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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
10
A lullaby poem urging a cradle to swing the sleepy child toward the shadowy realm of night. Imagery features a white boat gliding through moonlit spaces, gardens of Sleep, and dreams guarded until dawn. Narration credits Julia Neely Finch in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
In a crowded theater a writer reconnects with Paul Rondelle an artist once close to him. Paul reveals a looming canvas he guards as his masterpiece and explains a bleak life path from Paris to Colorado shaped by overwork bronchial illness and a search for an unattainable living ideal.
A narrator recalls the artist Paul who loved his wife above his art and, though she may have wed another, he pursued an unattainable ideal in his painting. In a Colorado setting the artist fades while the narrator uncovers at last a luminous portrait of his wife on the canvas.
A moral reflection urges restraint in judgment and emphasizes forgiveness over contempt. It argues that helping others can someday return as needed aid to the helper, noting that life’s twists can place anyone in need and that generosity benefits the giver as well as the receiver.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Linnaeus used a floral clock with morning glory blossoms to tell time from 4 AM to 10 PM. A newly discovered Borneo clock plant uses two leaf sizes as minute and hour hands, starting folded, rising to the top, then dropping back. The small leaves complete their cycle in about a minute, while the larger leaves take about an hour.
A fresh skin of a Chinese monkey species Rhinopithecus brelichi was shown by Oldfield Thomas at a British Zoological Society meeting. The animal is believed to inhabit the Yan Gin Shan region of central China and the skin was obtained from hunter Henry Brelich and presented to the National Museum.
Edwin J. Webster argues in the New York Times that ghosts haunt modern life in New York and Paris. He contrasts Wall Street specters of former traders and dreamers with literary and acting ghosts who toil for crumbs and credit. The piece casts the Latin Quarter of Paris as the single true bohemian haunt.
Sir Godfrey Langdon told the legislative council that Rand native miners are as well cared for as those in Cumberland or England. Sir George Farrar reports native mortality in Rand mines from Nov 1902 to July 1903 at 70.6 per thousand.
During the German army maneuvers over two days, more than 56 000 men 5200 horses 228 wagons and 590 tons of baggage were shifted by rail without halting ordinary traffic.
A Portes Gers tale reports Clementine, an old maiden, lapsing into a profound cataleptic trance. As priests intoned De Profundis, she suddenly sat up and walked about. Panicked, she jumped from a window and died, prompting a second funeral invitation the next day.
Dr. Williamson a longtime physician testifies to Dodd's Kidney Pills acting reliably in kidney disease. He cites A. H. Cole age 31 who recovered after three weeks of use and returned to farm work in four weeks. Williamson notes his broad experience and strong endorsement of the remedy.
A former Lexington avenue line conductor recalls college girls acting as amateur spotters on short subway trips. They earn 60 to 80 cents daily by noting car numbers and items, with a risk of dismissal if spotted. The company uses spotter reports to justify terminations, often without explanation.
A Grafton physician describes vertigo and heart palpitations improving after switching from coffee to Postum. He notes his daughter Mrs Long also found relief from indigestion after stopping coffee and using Postum. He asserts Postum replaces coffee in flavor and is increasingly popular and prescribed in many cases. He cites favorable reports and endorses general use.
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