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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
7
A stream of agricultural guidance covers poultry care dairy cattle and breeding with tips on feed timing silage use pasture management and fruit thinning. Emphasis on water access, proper housing, and humane handling accompanies notes on crop rotation and market trends for hogs cattle and bees.
Reporter Weatherburn describes a chaotic arrival in St Petersburg where customs officers seize trunks and demand passports. Bags are rummaged, plum cakes and preserves inspected, and packed items tossed into mismatched boxes while cabmen jostle for tips. The ordeal ends with a late stay at an English hotel and amusement at the expense.
The government requires worn flags to be burned rather than discarded as waste. Military and government practice dictates destruction of unserviceable flags, with battle flags preserved by carriers or under War Department orders. Some buildings follow the Washington plan, others purchase directly from the government, while repairs keep flags in service when feasible.
A physical culturist urges daily exercise and baths. The seeker after health objects, claiming excessive work leaves him too tired for exercise. The exchange ends with the bath recommendation, quipping that it should be done because it makes one feel better.
The reformed burglar, released from jail, joked to a reporter that under no circumstances will he be a candidate for another term. The judge notes the remark proves burglars, like comedians, can have a sense of humor.
Fragment of Detroit Free Press quotation where a person recalls a rich uncle mentioning them and states they would not receive any of his money. The exchange highlights tension over inheritance and personal remarks.
A man tours houses with an agent who explains where a lawn lies, noting the neighbor’s doormat covered it, revealing a small domestic quirk in a Louisville Courier-Journal item.
An old man voices a skeptical view about promoters sending missionaries to a distant place, reflecting tone typical of local commentary. The fragment hints at discussion surrounding a project or event involving travel or outreach. No clear names or dates are fully readable.
An article from the Cleveland Leader explains the difference between tornadoes and cyclones. It notes that tornadoes are narrow, fast spinning funnels with a path often under a mile, while cyclones can affect hundreds of miles of sea or shore with broad, straight wind flow.
A forgery convict in a western jail devised a cipher written on narrow paper strips. The deputy rewound the strip around an octagonal pencil, aligning letter fragments along a flat edge to form a legible sentence, revealing the message. The trick turned a cryptogram into readable text.
A veteran recalls a company member who fled an early action at Chattanooga but returned to camp uninjured and unabashed. When accused of cowardice he claimed he retreated in good order and joked his wife would have believed he was sick if she saw him leave home to fetch the doctor.
In the history of St Pauls London the first borrowed stone from the former cathedral ruins bore a sarcophagus fragment inscribed Kesurgam I shall rise again. The prophecy proved true as the new cathedral rose from the ruins into marble poetry.
A Washington Star excerpt features a bragged gold handled diamond studded umbrella, noted as a valuable prop in a plot. An observer warns that lifting it would trigger a grand larceny accusation, signaling a crime-centered intrigue.
A New York Journal opinion laments a man who tells his wife a falsehood and sees her believe it, noting he shows no shame and is instead encouraged by others. The item reflects a moral critique of deceit within marriage and social reactions.
A brief European proverb attributed to La Rochefoucauld notes that a man can outwit a single opponent but cannot outwit the multitude. It emphasizes limits of individual cunning against many.
An excerpt discusses Shaw's critique of shame and social pretensions. It explores fear of exposure in class and status and the power dynamics in marriage as a trap. The passage highlights the dangerous lure of self deception and the predatory nature of courtship.
The article describes the first regular wireless message sent from a steamer as it leaves its pier. It explains how transatlantic and coastwise ships contact Sea Gate and a Broadway station, the use of codes like NL RB and OK Nil here, and the bustling activity aboard and ashore during the voyage. Messages reach the United States within an hour.
A New York Sun item recalls a scene on a club car where a passenger asked for two miles from a mileage book. Several passengers offered, the conductor cut two miles from one book, and the short passenger thanked him. The conductor notes such "treating" is common, likening it to paying with a postage stamp when in need.
A Pearsons Weekly excerpt explains how London's air carries 6000 tons of soot daily and sulfuric acid forms vitriol that corrodes iron. It notes painted surfaces resist decay, while unpainted girders and rails at stations have suffered from exposure.
The London Family Herald reports puzzling underground souterrains in Ulster. wormed chambers lie a few feet below ground with hidden bolting spots. Not for living or burial, they may have served refugees or storage. lengths reach fifty to seventy feet. Local lore links them to fairies and ancient peoples like the Tuatha de Danaan.
The article describes Swedish Lapps living with reindeer and facing wolves. Hunters use snowshoes to pursue and kill wolves, with the leading hunter delivering the fatal blow and others arriving to finish any remaining wolves.
In this London Dispatch excerpt Mr Karmer-Atkinson, founder and first president of the UK chamber of shipping, is described as a crank in the Commons for sudden stage whisper interruptions to Speaker Peel. The disruptions wear on Peel’s patience and Westminster later notes his withdrawal from public life due to ill health.
Quote from the Washington Star highlights the toil of running a locomotive and the satisfaction of placing the first car ahead of the train rather than lugging a long suitcase. The exchange contrasts hard labor with a small professional achievement.
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