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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
6
A discussion of affordable modern home design emphasizes square plans with dignified elevations and low cost. It notes improved woodwork machinery allows high-quality results once reserved for the wealthy, along with a vision of athletic, balanced development for women and a catalog of interior features and costs.
A recent statistical return from the German Empire based on the 1900 census shows religion figures with Catholics increasing more than other groups. The report highlights changes in religious professing populations, including Jews, within the empire.
An old Carthage resident recounts to the Press a strange tale of a cursed $20 gold piece found among funds turned over to Jasper County treasurer Dick Griffith years ago. The coin bears a cross design with snakes and allegedly brought misfortune when passed from hand to hand.
The increasing emphasis on outdoor sports and physical culture in Anglo Saxon countries signals a hopeful trend. Artists seek beauty in surroundings to inspire form, for a nation's art reflects its ideals and evolving changes. The article notes Outing’s view on this link.
An elderly woman seeks a maid aged 18 to 22 who loves mushrooms. The registry agent prompts about the claim and the woman explains she tests all mushrooms herself by requiring her maid to eat a portion first to avoid poisoning from toadstools after losing two maids in five years.
Tardif states he can cure ingrowing nail without surgery. He uses cotton strips and nitrate of lead to separate the nail edge from inflamed flesh, then dresses daily. Once the edge is exposed it is lifted gently and kept beneath the nail until it repositions as the tissue shrinks from treatment.
A dishonest man carries suspicion toward all honest people he meets, projecting his own deceit onto others. The remark portrays how distrust can color perception and ruin interpersonal trust.
Frederick E. Saward recounts a dangerous gas phenomenon in a gassy mine near a thick seam. A fire boss tests workings, vents blue flame from roof crevices, and demonstrates safe lamp use to prevent disasters, noting rapid gas buildup even where no danger is apparent.
A playful 19th century note recounts Huc the missionary observing that in parts of China a cat's pupil narrows to a line at noon and widens to a marble roundness at midnight. The piece jokes about distinguishing true time keepers from common felines and the impracticality of relying on cats for clocks.
A New York literary club recalls a Maine road meeting between a French Canadian with a trained bear and a long whiskered Yankee driving a mule. A quarrel over Napoleon leads to a threat of revenge as the bear is tied to a cruel joke about Ban Butler.
The article recounts Gideon M. Mitchell of Minnesota planting 9000 apple trees across nine years starting in 1855, enduring harsh winters to yield the hardy Wealthy apple. It notes critics doubting any apple could grow in the region, likening Mitchell’s success to Columbus's discovery in 1492.
A quoted Oxford student argues that affection is a relic of barbarism. He views kissing as a bite withheld, and pats and slaps as playful blows signaling capture and endearment.
A sultan surrounds the royal chamber with guards and savage dogs while English craftsmen build secret escape passages across the palace. Despite constant protection and brilliant illumination, the sultan cannot sleep without a high official reading to him and fears nightly nightmares.
A Baltimore Sun report tells of a judge in Charleston South Carolina who owns a highly intelligent Skye terrier. The dog reportedly tugs at the judge's trousers to cause adjournment when the court runs past 2 pm, sometimes affecting other judges and even the lawyer addressing the court.
Since May 1 the vessels of the United States fish commission have gathered on the coast of Maine 3200 seed lobsters which yielded 45000000 eggs. Of these eggs 20000000 have been hatched at Gloucester Massachusetts and many thousands of the fry returned to Maine waters. When liberated the young lobsters are about two inches long and are better able to care for themselves than those developed naturally. It is believed strict fisheries laws could save Maine lobsters from extinction and make the supply more plentiful.
A fragment from a Baltimore News item shows a street waif pleading for a chaw while star Jim refuses and offers to let her watch him spit. The quirky exchange captures city life and dialect in a brief social vignette.
A New York woman washed her car pets with gasoline and did it so thoroughly that she claims she will never have to do it again. There was no insurance on the car pets, but she collected 1 550 on the lease.
A humorous tale has the Cannibal King telling his court physician he feels unwell after a banquet of twelve men who claimed to be professional jurors. The physician suggests contacting the attorney general as the jury must have disagreed and a legal action should be pursued.
Charles Back of 64 Rue de la Victoire Paris recounts a painful kidney illness since childhood. After Carn Carlsbad and Paris Hamburg doctors failed, he found Dodd’s Kidney Pills in Montreal and felt pain vanish within days. He says he could not live without them.
A dialogue fragment shows a bold woman challenging a man who remarks that she is the best. The exchange hints at tension and playful flirtation within a social scene.
The Woodward Company, the well known Grain Commission firm of Minneapolis, promotes a Beautiful Picture at about half-price. It is a legitimate effort to present themselves favorably to the public at the start of a very fine crop.
A humorous exchange cites a mother's worry over her son's alleged lying with a quip that as he grows he could work in the government weather bureau, reflecting light local humor in Chicago News style.
An old advertisement urges readers with a cough to visit their druggist for Cole's Cough Cure and promises a money back guarantee if it does not help. Sold in bottles 25 and 50 cents.
A brief Philadelphia Press snippet records a child Willie asking for two pieces of candy and the mother’s passing reply. Willie rejects the answer and jokes about not being satisfied, noting he could have asked for more.
Ad promoting Cole's Carbon salve claims rapid relief and scar prevention for burns and scalds. Phased refunds or payment of 23 and 50 cents offered, with availability at all druggists.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Inquirer records a daughter recalling a visitor and a father asking if the gas had been turned off. The daughter admits the gas was turned out when he first arrived, prompting a light exchange about unseen dangers.
An OCR fragment discusses Dr J H RINDLAUR and a range of eye ear nose and throat topics with label specialias. It quotes social commentary on dress and status and advertising for Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething. The text includes unrelated aphorisms on silence and pockets.
Vintage drug ad notes bromma quinine tablets claim cough relief and cold remedy. It adds a moral line about folly and wisdom, referencing price 25a and a slogan style from the period.
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