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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
7
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys, liver, and bowels. It claims wide professional approval and urges purchase only from the California Fig Syrup Co with 50c and $1 bottles.
A historical overview traces shaving from ancient Egypt where beards were shaved or growth forbidden for slaves, through Rome with Scipio Africanus the first daily shaver, to France under Louis XIII and the later European shift to mustaches and side whiskers before general adoption.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to heal by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failing case and invite testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Report from Paris states M B Blaede] invented a device enabling a driver to free a carriage from runaway horses by releasing the traces. The invention aims to stop the vehicle from moving forward.
A light exchange unfolds in a barber shop as a bald-headed customer asks for a haircut and the affable barber inquires which hair to trim. The stray line notes that over thirty-five years more than 1,000 varieties of postal cards have been issued.
A Philadelphia Press noted a playful tale built solely from Dickens book titles. Characters like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield appear in a social fable, weaving titles into a narrative while reflecting on public charity and women’s suffrage.
Emerson kept a journal of detached thoughts and used them to craft lectures. He said writing thoughts lacks order or harmony and trusts their own magnetism to reveal connections over time. Published in St. Nicholas.
A Georgia legislator’s son, aged four, stayed in a hotel room and called for bell staff to hear him recite prayers. The incident, recounted as a touching vignette, highlights the child’s simple request amid hotel bustle.
The essay notes curiosity about women's indifference to city affairs and politics at resort gatherings. It questions suffragists beliefs that voting will purify politics and asks if women will resist or succumb to temptations of power, arguing women are like men in virtue and vice.
A Denver barber workshop tale recalls how names shift out west. Morton the mining engineer reveals his East name was Mister Morton as a courtroom student’s disguise echoes. The anecdote, drawn from Harper’s Magazine, links barber talk to murder case identity swaps.
The article notes rising fall and winter travel to California praised for climate and service on the Union Pacific System. It advertises calling ticket agents and lists E. L. Lomax in Omaha and A. S. Fielding in Lincoln for trip information. It includes miscellaneous items on Napoleon, teething remedies, and a Bismarck monument project.
A conversation fragment recalls Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned and ponders whether this cruel act eased Romans' sorrow. The dialogue suggests mixed feelings about fate and reconciliation among friends.
The General Committee locates the International Conference of the Epworth League for 1895 in Chattanooga Tennessee from June 27 to 30. An attendance of 10 000 to 15 000 is anticipated. One open air meeting will be held on Lookout Mountain. There are 1 000 000 Epworth League members in the United States.
An ad promotes a 136 page book from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York. It claims to explain symptoms and home treatments for nerv ous debility memory loss low spirits irritability and related disorders. The book is mailed sealed in a plain envelope upon receipt of stamps and notice.
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