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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
7
A San Francisco Chronicle report describes grass coasting on Bernal Heights and Fairmount slopes. Boys ride boards down dry foxtail grass in June, risking slips but rarely serious injury, with adults joining the wild offbeat sport.
Miss Edna Lord of Rumford Falls, an insurance solicitor, becomes the first woman to canvass a Maine woods camp in Rangeley during midwinter. She visits the Keenan camp, chats with the crew, delivers a policy talk, and writes policies amid 30 degrees below zero.
A dramatic account from Everybody's Magazine recalls the Ninth Regiment’s dawn assault on Port Arthur. Leaders Takayagi and Nashimoto fall as a wall of fire and machine guns tests the soldiers, whose eight survivors lie rotting on Wangtai after three months in view of both armies.
A poem praising northern liberty and the union of freedom and power. The speaker sails from the tropics toward a northern ideal, lauding Norse freedom, resisting southern temptations, and pledging God’s blessing on liberty and victory. The verse blends sea imagery, nature’s splendor, and a call to emancipation.
A biographer lauds Dr Richard Garnett for his rare breadth of knowledge. A friend sought rare information after months abroad and was told by Garnett that the museum held only one relevant book, promising all needed detail on page 530.
J J Edgerton argues from Farmers' Review that thorough seed-bed preparation yields better germination, moisture retention, and early plant nutrition. He notes older soils require more work to overcome neglect and to supply mineral nutrients, with seed bed quality directly impacting crop start and overall yield.
R H Kine of Johnson County Missouri describes early potato planting. Plow after frost, mark rows three feet apart, drop potatoes, cover with ridges, harrow after 3 to 4 weeks, then level ridges post freezing season. Planting time is about March first.
The text advises composting muck with manure before drying, noting ammonia loss in sun drying. It recommends digging through muck in fall before ground freezes, as spring aeration causes 20 percent ammonia loss due to heat. Frosts in fall reduce evaporation and nitrogen loss, while shelter belts protect land and improve yields.
A reader shares tips on selecting valuable cows by local inquiry and milk testing. It notes age four years or older for proven milk output and mentions bog butter finds, its preservation, and archaic packaging. Minnesota dairy inspection boosted butter quality and state premiums. Sunlight in barns aids health and calls for bright new barns.
New York woman collector Mrs Bertie Delafield amasses an extraordinary eyewear trove including pince nez once worn by Empress Eugenia and a monocle linked to Lord Beaconsfield. Her collection spans Maine spectacles with varied frames and materials and even a lorgnette said to have belonged to Madam de Maintenon.
Mrs A T Smith of West Pembroke Maine reports her thirteen year old daughter suffered Crazy Spells for two years with yellow skin and poor appetite. After one box the spells stopped, she used about a dozen boxes overall and remains well. Smith calls the pills the best medicine for growing girls.
The prevailing view held that intellect is the ideal masculine trait and the least desirable in women, reflecting a dated gender norm.
Under the Elkins law a railroad or shipper paying or accepting rebates faces a fine from one thousand to twenty thousand dollars upon conviction. The statute also bars freight at less than published tariffs and empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to pursue violators. President Knapp notes rebates have become rare since the law’s passage.
An advertisement touts Catarrh as a constitutional disease treatable only by internal remedies. Cheney's Catarrh Cure from Toledo Ohio is claimed to cure by internal doses, with a $100 reward for failures. Also mentions Wake Hall's Pills and soothing syrup for teething.
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