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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
5
Read our winter offer and town chatter as residents visit from Melville Livingston Helena and Livingston. The Banner cigar is promoted with sales from Irvine's while local figures like Senator Watch and Judge Mijelde appear in notices. Community events include a masquerade ball Thursday night February 4.
Mr and Mrs C N Skillman left their ranch home Sunday and traveled to Livingstone where Mr Skillman now serves as juryman Captain Sweeney of the U S Army in San Diego California endorses Shilohs Catarrh Remedy calling it the best medicine he has found to do him good Moore Budd sell the remedy at price svc
Ed Everett left here Sunday for a visit of a few weeks at his old home in Massachusetts and, as it has been several years since he was there, he now expects to see all the sights and have an enjoyable visit.
Neighbors noted unusual hilarity at J. W. Bailey’s home this morning after the arrival of an 11 pound boy during the night. The event explains the outgoing mood and wagging humor in the street.
An advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions promising cure or money refund. Sold by Moore and Co at 25 cents a box with satisfaction guaranteed.
The Big Timber National Bank held its annual stockholders meeting on Saturday the 12th electing a seven-member board including James E. Martin Joseph D Radford and others. Joseph D Radford was named president W L Shanks vice president and J A Tall cashier. The bank reported a net profit of 16866 19 and this conservative management forecast rapid substantial growth in coming years.
At the regular meeting of Lig Timber Lodge No 39 A U W new officers were installed including T E Rice Master Workman O M Hatch Foreman M H Morand Overseer I P Severance Recorder J W Geiger Receiver O M Lanphear Financier A E Snook Guide F Irvine Inside Watchman T R Lanphear Outside W The Montana Workman notes the order has 879 new Montana members in 1894 total 4356 with 19 assessments of 1 each per member and 32 death benefits of 2000 each totaling 864000 for the year.
An old sea tale by W. Clark Russell opens the January Cosmopolitan with romance and adventure. Ouida caps a History series, while Charcot’s Pasteur article appears posthumously. The issue surveys theatre in New York and includes pieces by Tourgee, Howells, Cappec, and Metcalfe. A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph joke mocks a woman’s treasury secretary pose. The piece on visiting cards traces their 1000 year history from China to Venice to London and Britain to America.
The article argues digestion, not quantity, matters for flesh gain. It prescribes a lean beef regimen formed into flat cakes with toasted whole wheat bread and hot water, continued for months, then gradual return to carbonaceous foods. It warns fats convert easily to fat and stresses a light noon meal followed by a substantial six o'clock dinner.
Combine one pound white sugar, a quarter pound chocolate, tablespoonfuls of molasses, a cup of sweet milk and a walnut sized butter. Boil until it hardens in water. Add vanilla, pour onto a buttered slab, and cut into squares when nearly cold.
Create basket frames from pliable copper wire and wrap with gauze. Tie violets ferns and leaves into the frame and submerge in a solution of alum one pound per gallon of water. Cool the solution preserve color as crystals form then lift and let drain for 12 hours for a lasting decorative display.
A raw egg swallowed immediately will generally carry a fishbone down that cannot be removed from the throat by the utmost exertion and has got out of reach of the finger.
The guide warns against using the same suds for whites and colors. For color knit silk wash, dissolve borax in warm water and soak fifteen minutes, then rinse in warm white soap suds. Do not wring, squeeze gently, rinse twice, and hang dry.
Dr. Elmer Lee of Chicago advocates cleansing the bowels with sterilized water as a cure for typhoid fever. He recommends temperature based on patient fever, morning and evening irrigations in the first week, then daily douches, and regular bathing to manage fever and strengthen the patient. He notes wide use, claims safety, and urges careful examination of the method.
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