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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1908

Page

7

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The fragment notes copyright and reproduction restrictions for C M Barnitz materials. It references permission requirements and indicates prohibition on redistribution without authorization.

A Mighty Party Picture of Autumn Harvest

A rural toast to autumn scenes with apple butter boiling, cider pushing the sweetness, and women preparing the kitchen while turkeys gobble for Thanksgiving. The speaker revels in pumpkins, corncribs, grapes, and the crisp air that lifts the spirit toward holiday feasting.

Start the Winter Right for Poultry Keepers

A brisk guide warns that ropy birds and colds impede winter egg sales. It contrasts sturdy canvasbacks against roupy pullets, emphasizes the need for healthy stock to sustain profits, and cautions against starting the season with sick birds or poor management. The piece urges breeders to protect flocks from cold and disease to maintain reputations and profits.

Uly Covkerels

White feathered fowls set for poultry market shift

A plea to breeders and egg producers noting rising demand for white feathered poultry led by White Leghorns and White Rocks. The piece argues markets prefer white pinfeathers, predicts utility judging at shows, and urges adopters to switch from dark breeds or risk being left behind.

8. C Gorry

White squabe myth tied to poultry skin claims

The note argues not all white squabe are white feathered and explains skin color comes from fat. It asserts most parents are Blue Homers and dismisses calls referencing a book on poultry diseases. It also states a free issue was once available and quickly snapped up.

The Light Brahma Poultry Tale and Standards

The piece recounts a myth about Queen Victoria and Shanghai Shanghai roosters influencing the origin of the English Brahma and contrasts it with American claims. It extols the Light Brahma breed as majestic and flavorful, notes breeder cautions, and lists standard weights for cock, hen, cockerel, and pullet.

George Burnham Prahma Mr. Chamberlain Epicure

Feathers and eggshells in poultry farming

Opinions on market practices, turkey and poultry prices, and industry notes from a 19th or early 20th century agricultural writeup. It discusses profit from fattening chickens, prices for gobblers and hens, turkey breeding, and lessons on egg freshness and shipment risks.

Latane’s Dying Charge and Funeral in Confederate War Narrative

In A Southern Reminiscence Mrs. D G Wright recounts John Latane, a lieutenant, dying leading a charge. He retrieves his brother’s body, escapes to Westwood, and faces enemy pursuit before a Virginia matron oversees a funeral service despite the foe nearby.

D. Giraud Wright Latane John Latane Iichmond Westwood Brokenbrough Virginia

Meaningful Surnames and Their Origins in The Philadelphia Bulletin

The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that most surnames began as descriptive nicknames reflecting owners or occupations. Examples include Peel for bald, Grace for fat from French, Grant for big, Oliphant for clumsy, Parkers for park keepers, Barkers for barking tanning bark, La boucheres for butchers, Bell for handsome, and many others like Cameror, Curtis, Forster, Napier, Palmer, Wainwright, Walter, Webster, and Wright, showing how names evolved from traits, roles, or services.

Peel Grace Grant Parkers Warners Barkers Laboucheres Bell Cameror Curtis Forster Napier Palmer Wainwright Walter Webster Wright Philadelphia Bulletin

Substitutes For Tobacco Used Aboard Long Vessels

Sailors on long cruises exhaust tobacco and seek substitutes. Tea and coffee serve as substitutes but burn the mouth and nerves. Rope yarn and oakum, and bark from barrel hoops are smoked as last resorts, producing harsh fumes and curses from the sailors.

The Saint Maurice Story Behind a Swiss Rail Stop

In Switzerland the town of St. Maurice gives its name to a railway stop. Maurice was the second in command of the Thebaic legion under Emperor Maximian in 302. The legion refused to sacrifice to Roman gods at Octodurum and Agaunum, were twice decimated, and finally all were slain.

St. Maurice Switzerland Rhone Geneva Maurice Maximian Alps Gaul Octodurum Martigny Agaunum

Automatic Cooking Boxes in Ancient Hebrew Practice

Ancient Hebrews used automatic cooking boxes around 2000 years ago. Greek and Roman writers reference them. In a Juvenile edition Friedlander cites a commentator noting Jews preheating pots before the Sabbath by placing hands in hot cooking boxes, covering pots with napkins and hay to keep food warm.

Friedlander

Tax irony mocks pricey possessions in Chicuzo Tribune

In a satirical editorial, Tufford Knoutt quips that people avoid taxes on expensive items, arguing even a million value would spare one from extra charges, while Nulson Wrats questions the idea. The piece highlights the absurdity of tax avoidance through wealth.

Tufford Knoutt Nulson Wrats Chicuzo Tribune

Nell and Belle Clash Over Widow’s Rent Aid

Nell offers to help a poor widow pay rent a claim Belle refutes noting Nell owns the house and thus controls the aid. The Philadelphia Record records the claim as a local quarrel over charity and property.

Nell

Similar Symptome. One-Are you certain that you love the girl

A quip from the New Yorker about love and irritation with bills. The speaker asks if love is real while noting sleepless nights and comparing the effect to the tailor’s charges. The line blends romance with humorous financial frustration.

New Yorker

The Way to Success in Business

A short humorous note describes success in industry as a fairy tale where a young man must kill the dragon of competition, suggesting a simple path on a Saturday evening pest.

