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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
3
A Cleveland school scene shows a teacher asking students to explain the distinction between phrases a while and for a time. A boy finally answers, illustrating common usage through a family example and earning the class’s intellectual recognition.
A Cambridge student known as a wise figure is sought for aid by a friend who finds him in bed. The student feigns sleep and replies that he is asleep when asked to lend a sovereign, illustrating a joke about not wasting others time with troubles.
An item notes OR J H Rindlaub as a specialist in Eye Ear Nose and Throat in Fargo North Dakota. The text also references a sensational claim about a girl deceiving an old millionaire and an old advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and pain relief priced at 25 cents a bottle.
A vintage ad touts Cole's Corboli salve as stopping pain instantly for burns and cuts. The promotion mentions Nascar and notes availability at all druggists for 25 and 50 cents.
A London New York World report outlines cases where vivid dreams led to real harm or cures. It cites a mother who dropped her baby in sleep dream, shootings in sleep, and a Boston neurologist linking dream content to headaches and nausea later resolved by suggestion.
British authorities report rabies extinct in Great Britain with no suspected cases since 1908. Consul General Griffiths notes strict muzzling orders in London and industrial districts, annual dog licenses at 1.83 dollars, and mandatory slaughter of any dog attacked by rabies to prevent spread.
Sandown in Esher hosts a famed racecourse set on an estate once owned by a priory. The Black Death cleared the brethren in the mid fourteenth century, leaving only memory as a warning to pleasure seekers.
Williams, a sheriff candidate in a northern Wisconsin county, canvasses rural homes. At Farmer Thompson’s house the housewife notes Thompson is away and reveals Williams intends to secure a promise to vote for him. The wife retorts Thompson has already pledged to four other candidates.
Mrs Monkey exclaims delight over Mr Monkey's order of the latest fig leaf bathing suits imported from Ujiji for her and Jocko. She imagines a striking figure on the Congo this season.
An advertisement touts Calumet baking powder as pure in materials and production. It claims chemist testing ensures uniform quality, weather resistance, and reliable lofty, fluffy baking results. It highlights awards from World’s Pure Food Expositions in Chicago 1907 and Paris 1912.
A large woman declares Reason Was Plain that her husband has deserted her and she wants a warrant for JT. The prosecutor asks for his reason. The official weakly claims to understand and proceeds to draft the warrant as a barroom metaphor hints at a fading truth.
A short humorous anecdote about Ruth, the youngest daughter in a strict Presbyterian family, unhappy with a dolly's behavior. She cannot find proper words and, in a baby voice, exclaims she wishes her family would swear. The tale highlights rosy irony and the clash of propriety and expression.
An old advertisement for Cole's Carbelsatve claims to stop itching and pain and cure piles. Available from druggists for 2 shillings 50 cents. Also a separate line offers a moral ad about not judging a man by his coat though he may owe the tailor.
Mrs Ollid Woodall of Mortons Gap Kentucky describes two years of backache tied to female disorders. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports lasting relief and daily ability to work. The ad invites readers with doubts to write to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice.
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