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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
6
Quincy Massachusetts claims the first railroad in the country built under Gridley Bryant plans. Construction started April 1 1826 and finished October 7 1826 with stone sleepers wooden rails and iron plates. The gauge was five feet and cars carried six to ten ton loads.
The article explains Queen Alexandra's influence on hat styles in Britain, favoring the toque over large millinery. It notes her stance against bird wing decorations, her role in bird protection laws, and the Audubon Society's Gulf islands restoration efforts. It also recounts a Bird Captain Cowdy anecdote from Vera Cruz.
In a sultry evening a Vermont couple, William and Phoebe Bowers, spar over carpets while suspects of a missing shirts plot arises. A sudden storm drives Phoebe and William to the hollow oak to retrieve the shirts, revealing Phoebe’s Carpet demand as the real motive.
A passenger on train No. 4 offered a worn 1869 ticket to the conductor. Issued by the Louisville and Lexington or Mexican Railroad, it read good for first class between Cincinnati and Washington. The conductor consulted Philadelphia officials who advised honoring the ticket, likely to be framed as a relic of bygone days.
A large sawmill near Kilauea volcano on Hawaii Island is under construction to become one of the world’s largest for railroad ties. The plant will supply 1,000,000 ties annually to an American railroad and produce about 100,000 feet of ties per day. Four ties are cut at once with extra saws turning surplus timber into lumber.
The dialogue states a rich prisoner has limited freedom, not unlimited. He is barred from leaving the state, underscoring the restraint on his liberties within jurisdiction.
Capt. Cowdy of the British steam ship Cayo Manzanillo is a pigeon fancier. He notes that homer pigeons picked up by vessels in the gulf or by locals may be part of his lost loft from Vera Cruz after a storm. The ten Belgian birds have traveled thousands of miles and been released in various countries, sometimes up to 500 miles away.
At closing time the longtime library substitute, Mr Duke, searches for his umbrella in the card catalog with help from his daughter Margaret. Raining heavily, he admits aging makes him misplace items and laugh at his mistake while returning to the door.
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