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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1894
Page
2
Big Timber reports that the central American cow tree yields a sap resembling milk. The sap is described as palatable and nourishing and is consumed by local natives.
Following Philadelphia peers, funeral directors in New York and Brooklyn launched a campaign against conducting Sunday funerals. The movement targets religious observers and seeks to limit or alter burial services held on Sundays.
A three wheeled cab in Berlin uses a naphtha powered motor. Passengers sit or recline as in bed inside the unusual vehicle.
Stanley argued the bird could whip snakes twice its size. He claimed reptiles would crawl away from its shadow in fear, a tale of the bird’s reputed prowess.
A harsh account describes robbing an ostrich of its feathers in a brutal operation. Feathers are said to be embedded and torn free, leaving quills bloodied as they are ripped from the animal.
A fifteen year old boy named Melvin Grubb from Walter's Bridge near Wytheville Virginia weighs 535 pounds. He has gained about fifty pounds per year since he turned ten.
Thirty years ago John Boyle O'Reilly carved his name with a nail on a foundation stone in the Dowth church. He later wished to be buried under it. The stone has been removed and is en route to Boston to fulfill that wish.
The 1868 Yorktown shooting of Charles Clark for desertion is described as a fiction in the army rolls where he is listed legally dead. He later reenlisted in the navy, proved his service with honor, and now seeks a pension based on his naval record.
The text notes Mr Gladstone's physical breakdown with complete collapse, blindness to familiar friends, and signs of rapid dissolution. It states his age and long endured strain, and declares death imminent.
Rev S J Barrows writes in Christian Messenger that Dr Edward Hale aged 72 authored Homer. He cites likeness to a bust donated to Hadcliffe College by Phonas kia club girls and argues Hale would have written Neushun similarly, asserting literary kinship.
Lecturer A B De Guerville recounts a Corean exhibit episode from Corea where women bathe once a year as festival ritual. He notes the procession to the river with music and crowd acclaim and jokes that the marching band was the same one from a United States vessel playing Marching Through Georgia.
Bret Marie explains that when The Luck of Roaring Camp appeared anonymously in the Overland Monthly San Francisco opposed it. A Boston publishers note offering the author free terms changed criticism and led to wider pride in the story.
Aurora and Adeline Field plan to run a boarding house to survive. They clear the old house, sparking toil and tension as Adeline recalls a failed romance with Doctor Munt and a stern matriarch’s limiting judgment. A hidden letter vient unfolds at the end, hinting at a personal connection awaiting.
Adeline Field discovers a twenty year old marriage proposal from Dr Hunt hidden by Grandaunt Miriam. She plans to answer but meets Dr Hunt with his fiancée Eustacia Bent, ending Adeline’s hopes of happiness. Adeline burns the letter as her heart sinks into inevitable solitude.
An extracted Tokyo advertisement claims a young, beautiful, rich woman seeks a husband who is young, handsome and educated and prepared to share the same grave. The ad praises beauty, curiosity and refined tastes, illustrating cross cultural shifts in society.
A child named Fanny asks Grandpa to play the new game Birds in the Garden by acting as the scarecrow. The exchange frames a domestic scene with a playful request and affectionate response.
A brief street exchange shows Charlie Bondclipper and Johnnie Fewseads debating a loan. Bondclipper refuses to owe a debt, while Fewseads laments repayment expectations and questions asking friends for favors.
A Taunton Gazette reprint tells how Mrs. Fuller of Wrentham Massachusetts credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her eight year old daughter after years of rheumatic fever liver trouble and dropsy. After initial improvements the girl recovered enough to walk and play. The mother spent over 300 dollars and says the medicine restored color appetite and strength and ended skin sores. The piece markets the pills as a universal remedy sold by dealers or via mail from Schenectady New York and Brockville Ontario.
Black sheets and silk garments created brief New York buzz but failed to sell after a year. Saleswomen report the elite shun silk underwear in most pieces, except two items like petticoats and corsets. Demand persists for pure silk and silk blends yet overall shifts toward linen and percale undergarments.
A satirical quip from the Washington Star notes a young man laments gambling with a woman. He jokes she pays then leaves with lasting resentment, framing a gendered, humorous caution about risk and love.
Carasso director of the Genoa military hospital reports several successful tuberculosis cases treated with mint essence inhalations. Results include fever reduction, cough and sputum improvement, weight gain, and bacilli disappearance from sputum within two weeks to two months, though concurrent forced feeding and creosote use cloud attribution.
The fragment discusses population density in Italy, mentioning a figure around 270 people per square mile. It suggests a focus on how crowded the country is, though details are incomplete.
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