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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
3
A Fort Fairfield Maine couple credits Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral with curing a two year chronic cough after other doctors and remedies failed. The ad claims quick relief from coughs, bronchitis, asthma, croup, and whooping cough, and notes half size bottles at half price with free Cure book from the J. I. Ayer Co.
Quotation from Tit-Bits notes why women complain about domestic servants. The snippet cites Little Ethel-Why and Little Dot-Oh reflecting on affordability and social attitudes toward service.
Seattle advertises itself as the best and cheapest outfitting point for Alaska and the Klondike. It boasts facilities stocks and experience with very low prices. The Public Comfort Bureau protects strangers and the note directs contact with the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for information.
Dialog hints at contempt for state lawmakers, with Uncle Hiram equating lower branch to assemblymen and Uncle Abner critiquing senators as equally low in character.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a blood and liver cleansing candy to banish pimples blackheads and a bilious complexion. It promises beauty for 10 cents with a satisfaction guarantee. The rest offers a moral quip about honesty and writing.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims all druggists refund money if the cure fails and warns readers to beware of boastful humility.
A Duluth man invents a match case with a self operating cigar tip clipping mechanism. Inserting the cigar tip into the case triggers a spring blade to clip the end. Opening the match case resets the blade for next use.
An irritable bystander protests a street vendor selling cough lozenges. The vendor pressures with a taunt to buy, while the bystander refuses, reflecting a brisk urban commerce moment from London Fun.
Salzer's Seed Co invites readers to request a large farm seed catalogue featuring clover and grain samples valued at $10.00. Send 10c and the notice to receive samples and seed potatoes offered at $1.50 per barrel. La Crosse Wisconsin company emphasizes large-scale American production and low prices.
The dialogue notes a cy clone sweeping an entire Kansas town in moments while Mrs. Wiggins laments that Mary Ann needs half an hour to sweep the front porch. The exchange preserves local humor and character names without graphic detail.
Antique newspaper promotion touts No-To-Bac as a miracle tobacco remedy. Claims include quick life enhancement and guaranteed cure with a free booklet. Sterling Remedies Co. advertised from Chicago or New York.
An 19th century style promotional note offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts the product treats internal symptoms and lists endorsements from Toledo pharmacists West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Price set at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
An old ad touts No-To-Bae as a guaranteed tobacco habit cure. It claims to make weak men strong and blood pure for 50 cents, with assurances it’s available at all druggists. The copy ends with a boast about graves and a righteous tone.
Mattie Everett, a dressmaker’s apprentice, admires Miss Bellefont’s wealth and romance. When Augusta elopes with Harry Fisk leaving Major Carlyle heartbroken, Mattie lucks into an arranged wedding with Carlyle and becomes a rich, fashionable wife. The tale ends with Mattie content in a life of couture and status while Miss Bellefont and her fiancé drift apart.
From the Youth's Companion, the piece warns that choking occurs when food or a foreign substance enters the windpipe during sudden breathing. It lists objects like nuts, coins, pins, and even a mislaid tooth as possible culprits and notes coughing and larynx spasms may resemble recovery before possible grave danger.
A Northfield correspondent questions if winters fifty or seventy five years ago were colder and if snowfalls were deeper. The Monthly Weather Review argues no appreciable climate change, noting records before and after 1800 match for storms, frosts, and floods and that popular beliefs stem from imperfect records and memories. The piece discusses population shifts and local experiences shaping perceptions of weather changes.
Medical note describes dangers of inhaling hard objects like melon seeds or pebbles and the potential for tracheotomy as a last resort. It advises position changes to aid expulsion and warns against delaying professional care if the object is lodged in the larynx and risks suffocation.
Mrs Hoon notes Mrs Swellington’s new sealskin coat appears brighter than typical garments. The comment hints the coat’s quality or style may be unusually refined.
The article traces gloves as an ancient hand covering from Homeric mentions to Roman use and Briton practice in wild regions. It notes St Anne as patron of glovemakers, and that gloves signified character or occupation with records of gloves for "grave and spiritual men" and 16th century chicken skin gloves worn by day or night for whitening hands.
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