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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
8
A Philadelphia family drifts into slang at dinner prompting a discussion on language use. The mother argues for curbing slang while the father comments on the effectiveness of such corrections. The exchange includes humorous quips and references to public figures in a lightly satirical tone.
In a terse dialogue a woman seeks sisterly bonds while plans unfold to pull her from a hollow. The exchange hints that treating her as family could mend ties and advance goodwill, with a final note linking a signature on a check to prosperity.
Lawrence Bruner notes pocket gophers inflict substantial losses on 160 acre farms with typical damage of 10 to 15 dollars per farm and higher in orchards and fields. Burrows drain irrigation and crop loss, while numbers rise due to reduced natural enemies owls hawks weasels and bullsnakes.
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station advises home fruit growers to use Bordeaux mixture with arsenical poison to combat moths, apple worm, and scab. Apply with a strong pump, spray from multiple angles, and follow a five-application schedule starting before buds open, with gradually increasing water volumes per 200 trees.
Thomas C. Shotwell reports from New York on Taft’s tariff policy with Canada. He notes 150,000 to 250,000 American farmers may cross into the Canadian northwest in 1910 to farm, displacing U.S. workers from Europe and cities. He warns a tariff war could hinder wheat and meat prices and argues for removing tariffs on cattle and wheat to ease food production between nations.
A Findlay Ohio woman Mrs Catharine Kautz reports kidney trouble four years ago and says Doan's Kidney Pills cured her with three years of relief. The ad copy notes price 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and urges readers to remember the brand. A Denver museum anecdote follows about a farmer misunderstanding a portrait caption calling it a city seller joke.
A planting guide describes using an eight foot board with notches and holes to transfer a tree to the exact stake position. Pins hold the board in place, then the tree sits in the notch and is surrounded by soil to secure it in line with other stakes.
The Boston Herald notes a dialogue on trust in the beef trade. The beef trust is said not to worry the speaker, who asks what the marketman who won’t trust should worry about.
An advertisement for Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota highlights eye ear nose and throat services. Additional copy promotes Perry Daves painkiller Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and a humorous quote about truth and exaggeration. The piece combines medical ads with light moralist quips.
A poet’s wife recalls his final public moment as a poem he read before thousands stood as his last and final work. Publisher questions linger about the poet’s death and fate, with speculation of lynching or shooting in the era.
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