, cows, horses, real estate, and services. Public notices warn about hunting restrictions and city ordinances, while political ticket copy and municipal roles are listed.
Fig yield in the Alden vilayet rose from 9 000 to 23 000 tons over thirty years as land area increased from 10 000 to 25 000 acres. Demand outpaced supply and prices rose. Meander valley orchards are Turkish owned with top production in Inovassi and Ortaxe. Exports to the United States, United Kingdom, and European Entente fell this season due to blight neglected fertilization and poor communications, totaling about 10 000 tons.
Two young men on Chestnut street invited two well dressed girls to a fancy restaurant. After a meal they offered a demi-tasse and the girls puzzled over the term. They then asked for coffee, and the offer was accepted with good humor.
A brief note discusses the old belief in reproducing pearls and diamonds by placing them in a bag with rice. It references Boetius de Boot and notes modern claims that Malay vegetable pearls explain the observed pearls. The piece reflects on enduring superstitions in the English press about natural reproduction.
Montana stockmen urged to buy now as prices rise. Listings describe southeastern Wisconsin ranches with railroad sidings 100 ft basements barns cattle sheds silos and fine houses priced from 827.50 to 50 per acre with easy terms five percent interest. Descriptive lists available from Roberts Bros Land Agency Portage Wisconsin.
Two ranch parcels offered in Montana described as best in the country. 380 acres with home buildings and 200 acres pasture plus 180 acres alfalfa, capable of winter and summering 150 cattle. Proximity to depot and courthouse noted. A second 280 acre parcel south of the fair grounds includes buildings and supports about 100 cattle year round.
A 400 acre property two miles west of Big Timber features new cement buildings, framed as a grain and hay ranch. It includes summer pasturage on remaining acres suitable for about 50 head of cattle.
A Windsor Magazine quip notes the world may last five million years more. The speaker jokes about not yet receiving mobilization papers amid global doom chatter, reflecting humorous wartime-era outlook.
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