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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
2
The article notes tall vases obstruct conversation at table and suggests graceful basket centerpieces in silver, glass, china, or straw. It praises purple and pale yellow combos and lilac with pale blue forget me nots, plus maidenhair ferns. It also describes bead work candle shades and ribbon shades as decorative options. It ends with a suggested dinner sequence from first course to dessert.
The article notes that summer children outfits favor simple lines with smocking and Russian influences. It highlights Russian one piece dresses, practical laundering, wide shoulder tucks, and the trend toward belts or their absence to alter the look.
Paris styles feature pale gray gowns with green veils and matching accessories. A melon green afternoon dress, velvet trims, and a pelerine echo forties fashions. A pale buff silk muslin frock also uses gray accents with a small waistcoat. A traveler suggests moist eastern grass curtains to cool rooms, with water-drenched fabric and a faint oriental scent.
A humorous piece explains a mule powered telegraphy concept and the long lived burro Old Dick in Colorado's South Cheyenne Canyon near Pike's Peak. The article notes Old Dick's past transport work for the signal corps and his status as a local tourist favorite famed for longevity and the many legends surrounding him.
A period piece depicts a touring party speeding through Mexico City and surrounding highways in an automobile. The narrative highlights high mountains, dense earthquakes, a large capital, dramatic vegetation, and vivid landscapes. It notes travel ease from New York, peculiar customs, and the danger of bayonet plants along rural roads.
A historical guide links each day to a deity flower and a sentiment for hostessing. Sunday features heliotrope and sun imagery with quotes. Monday uses white daisy with moon motifs and mirrored Luna table decor. Tuesday favors violet with heathen symbols and guest name pendants. Wednesday centers monkshood in blue tones with hooded décor and chivalry quotes. Thursday presents burdock with a green white scheme and danger motif. Friday highlights orchids for weddings with hopeful sentiments. Saturday uses horsetail and martial decor with courage quotes.
An excerpt extols horse protection and a Californian inventor’s wooden hooves for desert rail travel. The text humorously recalls nature’s adaptations and recounts a test where a horse, wearing wooden feet, charges across plains, trampling reptiles and pests, leaving onlookers impressed by the creature’s power.
The Duke of Wellington's charger Copenhagen is buried in a Strathfieldsaye paddock in Hampshire. The interment was performed with military honors. A stone inscription notes Copenhagen as the horse ridden by the Duke at Waterloo, born 1808 and died 1836, with the line God’s humbler instrument.
In Cirencester Gloucestershire workers cut down a large tree and uncovered a bird's nest with four eggs sealed in a hollow near the trunk's heart. The sapling rings indicate the eggs were laid about a hundred years ago and the hollow closed on their own. The eggs remain intact though faded.
A bronze heroic size statue of Queen Alexandra will be placed on the grounds of a London hospital to mark the completion of rebuilding cost £45,000. Sculptor George Wade leads the project with £1,500 total cost and £1,300 already subscribed by the committee staff and friends.
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