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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
6
Harriet Prescott Spofford argues that fashionable women are a major economic force. Their spending sustains divers many industries from pearls and garments to ships and railways. She asserts social display drives employment, taxes, and charity, even as critics call it waste.
The article argues for proper farm sewage disposal to protect water supplies and sanitary milk production. It cites liquid manure as valuable for irrigation and fertilizing, notes cesspools may contaminate wells, and stresses cost should not hinder effective, healthful disposal systems on every farm.
A report notes that using an oxy acetylene blowpipe achieves temperatures of about 7000 F, nearly doubling the heat of an oxy hydrogen flame. The finding highlights the potential for industrial cutting and welding advances.
President Kingsley outlines a four point administration for the New York Life Insurance Company. He calls for strict economy, expansive public publicity, continued global status, and generating new business under law while prioritizing policyholder interests.
A sentimental young woman asks why marriage dulls affection. Miss Cayenne replies a lack of sufficient allowance drains romance, making it hard for a man to appear graceful and heroic when discussing household economics versus cherishing his partner.
Michael Steinman of 7 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn testifies that a red skin spot on his infant son grew into a widespread eczema. After doctors failed, Cuticura Ointment and remedies cured the child within a short period. at age twelve his skin is described as smooth as silk. April 16, 1905.
A New York suburb family left their kitten with a butcher for summer care promising a pound of meat weekly. The owner visits to check on the cat and finds it weighing one pound, but asks where the cat actually is, highlighting the ruse.
A testimonial claims stopping coffee and drinking Postum Food Coffee cured stomach and nervous troubles. The speaker cites personal relief for herself, her mother, and a neighbor, who allegedly improved functioning and pain by quitting coffee and using Postum. The piece ends by promoting a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
A Boston Transcript letter notes Washington’s rapid urban transformation from brick to marble and white granite. It highlights new government and private buildings, rail and bridge construction, and the city’s improving aesthetic as smoke declines and skies brighten. The piece contrasts utilitarian bridges with an evolving classical skyline surrounding the Capitol.
The article notes a rise in female workers in the postal system. By 1862 eight women joined the dead letter office, and now Washington employs 309 women out of 1,195. Nationwide there are 27,600 women, mainly in stamp delivery and money order offices, earning from 400 to 1700 dollars yearly.
New York City stands second in the nation for per capita debt, at 113.25 dollars, trailing Newton Mass which leads with 125.58 dollars. The contrast highlights the city's heavy borrowing burden relative to population size.
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