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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
14
John Galsworthy praises American resolve and courage in wartime quoting a British oil field superintendent who sacrificed to save lives and oil. He argues the shared creed of freedom and individual conscience makes Americans trustworthy and steadfast, reflecting a blended Anglo American spirit.
The World Outlook notes Alaska as land of great unwashed and reports water priced at $1 a bucket in some areas. It cites rivers used for laundry and women treading blankets in frigid water that reddens feet and ankles.
In a Woman's Home Companion excerpt Corinne Lowe explains a Fifth Avenue milliner’s ruse to popularize the Fern Piper. The tactic paid chauffeurs to stage luxury limousines and bribed hotel clerks to steer wealthy out of town patrons toward the shop, while snaring fashionably middle and upper class customers.
Theodore Roosevelt recounts in the American his attempt as a shoe shiner in a rural household. He fed the pigs during a lull in outdoor work and badly bluffed boots with dull paste, losing respect and affection but not caste, since he kept feeding the pigs.
During a first Paris visit an air raid unfolds as a companion notes the upside of air raids saying it keeps people looking up. The fragment suggests a wartime mindset and amusement amid danger in a censored magazine excerpt.
The piece argues Germany seeks Holland through marriage alliances with the House of Orange. It notes Dutch national character resists assimilation despite German marriages into Dutch nobility and contends German rulers failed to alter Dutch identity. It also suggests Germans favor force after long delays.
Dr E P Hershey of Denver argues deaths from lobar pneumonia stem from heart failure or septicemia, not poor lung aeration. He urges monitoring and stimulating the heart with digitalis, use of vaccine if available, ice bag, alcohol for drinkers, generous meatless diet, open air, and calm response to temperature spikes.
A humorous reflection on army horses under French control noting they cannot protest or choose shoes while farriers toil. It contrasts harsh world conditions with the modest comfort of shoes, suggesting they aid arguments later in camps. The piece satirically laments lack of horse agency.
In Vienesia Montana a 10 foot railroad links the Northern Pacific with the CM and 3¢P. It has no cars, stations, or staff yet the owning company earns 50 cents per passing car. About 15 thousand cars have reportedly used the line.
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