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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
7
A centerpiece guide to a month long touring dinner featuring a farm fruit setting, railroad car ambiance, sea yacht table, forest wildlife centerpieces, and an automobile salad course. Hosts coordinate moving courses through rooms with themed decor and handmade place cards.
A party planning piece describes a lawn centerpiece with a pond and seashell desserts for a seaside inspired event. Separately, a Mercerburg correspondent notes James Buchanan as Pennsylvania’s only U.S. president born near Mercersburg in a mountain cabin, later moved to Mercersburg and educated at Carlisle, with local ties to historic houses and churches.
A sweeping editorial warns that anarchist violence endangers rulers worldwide after the Madrid bombing. It cites recent assassinations and calls for international police cooperation to crush anarchists, naming figures like Emma Goldman and Czolosz and noting U.S. and British laxity.
A historical piece highlights Abraham Lincoln autographs and wartime decisions. It notes Secretary Stanton’s vigilance against spies and deserters, and recounts a notable autograph signed on March 15 1865 just thirty days before Lincoln’s death.
A Maine attorney, brother of Congressman Lewellyn Powers, moved to discharge a prisoner at a preliminary hearing in a country town. A spectator seconded, the judge, thinking it a town meeting, declared the prisoner discharged, ending the case with astonished prosecutors.
Reports claim Zenobia Galatske, a former field laborer’s daughter, has won the czar’s favor as a trusted adviser on state and military matters. Watchful courtiers say hypnotist Beuningen, a former colonel, threatens to supplant her with bold prophecies of global Russian supremacy after 1938.
The exchange notes that the fraudulent insurance company was accused of having too many dummy directors, while another speaker counters by suggesting it also had too many dummy policyholders.
A light exchange follows a raucous jamboree scene. One participant jokes they feel as if they burglarized a fur store and ate all the stock, signaling lingering amusement and mischief from the event.
The Duke of Connaught, King Edward’s brother, is adopted by the Six Nations Indians of Canada and called Cousin Arthur, the only white man honored in this way. An Ontario elder known as Bill Prince recalls shaking hands with the future king during Edward’s visit when he was Prince of Wales.
A banter between friends sets a grim tone as a lawyer jokes about payment for defending a client. The exchange implies a willingness to seize the client’s wealth, framing the risk and ethics of criminal defense in stark terms.
The dialogue hints at a playful note on romance as Dogrel admits trouble wooing his muse. A companion remarks that his partner’s feet are often clumsy, casting doubt on any chance of escape from him.
King Alfonso twice escaped bomb attacks and received a rug made from the skin of the guardes municipal horse killed in the Paris bombing. The unique foot rug, shaped as a tribute to the groomed tragedy, bears bomb fragment rents. The king noted etiquette limits but accepted given the circumstances.
Miss Clara Clemens daughter of Mark Twain spoke at Atlantic City on the value of tact in entertaining. She warned that without tact even hospitable efforts can make guests uncomfortable and recounted a blush making dinner scene where a hostess criticized a guest for helping himself to everything.
A short vignette recalls Dan's mixed heritage with a Hebrew father and a deput follower of John Calvin mother. On his fifth birthday he sits in a Sunday school and is asked why he is there. He protests that he is not a Jew, asserting his mother is Presbyterian and his father an Elk.
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