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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
6
The article argues for Groat bill passage to curb oleomargarine fraud and protect butter markets. It notes packers resist, claims stearine values are overstated, lists representatives who opposed the bill, and urges readers to contact senators.
The North Carolina Station reports six month results on egg weight per dozen and total eggs produced for Pekin ducks and multiple well known breeds. Heavy eggs came from Pekin ducks while Light Brahmas laid the largest hen eggs at 28 oz per dozen. Minorcas topped pullets at 26.5 oz per dozen with several breeds near 24 oz per dozen.
The station reports relative values per dozen for various poultry and concludes selling eggs by weight would be more rational than by the dozen. It notes price variation and argues households and recipes typically use eggs by number, not weight, though weighing would be more accurate.
The article argues skim milk has as much value as whole milk and warns dairy operations neglect cooling rooms and proper storage. It notes apathy among creameries, calls for better refrigeration and transport, and cites English cheese storage issues as a factor in foreign cheese performance.
The article argues that breed choice hinges on market needs and goals. It notes that a breed reflects the average of its members and that Rhode Island College demonstrates varied fowl types to compare traits. It emphasizes environment and individual variation as key to improving breeding.
An English court sentenced a drayman who beat a horse to death claiming self defense. He was fined 30 shillings or 30 days in jail. The report adds a note on horses’ thinking and a mail horse that learned to recognize the Post Office sign and stop there when driven into a village.
The article discusses sensational cattle prices at the International Live Stock Show and emphasizes that high prices reflect superior breeding and feeding. It argues farmers can profit by selecting high quality blood, feeding properly, and breeding for beef, noting advances from Aberdeen Angus stock and practical herd management to reach Christmas market prices.
Reports indicate Italian eggs are shipped without shells in airtight vessels holding 1,000 eggs to prevent breakage. The text also covers scratching yard setups for hens, litter materials, and feeding methods, emphasizing exercise and confinement as part of poultry business success.
A humorous exchange shows a young man at a jeweler's counter asking for a diamond ring and the clerk offering options from $25 to $1000. The dialog covers engagement status, Christmas timing, and pawn value, ending with a playful selection prompt.
Lieut. Miss Mabel Clarice Hunt of the Pacific Coast Division headquarters in Ogden Utah speaks on keeping her corps healthy. She endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney liver and rheumatic ailments caused by cold and exposure noting quicker relief and lasting benefit and claiming blood cleansing and disease destruction.
A small western church is fortunate to have a young woman pastor who agrees to marry a German type farmer who says he wants to wed though he already has a girl. The ministress counsels him and proceeds with the marriage.
In a brief exchange from the Ohio State Journal the speaker voices fears about a baby playing in the front hall with the door unlocked. The narrator alternates between worrying the child will be kidnapped and fearing kidnappers may not notice him.
Law-makers wrangle over abolishing the whipping post with a proposed bill. The piece likens passage to a great public benefit and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion biliousness liver and kidney troubles and la grippe.
The piece advises parents to teach children basic dining etiquette. It covers posture at the table, handling utensils, not playing with bread or silver, wiping mouths, drinking correctly, and eating with proper spoon and fork use. Emphasizes early training reduces future etiquette breaches.
You can obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder by writing to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York The ad claims it cures sweating damp and swollen feet relieves aching feet helps new or tight shoes fit and is a remedy for chilblains and prosthites sold at druggists and shoe stores for 3 cents
A Durham farmer riding to London rocks his journey with fear he left important papers behind. Each time he searches his bag he mutters he’s a fool. Just as he checks the last bundle, a man across the compartment asks for a little money to be laid his way.
An advertisement from JAVELLE Mra. Co. Dept. D Parsons Kansas offers a weekly wage of 13 dollars to men with rigs to introduce a country compound.
The clipping notes a remark about blushes hidden by paint and a playful line about not arguing with the elderly. It also touches on fabric wear from lost nap, reflecting lighthearted domestic humor and everyday observations.
A newspaper discussion urges mothers to educate daughters and seek medical advice for irregular menstruation. It cites Mrs. August Pfalzgraf of Wisconsin who wrote to Lydia E Pinkham for help and reports her daughter was cured after using Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The piece praises the medicine for regulating monthly troubles.
In Chicago Tribune reporting, a pile-driver commands, Come down, while the pile mocks the drop on it, promising to proceed. The exchange frames a tense moment around a construction crane mishap and the dangers involved.
Northwestern inventors received patent awards for a variety of devices including a hot water heater by James EF Evans of Duluth Minnesota a bicycle frame pump by John B Fermoyle Minneapolis a grain separator by Hans C Hanson Strout Minnesota a lock by Earl M Hunt Minneapolis a track jack by Peet Johnson St Paul a display rack for laws by Victor I Johnson Albert Lea a wrench by August Paulson of Sisseton Agency South Dakota and a belt tightener and guide by Charles H Remick Cassel Minnesota.
Norway’s export and import trade reached 469 872 000 crowns in 1899. Wanted young men and women to learn telegraphy shorthand bookkeeping etc. Address Globe Business College St Paul Minn.
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