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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
3
In a Life magazine piece a study described handing 100 children hot irons. Thirty three boys and eighteen girls cried out Ouch while twenty five girls and ten boys cried Oouch. Among girls who cried Ouch seven had pug noses and toed in. Thirteen boys born of foreign parents cried Oouch. Authors plan to publish conclusions in a Practical Science Series book.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally at a price of 75 cents. The advertisement promotes a remedy for catarrh with a simple dosage and accessible cost.
In a Lippincott's Magazine anecdote Harold is sent to a friend's house and told to return quickly. At Mrs. B s home the supper table holds tempting doughnuts but Harold declines and hurries back, saying he has hardly time to take one.
An ad promotes a cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers a druggist refund if it fails. A quip notes a woman overestimates her conversational skill. A saying asserts there is a place for everything yet few have access to the index.
A brief Chicago News exchange notes a widow recounting a consoling ride with Mr Bluffwood who teased she looked good in black. The jumble also contains ads for Allen's Foot Ease, a safety blurb about bread theft versus estate swindling, stove branding, butter color, quotes on truth, and a testimonial praising Piso's Cure for Consumption.
A colorful sketch of Colorado gold fever shows Pat Casey of Black Hawk rising from uneducated day laborer to "Mr Casey" after a single gold strike. He polishes pencils to amuse visitors, muses on a diamond drill, and jokes about being a colonel. The tale also follows Mrs Flanagan quitting her laundering business after sudden wealth, the Gallagher brothers in Leadville selling a rich mine for $100,000 each, and Pat from Denver losing a mountain of riches over a watch chain misadventure. Many men fail to keep money, returning to hard labor within months.
Miss Wenriette Corkran, in her Celebrities and I, sketches browning as affectionate and gushing with wealthy women across the continent. He visited wealthy American widows, won their favors, and never intended to marry again despite some hoping for Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s successor.
The speaker laments living among the dead minds of great writers. He converses with them daily, draws relief from their wisdom, and sheds tears of gratitude. He seeks instruction and hope in their virtues and faults, hoping his name will endure beyond his mortal end.
A man recalls a favor as he presses his son in law about repaying a debt. The son in law argues that he once saved the family by marrying the old man’s daughter, claiming a paternal debt is owed for that act. The exchange hinges on memory, pride, and the terms of kinship.
Miss Simpson vents anger as she cuts pins and recalls quarrel with Mrs Porter’s family. She disapproves of Jennie Porter’s slang and defends herself about sewing duties, claiming she alone knows proper language in front of deacons and in their apple tree setting.
In a dining hall scene Lardy Da meets Pearl new to the place. She claims she is from East and performs stunts for amusement. He compliments her as a precious treasure, while she retorts she is a poor unvalued Pearl cast before the swine amid icy banter.
A New York scene unfolds as Abe Gruber debates state questions with a socialist friend while a carriage passes with wealthy ladies and dogs. The retort notes the cost of dog meat contrasts with affordable beef, framing a class themed quip about poverty and luxury.
Mr Stubb jokes about kindness to tramps and clothing. Mrs Stubb reveals she offers every tramp a bathrobe but none accept. The running gag rests on oddball generosity and social sting.
A stern parent confronts an eloping couple. The man pleads not to take his fiancée back and explains he will supply perfume and chewing gum to prevent any excuse for returning. The exchange reveals the couple's resolve amid family opposition.
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