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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
8
Social committees plan a Bryant themed luncheon November 3 with decorative tables featuring quotes from William Cullen Bryant. The event includes place cards, menus, and course-inspired quotes from his poems, plus Halloween tricks involving cabbage heads for games and a storytelling segment on the poet's life.
A list of Halloween fortune telling games uses a pumpkin on a string, a spinning bread knife, a water ring forecast, witch hazel rods with sweets and peppers, and a raisin on thread to guess future spouses. The methods rely on objects touched or eaten and conclude with playful outcomes and a note of copyright.
An old circus veteran recounts how a great giant fell ill in winter quarters and two doctors faced off over treatment. The town physician advised tripling the dose for the oversized patient, and after a consultation the two doctors teamed up. In three days the giant recovered fully.
A 1906 Bowles essay urges simple health rules: avoid overfatigue and worry, use sleep for repair, and limit drugs and stimulants. It counsels regular meals, moderate tea and coffee, and self control over diet to maintain well being, with a hopeful, religious undertone.
The court officer asks if the expert on the stand is one of the wit nesses. The high financier replies he is and notes he has spoken for two hours without revealing any information.
The article notes velvet and felt combinations remain stylish with bold contrasts and plumes, buckles, and large hats. It highlights leather trim on gowns as fall fashion, suggesting affordable substitutes like dull silk or lightweight dull-finish cloth for those unable to buy leather.
At a Marguerite luncheon described in What to Eat a small glass bowl of white marguerites sat at each cover a large central bowl held more blooms. Ice wore daisy cups and the salad used daisies made from hard boiled egg white and yolk. Cakes were sprinkled with almond petals.
A survey of sailor superstitions and uncanny sea phenomena from phantom ships to spectral lights. References span ancient myth from Hesiod Virgil and Agamaster to St Elmo's fire and warning omens. Noting figures like Neptune and royal tribute, the piece mixes lore with nautical belief.
A Yorkshire village tale recalls an ecclesiastical orderly who dozed during a sermon. Waking from a cricket dream he inadvertently shouted "Over" at the pulpit's end, recalling the game and the tombstone inscription.
The American Manufacturer notes North American coal deposits near 681 billion tons, roughly equal to Europe. Asia holds far larger reserves, especially China. A German scientist estimates Shansi Province alone at about 200 billion tons, highlighting vast global coal potential.
A Virginia judge known for coming out ahead in tight situations is recalled through a childhood incident. Benny misnames a creature in school, remarking it seemed like a rat rather than a mouse after his father asks what he learned.
The piece extols asbestos as possibly the most useful mineral noting its fibrous crystalline form elastic yet brittle nature and its ease of carding spinning and weaving into tissue. It mentions German name stein flax stone flax and Quebec miners call pierre cotton the cotton stone.
A villager describes being knocked down by a passing rider and swears to the man’s identity, though the cyclist did not hear the villager. The exchange hints at a common belief about sense and wisdom from experience.
A classroom exchange turns humorous as a new pupil reveals his father and mother own an animal, prompting a surprised teacher to praise the remark and call out the family tie. The brief scene captures light schoolyard wit and parental pride.
Together they ascend a steep path as she asks what he would do if she faints. He replies he would catch her and kiss her, then she tells him to get ready.
Sykes argues for home rule while admitting personal family management is impossible to achieve. The exchange centers on belief in local autonomy versus practical control within a household.
The piece condemns smoking and nicotine highlighting the dangers of tobacco smoke. It notes tobacco can be processed to remove nicotine but warns of other pernicious components. It lists nicotine, pyrrol bases, formic aldehyde, ammonia, prussic acid, carbon monoxide and empyreumatic oils as harmful constituents and stresses continuous exposure from smoking.
The Postum Cereal Co. held a word-building contest from the letters Y I O Grape Nuts offering 81 boxes of gold and 300 dollars in greenbacks. Winners included L. D. Reese of Denver with 9941 words and S. K. Fraser of Lincoln Pa. with 9921 words, while thousands of lists were corrected by young ladies to ensure accuracy.
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