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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
2
An aged British tree, the Cowthorpe Oak near Wetherby in Yorkshire, stands about 500 years old. It has supported forty people at once within its hollow trunk and now measures a 54 feet 3 inch ground girth with a 37 foot height, held by twenty five supports. Acorns were produced in 1901 and 1905, and a memorial tree was planted in 1893 nearby.
A soldier recounts a joke about rising living costs and his wife’s dressmaker bills. He recalls a 1864 letter from A T Stewart & Co New York offering velvet at 75 dollars a yard, a price he calls the cheapest they've seen yet. The anecdote ends with his admission that his wife won the argument.
A grandfather artist admires fine millinery as a baby wears a new hat. The young mother finds the creation extravagant yet the grandfather insists on seeing the child in it. She notes the family saved by the dress and hat purchases, ending with a hopeful family scene.
Guided by her family in Barbour county near Overfield the eighty year old Mrs. Young mastered reading and writing to write a letter to her daughter Anni Young in Washington. Her granddaughter tutored her, and she went from knowing no alphabet to a legible hand.
An automobile trip in the mountains causes a saline effect and raises red blood cell counts at 1,200 to 1,800 millimeters, with sleep deepening and lengthening in normal persons.
Rudolph Ulmer, a clerk in the adjutant general's office in Washington, has completed fifty years of continuous government service. He came to the United States from Germany at age nine and briefly served as a drummer boy in the army.
Richard Robins of Boston has started a movement to mark the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin on Milk Street in Boston. The site remains one of the few historical places connected with the philosopher and philanthropist that has not yet been marked.
Sir Frank Burnard former editor of London Punch has been proclaimed a pensioner under a law in England aimed at aiding distinguished figures in literature science and art. The move follows many years of service in journalism and public life.
A moral short quip notes a bachelor who weds a rich widow as mercenary and wretch from a spinster perspective.
On a train to Washington Bess faces a tempting invitation from a friend. Tom bets she will back out, then schemes a marriage wager to secure her trip and a new future, while Bess struggles with pride and duty before finally accepting.
Malai Hafid, brother of the sultan, is proclaimed in Morocco on Aug 16 as his campaign advances in the south, abolishing taxes, freeing prisoners, and pressing Mazagan residents to surrender arms, actions blocked by French authorities. A swimming match details Jarvis winning time and notable finishers including Miss Lilian Smith.
In Tasmania a lone survivor, Trucaninni, is displayed in the National Museum as a skeleton. The article notes her four foot height, clean living, and distinctive dress including uncut hair and fur bands. It laments that white settlement arrived too late to preserve fuller history.
A fragmented report notes a man attempting to unlock his front door with a fountain pen at 2 am. The text hints at an ongoing brainstorm or incident but lacks details, names, or location to confirm broader events.
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