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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
6
A collection of witty aphorisms on virtue and vice. The speaker notes how good intentions falter without action and how habit shapes identity. Observations touch on politicians, reformers, and vanity with a sly NYC commentary on liars and headlines.
The article notes a growing Colombian revolution with rebels holding the upper hand so far. It suggests the president may resign and travel to Europe for health reasons, following Venezuela’s recent precedent if the movement succeeds.
The Viscountess Harberton blames skirt wear for women aging faster. She notes housewear may clash with street attire and compares a scarlet coat and white helmet to unsuitable parade gear. British soldiers in South Africa blend into grass, and overt bravado in dress invites injury.
The article describes a pioneering artificial larynx made of pure silver designed to restore speech after larynx removal. It uses a tracheal tube with a movable lower end and a secondary flexible pharyngeal tube to channel air, with a metal vibrating strip serving as vocal cords to produce speech albeit monotone.
A long profile of Lambeth Palace describing its 700 year history and the present occupant Archbishop Temple and Mrs Temple. The piece recalls historic events tied to the palace, its rooms, and daily routines, highlighting simple living, hospitality, and a busy ecclesiastical schedule. It notes vows of abstinence and the balance of duty with social duties.
Washington reports Chinese laundry workers gathering the year's first notable crop of Ginkgo nuts from six female trees at the agricultural department. The nuts, imported from Japan and China, are washed, cooked, and eaten, with the department sending seeds to the Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore for propagation.
A remote Utah ice cave in the Wa Satch range near Lake Baldy fascinates explorers. It features a 75 foot blue ice column, dozen ice pools, soaring stalactites, and air currents from Arctic to Sahara. Logs and a limestone wall block deeper access. locals recall two red haired boys discovering it while herding cows.
A historical note states that among 1,000 persons only one reaches age 100, highlighting longevity rarity and the challenge of centenarian survival across generations.
A report from Buckinghamshire, England notes a sudden invasion of frogs across the area. Residents report swarms in gardens and fields causing disruption to daily life and agricultural activity. Local authorities have begun investigations into the abnormal amphibian surge.
A Detroit railroad worker adopts a controversial self treatment calling it Christian science or magnetism to relieve pain. After an explosive reaction during a home experiment he retreats to soothe methods and replenishes the medicine chest the next day.
An appendix to Chambers new treatise on eclipses outlines how to observe the May 28 next year eclipse. It notes total darkness in southeastern North America southwestern Europe and northern Africa while England sees a partial eclipse. A trip to Spain or Portugal is advised with a diagram of stars near the sun during obscuration.
In Sucre Bolivia a scholarly note describes coca as central to native worship and daily life. Coca leaves were offered to gods and priests in ritual, chewed during divine rites, and even placed with the dead for safe passage to the afterlife. An explorer reports a coca chewer sustained for days with minimal food or sleep.
A Montreal Herald reflection argues women seek deeper love and often feel neglect more keenly than men. It contrasts reserved and expressive spouses, notes how lack of tact can drive partners apart, and recalls a Scotch marriage where tender words came too late to ease grief.
In a humorous quip the author notes that while wireless telegraphy horseless carriages and chainless bicycles progress, the world longs for a noiseless baby as the true modern desire. The remark satirizes early 20th century tech optimism and parental expectations.
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