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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
6
A fragmented 1920s style collage mocks fashion folly and social norms. It riffs on women’s dress, synthetic rubber effects, dynamite, pumpkin pie, and travel curiosities. Witty observations touch on marriage, children, and curious contrasts across society.
A patchwork of flippant anecdotes and jokes critiques a range of beliefs from nutrition and crops to exploration and manners. The piece riffs on misread science and strange claims, concluding with a wry note about a St Paul woman who wrote a novel with her toes.
A fragmented line from a historical page reflects on gender roles and work, stating some men are born to do for a living while others stay home due to wives' inquisitiveness. The era's tone hints at social norms and domestic expectations.
A collage of wry observations on society and sport in a 20th century column. It notes lonely common people amid great ones and jokes about marriage dog ownership and golf balls. A Pennsylvania man dies at a ball game while rooting for the winning team.
The New York commissioner of police had his pocket picked under current conditions. The image of a juggernaut on a joy ride illustrates dangers on city streets, prompting concerns about safety and temporarily limiting pedestrian movement in the area.
A New York man dies of old age at 26 amid a puzzling remark about preferring "Better twenty Sid of Broadway than a cycle of ew Jersey." The line hints at a strange lifestyle or joke surrounding Broadway and New Jersey.
Reporters note the rumored Alexander Hamilton portrait on the new hundred dollar bill but acknowledge certainty must come from official confirmation, leaving the public to rely on secondhand statements.
The report observes that Kaiser Wilhelm suffers rheumatism with pain comparable in German and English accounts. The note frames the royal condition as a matter of public interest and medical description across languages.
A Pennsylvania woman sues for divorce claiming extreme cruelty after stating she has had only two new dresses in twelve years. The filing portrays a stark lack of support and basic care as the core grounds for dissolution.
A Chicago man Jacob Foy Guthrie twenty six confesses a life of crime from 1909 onward after a college education and work in engineering. He describes six months of burglaries of the rich totaling a quarter of a million dollars in art and valuables before turning to forgery and capture. Lom broso mentored his criminal path and Guthrie notes retirement into crime study.
The narrator, a young man, outlines how crime attracted him as an easy lucrative field. He describes studying Lombroso and Poe, planning burglary as a science, and targeting wealthy neighbors with restraint on violence. He details escalating risks, meticulous victim lists, and narrow escapes, asserting his plan would work if followed.
Guthrie was caught depositing a forged check at a bank after looting Mrs. Ella Wilson's home on Drexel Boulevard. He found a monthly bank statement and a new check book in a large envelope, which led to his capture. Wilson was away in Japan and Guthrie is in a Chicago prison.
An experiment at Fort Meyer and Indian Head Proving Grounds reuses condemned gunpowder as soil fertilizer. Hundreds of tons were plowed into fields, resulting in bumper crops by altering a dangerous material into a productive agricultural aid.
In a busy day snippet the editor answers a reader asking how to stop moustache hairs from falling out. The advice is to brush them lightly apart and keep them from quarrelling.
Mayor Harrison recalls a scene from old Chicago where a woman loses a purse on a fashionable boulevard. A rough man pockets it and jokes with the woman before walking away, while a passerby policeman shares the moment.
Mrs William K Vanderbilt, founder and leading spirit, has established a home for girls in New York in connection with the Big Sisters society. The society, suggested by the Big Brother movement, aims to help girls with as little red tape as possible, mirroring efforts for boys.
The author recalls Colombo as a chief city of Ceylon and a gateway to the Australian route, describing barefoot street life, busy markets, tramways clashing with old customs, and the presence of water buffaloes and betel sellers, while contrasting with the grand Dagobas of Anuradhapura and the ancient sacred ruins that outshine Rome and Byzantium in scale.
In Hood River Oregon the Oak Grove district bands with dogs to chase a large brown bear that raided a raspberry patch and ruined a rancher’s apiary. The bear entered Robert Shinn’s kitchen startling him from sleep and fled after shelves of jam were overturned. Locals fear further raids if the bear is not killed.
Nervous exhaustion seen as a warning to rest and treat nerves. Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People marketed as a nerve tonic restoring strength, with testimonials from Mrs J E Udelle of Osseo Minnesota detailing recovery after months of illness. Pills touted as free of habit forming drugs and offered by mail order with a free book on nervous diseases.
A French resident with the moniker Ca-choo tries to get mail for Joe Ca-choo but clerks cannot spell the unusual name. The man grows frustrated and suggests selling the post office to someone who can spell.
The pottery industry in the United States produced $34,518,560 in 1911, up from $33,784,678 in 1910. Ohio led with $14,774,265, followed by New Jersey $8,401,941, West Virginia $2,880,202, New York $2,178,364, Pennsylvania $2,156,817, and Indiana $1,004,737. no other state exceeded one million dollars.
An advertisement touts Postum as a healthier coffee alternative citing a reader letter about relief from enervation and indigestion after switching to Postum. It urges proper preparation by boiling 15 minutes and promotes a book titled The Road to Wellville.
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