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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
6
Legal copyright warning from 1908 by C. M. Barnitz appears at the top of articles and illustrations, prohibiting reprinting without special permission. The notice emphasizes restricted use of these items.
A humorous look at guineas from farm barter to market interest. Notes breeding, eggs, and culinary uses while praising their adaptability and forage. Highlights prices for wild game dishes and the spread of guinea culture across regions.
The article warns poultry keepers to feed and water stock consistently and provide grit by the ton. It advises selecting birds suited to climate, avoiding stress and crowding, and keeping ducks geese and other fowl separate as appropriate. It notes turkeys like apples and stresses careful handling to prevent stampedes and injury.
A playful verse recounts a traveling guinea’s harrowing calls from farm to city. It notes the bird’s warning cries Buckwheat Bob White and Trum as it travels from Grandpap’s farm to New York Philadelphia and Atlantic coast beaches. It ends with a quip on the guinea’s changing attire and rising cost.
A column of practical answers covers belting Belgians young eye opening and weaning times, squab timing for pigeons, styles of bone cutters, peacocks breeding and care, ferrets for rat control near plants, and using tallow in rations for fattening chickens.
A humorous column riffs on pigeons and poultry culture. It jokes about judging at fairs, costs of raising stock, and the quirks of breeders. The piece notes the need for medium birds, laments unfair competition, and mocks politicians and egg credits.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee reports improved outlook for GOP success in Ohio Indiana and Illinois after Governor Hughes speeches. He notes apathy fading and Nevada shifting toward the Republicans.
President Roosevelt told Congressman Barchfield that campaigning in Pittsburg would be like carrying coals to Newcastle and that the district was safe for Taft. He said there was no necessity to stump there and declined to join calls for a first speech in Pittsburg.
The International Reform Bureau in Washington proposes Roosevelt as president of the world. Rev. Wilbur Crafts announced the plan after preaching at Warren Avenue Baptist Church in Boston. He stated an international government with Roosevelt at the helm will be established at The Hague with legislative and executive bodies.
William H. Taft began a three day tour of Ohio with a speech in Akron and plans stops at several towns including Morrow Wilmington Circleville Lancaster Zanesville Cambridge Massillon and Newcomerstown to appeal to farmers on protective Republican tariff policy.
In Fairmount West Virginia on October 13 three men were dying and ten others were wounded in a riot between local miners and outside men at Enterprise nine miles away. The clash stemmed from long standing factional grievances that had caused earlier trouble.
A comic sketch describes Australian boundary riders on remote sheep stations using simple daily markers. One man uses jam tins and pebbles to track weeks, another carves a seven section damper to count days, a ravenous visitor finally disrupts the method.
A Longobard garrison cemetery was discovered near Ascoli on the Tronto river in the Apennines. The fort sits atop Castel Trosino island rock with warriors buried facing east. Grave goods include horn or bone combs, iron bossed round shield, iron sword in a hide scabbard, wooden spear, dagger with a gold bronze sheath, bow and arrows, belt buckles, and gold silver or bronze belt adornments.
The description notes a coffin with a cross shaped outline, a heavy plated cuirass bound by iron wire, horsemen’s large mane clippers, and a bronze feeding trough with two handles. Beside the dead lie bits saddles and harness. Women’s grave goods include gold hair pins, varied earrings, rings engraved with Gerontius and Regina, gold plates, beads, silver bracelets, pottery, glass cups and toilet items.
Headache stems from long eye strain sudden excitement poor air and ventilation. Abnormal fashion trends in men also trigger headaches. Tight footwear disrupts blood flow and causes brain congestion. Tea and coffee exhaust the nervous system and contribute to headaches.
Mrs. Brown remarks a minister's baby is a year old now and a vacation would be wise. She supports delaying until next summer, noting age uncertainty and the risk of the baby being younger. Anne Warner attributes the quip to Su gan Clegg and Ver Friend, Mrs. Lathrop.
A mother sends her daughter to buy a ham with a specific request. The clerk notes that tamps from the same hog may vary over time, sometimes fine for a while then turning tough and dry. The New York press reflects on the quirky exchange and the unpredictability of meat from the same animal.
Prussian blue paint is reported to be made from the ashes of burned hooves, a characteristic recipe noted in the era. This traditional method links pigment production to hooves and ash processing within industrial practices of the period.
A New York Herald article outlines the prominence of the number three across scripture and tradition. It cites examples such as Creation of land water and sky, Jonah in the whale, three patriarchs Abraham Isaac and Jacob, Daniel in the den of three lions, and Christ three days in the tomb, among others.
A brief dialogue fragment where a friend notes the young boy resembles both speakers while dismissing the speaker’s judgment and calling the likeness “Puueh” in a light, judicial tone.
A traveler reports serpents climbing smooth walls in Central America and in zoological gardens. The reptile climbs by secreting a thick adhesive mucus from its glands to grip glass or surfaces, enabling it to rise several inches at a time.
President Castro shows marked improvement and goes outdoors in Caracas for the first time since Valencia. He drives to the Yellow House to conduct state business amid the resumed public presence.
Mrs Nord Alexis wife of Hayti's president died in Port au Prince after a brief illness. The government is preparing for a national funeral.
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