21 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
1
A playful exchange between a poet and his wife is quoted as they discuss a beautiful morning. The husband notes sap rising while the wife questions whether it is mere brain softening.
The Philadelphia Record records Colonel Fireater recalling his bravest moment as acting judge at a prize baby show. The remark highlights humor and theatrical bravado in a light civic scene.
The article argues that sunlight and heat rays destroy disease germs including those causing diphtheria cholera typhoid fever and tuberculosis. It cites experiments showing cholera and tubercle bacilli killed by hours of sun exposure and specific temperatures 126F 140F for germ destruction, asserting sunlit disinfection supersedes chemical agents in many cases.
Surgeon General Sternberg notes scientific support for sun drying of woolen items and kitchen tools to disinfect and sterilize. He cites experiments and urges housewives to expose blankets, wool garments, and utensils to prolonged sun exposure and open sleeping areas for sun and fresh air.
A prisoner knocked down the witness and hurled insults such as scarecrow wail eyed old fool reforming rooster dolt and idiot. He signed the deposition with the oath All of which I swear to be true before leaving the court, per the New York Herald.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote set humorously questions if women will join the legislature. The husband jokes his wife already advances a bill in the house, noting she is inclined toward political action.
A humorous Ohio State Journal item describes a wife urging her husband to hurry to their baby who is attempting to swallow a rattle while the husband calmly notes a rival child has swallowed a button, highlighting domestic pride and playful competition.
Railway officials announce that commuter tickets between Philadelphia and Wilmington must bear holder photographs. Orders have been placed for 1 800 motors of improved design to power New York elevated cars. Management plans six car trains replacing the usual five under steam. The Santa Fe claims to have built the largest locomotive, hauling sixty one freight cars on a stretch in California, where one third of that number is deemed sufficient for a typical engine.
The M. W. of A. picnic drew a large crowd with ideal weather and a full program. Rev. A. A. Walker and Attorney Lamp spoke, a quartet sang, the band played, and dancing continued into the night. Winners included Clyde Curtis in the 100 yard dash, A. K. Wearne in the forward and backward race, Mrs. Briner in the nail driving for ladies, and Mary McPherson in the 60 yard dash for ladies.
Wilbert J Boomer and Miss Olive Morse united in marriage Tuesday forenoon by Rev A A Walker at the bride’s sister Mrs Walter Edwards home. They will settle on the Boomer ranch two miles from Bozeman, with Boomer a leading Gallatin rancher and Morse a former Gallatin teacher.
A UK manager arrives five minutes after noon for a job interview to find twelve directors waiting. The chairman explains they cannot hire someone who has waited an hour of the employers time, noting each director wasted five minutes, totaling the hour.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a tense scene as characters discuss a sudden moment. Minnie whispers that a warning to cut it short hints at a strained domestic scene.
A fragment presents Charcoal Bob requesting corn bread and soup as a white social observer notes on manners. The excerpt uses dialect to hint at racial themes and social dynamics in Baltimore.
A fleet from San Francisco sails to Bering Sea in search of ice dwelling whales. The chase is treacherous as spouts prove unreliable, and sailors drift waiting for a whale that remains elusive like a ghost.
Practical kitchen tips warn against overhandling vegetables and advise wiping young rhubarb, slow stewing tough meat in a dowdle boiler, and slicing fish to remove bones. Soles are praised, bread crusts dried for coatings, and sausages steamed then fried to prevent bursting and improve flavor.
The Atchison Globe recalls a rough lynching in early Kansas when Sterling was hanged after declaring himself the best man in Kansas. Lynching party member Sandy Corbin objected to the plan to lash him before execution but the committee pressed on, and Sterling was killed as the crowd listened to his boast.
A fragment from Ladies' Home Journal describes a trailing arbutus and its distant relation across continents. It notes warmer conditions allowed spread through northern America and Asia and traces the plant lineage from ancient ice ages to distinct eastern coastal forms.
A Philadelphia Record item recalls a missionary pressing a wealthy man with a biblical line about camels and the eye of the needle. The mandarin interrupts, affirming how hard it is to pass through the net of an idol, a pointed exchange on faith and wealth.
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