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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
6
A collage of quirks and opinions from a 1920s American paper. Notes on Cuba life violence and politics mingle with jokes about Chicago heat divorces and bearded ladies. A scientist links big noses to nerves as railships and eagles feature in France.
About 4200 American titles were cataloged by publishers this spring and most will not yield advance or royalties for authors during the summer vacation period.
Cincinnati women vote to set an example in simplicity noting that fashion and simplicity can be costly, reflecting the era's debate over modest dress and social expectations.
A New York church, Trinity, reports an annual income of one million dollars, highlighting the sting felt by a man unable to donate more than a nickel to the contribution plate.
A Pennsylvania court holds that a voter's home is where his wife lives, effectively leaving bachelors to establish separate homes. The ruling impacts residency definitions and voter eligibility in a humorously framed, period-tinged remark.
The New York Medical Journal declares card playing injurious to the mind in a brief notice. The article does not disclose how a material for experiments was obtained, leaving the sourcing unexplained.
The new French aeroplane line over the English Channel has adopted a 15 minute timetable.
A divorced plea unfolds as an Indian woman seeks separation after her husband pressed her to wear his old false teeth. In court her lawyer may slip in sharp sarcasm to highlight the absurd claim and marital strife.
Statistical testimonial notes 1911 bullfighting in Spain with ten deaths and 166 injuries out of 872 fights as critics claim the sport sustains national pride against football.
A satirical English writer claims women could be successful explorers by probing the depths of their husbands’ attire in the dead of night, a line echoed by critics as a jab at gender roles and social propriety.
The article notes baseball magnates warn of shortening the season yet avoid measures that would curb discussion and fan interest year round, keeping the sport in public conversation despite potential changes.
A Chicago woman sought a maid promising a weekly car ride as a lure. The sole applicant requested to see a picture of the chauffeur before proceeding. The remark suggests the ride would lack genuine joy without the promised happiness.
In a San Francisco divorce case the father ignored the child yet sought custody of a spaniel pet. The court awarded the dog to the partner judged more humane, who shared custody with the child.
The story centers on Kate Barringer who died of pneumonia on April 23 after a brief marriage to Mr Barringer. Her will leaves the Deal Beach home to Mr Weil for life and bequests to uncles cousins and a maid, with executrix named as her mother. Friends recall a prior romance and a long Chicago trip prior to the marriage.
William A. Radford explains hillside sites offer better views sun and privacy, with terraces and proper drainage key to home dignity. He notes the English terrace tradition influences modern design and urges builders to fit plans to the landscape rather than avoid slopes.
Describes a 36 by 51 foot house suited for hilltop or high ground. Featuring a 15 by 15 reception hall, 15 by 14 6 parlor, 17 by 15 living room, 15 by 15 dining room, a 13 6 by 16 10 kitchen, and a second floor accessed from the hall. Includes a sewing room 10 by 10 6 and notes a wide porch per the elevation.
A house placed on a knoll should have contours matching the site with a roof slope echoing the hillside. It features six large closets, three bedrooms, a servant’s room and a bath, and is projected to cost about five thousand six hundred dollars with ample sunlight and views.
Katherine Doyle Barringer left her Deal Beach home to Edwin C Well for life, denying her Chicago Stock Exchange husband Walter M Barringer. The tale follows a long forbidden romance, a $100000 estate, and a shifting will that kept two lovers apart.
The piece cites Livingstone preferring another journey to writing a book and notes authors who poured years into works. It mentions Owen examining over 150 volumes for South American negro population statistics, Longfellow revising a four week draft for six months, Bulwer rewritings up to nine times, and Tennyson rewriting a poem 50 times. Gibbons twenty years on Decline and Fall, Adam Clark twenty six on his Commentary, Carlyle fifteen on Frederick the Great. It also highlights extensive reading, with George Eliot reading a thousand books for Daniel Deronda and Allison two thousand before completing his history.
A Century Magazine writer recalls Christopher Kit Carson as modest and quick with wit. He notes Carson’s frontier exploits along the Cimarron river in New Mexico while a high ranking army officer praises him for making Indians run. Carson counters with a sharp quip about Indians running after him.
The Downs News answers a pure food department query by noting scientists disagree on decay timing but offer a practical rule. A bad egg is one that explodes with a cannon cracker sound or emits foul breath and shows interior separation from its texture and solidarity.
It's a brief quotation from Uncle Eben urging restraint in fault finding. The line emphasizes that a truly smart person should avoid wasting energy on nitpicking and criticism.
Eleven skeletons with sloping foreheads and two rows of front teeth were found twenty feet deep in Craigshill El lensburg Washington in a dry shale cement rock formation. Jaw bones are oversized and a femur measures twenty inches suggesting an eighty inch tall primitive man. Professor J P Munson of the state normal school calls the bones primitive and notes worn teeth from uncooked foods. The low skull slope implies a very early, less developed intellect than known American Indians.
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