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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
6
A colonel halts his horse before a Dakota dugout and greets the dwelling with a hearty hello. A tow-headed girl, about sixteen, appears and questions the visitor asking who he is and what he wants. He asks for food and water for his horse but is told there is nothing available.
England can no longer compete with us in shipments to China. This is natural. The best wins in everything. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has for fifty years acknowledged no superior to cure constipation indigestion dyspepsia and biliousness.
A fragment from Life magazine features a character named Hergenson wondering why someone does not get trained, and a reply about being fond of men's society. The text is incomplete and presents a casual, ironic exchange.
An old ad emphasizes nature's demand for purity, urging readers to keep the blood pure to combat disease. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as uniquely effective in maintaining vigor and health.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note cites a country newspaper office as a potential buy for Senator Billy Mason. The item mentions the paper recently truncated capital U to a lowercase form and printed United States as united states.
Pretoria dispatch confirms a formal shipment request from the Swanson Rheumatic Care Co of Chicago. An army officer approves payment by bank draft for 25 gross of 5-Drops with orders to ship promptly, praising the medicine for rheumatism and neuralgia relief amid battlefield injuries.
Deacon Wright admits missing the prayer gathering, noting a beautiful meeting until Brothers Smith and Brown argued about the start of the twentieth century. The dispute turned the event from a hopeful prayer session into a ward caucus atmosphere.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows a student saying the teacher explained a Bible lesson about the last being first. The humorous exchange highlights classroom interaction and biblical reference.
Lettered advertisement offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. Promises relief for chilblains sweating damp feet and aching feet and eases new or tight shoes with a cure for corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A dialogue notes France plans to use electric vans for troop transport. Jimson suggests rapid automobilization and Weed questions the approach, as quoted in the New York Press.
An advertisement offers agents $25 weekly to sell a new gas lamp device touted as brighter than electricity and cheaper than kerosene. The lamp claims 100 candlepower, polished brass, full guarantee, and a retail price of 95 dollars. Standard Gas Lamp Co. lists 110 Michigan St. Chicago as contact in this period sales note.
A fragment notes a girl should not discard slippers as they will prove handy at her wedding in years to come. The line suggests practical old items may serve later occasions.
The article explains insect eating plants, noting over 300 species worldwide. It describes Dionaea and Drosera mechanisms, including a Venus flytrap that locks prey in seconds, digests with pepsin, and reopens after work. It gives cultivation tips and winter protection advice.
The article argues against interseeding timothy with fall wheat. It recommends sowing wheat first, then, if ground is frozen or snowy, sow timothy and clover in spring after thaw, using light harrowing to cover seeds. Variations depend on conditions and timing.
William Saunders, superintendent at Washington horticultural grounds, outlines strawberries culture steps. Prepare ground with deep plowing and subsoiling, apply rotted manure at twenty cords per acre, spread and mix with soil. Best crops on strong loamy soils, drainage helps clay. Space rows thirty inches apart and plants about half that distance. Remove all runners as they appear.
Ankee millet, a barnyard type known to Mohave Indians as Ankee, grows tall and hardy in wet lowlands. Trials at Washington DC, Knoxville, Cornell, Massachusetts and Michigan show strong potential for high temperatures regions. Separate report covers the Indiana Illinois swine breeders convention in Taylorville January 9 1900 with officers elected and meetings planned including scoring, rent debates, and a banquet.
The use of barbed wire is declining in thickly settled areas though still common on western ranches. A vivid memory recalls a colt killed attempting to leap a fence near a North Dakota ranch as a train passed, urging care to use alternative fencing where possible.
Montana Experiment Station reports lady bugs feed on grain aphids and even overwinter with them in grain roots. The insects are portrayed as a constant friend to humans and should not be destroyed.
The author argues against hedges for fencing noting many hedges are being removed and that fences are easier to install and replace as needed, while hedges are fixed and permanent.
The author discusses gray streaks in potato drills from heavy fertilizer use and argues these reflect non available plant food, not waste. He compares fertilizer bulk to lemon rind, noting 20 percent is usable and the rest is bulk that degrades, evaporates, or burns away in hot soils while some remains in the soil for future crops.
The Department of Agriculture received over 2000 species and varieties of economic plants and seeds this year under Secretary Wilson. Many quantities were tiny, allowing only tests at state experiment stations and by private specialists. If full seed appropriation could be used, the seed introduction program would become a major national duty.
Professor Georgeson conducts trials on cereals forage crops flax and vegetables in Sitka gardens supplied by citizens. Despite late planting oats barley potatoes flax and several vegetables showed good quality while clover and grasses grew well. Data reveal soil effects on seed germination and plant growth. Similar tests were done at Skagway.
A New York florist cautions that the sly of the valley is poisonous and its stem should not be placed in the mouth.
Two testimonial letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration and recovery from ailments. Adele Williams of Atlanta reports relief from sleepless nerves and heart strain after use. Lena Gaines of Visalia says menses returned and she gained strength after three bottles plus Blood Purifier.
A Collier's Weekly snippet from English as She Is Spoke features Mrs Brown amused by misnomers such as a civil engineer and a teller in a bank. Mrs Smith notes the joke in banking terms reflects language quirks and misunderstandings.
The notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy that cleanses blood and acts on mucous surfaces. It claims endorsements by a top physician and lists Toledo Ohio as origin with testimonials promised.
A clipped dialogue excerpt shows Mrs Kelly and Mr Kelly trading wry remarks about staying discreet. The mock exchange touches on Rooney politics Casey talk and Hogan baby, ending with a joke about keeping one's mouth shut.
Emil I. Draver of Stillwater Minn. filed a dust collector patent. Henry Hammer of Mountain Lake Minn. Knutt N Knudtson of Beaver Creek Minn. Muric leaf turner by Jacob Lampert of Hill City. P D ore concentrator by 3 P. D. William McIntosh of Winona Minn. Blow off cock by Mathias A Patton of Livingston Mont. Elevated railway locomotive by William H Nnens ND harvesting machine Merwin Lothrop Johnson patent attorneys at 911 912 Pioneer Press Bldg St Paul.
A Syracuse Herald quip recalls a farmer testing a suitor by asking about smoking habits. The father proclaims he has married off six daughters and notes the husbands’ fondness for his cigars, calling the suitor a novelty.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe natural laxative resolution to “grips” and constipation. It promises relief without discomfort, claims a vegetable formula, and offers a money back guarantee with options to purchase at drugstores or by mail from Entering Remedy Co.
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