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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
3
Katy, five, reports to her father that Brother Howard swore and used the word ain't. The father replies with a stern, old fashioned scolding as the child recounts the incident from America's seat of culture.
Dr J H Rindlaub specialist in Fargo offers eye ear nose and throat services. A humorous anecdote centers on a persistent suitor who learns a stern parent’s decisive lesson as he asks one question and is metaphorically booted out with a single reply.
George E. Hunter of Maidstone Saskatchewan writes as Canadian Government Agent about a mild autumn, good crops, and solid markets. He notes wheat at 1.10 a bushel, oats 38 cents, barley 50 cents, flax 90 cents to 1.00, strong cattle markets, growing dairies, creameries, and improving railroad service. He advises investors to put 500 to 1000 dollars into cattle near hills with water. He emphasizes soil, water, and climate suitability for homesteading and warns horses may need time to acclimate. He says some homesteads filed three years earlier have worth 3000 dollars.
Maj. George P. Ahern reports a world and Trans Siberian journey costing under 600 dollars. His route includes Manila to Kobe and Vladivostok to London and San Francisco to Manila with meals on ship transfers. He notes government transport from San Francisco to Manila saved about a dollar a day and cites the Vladivostok to Moscow Trans Siberian leg at 155.35 dollars for over 5,261 miles.
West of Pittsburg concrete telegraph poles are in experimental service at New Brighton Pa after two years of testing. Fifty three reinforced poles showed no decay after a year and are reported to last for generations. Poles about 30 feet long and 14 inches bottom diameter promise higher strength and uniform appearance.
In a Transportation club scene in San Francisco, Gould lines staff joke about late trains to Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Col. George J. Bradley and other railroad men criticize Western Pacific and Southern Pacific timeliness while a Gould representative orders drinks and jokes about slow service.
The 1907 cross tie purchases exceeded 1906 by 50 865 578 or about 60 percent. Hewed ties rose 40 889 543 or 62.8 percent while sawed ties grew 9 976 035 or 39.4 percent. Hewed ties made up 77 percent of 1907 total with 23 557 000 ties for new tracks including spurs and sidings. Steam roads used 19 722 000 ties for new tracks, 13.7 percent of their total. Electric railroads bought over 3 835 000 ties for new tracks, nearly 40 percent of their total.
A census counts 2 200 000 railroad cars nationwide with 50 000 designated as passenger cars.
Report lists patents issued to inventors connected with Northwestern sources. Names include H Feickert Leola ND pile driver, S Juel Halliday ND grain separator, E Mc Clintock St Paul MN sugar bowl, T A Moran Mankato MN relay, L F Regan Walker MN bill coupling, A B Thompson Inkster ND painters ladder and others.
A collage of vintage notices promotes groceries medicines and household goods with humorous quips. Milk dairy buyers balm troches foot powder laxatives fur trade and creameries appear alongside health tips and social maxims in a dense catalog of early 20th century commerce.
Pazo Ointment guarantees cure of itching, blind, bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or refunds money. Also notes ads for Miller Holmes buyers and Taubert Tannery promotions. Mentions age vanity and mischief comments about girls and love letters.
Claims the Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieves female troubles and has hundreds of thousands of letters of testimonial from grateful women. Describes testimonials from Minneapolis and stresses that the remedy is harmless and restores normal female function. Encourages women to consider the treatment to avoid surgery.
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