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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
6
Bert Whitman of Sherbourne Vermont recalls his foxhound Spark returning home after five miles on Pico mountain with his head stuck in a two gallon milk can. The dog freed after 15 minutes, then ate eagerly, showing remarkable scent prowess to return despite the obstruction.
A public sale at William Stengle’s property in Nally near Pennsburg Pennsylvania sold two hens claimed to be 85 years old and laying eggs for 12.9 dollars. The Stengle farm kept hens hidden during ministerial conferences and church visits. The buyer plans to open a railway restaurant.
While the Hner Korea steamed between Yokohama and Honolulu a flying fish struck second Officer R. Allman on the bridge injuring him slightly. The fish, part of a large school, flew to an unusual height and lay stunned on the bridge. Allman saved the fish as a memento. The Korea bridge is about 50 feet above the sea.
A jail prisoner carved a pious sentence in the Cufic Arabic script that resembles a cross section of a ship or battleship. The inscription reads There is no God but God, and Mahomet is the prophet of God. The work was found on a Mahomet performed by a convict.
Five hundred parrots on the second floor of a Broadway building shrieked fire on the first floor one evening recently. Their cries sounded almost human and drew a janitor and a waiter to alert the fire department, saving lives and limiting damage.
The Key Mansion in Georgetown and Fort McHenry near Baltimore were saved by patriotic subscriptions and government leases. Newton Center Mass preserves Samuel Francis Smith’s “America” house, while Payne’s “Home Sweet Home” cottage at East Hampton Long Island is slated for demolition to make way for a church. The Prune Theater site in Philadelphia, where that song premiered, is now a warehouse.
A wry judge remarks on Mrs Bitterpill's steady effort in love, noting she fell for a perfect stick and has been chewing at it ever since. The exchange uses a simile to describe industrious devotion.
A humorous exchange where a man objects to a barber’s comb running through his mustache, and the barber replies that he is the first among 10,000 customers to do so. The dialogue hints at impatience and a light tone.
Sixty thousand messages are spoken daily over London telephone lines. The content length is unpredictable as it depends on language and the waiting subscriber’s speech.
A narrator laments his friend's ruin as his wife elopes with the chauffeur. The exchange notes the chauffeur’s excellence and suggests a dramatic marital upheaval affecting the household.
Mrs. Chatters laments that her husband undervalues her opinions. He retorts that he values them so highly he is shocked by how freely she shares them. The exchange highlights marital tension and gendered dialogue.
The dialogue confirms Maud will wed soon and include a Parisian wedding gown as part of the plans. The tone hints at happiness and expectation for the ceremony.
In Arcadia a tall shy girl named Bessie Dunlop mulls a life with Henry Jackson as neighbors recall her mother’s sacrifices. Lizzie Sloan’s memory haunts choices about education and marriage, while Bessie resolves duty over ease. Ten years later Henry has changed, and a bishop may await. the couple reunites with Mrs. Franklin’s quiet wisdom guiding them back to Arcadia.
A quoted American Magazine passage discusses a wife's "accusin' godliness" and her quiet, calculating resistance. It contrasts a man's drunken outbursts with a woman's steady, unflinching punishment that leaves him mortified yet powerless to cry. The piece delves into gender dynamics and the social penalties men face after straying.
Consul-General Alfred L. M. Gott schalk reports that private authority estimates American capital invested in Mexican mining and smelting ventures since 1902 totals about 125 million dollars in gold, a figure likely to raise earlier estimates of American investment in Mexico.
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