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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
7
A schoolgirl enters an ironmongery shop and clashes with a hasty young salesman over buying a corkscrew and other items. She challenges his sales methods, cites window notices, and eventually leaves, spending a penny on a tram ride while the conductor and passengers react.
A North Dakota farmer on Fort Rice reserve uses soaked corn to deliver alcohol to geese gathered on a sandbar along the Missouri river. The intoxicated birds stagger and fall, some unable to fly, as the farmer observes their reactions from the riverbank.
Mrs. Jessie Murphy a 39 year old widow of Brooklyn hanged herself with a table cloth in her dining room last night fearing her husband Captain Thomas Murphy would be captured and killed by Spaniards. Her daughter Maude 16 reported her sleepless nights and terror as war news intensified.
A farmer emerged from hiding and faced drunken geese that attacked with wing strikes. The birds, emboldened by liquor, swooped at him while many were captured alive as decoys. The farmer used a club to knock some down and recaptured those still conscious. The method had been attempted previously, but not so extensively.
A citizen argues with a gas company official about a burner that wastes gas in warm weather and would burn more than he can obtain in cold weather. The official suggests a better burner as the solution to the dispute.
A West of Ireland village child disappears and is found after a local constable prescribes burning a herb to drive away fairies. The ritual leads to renewed faith in the good peoples charm and the constable’s elevated status, as households continue nightly milk and griddle offerings.
A lecturer proclaims a platform exhibit a remarkable Irishman who uniquely says Be jabers while the narrator notes the man’s Irish appearance and the crowd’s curiosity in a dime museum scene.
Oklahoma reports chinch bugs in damaging numbers. Farmers are advised to use fur rows and dusting to disrupt spread, with millet strips and careful plowing to destroy pests. Experimental infected material is not available from Stillwater station this season.
A farmer describes planting red wethersfield onions in a 100 foot row with stakes and wire for alignment. He hoes, rakes, adds well rotted duck manure and sand, drops one seed per inch, covers shallowly, and plans frequent cultivation and thinning for a good harvest.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent explains a simple test for soil acidity using blue litmus paper. Mix soil with water to a paste, insert a litmus strip, wait four minutes, then dry and read. Red paper after drying signals lime is needed, redder indicating greater need. blue upon drying means lime is not needed.
The article discusses the corn plant as a versatile food source for people and animals and highlights remarkable figures related to its many uses. It mentions Mr. Gibbs of Philadelphia introducing the topic and exploring potential applications.
The May issue of St Nicholas recounts how pirates rose from the Brothers of the Coast to ruthless privateers. They spread from Jamaica to New Providence and then to waters near Panama and the northern seacoast, attacking mercantile ships and sinking crews as English, Spanish, and other nations faced growing piracy.
A New York Journal report notes a suburban worker arriving late after two wrecks on the track this morning. The employer questions the identity of the other wreck, prompting testimony about delays and mishaps.
A humorous exchange in the New York Evening World centers on Miss Hawkins claiming her father belongs to a distinguished family. Miss Buzzley quips that he may have fallen from a window in childhood, prompting light banter about lineage and misfortune.
A fragment records a boastful claim about a father breaking an iron bar with bare hands and allegedly beating four men, described as the strongest man on the block. The crude dialogue reflects street bravado overheard about a jail escape.
A magistrate questions a poor defendant about highway robbery and the culprit replies that poverty leaves little option but crime. The exchange highlights a social tension over crime driven by poverty and lack of alternatives.
A Cleveland Plaindealer item references a humorous rivalry between two households. Little Georgie boasts about measles at their horse while Little Alert counters with a joke about a dressmaker, illustrating light domestic banter.
The article estimates the sea surface at 150 million square miles covering most of Earth's surface of 197 million square miles. It claims the greatest ocean depth equals the height of the tallest mountain, about four miles.
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