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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
7
In a temping scene quoted from the Philadelphia Inquirer a pale youth asks for Marys hand, praising her beauty and sweetness while papa questions who called the request mere formality. The mother reportedly suggested the formal consultation, provoking a formal bequeathal of consent.
A playful quarrel between a grocery boy and a cook unfolds about laying eggs under the refrigerator. A youth from the back steps declares identity while the cook continues kneading dough. The excerpt ends with a Cicero quote on bravery and temperance.
Two young boys discuss the soul on the way home from Sunday school. Willie asks where his son is and Bobby replies that heaven is not a place but air. They talk about how a body goes to heaven and whether clothes stay behind as everything else leaves.
A man boasts to another about an improvised method to improve Italian opera records by rubbing garlic on the vinyl before playback. The tale mixes humor with a quirky arc in a social scene.
A Kansas City Journal item notes playful questions about affixing items to park o e a ch es with a cheeky reply promoting an opera glass privilege. Patrons can drop in a nickel to glimpse the comet during a public entertainment feature.
A concise reflection on how virtuous thinking nurtures personal excellence and moral character, implying that inner mindset drives outward achievement and leadership.
A New York piece details how five prominent actresses Dorothy Donnelly Julia Marlowe Ethel Barrymore Maude Adams and Margaret Anglin began in religious training in convents before embracing acting. It also notes Otis Skinner son of a preacher as a leading figure and discusses the growing ties between church life and theater through amateur groups and professional writers.
Brig. Gen. Clarence Edwards, head of the bureau of insular affairs and Taft ally, after sampling an alcohol drink in Hot Springs, invites a newspaper correspondent to share and then extends the invitation to all reporters as the bar fills with guests. The general remarks he is up against it with the press.
The passage argues that future Americans will differ in height weight and other traits but will not be inherently better off. progress depends on society and individual efforts. It notes a strong desire across native and foreign born to improve education and community standards for their children, driving ongoing improvements at local, state, and national levels.
An Illustrated Sunday Magazine piece describes a deadly poaching tool the fishing otter. A floating board loaded on one side carries a long line with flies to lure and catch many fish across a wide water area.
Mrs. Firmgill explains the postponement of her divorce hearings was necessary to consult her photographer. She says no image is ready for print and wants a photo she approves.
Mrs Oldcastle complains of a church crush as townsfolk attend services. The hostess mentions dusting Gobelin tapestry and notes sermon by Doctor Goodman, though she dislikes his innuendo in the sermon. Episcopals have the edge, she says, comparing robes and etiquette.
Two street cleaning workers argued while driving garbage carts on upper Broadway. One man, described as red-faced, called the other out and a heated exchange followed, reflecting hostile street slang of the era.
A Howard girl’s uncertain age prompts a physician to inspect old records. He reports that the father once had a girl baby born on the steenth day of April in 189 and notes he still owes the doctor for the girl, highlighting a humorous legal-quirk style in the Courier clipping.
A Cleveland Leader quip frames a joke about Jones who sustains two black eyes from a hunting accident. The exchange mocks miscommunication and fate as a playful urban anecdote.
A dated humorous ad copy features mock dialogue about an eye remedy from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. It touts the product as soothing tired eyes with the charge 60c and invites readers to write for eye books. The piece ends with a quip about egg preferences and memory.
A brief humor piece features Lee Wyman praising a plan to preserve children's sayings for future readers. A mother and father exchange in a vignette about a child before a tribunal, where the boy humorously notes that only nine commandments remain after his mother cites one.
A woman pursues the last word and compiles a 3000-word list from Constantinople earning a year subscription to the Joyful Home prize contest as noted by the judge.
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