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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
2
A Choteau-Acantha column surveys topics from aviation laws and the perils of nature to rising food prices and scientific progress. It notes labor on glaziers in New York, Halley’s Comet, advances in ships and torpedo boats, and a joking jab at a phonograph amid a broad, rambling roundup of contemporary curiosities.
A New York recruit who cursed the army and the flag and claimed he joined for money was court-martialed and imprisoned for several years. The piece condemns traitorous behavior as a severe offense harming national life, likening it to Benedict Arnold era treachery.
The small Panama earthquake caused little damage and alarm. Observers note the canal project proceeded with awareness of earthquake belts and argue the Nicaragua route would pose greater danger and lengthen exposure to seismic risk.
A Berlin game for the American Woman's Club featured teams led by Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador and Captain Heath of the British embassy. Remaining players were drawn from the U S embassy and the American colony in Berlin.
An expert says permanganate of potash scattered over swampy breeding grounds will destroy mosquitoes. Two applications are claimed to suffice. Though late for this season, demand may rise in New Jersey next spring.
The New York Post notes that on September 15 the urban public removes straw hats regardless of heat, a ritual believed to reflect public opinion as a basis of morality and law. The piece emphasizes belief in this annual courtesy.
A Chicago chauffeur was arrested and fired after keeping his car engine running for an hour while waiting for a patron. The incident highlights a noise nuisance complaint that authorities have been slow to address.
Germany supplied 45 percent of Chi bathtubs in 1908, England 38 percent, and the United States 15 percent. The passage suggests that with trade diligence the cleanliness of South American nations could improve alongside our prosperity.
The 1904 peace accord signed in Santiago settles all Bolivia Chile disputes. The article outlines Bolivias postwar economic shift away from nitrate exports, its high Andean tableland geography, and the push to build railways with foreign investment. It details prior treaties, the Acre dispute with Brazil, and later railway concessions and bonds to finance trunk lines from Oruro to Potosi and La Paz to Puerto Pando among others.
A tale recalls Miss Burden seeking relief from a neighbor over water rights and a path. Lawyer Fairman counsels: law needs facts, for a fact is a stout thing, and fancy breeds endless arguments unless backed by solid evidence.
The article describes Greenland Eskimo life as seen from the South, detailing polar hardship, seasonal cycles, and social life. It recounts Rasmussen’s childhood impressions, bear skin dress, sledges, and houses, plus winter conversations, dreamlike visions, and folklore of Inland Dwellers and other mythic figures.
A Kentucky planter Col Moore kept slaves with Jupe the field hand blamed for negligence. Jupe cut a hard black gum tree, storm hits, lightning strikes a nearby poplar, Jupe jokes that lightening would have split the gum as easily as a poplar.
An Illinois judge told the Illinois States' Attorneys association that lawyers exploit juror prejudices. He cited Chicago bias against bearded jurors, noting earlier prejudice favored long whiskers and that attorneys now reject bearded men. He warned fashion shifts could follow if such prejudice spread.
The Sobranje of Bulgaria passes a tax of about three dollars a year on unmarried men aged 30 and older. In Tirnovo bachelors protest, arguing they will pay the tax but seek to end the annual public chastisement during Lent when unwed men are beaten with inflated pigs bladders.
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