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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1894
Page
6
Bucyrus Ohio deacon collected church offerings by placing fly paper in his hat catching money that stuck to the adhesive, making the takings personally profitable.
A new electric vehicle propulsion concept employs a third rail or steel conduit aligned under the vehicle. The system draws current only as the car passes over the rail, with no external contact allowing power uptake except through the rail itself.
A Missouri divorce was granted on grounds that the defendant frequently gadded about leaving the plaintiff supperless or requiring her to cook for herself when meals were available. The case highlights marital duties and behavior cited in court.
In New Mexico canyons travelers observe natural stone pillars shaped into fantastic forms by wind driven sand blasts. The sand erodes rock through wind shear in narrow passes creating sculpted pillars and arches across desert routes.
A scheme agreed by a Paris congress five years ago to produce a vast photographic map of the heavens is now well advanced, with progress reported by researchers and observatories.
Josiah Hoopes of Westchester Ta has spent forty years collecting and mounting American birds. His cabinet holds about 6,000 specimens, regarded as one of the nation’s finest.
The eight unmarried ladies holding Queen's maid offices are styled honorable and upon marriage receive from the queen the gift of 1000 dollars.
Miss Maud Howard daughter of Joseph Howard Jr announces her engagement to Francis D. Beard of Brooklyn a well known social leader who is popular in that city.
The Allentown Chronicle nominates General David McMurtrie Gregg for Congress in the Burks Lehigh district. General Gregg, famed cavalry officer of the war, currently serves as auditor general of the state.
A Mexican physician prescribed atole for William L. Wilson. Corn is ground by hand, the meal parched and sifted into boiling water or milk as musi is prepared in the United States.
Observers note that Sioux cooking implements are kept in common use and passed among families. It is traditional etiquette to avoid cleaning a kettle, leaving remnants of the last meal for the next family that receives the utensil.
Leonide Leblanc once famed as a beauty of the Second Empire died in poverty and destitution. A noted episode in her life was the time she broke the bank at Hamburg.
A new party game appeals to hostesses as young women display baby photos for guests to identify. Players are admitted to guess the originals, and the top correct guesser wins the prize.
The Nurses' Home of Johns Hopkins University received a Parian marble statuette of Florence Nightingale modeled in 1860 and a photograph taken in 1892. The gifts were at the request of Nightingale’s brother in law Sir Harry Verney and presented by him to the Nurses' Home.
In Dublin's Natural History Museum stands the ossified man from southern Ireland. He became stiff and statue like after a late life debauch. Once strong and healthy, he slept outdoors and began a rapid transformation. Doctors failed to halt the progress as joints stiffened and mobility ended.
A New York Herald feature argues sewing teaching now blends art and science. It describes a dressmaking class where drawing, color theory, and fabric language are taught, plus hands on sewing, beauty in color, and the goal of integrating industrial training with freehand drawing. It cites a Paris influence and notes students study form through cylinders, spheres, and ovoids with nude sculpture as reference.
A fragment discusses changing female political stance and the possibility of associations formed to emancipate men, noting ongoing assertions and the pace of events. The text hints at societal shifts and future actions without concrete details.
A historical notice explains that cupboards under shelves and sinks become damp and foul due to poor ventilation. It advises drilling half inch holes in sides and ends and using charcoal, chloride of lime, or unslaked lime to sweeten the atmosphere for better storage conditions.
An illustrated plan shows transforming a common kitchen table by cutting off the legs, leaving a body with drawers at each end. A box-like framework is added beneath the body, creating deep drawers on both ends and occupying half the table length. The retrofit is described as easily done by a handy person.
The Girls Friendly Society has 15,400 members within the Protestant Episcopal Church. Fraulein Windschied becomes the first woman to earn a PhD at the University of Madelbers. Mrs. May Wright Sewall edits the Report of the World's Congress of Representative Women. The World Woman’s Congress recorded 76 sessions with over 600 speakers. the report will span two indexed volumes. Dr Ea F E Swinney, long in Shanghai, attended a reception hosted by Dr Phoebe Waite with about fifty women physicians present.
Farmers receive guidance on oats requiring cool springs and fall plowing. Early sowing, proper seedbeds, and moisture management improve root depth and resilience to frost and heat. The piece also discusses nest construction for sitters and managing egg moisture for successful hatching.
A poultry breeder questions whether plumage color influences egg production. He claims black plumage may correlate with higher prolificacy, while white plumage often shows lower yields. He notes dark birds may have vigor in chicks but prefers yellow legs and skin, inviting others to test these observations.
The article notes common errors in caring for sitting hens. It stresses proper feeding watering and dusting. It warns confinement without movement leads to overheating fever and restlessness among hens on nests.
The dairy editor of Orange Judd Farmer visits Illinois dairy districts and describes a milk carrier using a 270 foot half inch wire cable from barn to posts. It allows a single milker to move milk to the milkhouse, with cooling tanks and water power from a spring, reducing waste and effort and suggesting further uses like swill transport.
Orange Judd Farmer presents two Rooste for Coops devices designed to keep hens off the ground during long coop stays. Sized to fit each coop, the simple construction requires no extra directions beyond the cut illustrations.
The text discusses animal care and feeding efficiency, grape propagation from cuttings, timing for grafting, and butter making profitability. It emphasizes humane treatment for milk yield, selecting quality fruit, mixing hog sizes, early spring work, and cutting propagation as part of efficient farming practices.
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