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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
4
The Big Timber Pioneer announces T LaFond as manager and notes its second class post office status in Big Timber Montana. It states mail delivery to subscribers continues until canceled and all arrears are paid in full. Subscription is $1 per year and advertising rates are available on request.
A new body the Sweet Grass County Commercial Club organizes to advertise the county s natural resources and attract capital. It urges taxpayer participation and outlines irrigation, farming, mining, and factory development as prime goals, with a meeting slated for Saturday evening at J P Clark s store front room.
The Dawson County Review notes the Big Timber Pioneer prints a simple yet effective special edition. It lauds the half tone bird's eye view title page and the volume of good pictures and historical material as truly valuable content.
The article notes stores emptied of holiday goods while eastern mail order houses failed to win the majority of local shoppers. It states residents refused to be banked by extravagant promises and kept business at home this season.
The Mackenzie River forms vegetable islands as trees and soil are carried downstream. Roots entangle earth and stones, sinking to create shoals then evolving into willow thickets. Peaty soil develops from decayed vegetation, with new plant varieties sprouting on the emergent land.
A New York Journal inspired guide advises six key practices for jewel owners. Send jewelry to a jeweler every six months and insure against theft. Store valuables in a bank, use a distinct receptacle for each item, and inspect settings regularly. Avoid packing in small bags and be cautious with pearls and turquoise due to care demands and health factors.
The article explains rehydrating dried fruit to resemble fresh fruit. Wash thoroughly with multiple water changes, soak in clean water overnight, not changing the soaking water, then simmer gently in the soaking liquid for twenty minutes and until tender. Sweeten to taste and mix apricots peaches prunes with tart plums for flavor.
The New York World suggests lining a closet with two exact replica fabrics and cotton batting scented with powder. Sew the layers, tuft with bows, and hang or nail to the wall to perfume clothes and protect against dust and whitewash. A helio trope sachet powder mix is offered but should be used sparingly.
A Detroit News Tribune method for washing ribbons is shown. Soak in warm water, rub with white soap, wash as usual, then iron on the right side while damp. After drying rub between the hands to remove stiffness and iron again to eliminate wrinkles. The result resembles new ribbons.
A German remedy uses bright red spectacles with calomel as internal doses. Based on Epstein's work on color effects on brain blood vessels, red lenses purportedly push blood to the brain, alleviating seasickness by patient focusing on a single point.
An easily made remedy for sharp interior pain suggests mixing two parts vaseline with one part mustard. Spread the blend on muslin as a typical poultice for application.
An anecdote about Ferdinand I of Austria recounts a summer hunting trip in Syria when a thunderstorm drove him to a farmhouse. He tasted smoky dumplings, demanded more, and upon returning to Vienna ordered them daily. Courtiers and physicians opposed, but the emperor threatened to veto documents unless his demand was met. The phrase "Emperor I am, and dumplings I will have" became proverbial.
The article traces early iron discovery and use across civilizations. It links Tubal Cain and Hephaestus to iron, cites Dactyles on Mount Ida, and notes biblical references to iron as steel. It notes Egyptian sickles and knives, Sparta money, and Britain’s barter iron before Roman rule and later Saxon smelting works.
A diverse group of passengers aboard a small French Italian steamer responds to a dinner call. English and American travelers rise first, followed by French and Italian guests, leaving one lone German passenger muttering in frustration about meals. The exchange is recounted by Harpers Weekly.
An Indian applicant for a Central Provinces police post writes of a long equiline nose and piercing eyelashes on a semi globular face with good physique. He recounts a family history tracing three pedigrees and a grandfather aged eight million, then notes changes of fortune, a schoolmaster father, and a final pension before death. He wishes for success and prays for the recipient's life and prosperity.
In a marine encounter, Conger eels stalk an octopus and bite into its limbs. The octopus squirts ink as it retreats, leveraging its color-changing ability to blend with murky waters and escape.
A London Express note recounts a Sus sex superstition where brides after church return home to find their single friends have slit the pins from her dress, believing that each pin guarantees a marriage within the year.
The text notes that mushroom growth can be extremely fast, reaching full size in under a day. It highlights that common mushrooms can develop to maturity in less than twenty-four hours.
The notice lists delinquent property owners and tax amounts for Sweet Grass County Montana for 1906. Taxes plus costs must be paid or properties will be sold at public auction January 23 1907 in front of the County Treasurer's Office between 10 am and 3 pm. County Treasurer Dick Budd signs and seals the notice on December 26 1906.
A young woman witnesses a man with a glass eye harboring a fly in its center during tea. The sight shocks her and leaves a lasting impression of the odd, unsettling moment.
The chameleon ignores surroundings until lured by an insect. It shoots a rapid wormlike tongue, ends in a clubbed viscid tip that traps prey. Eyes are large and mostly skin covered and move independently, allowing forward and rearward sights simultaneously.
A vintage comic piece notes a humorist spoofing politicians by quoting brief opening lines from speeches. The sly device mocks figures such as Sir Charles Wetherell and Lord Lyndhurst while treating a humor journal as not a newspaper for news content.
A young reporter predicts a breakthrough feature that would be the paper's best story in a month, while the editor responds with a decisive gesture, signaling strong editorial backing.
A compact meditation on grit as the grain of character as heroism material and will that shapes heart mind and backbone attributed to Whipple. The piece links grit to moral force and resilience in stern terms.
Notice to stockmen states Chas McAllister is in Big Timber ready to sell rams and urged buyers to see him early as shipments will go to Eastern Montana if not needed locally. Also offers alfalfa hay, oat straw, alfalfa pasture and a ranch with water and range, Taquines of Frank McComas Greycliff Mont dated 12 13 41.
The public is informed that S P Harvey announces readiness to care for patrons in horseshoeing and general blacksmithing. He has engaged Arthur Stewart of Nevada Missouri as a first class horseshoer and blacksmith recommended by Dr Knowles and guarantees all work to be satisfactory.
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