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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
2
A dense excerpt notes women in Philadelphia politics, a 15 year old poet from London, a divorce settlement for Bout de Castellane, Minnesota governor’s wage views, and New York’s anti racing mood. It also mocks profiteering in the arts and questions high art theaters profitability.
A congressman calls for a national tax to provide funds for all bachelors and spinsters, sparking debate on the merit and fairness of using tax revenue to support single people. The remark highlights a quirky political proposal reflecting social attitudes of the era.
The senator expresses remorse for not pursuing art and jokes about if only checks could be crawled like he could, implying a lighthearted gap between his career and artistic aspirations.
Readers wonder how many writers will be affected by the news that Henry Harland received about $70,000 for one of his novels. The figure may influence expectations for author earnings and publishing contracts.
The piece questions whether Walter Wellman should first attempt a Paris to Berlin airship flight as a trial before his Pole journey. It reflects scrutiny of his expedition plan and the merit of staged testing.
A report emphasizes that ample pure air benefits patients with pneumonia and serves as a preventive measure against pneumonia and other illnesses, underscoring air quality as vital to health.
The remark suggests the Countess de Castellane would not repeat a French bread style or repeat a past marriage pattern if she became Anna Gould again and chose another husband.
The young man may shrink from buying chocolate for the young woman because of the paraffin, but doubtless she will agree to a compromise on something just as expensive.
A special to a New York paper describes plans for a grand tiger hunt in Tamaulipas Mexico. The dispatch omits the country of origin for the tigers.
The question links schoolwise attrition with weekend health surges. It contrasts weekday illness among boys with Saturday improvement, probing social or environmental causes behind abrupt weekly health patterns. The observation invites analysis of study constraints and weekend reprieve effects.
Fragmentary passage remarks that baby Pu is descended from the gods and that divine influence wanes. a line notes even the Chinaman saves on junk sticks as of now.
Rev. Dr. Van Dyke challenges the common adage. He suggests replacing “a bird in the hand” with “a thorn in the bush” and doubts agreement with the newer version.
The remark jokes about excluding names from Who's Who in America and suggests publishing a rival volume titled Who Isn't Who in America to include the rest of the population. The quip notes the vast potential pool of unlisted individuals.
The piece notes King Edward endorsing President Eliot in praising work while condemning a twelve hour day in the king trade. It calls for a king's labor union to support eight hours and align with the eight hour party.
H A Barker a prominent advocate of bloodless surgery plans five week New York visit offering 24000 for a case he cannot cure. He bets hospitals 25000 if he fails to cure incurable joint disease after scrutiny and demonstrations in rapid manipulation cases.
A Providence Journal piece cites Dr No ble Smith and Dr Gowers urging less chair sitting to prevent spinal problems. It argues hard chairs cause pressure and sciatica, notes fashionable parlor furniture as nonchairs, and extols standing life though acknowledges chairs are practical yet costly and foster gossip and idle talk.
Turtles are captured at night on moonlit beaches as they lay eggs. Hunters flip them onto their backs and leave them until the next day. A rarer method uses remora fish to latch onto a turtle and be hauled aboard, then released at sea.
In Stockton Maine Master Crookes a famed shipbuilder and farmer attempts to corral a lamb for supper. The flock surges past him as he blocks the doorway and the boy, and all the sheep rush out leaving the man on the ground. He mutters I stopped them sone.
In Upville Maine, beloved but cantankerous Uncle Cyrus Hopedale quips during a barn discussion on cattle dehorning. As a cow tail swats and milk spills, he declares he will have the cow detailed, venting his impatience with the practice.
An 19th century lyric fragment urges living in the present as love and memory mingle. Samuel Lover expresses joy in the current moment against fading past joys and future doubts, using imagery of flowers, fragrance, and sailing to press the theme.
Raeburn, a six foot American in white drill, falls for O Taya San a geisha at a Tokyo teahouse. Dunn warns of the girl’s bondage to the proprietor as the man departs for Manila. The teahouse romance ends with separation and O Taya San fading from view.
A tale explains mountain speech with a North visitor offered a poke of snapples which turns out to be a bag of string beans. The mountain girl uses the term poke and snapples dating to early English roots.
On a small coasting steamer with English American French Italian and one German passenger a dining call in three languages prompts most travelers to leave the smoking room. The lone German mutters angrily wondering why no one shares the meal.
Poem sings of emerald flame and desire contrasted with diamonds and rubies. It invokes emerald fire as life giving and romantic imagery across seasons and mythic symbols, concluding with a flourish of spring and longing from the Pall Mall Gazette.
A New York Times report quotes a settlement worker who spent years on the East Side noting the word lady carries little weight there. She recalls a meeting of working girls when a speaker objected to a chairman calling her a lady, saying Mrs L is no lady.
In St Louis Col Bil Zevelly relates testimony from Mose Porter a witness in the Wood contested election case Porter claims his nationality is half black and half white and says he has no friends in St Louis or elsewhere He lives by jogging around and provides a stark portrait of isolated testimony before Chairman Olmsted and the committee
A witty exchange mocks a newly appointed prison warden who failed by applying his laundry business methods to prison management. He mangled accounts and treated inmates harshly, revealing how his past line of work doomed his administration.
A character boasts of saving a girl’s life by not urging marriage. He recalls she had threatened to die if forced to marry him, and his restraint allegedly prevented tragedy. The exchange frames a dramatic, one sided claim of gratitude and personal valor.
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