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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
8
A New York Sun piece describes how craftsmen across industries profit by working in shop windows. It cites a Broadway shoe maker, waistmakers, cigar makers, metalwork firms, and jewelers showcasing skilled labor to attract customers. The author notes only steady, composed workers can endure public observation and calls such performers artists worth higher wages.
A column gathers aphorisms and quotes about women from poets and statesmen including Luther Gladstone Beresford Ben Jonson Lamartine Moore Bulwer Lytton Shakespeare Tuke Moore Macaulay and Guy. The selection highlights admiration, influence, and descriptions of women across eras.
Notes and Queries describes historic Scottish church collections using a ladle in Edinburgh places and sonorous terms. It contrasts this with a later metal plate or basin collection supervised by elders called the brod, and explains the traditional practice of lifting the collection during services.
A Mississippi coroner's jury declared death by a stroke from eastbound train No. 204 on S C Railroad at Fentress in Choctaw county occurred while the deceased was in a reasonable state of intoxication. Similar vagueness appears in a Georgia jury verdict and an early Maryland case.
A newspaper ad proclaims a man is wanted with assurances he will not be worked to death and will receive adequate pay. The humorous dialogue reveals skepticism about the offer and the promise of living wages.
A neighbor remarks on a baby sister who seems to see the dark side of things. Mary retorts with a wry exchange about crying and attitudes, captured in a light domestic vignette from a period reader.
A nostalgic portrait of a natural wholesome boy with freckled face and patched knees who loves adventure and eats heartily. He respects parents, ignores no one’s guidance, and embodies vigorous youth. The piece from the Detroit Free Press celebrates a rough, wholesome, old fashioned boy on earth.
The New York Herald recounts how a timid diplomat’s daughter gained a state enrollments post by exposing officials’ influence gaps. In a crowded attorney general office, a gruff official admits lack of clout before ordering a place found for her amid the power-brokered system.
A historical account describes overwhelming locust swarms that halted a Russian army. The insects blinded officers and soldiers, clogged rails, and forced troops to trample them. Cyprus spent vast sums destroying eggs, pods and nests, yet the plague persisted with millions of eggs and tons of pods destroyed.
The article notes modern yacht luxury near imperial excess with Aphrodite as example. A 650 ton vessel carries 60 crew including captain, mates, engineers, stewards, cooks, and firemen. It cites Leslie's Monthly to illustrate lavish maritime spending and opulence.
Dialogue contrasts negative stance with avoiding strong backing, illustrating mental restraint and detachment as a form of quiet thought. The exchange ends with a remark about energy conservation in opinions.
A quip contrasts Willie and Slimson about fake goldfish sent home. The man notes the fish turned brown after being removed from water in fifteen minutes, citing Life. The quote also remarks that the final straw idea is a mistake.
A column notes doctors who charge 15 cents for consultations with medicine in slums, a Whitwell manor haunting by a reputed Sir Roger Manners ghost, Kew Gardens giant orchid bloom arrival from Malaya, London clerks’ language needs, snuff revival among young gentry, smaller cigarette boxes, and a 55 percent drop in London tuberculosis deaths over forty years alongside criminal statistics showing a 10 percent rise in habitual criminals from 1863 to 1898.
In Berlin a large gender gap exists with about 900000 more women than men. Werner von Siemens proposes elevated sidewalks. Germany exempts foreign art from duties for exhibitions. Hamburg offers three wind pressure measurement prizes. Berlin’s police record contains 21000 criminal photographs across 37 volumes. Germany may require music teachers to pass state exams. Baron von Gramer-Klett restores the Benedictine abbey of Wessobrun founded in 733. Berlin boasts the world’s best and cheapest cab system with 17000 cabs equipped with taximeters.
Excerpt warns against sleeping with drafts and working while unfit, overdressing after overheated, overestimating exercise, improper sleep schedules, rushing routines, eating without appetite, and using immediate remedies like stimulants, urging balanced rest and moderation for lasting well being. It cites Woman's Life as the source.
Fragments note horses fit to race and breeding plans. Frank Agan at 2 03 percent, Hal B 2 04 percent, Janey bought by a Bostonian, Sylvan Maid to be bred to Adbell. Hal Bennett trains promising string on Lincoln track. Walter Palmer plans Regret to Highwood. census cites 18 266140 horses. General Wiles at California matinees. Silver Street daughter of Nelson dead and winner of many heats.
After a woman has a baby she wonders what she worried about before. A dangerous man is one who endures then unleashes insults. A man from a photographer’s has a sheepish face. Don’t marry unless you can afford a wife ten dollars monthly and attention. she can clerk at a dry goods store.
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