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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
3
The piece argues that cold air strengthens health by boosting circulation and skin, cites winter as a bracer to repair summer wear, and contrasts civilian protection with hardy Indians and bareheaded savages to claim cold exposure builds resilience and nutrition.
The prose riffs on dining etiquette and witty talk at tables as social theater. It notes brisk talkers replacing cometlike brilliance, likens diners to soldiers with belts of cartridges, and muses on playful table arrangements and Celestine shifting her glass, ending with a playful warning not to invite the narrator for fear of provoking mischief.
Washington Post notes Mount Idaho grew around its court house while Grangeville expanded nearby. J F Ainslie says Mount Idaho has a courthouse and about twelve families, Grangeville about 1,200 residents.
A nineteen year old Hart Wood of Denver won the prize for the city park gateway design against twelve seasoned architects. He had studied architecture for only a year and a half.
A bystander at a funeral tells an undertaker he has no relation to the deceased but notes the man owed him five dollars. The exchange is reported by the Chicago News.
A health appeal urges those who have spent much and lost hope to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The product is said to strengthen the stomach aid digestion cure dyspepsia constipation biliousness and weak kidneys.
A comic vignette in a Philadelphia Inquirer style, features eight year old Ibsen Beaconhill in a Hub bookshop. He requests juvenile fiction ascribes to a youth of four, and the clerk explains a publisher’s conservatism keeps the title Jack the Giant Killer.
A humorous remark in a Chicago scene includes a man dismissing college as “no great shakes” while another notes a top baseball pitcher and a champion shot putter, highlighting contrasts in achievement and perception. The exchange appears in a vintage, colorful sports or lifestyle snippet.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a universal remedy from headaches to cancer, claiming it cleanses bowels with no gripe or pain. It promises easy natural movements and a 10 cent starter price, noting genuine tablets stamped with C. C. C. in metal boxes amid imitations.
A brief note reflects on a child punished by a father for radical views about government. The cartoonish line contrasts two Boston boys with opinions labeled un-American and indeed, underscoring parental disciplinary response to political beliefs.
A personal vignette from the Chicago Record recalls a man who narrowly avoided disaster when unable to secure a travel pass to St. Louis. The anecdote highlights small events that redirect a life.
Catalogue style ad copy notes that happiness cannot be bought and cites Adame' Pepsin Tutti Frutti as a hindrance removal. It quotes a humorous line about a woman's power to express meaning and mentions general notions of satisfaction linked to the product.
Dialogue humor notes a bet on Pocahontas ending in loss and a stake in recovery. The quip contrasts petty wagers with political inactivity as spring arrives and legislative activity fades. The snippet also jests about racing horses and weather impact on politics.
Mark Twain, at his Hartford home, was interrupted by a telephone call while composing humor. After attempting to speak, he used colorful language and heard an eminent divine on the line asking who was there, prompting a surprised response about the butler misunderstanding.
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a Pennsylvanian girl who rescued an express train from disaster by removing her red petticoat to use as a signal. Miss Teaspot laments she cannot imitate the act because she does not wear red underlayers.
Justice Laughlin in Buffalo issues a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer for selling Dr Clark's Foot Powder. The court finds it an imitation and infringement of Foot Ease marketed by Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy New York who will distribute free samples. Similar suits will follow against other infringers.
A summer girl asks about an ideal man and another answers with tall, fair, intellectual types. The scene shifts as a short, dark, brainless youth arrives at the hotel and seems to fit the stated ideal in a ironic twist.
A witty exchange from the Chicago Tribune jokes about reading Borus' latest book Boiled Brains. The dialogue revolves around preemptive reading to dodge questions and preempt critics.
A Wisconsin court issued an injunction against a young man in a marriage dispute after his friends opposed the wedding. The dialogue shows the groom expressing frustration while remarks from friends are quoted.
A reader from Trinity Springs, Indiana on February 16 1900 declares there is no equal for coughs and colds in Piso's Cure for Consumption. Another maxim notes a man only enters one box he cannot escape without help from friends, and would escape if he could.
A historical note mentions Winston's Soothing Syrup for children teething softening gums reducing inflammation and easing pain. It argues money earned does not guarantee work or payment, reflecting a cautionary adage about effort and payoff.
Money refunded if it fails in a bold claim about a dandruff treatment. The ad-like message uses a proverb about a long lane with no turning to suggest wasted space and urges trial of the product.
An old catalog snippet promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use with price listed as 5 cents. The second sentence offers a general, unrelated remark about aging and stubbornness reflecting a broader editorial voice.
A fragmentary note describes faded ink not matching Carter’s Ink and lists three things that must be well trimmed a lamp a lawn and a woman in a tongue in cheek line of historical wordplay.
Tame Bixby of Red Wing purchased a large tract along the Big Fork river near Sturgeon Falls, plans a town site company, and immediate platting. The water power is touted as one of the state’s largest. Prof. Winchell and Charles Keith bought smaller tracts, signaling territorial development.
A list of patent grants awarded to Northwestern inventors includes Stewart Circross of Grafton North Dakota for an aerial wheel, Lorenzo J Cody of Duluth Minnesota for a steam log holder, William Dougherty of Fountain Minnesota for a garin sieve, Catherine T Dukes of Huron Dakota for suspenders, Hugh G Macwilliam of St Paul Minnesota for a device to overcome dead centers, James Martin of Howard Lake Minnesota for track gauge, and Edwin H Me Billion dollars spent yearly in patent activity. Merwin Lothrop Johnson Patent Attorneys located in St Paul Minnesota are noted.
The Cornfed Philosopher quips that a woman demanding a man quit cigars to marry him will marry him regardless, cigars or no cigars, as noted by the Indianapolis Press.
A pithy ironic line suggests some people flatter themselves with grand promises. The remark frames skepticism toward extreme claims and the allure of risky schemes.
A wry remark notes that the pessimistic view finds solace in hot days since optimists apparently gain more from such conditions. The line uses humor to contrast outlooks and weather as a metaphor for fortune.
Two letters from women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian and abdominal swelling and pain. Mrs Sara of Arlington Iowa writes she was bedridden five weeks and refused operation until after one bottle, swelling began to disappear and later fully disappeared. The doctor expressed surprise at her recovery.
Mrs Elsa of Bryan Otisville Michigan recounts two years of illness with womb falls and ovarian inflammation followed by bladder issues and swollen limb. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she reports full recovery and renewed health.
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