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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
6
The passage muses on death by action, jokes, nautical names, spelling reforms, a large anonymous gift to Cooper Union, and a grab bag of curiosities about rheumatism cures strawberries, divorce, violinist Kocian, and French aims in Morocco. It reads as scattered satire and broad questions without a central event.
The passage notes Rudyard Kipling delivering a thunderous poem on the international stage as tensions between Russia and Britain and the United States frame global discourse. It hints at rhyme targeting figures like Kishinev, reflecting wartime cross-border cultural responses.
A dressmaker has kept a wife’s new gown for three weeks claiming time costs. The bill reflects extended delays and prompts questions about fairness and service charges.
A reflective note suggests honoring loved ones by celebrating birthdays, urging timely recognition of a wife’s coming birthday and the joy of shared occasion.
The cost of ice has increased in New York, attributed to the same natural forces that lifted coal prices nationwide.
Gossip ties Mrs Potter Palmer to a potential second in a venture while the Prince of Monaco seeks an eighth position. Both are advised to heed the caution of No. 1.
A proposed Swedish fat tax would prevent taxpayers from hiding their taxable embiowpoint from assessors making the system highly auditable and straightforward for revenue officials and the public.
The Times the News and the Bee of Toledo consolidate under new management. Editors aim to avoid the unnecessary hybrid name and plan to launch a unified paper without calling it the Times News Bee.
A Chicago girl, engaged for a week to a college professor, ran away with a brakeman. The incident shocks Chicago professors, who are described as more surprising than the affair.
The text notes Russians may not grasp the impact of Standard Oil company actions as it gradually lifts oil prices, roughly a cent per gallon each month, illustrating a strategy of slow price increases.
The minister who advocates women handling housework personally shows a lack of experience with women, implying he has never had the chance to know many.
A German professor announces an infallible cure for insomnia. The remark implies the cure could spare some people from church attendance for sleen. Senator Depew quips that rather than drawing and quartering the cartoonist he should be taken out to dinner and joked about.
Hetty Green owns a $12 500 automobile but experts say its value may plummet to under thirty cents once the tax assessor checks in. The note adds that every baby is the sweetest in the world, and similarly you were once regarded as the sweetest thing though appearances may have changed.
In the Nice port of S Maurin a mysterious vessel drifts toward the quay as Jean Modeste warns of a Fisher who fishes for souls. The crowd speculates while the Fisher sails away, and owner Antoine dies in the wake of fear and rumor.
Medical discussion notes Professor Pfluger of Down University argues life expectancy is rising. Munich heart disease links to beer and tobacco. one smoker among forty centenarians. Mind-set and work pace affect longevity. German census shows more centenarians in 1871 than 1900. Moderation in alcohol and avoidance of youth smoking urged. temperance linked to longer days.
A column retools old sayings into contemporary quips on light, money, honesty, hypocrisy, and prudence. It riffs on sun and clouds, dividends, luck, diplomacy, and the Bible phrase about bread, reframing them with pragmatic twists attributed to Lucius Wein schenkl in the New York Times.
In a tense scene the speaker asks if doors and windows are secured yet a pale presence stirs fear. The refrain insists all is safe while a fanatical warning echoes of an intruder. Susie Mone appears and a soul departs as darkness falls in this somber Independent piece.
Evigene H Lehman the first American Rhodes scholar to Oxford is a self made student. His high credentials impressed interviewers from boys journals and success papers as he inspired others to persevere. Lehman supported his Yale education by pushing an invalid chair for 25 cents an hour.
Brownstone notes a stenographer may join the union. Brickfront says she is not a member now but is engaged to be married.
W. J. Kennedy argues for feeding cattle with mixed grain and roughage to improve digestion, reduce waste from overfeeding, and promote beef production alongside dairy. He praises silos as a cheap, effective winter feed, noting their proven value in eastern states and Canada and urging wider use in beef programs.
The American Oxford Down Record Association offers 60 in prizes at each state and provincial fair in 1903 if the Oxford is given a separate class. Prizes go to breeders who exhibit good specimens bred and owned in the local state or province, registered with the association, and bearing official tags. One prize issued if only one exhibitor competes. Additional prizes of 175 for Oxford Down Sheep at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago in December 1963 and 75 at the Ontario Provincial Winter Fair in Guelph in December 1903. For details contact W. A. Shafer, Secretary, Hamilton, Ohio.
The American Aberdeen Angungs Breeders Association allocates funds for upcoming shows. Five thousand dollars go to the Chicago International Live Stock Show, three thousand five hundred to the Kansas City Show, and three hundred to each state fair in Illinois Indiana Iowa Minnesota Missouri Ohio Kentucky Nebraska and Hutchinson Kansas. Two hundred dollars go to Colorado Wisconsin South Dakota San Antonio Texas El Paso Texas and to the Canadian Toronto Industrial show and the Canadian Winter Provincial fair. One hundred dollars are assigned to the Canadian funds. Send inquiries to Thomas McFarlane Secretary 17 Exchange Avenue Chicago for the preliminary catalogue.
The passage notes ear lobes as folds of bare skin hanging below the ears, termed deas ecars by some. It mentions color variations including red, white, blue and cream.
A historic note explains dubbing as the practice of cutting off the comb wattles and ear lobes to leave the head smooth and clean, a method used in aviculture.
Guidelines by W. W. Fraser on locating and grading dairy yards to ensure proper drainage and cattle comfort. Emphasizes gentle slope from barn, grading, gravel or cinders topped surfaces, clay mixing for hard packing, partial yearly yard grading, and bedded areas for cattle to lie with clean bedding replaced as needed.
A farmer recounts leaving a nearby creamery after debt and low prices, then building a butter trade from private creamery production using a milk separator and tester. He argues producers should breed quality cows and deliver first class butter rather than inferior product to avoid low grocery prices.
M Mortenson cautions against using cans for pasteurizing rich cream warning that high heat long exposure ruins butter texture and price. He urges investment in a proper pasteurizer with stirrers to move milk quickly over hot surfaces and shorten heat exposure for safe, saleable pasteurized butter.
To clean a greasy kettle heat the pot then add a handful of corn meal and rub well. The meal absorbs the fat so soap and water finish the cleaning.
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