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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
9
A 1916 column advises laggard suitors to propose promptly or risk losing the beloved to others. It warns that steady calling without intent to marry shrinks a girl’s interest and urges treating each suitor as a friend until serious commitments are offered. The piece cautions women to avoid single-muyer devotion and men to court with clear intention.
The article cites Cleveland Moffet advising MacClure’s Magazine readers to do simple setting up exercises and rotary abdominal workouts for five to ten minutes each morning. It recommends walking three to four miles daily and breathing deeply and rhythmically through the nose, counting strides with each breath. It emphasizes voluntary practice and training the will to be a guiding force behind actions.
A farmer advises separating male birds from hens after breeding time and feeding hens for egg production. Ducks and geese need deep drinking water. spoiled animal matter can cause illness. Include bone, beef scraps, and balanced grain like wheat bran to boost laying. provide green feed such as cabbage when grass is scarce.
The piece argues for preemptive health care funded by groups, noting Missouri and Kansas universities charge a health fee used for medical and surgical attendance. It suggests health is a community matter and institutions can pay doctors to keep people well rather than only treating illness.
The text notes that visiting cinemas funds wages for 205,000 employees earning $2.3 million weekly. It cites 21,600 cinemas in the United States and about $2 billion invested in the industry.
The London Globe notes that Dr Henry F Holland, an early medical attendant to the Iron Duke, celebrated his eighty seventh birthday at Godalming. The veteran physician, once connected to a London hospital, is identified as a young medical man in 1851.
The text advises admitting fowls into the henhouse in a way that prevents drafts from blowing on them, especially at night when they roost, to keep them healthy.
The piece notes that drawing a line on the floor and viewing it through opera glasses reversed hides illusions of intoxication. When attempting to walk the line, vision distorts the path more the closer one looks. The effect makes the walker veer off course and appear unstable, akin to being drunk.
In a brief exchange the old man praises a girl’s cheek dimple as one of the prettiest things. The young man concedes with a simple acknowledgment centering on the same playful topic.
The Pasteur Institute of Paris declares milk a powerful stimulant and the French army uses it to lift troops before battle. Milk is praised as a safe drummer of energy without dulling judgment, improving courage and clarity for both war and peace.
Dr. John A. Brashear of Pittsburgh exhibited a fracturing grating at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers meeting in New York. The device, a polished plate with 45 000 lines, promises to reveal composition, temperature and distance of stars, rivaling the telescope.
A collection of quips noting nerves caused by a woman's gaze on man, a sign painter's struggle for fame, and the ease of agreeing with favored views. Witty lines compare fingers signaling engagements, revolutions, and social egotism. The piece playfully laments self-interest and time spent for friends over self.
The Ohio building at the Pan American exposition is moved 122 feet by 80 feet by nearly 8 feet high to San Carlos 82 miles away. It is to serve as a clubhouse after being placed on two 600 ton barges submerged at low tide and floated free at high tide.
Dialect given quotes reveal social chatter about Miss Gladys and her bold actions at a ball. The remark notes her departure during a German dance, hinting at propriety and local opinion within a formal gathering.
The article traces surgery from ancient Egypt and Greece through Rome and Byzantium, noting early instruments and practices, the shift toward professional status in the 16th century led by Paris, and the spread of surgical learning to London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Philadelphia under Dr. Shippen.
The article extols corn meal as nutritious and economical for breakfast. It describes cooking with cold water to a pourable consistency, boiling in salted water for three hours, and simmering until grains separate. It notes a fireless cooker helps, and provides a corn meal recipe with eggs milk butter flour baking powder and beaten egg whites baked for 20 minutes.
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon outlines practical winter ventilation solutions. He advocates using a simple under-sash ventilator to admit warmed fresh air, avoid drafts, and maintain comfort in offices schools living rooms and bedrooms. The device allows air exchange while retaining heat.
Heat olive oil or butter in a saucepan then cook onions until soft. Add curry powder red pepper and shredded coconut. Stir in coconut milk and simmer one hour. Serve over poached eggs with boiled rice or fruit accompaniments.
A simple recipe uses one cupful of raw salt fish two and a quarter cupfuls of potato cubes one egg one tablespoonful of butter and salt and pepper. Boil potatoes and fish until tender drain mash mix in seasonings eggs and butter beat until light drop spoonfuls into hot fat and fry until golden.
Archaeologists at Gonnol near Towpe in Thessaly uncover a sanctuary to Artemis with votive offerings. Among finds are 138 turtlefish bearing inscriptions identifying the site as Artemis genitrix, goddess of birth.
The article argues the blue whale eclipses all prehistoric giants, noting a 1908 Newfoundland specimen at 78 feet, 63 tons, with 40 tons of flesh and 7 tons of other tissues. It cites a New York Independent writer and records the New Zealand leviathan at IST feet and about 75 tons, underscoring size as unmatched in history.
A Pennsylvania borewell already exceeds 7 000 feet and could become the deepest on record surpassing Germany current leader at 7 450 feet. The project aims to push depth further to claim the world’s deepest well title.
The new Aretrian emperor inherits a priceless opal from the late Frans Josef. Estimates place its weight at ounces with a value near 800 000, signaling a legendary wealth artifact in royal custody.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr wobble and Ingrid debating views versus his wife. The wife’s responses appear to mask disapproval or playful wagging, with references to Histon Ingrid and a boy named Glithers. The scene hints at domestic humor and social expectations in a lighthearted exchange.
Thiram Shucker reports a skye scraper sale attempt during a city visit last week. Viram narrowly avoids a coal hole mishap while inspecting the dumped item. Conductor assures a Banksville trip, citing twenty years on the line. Miss Soveleaf marriage chatter persists in town gossip.
The passage strings together rough dialect lines about work, change, and imagined heaven. It references an old man learning a new trade and a counterfeiting theme, plus a character described as indolent and fond of a hotel lobby afterlife.
A fragmented dialogue shows awkward social occasions as speakers tease and praise a friend. One speaker notes a long acquaintance, while another attempts a gracious compliment amid uncertain phrasing and playful banter.
Outlined is a semicylindrical hot air bath designed for bed use by William F Erath of Rosebank New York. The device collapses for storage and uses blankets to form a temporary chamber heated by a metal drum and alcohol burner with a controlled air supply via a nearby rod and handle.
The piece weaves odd aphorisms about judgment and manners. It mocks pretension by linking speech to consequences and notes that some seek luck while others seize chances.
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