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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
7
A July themed social features ruby red decor with hourglass centerpieces and Father Time place cards. Dinner menu includes lobster croquettes and beef, followed by cherry ice and coffee with leather inspired decor and quotes for guests. A Fourth Anniversary leather party suggests Indian motifs with brown paper foods and leather canoes for dessert.
The Chicago Tribune reports that in East Central Africa women customarily kneel when meeting men and believe they are inferior. Missionary Duff Macdonald describes women bearing loads and slaves, their submission to husbands, and the control of chief wives, with punishment and sale of wives for debts.
A young girl staying at a friend's former boys school in India sees a fair haired boy in a bathing costume walk from her room to the dining room. She chases him but is told no such boy exists. Years later she learns the figure is the ghost of a boy who drowned in the swimming bath beside the room where she died.
A historic view from the Flatiron building roof presents busy New York City. From Fifth Avenue to Broadway and Twenty third Street the scene shows wagons and streetcars resembling tiny figures. Herald Square remains the city hub with Waldorf theater district nearby.
The article hails Irish American competitors at the revival in Greece as they win prizes. Dennis Sullivan, champion Harlem stroke oarsman, leads in Mount Olympia’s trophy race with five Sullivan generations backing him. Adolph Schultz of Milwaukee competes valiantly but is hindered by tight buckskin thongs. The royal box holds the jury as spectators witness historical echoes.
The text notes a transformation from a horse laugh to a horseless laugh after Gunner Coggeer bought an automobile. It contrasts Gunner H'ms exasperating horse laugh with his current reaction to modern transport.
A crowded, humorous exchange shows neighbors across the fence sharing gossip about a family living next door. The speaker notes children and adults peering through curtains, while Mrs Upsome and Mrs Chillicen-Kearney trade quips about how the tidbits surfaced.
Dialogue fragment shows Rimer expressing desire to sell all the poetry and Crittick reacting with a sigh. The exchange hints at a literary or theatrical setting with playful wordplay and frustration about commercialization of poetry.
Two prisoners exchange quips about their crimes with one boasting a bicycle theft and the other claiming slow riding. The briefing-style exchange highlights a humorous jailhouse moment.
A man who wore a ready made suit pressed it and married a lady fair. Later the same woman sues for divorce, pressing her divorce suit as his wife.
Bess, a firm believer in the latin cure, defends Nell by noting she spends half her allowance on complexion lotions.
Santa Rosa escaped the earthquake’s ruin with Luther Burbank, the Potato Wizard, amid reports of his magical experiments in fruit and flower melding. His home and farm survived the disaster, allowing his valuable plant science work to continue and potentially boost California and U S productivity despite widespread destruction.
A boy seeks fishing bait in a shady dell but finds no worms until an old angler pours soap suds on the ground. The suds reveal numerous worms, with the man noting that wetting soil with soapy water or a weak vitriol mix can lure them out.
A Chicago resident tells the public works commissioner that a busted pipe flooded his basement killing his chickens. The commissioner sends him to the waterworks chief, who humorously tells him to keep ducks.
A juror question probes domestic violence with a Dublin cadence as Mrs Sullivan answers with humor and slang. A Civil War orator boasts victories while an Irish audience member jokes about taking a drink after Atlanta and Savannah.
A London Lady's Picture shows concern that a famine of suitable partners exists in England. The writer notes tea hours and garden parties limit chances to meet, and dances lack eligible men, leaving single men scarce and rarely seen in social scenes.
There is constant immigration from the West Indies of male and female domestic servants. All are blacks or mulattoes and Eastern society women eagerly seek them for fine English accents and superior manners. They are valued for education and conduct, and distinguish themselves from American Negroes.
A speaker recounts meeting two of the happiest men he has encountered. One had just married, the other had just been divorced, highlighting contrasting life milestones in a single evening.
A fragmentary item notes a man pressing his ready-made suit and preparing for a marriage while his wife pursues a divorce suit. The terse report hints at domestic strife and a pending legal action.
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