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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
2
The Franklin syndicate figure W F Miller is quoted as saying big income reached 75000 dollars per day. The remark is noted as drawing envy from Cecil Rhodes.
A New York woman was arrested for keeping chickens in her rooms. She argued they were no worse than the parrots and dogs in neighboring rooms, questioning why opinions differ on pet allowances.
A court once more strikes down the Illinois flag law as unconstitutional. The ruling does not reimburse those harmed by the law nor deprive small informers of their gains.
Friends plan to present Rear-Admiral Schley a solid silver punch bowl crafted from Spanish silver coin recovered from the Cristobal Colon wreck. The bowl once served as money of the Spanish realm and now debuts as a high valued tribute.
A Review of Reviews writer urges keeping a farm or acquiring one for national resilience. The notion stresses that the farmer, more than the farm itself, will be the country’s independent backbone and safeguard of institutions in an era of expanding monopolies and dependent classes.
President McKinley told a town in South Dakota that children today learn more geography than he did as a boy. He noted Africa and Australia were once little covered in old textbooks and that much of the United States, including South Dakota, was unsettled when he was born in 1843 and Sioux Falls began later.
A Washington published daily by the bureau of foreign commerce presents glimpses of life in foreign lands. The five hundredth number includes features such as American Fruit in Norway and Sugar in Spain along with notes on Heating and Cooking Stoves in Uruguay Coffee in Jamaica Conversion of Mexican Debt and Direct Steamship Connection with Syria. The papers are extracts from consular reports and appeal to business readers with curious, amusing, or novel paragraphs.
A decade ago metropolitan papers battled over Sunday inserts piling up to many dozens of pages with news pictures and literature. Readers faced diluted quality as publishers broadened scope. The trend cooled as papers pulled back from images and focused on concise daily coverage with robust news services for informed readers.
A brief on dairy and poultry management hints for farmers, outlining care of live stock and birds and practical guidance for improving farm operations.
The article discusses cow drinking behavior, dairy science advances, and the impact of Chicago milk demand on prices. It cites rising milk prices, cow numbers, and the need for better feeding and reading to improve milk output, with notes on hog cholera prevention and clean water.
A swineherd argues hog health depends on proper care not promiscuous drug feeding. He says if hogs were properly tended nationwide cholera cure makers would lack demand and claims many profiteers feed on public ignorance.
The article urges firm egg packing with ample shavings to prevent breakage and insisting on candled eggs for sale. It argues late chickens can be valuable with proper care, cites examples of September-born chicks laying early, and advises caution in evaluating poultry samples and feeding practices.
A National Stockman contributor advocates large fenced parks for profitable fowl keeping. He advises feeding oats and wheat in winter with bran, little corn in hot weather, plus ample grass, weeds, bone meal, oyster shells and skim milk shared with pigs. Larger parks and extended free range are planned.
Pinkey Potter the uncertain but famous racehorse is sold by J H Smith to the English government and shipped to South Africa for use against the Boers. J D Bryan, acting for Britain, bought Potter and a dozen horses at Harlem, seeking more mounts in St Louis for cavalry service. Some horses sold for as little as 25 dollars, Potter reportedly brought 200 dollars.
Imported butter amounts reach 2 320 088 cwt in eight months, up 145 000 cwt from last year and 128 000 cwt from the year before. Cheese totals 1 462 005 cwt, up 147 000 cwt from 1898 but down 34 000 cwt from 1897. Margarine up 21 000 cwt after 1898 dip. milk and cream 5 315 cwt, 2 120 cwt below last year. Condensed milk steady near half a million cwts.
A Tibetan year end ritual features a dough effigy with heart and entrails as ghouls attack it. Lamaism monks perform rites to ward off evil spirits, while a horned demon king and Buddha intervene. The next day the demon sustains a brutal sacrifice before relics are spread and scavenging spectators collect pieces.
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