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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1914
Page
6
James C. McReynolds recalls his early law practice in a Tennessee town. A man sought $10,000 damages after being called a hippopotamus two years earlier. The wag of a circus visit past week prompted the neighbourly insult realization.
The United States pension office anticipates the final Civil War survivor will die in 1955, about ninety years after Lee surrendered. It notes earlier last veterans from the War of 1812 and the Revolution lived shorter postwar spans.
A tall woman struggled through an aisle crowded with twelve men on each side. No one offered a seat until a small boy gave up his, explaining the act was not politeness but gum-covered seating.
A brief line pairs a fear of falling in love with a humorous query about a partner’s domestic science skills. The exchange hints at romantic hesitation and playful teasing in a light, conversational tone.
In Yonkers a Central Methodist address by Judge Robert Carey sparks mixed replies from Tombs inmates led by Joseph G. Robin and Philip Musica. Prisoners like Robert H. Kirby endorse the concept that a day in jail could sharpen penance while others deem the plan impractical or unfair.
Cassidy condemns a judge as a nut and reflects on thirty years in jail. He recalls first punishment for beating a man in a cab and says prison life failed to broaden his Christian viewpoint or curb crime, noting greed and hunger from hard labor.
A sequence of quoted inmates discuss prison life and Judge Carey's ideas. Philip Musica, John Cassidy, Robert Kirby, Joseph Robins, Michael McDonnell speak on imprisonment, reform, and costs, with mixed opinions on confinement and its value.
Roy C. Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History recounts collecting at Nonsatong in Harper's May issue. He describes a village of a few huts where locals curiously examined him, and the lure of small mammals like chipmunks selling for six sen. Onion prices surged after the chipmunk trade began and Andrews imposed a boycott to try to stabilize costs.
A South Dakota lawyer in the Southern Bench and Bar Review challenges treating pigeons or doves as wild animals. He argues the rule would force pigeon ranch owners to pursue escaped birds or risk others capturing them, edging toward protecting property rights for a growing industry.
A Berlin doctor proposed radium can restore hardened arteries and extend life, a theory he shared in London before the Rontgen society. He described a radium device using a jar with radium at the bottom and water that becomes radium charged, remaining active for centuries, enabling repeated doses.
Murray L. Pennell, a defendant in the Indianapolis dynamiting case, caused a diversion during cross examination by chewing gum. United States Attorney Miller urged him to remove it and Judge Anderson ordered compliance. Pennell claimed he swallowed the gum as the court paused.
Sam Marcus of Lowell Place Chicago describes years of eczema on his hands improved by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after five to six months of use. He notes relief from burning itching swelling and cracked sores with warm water cleansing and twice daily application. Cuticura advertised with free samples and Skin Book offer.
A reflective preachment urges embracing today’s joys and bearing today’s troubles with patience. It counsels living in the present as yesterday ends and tomorrow is not yet born, warning that dwelling on future woes makes the road feel unbearable.
The text argues that womanliness resists loss and that desexing debates miss the point. Weininger notes some argue anatomy and psyche align as male and female, while others deny a person can be anatomically woman and psychically man. It concludes that feminine psychic traits persist regardless of appearance.
Chief Justice Isaac Russell of the court of special sessions recalls slipping on wet stone steps at city hall on a rainy day. A passerby helped him to his feet and asked if he was hurt. He answered that his honor remains intact though his spine seemed jarred.
A Chicago Journal humorous item describes William staying up late and refusing to wake the Lord, asking what’s the use of waking Him at this hour. Mother scolds Willie for skipping prayers. The anecdote highlights a child’s clever reply to a bedtime duty.
The source notes the newest Atlantic liner boasting eleven decks, comparing its height to a skyline skyline. The snippet mentions Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo North Dakota as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph fragment recalls youths near Southampton piers when a restless onlooker curses the danger and, after cuffing a boy, admits he dislikes the uncertain peril more than any injury. The blunt elder blames the uncertain risk of the scene.
Lord Redesdale told the advisory committee for the King Edward memorial fund that country grass withers when brought to London, while London grown seeds thrive. He cited this as a striking example of adaptation to environment observed during talks on laying out Shadwell market site as a pleasure garden.
After a lopsided loss the humorist Irvin S Cobb asked Frank Chance if he could “give your team a little surprise.” Chance urged him to proceed and Cobb offered to show the Yankees third base, joking to cheer them up.
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