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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
2
A collage of brisk quips and trivia spans topics from Angora goats and radium mice to Rudyard Kipling’s 88th birthday and the pace of government clerks. Historical snapshots touch on maps, industry, and a Wheeling figure publishing vast numbers of stories in 1903.
The column muses on aging in New York at 23, recent Uruguay battles, bluffing, Japanese capabilities beyond flowers, general human kindness, and Gov. Dockery of Missouri admitting he cannot distinguish poker chip colors, followed by a playful vow not to play with him.
The text notes Wu Ting-Fang has been promoted in China and highlights a concern that promotion may increase his proximity to the empress dowager. It implies political considerations without detailing specific actions or dates.
A minister built wealth by creating a unique not-refillable bottle. The article explores how his spiritual calling and practical insight led him to value this device as a means of grace.
Russia criticizes Britain for a Tibet expedition conducted behind her back while facing Japan, suggesting such action would worsen any diplomatic note.
A Mem phis Tenn figure named Chighizola was defeated for public office a few days ago. The account notes it took courage to oppose him.
A Missouri scientist claims radium gives Arkansas hot springs their curative powers. He suggests radium treatment, while noting nonmedical comforts like poker tables and roulette wheels are not essential.
A forty story skyscraper is to be erected in New York City raising concerns that light and air will be thoroughly monopolized as in other big town developments.
A San Francisco man announces an automobile that runs perfectly on radium power. He says the public must obtain the car first and then the radium to power it.
English women are rapidly breaking away from the habit of kissing each other. The note cites leap year as a justification for ending the practice, suggesting there is no reason for it to be popular anywhere.
Mr Schwab admits he is out of a job but he holds securities worth several million dollars, suggesting he could weather the winter comfortably despite his unemployment.
The notice reports more than 1,000 applicants for a vacant Brooklyn pastorate offering a $10,000 salary, illustrating intense competition for the church post.
A Switzer land resident boasts of an electrical contrivance that would knock out an army with a single shock. The claim appears fanciful and questions arise about its practical use and the role of heroes.
A female judge of election was arrested in Denver on charges of violating election laws challenging the notion that women in politics end corruption. The incident signals ongoing scrutiny of electoral processes and reinforces debates over gender and ethics in public service.
In a coastal resort tale, Miss Southwell and Jack Blair explore a supposed Platonic friendship. They form a pact to remain friends without romance, but tension grows as Blair coaxes a romantic outcome while Miss Southwell resists. A departure night tests their fragile boundary and hints at unspoken feelings between them.
A dialogue unfolds with a playful duel over love and friendship as a couple contemplates Platonic bonds. The moonlight, drifting veils, and desertion on the veranda frame a witty flirtation ending with a playful note on Plato.
Ralph Wilson, a farmer’s lad, woos Miss Octavia Spencer after she warns him to choose “anecdote” over “tale.” On the Fourth of July he sees a city rival’s richly decorated horse and, in farmer fashion, calls out at the door. He tells Miss Spencer to inspect the other horse, noting his mule ate the ribbon off the rival’s anecdote.
A New York Times paragraph satirizes a caller who claims an applicant is “as honest as the day is long” but is rejected because the job requires honesty only in the evening. The commissioner jokes about creating a position to fit the man.
At the Hotel Men's jubilee banquet President H H Vreeland of the Metropolitan Street Railway tells a story about a town circus where the star Xerxes the human catapult caused back pay chaos. The boss declares claims would be paid alphabetically but funds run out before M as the strong man reveals his name is Ajax.
Paris mourns the loss of its oldest elm planted by order of Sully in 1600 on Rue St. Jacques. The historic tree is leafless this year.
The Washington Post recounts how President Lincoln spared Rooney Lee after Custis Lee offered to sacrifice himself to save his brother. Union Lt Gen Custis Lee pleaded, letters reached Lincoln, who ordered deferral, and Rooney Lee survived to later serve in Congress while Custis and their father Robert E. Lee were revered figures.
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