Facts Are Stubborn Things Proverbial Quote Origin

A note traces the aphorism Facts are stubborn things to La Bage in Git Bias, noting its rise to proverbial status. The line is cited as an enduring saying used to emphasize stubborn truth.

la Bage

Notable Figures Receive Civic and Cultural Salutations

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild left legacies to 119 individuals for service to mankind. Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller, trains wild animals at Wickliffe-on-the-Lake, near Cleveland, Ohio. Viscountess Maitland, noted miniature painter, and her husband the future Count of Lauterdale plan an extended American visit. Thomas C. Alvord resigns as chief clerk of the Congressional Library to travel. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. joins Harvard Philharmonic Society and may teach in Boston’s Chinese Sunday school or fundraise for Phillips Brooks House. Rev Father O’Leary, former Royal Canadian Regiment chaplain, is appointed to Ottawa archives. Pierre Lorillard Ronalds to retire four-in-hands for automobility. Finley of the College of the City of New York displays a Grover Cleveland desk from Fayetteville, N. Y. Governor Miguel A. Otero of New Mexico, a noted sheep breeder, nears end of second term with 65,000 dead in Guadalupe county.

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild Frank Rockefeller Johnn D. Rockefeller Wickliffe-on the-Lake North Cleveland Maitlind Enginna Count of Lauterdale New York America Thomas C. Alvord Congressional Library Manhattan Clinton Street Brooklyn Theodore Roosevelt, Jr Philharmonic Society Harvard University Boston Phillips Brooks House Father O'Leary Royal Canadian Finley College of the City of Guadalupe County Territory

Editorial Flings on Money Fame and Fevers

A collage of editorials lampoons finance notoriety and life choices. It notes inflation of status in high finance and contrasts a mix of urban quips about insurance, gambling, fireworks, and counterfeit notes. It cites humorous stats about births Beer consumption and divorces in major cities.

Blurminghaum News Indianapolis News Chicago

Model of the Moment in Fashion Circles

The piece notes satin linings replacing silk, winter favor for spangled robes, circular skirts favoring house dresses, empire influence returning with gold or silver accents, the redingote with full skirt out and belt, and a tall tilted hat with high left trim and crown details defining this year’s millinery style.

Philadelphia

House Plants Care and Spacing Tips

House plants require daily spraying and frequent watering for palms, without leaving excess water in saucers. Do not crowd plants near windows. allow space for growth and light. Keep a bowl of water near heat sources to maintain humidity, especially around bulbs.

Advertising and the ease of selling through proper promotion

A quip from Jewealers' Circular Weekly notes that effective advertising makes sales easy like a wagon running downhill. It compares selling goods without ads to seeking power from an electric company for church needs, stressing the value of proper promotion for a business.

Plays and Players In New York and Beyond

Robert Mantell opens a long season at the Garden Theatre New York with Shakespeare plays Frederick Perry joins Harrison Grey Fiske in Monna Vanna Lorace Lewis misses Marco due to illness In the Bishop's Carriage Pollock's play produced by Liebler & Co at the Stone Opera House Bing hamton N C Mabel Taliferro appears as Nance Arnold Daly parts ways with Liebler Co he will work solo Lillian Russell sues Lee Shubert for 20000 claiming rights to The Lady Teazie and a half interest this season

Robert Mantell Garden Theater New York Frederick Perry Harrison Grey Fiske Monna Vanna Lorace Lewis Marco Bertha Kalich Channing Pollock Miriam Michaelgol Liebler & Co Stone Opera House Binghamton

British Briefs Highlight Global Exhibitions and Consumption Trends

Dublin police are described as tall and fit. An exhibition of British manufactures travels from Alexandria to Cairo from November 1900 to February 1907. Gold found in Melbourne at 4200 feet depth in New Cham mine. British tobacco use up a third, sugar intake up 50 percent, tea up 40 percent, alcohol down. Australia appoints a state journalist in Sydney, John Plummer, earning 2000 dollars yearly to write for global papers defending Commonwealth policy.

Dublin Alexandria Cairo Melbourne Australia Sydney John Plummer Commonwealth

Berlin rail crossings to be built with tunnels

Berlin plans tunnels at busy street corners for crossings. Germany imposes six months prison and a 1500 mark fine for food adulteration. 40,000 soldiers in recent Berlin maneuvers each received 12 cents from the emperor. An instrument to catch dust was erected in Berlin streets for analysis. During the sixteenth century English called the Bible Bibliotheca or Vhtary, a term limited to Scriptural writings.

Berlin Germany

Hag Meaning Then and Now Across Communities

The word hag historically described an old person regardless of gender. Contemporary usage varies by region and context, with some communities reclaiming or rejecting the term in social language and folklore.

Sunday In Helgoland Time Limits Shipping

Sunday In Helgoland defines a curfew from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday when no vessel could depart the port. The rule marks a prolonged halt in maritime traffic tied to church bell tolling.

Helgoland

Notice to Creditors in Mary Dooley Stevens Estate

In the Sixth Judicial District Sweet Grass County Montana the administrator Thomas Dooley of Mary Dooley Stevens deceased invites creditors to prove their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication. Claims must be presented at the office of A G Watch Big Timber Montana. Dated October 27 1908. A G Hatch attorney for administrator. Publication October 29 1908.

Sixth Judicial District State of Montana Sweet Grass Mary Dooley Stevens A. G. Watch Big Timber Mont Thomas Dooley A. G. Hatch R. S Bozeman Casper Lehner Nye County of Sweet Grass Township Range 16 M. P.om W. Mantiane Register Wissel Sei Sedy WSK Signey Seynwk WSB Siznemy General Land Office Washington, D. C H.W. Marsione W.H. Sates District Court John Grays Court House D. J. Vanvoorn J.B. Barnoour

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