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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
7
A fragmented notice laments a woman’s struggle with infertility and aging. It hints at marital strain and dislocation of reproductive organs impacting motherhood, reflecting a bleak view of old age and isolation for the wife.
Mrs Annix Potts of Hot Springs Arkansas writes of backache irregular menses and discharge from womb and how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her to overcome miscarriages and bear a healthy child. She urges other women to try it and offers free advice to expectant or would be mothers.
Mrs. Torkins warns Charley that his sports talk harms his grammar. He frets as she corrects his claim that the home team fielded well. He finally concedes and admits she meant felt well in the playful exchange.
Mrs H P Holmes of Ashland Oregon shares how a baby three months old suffered milk crust with hair loss and itching until a Cap and Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured it. She reports hair growth resumed and no relapse after using half a box.
A dialogue features Porpus denying acknowledgment of a comment. His friend insists the other called him a "blithering idiot." The exchange notes the word is not in the English language.
Conversation suggests tension over smoking in a shared home. A speaker asserts pipes have benefits while the mother-in-law exits as soon as the pipe is lit, highlighting family friction over habit.
A short whimsical reflection notes that wealth harms more than helps and that ruin can be preferable only in a humorous sense, suggesting a light jab at material excess and human folly.
A young farmer seeks guidance on whether breeding pedigreed cattle is profitable and how successful breeders achieved results. The article emphasizes that success rests on love for farming, honesty, business acumen, and proper training, plus building a reputation through fairs and honest advertising. It also notes the risks of speculation and advises care in establishing a breeding operation.
An 1868 69 experiment describes fattening 450 Texas and Cherokee cattle in central Illinois stables with pipes water, tramways for grain, and lariats to tie to stanchions. After five months they were sold in New York at prime beef prices, with about thirty lower grade cattle. the method was not repeated due to higher profits from good grade shorthorns.
A historical study notes how saliva is produced in horses during chewing. It details hourly saliva output for hay and various fodders, estimates daily totals, and explains the parotid glands' role and the fermentation of starch by ptylin.
The Missouri Agricultural College shows calves fatten fastest with half the grain of calves vs older cattle. Ottawa Central Station data compare profits by age, with calves yielding the highest returns per thousand dollars invested. Range cattle quality has improved over twenty years as pure breeds replaced scrub stock and range beef competes with farm-raised joins.
The standard breeds continue to be the most popular choice among farmers, maintaining approval for practical work, reliability, and steady production. Local growers favor their ease of care, enduring performance, and established value in daily farming tasks.
A speaker remembers his mother and her cooking short after her death praising her skill and desiring acknowledgment of her culinary talents. The tribute notes her influence and expresses affection for her.
A courtroom exchange features a beggar who asks for mercy while insisting the breath he buys is the best he can afford. The judge retorts that beggars cannot use champagne for a perfume breath. The exchange highlights class tension and frugal poverty.
In Belair Maryland the Belair Times records a lighthearted quip from a Pohick philosopher about domestic harmony. He notes two breakers of happy homes: a woman's love for dry goods and a man's love for wet goods, delivered with local humor.
At the end of an international sanitary congress session in Washington a layman asked Surgeon General Wyman about throat construction. He recounts a quack’s tale of two throat flags, one to close for food and open for drink, the other for drink and food, prompting a farmer’s humorous interruption about eating bread and milk.
Special from Hulett Wyn Dec 4 Mrs May Taber, a respected resident, says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her kidney trouble after seven boxes with relief from the first dose and no pain after finishing. The pills are claimed to cure rheumatism dropsy gout lumbago diabetes urinary and bladder troubles Bright's disease and related kidney disorders.
Reader reports a Cherokee nation incident where a boy climbs a cornstalk to check the crop and is now unseen as the corn rapidly grows. Three men attempt to cut him down, but the stalks grow too fast. The boy survives on raw corn and has already dropped four bushels of cobs.
Mr J G Meussel of 2975 Jackson avenue Dubuque Iowa describes severe rheumatism attacks over three years and swelling. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People his condition improved in weeks and fully recovered in three months. His family also endorses the remedy and supports its use as a household cure. The ad urges obtaining genuine pills from druggists or the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
A reflective saying notes that a person reshapes beliefs except the favorable view he holds of his own character. The line emphasizes self-regard and selective conviction rather than external judgments.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic tonic that nourishes nerves and blood to restore energy and vigor. It argues other tonics harm red blood cells, lists ingredients like Golden Seal bloodroot stone root and glycerine, and offers free literature and priced volumes.
Essen heiress Bertha Krupp, famed for wealth, turns to orchids and floriculture. She plans a school in Essen to train girls in ornamental gardening, while spending much time in a Florentine garden her father built. She imports rare orchids from England and South America.
A brief cartoonish wedding scene shows the parson collecting his fee and the bridegroom praising the bride’s teeth. The punchline reveals the teeth were a Christmas gift from grandma three years earlier, adding a lighthearted note to the marriage.
Many women who do their own work suffer chapped hands in winter. Ivory Soap for dish washing and toilet use helps. Dry hands thoroughly after water then rub with oatmeal water or lotion.
The editor greets two callers a poet and a deaf man. The poet asks to speak, but the editor insists the deaf man is the editor, turning the meeting into a humorous misunderstanding in the newsroom.
An 19th century ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children and sore gums. It claims easing pain and soothing wind colic, highlighting a trusted remedy in period childcare.
Fragmentary quotation laments hypocrisy in criticism of others. The speaker contends personal failings persist despite judgment of neighbors. The line hints at self awareness and social critique.
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