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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1954
Page
3
The narrator describes a ten day inspection and observation trip from Phoenix to Montana. He notes sunlit winters and cultural comparisons, sightings of local wildlife, and the challenge of fitting in with Montanans who must endure winter while longing for spring. He recalls scarce borrowing of money and the pull of home in a travelogue style.
The text presents incomplete stream of consciousness about creating a New Town and a trail, with scattered phrases like winter scene, Skye, Chiteau, and a sense of personal ownership. It lacks a coherent event or clear subjects beyond the author’s mood and self reference.
Shé, a traditional suitor, asks Kathleen's father for permission to marry. He bolds into the home, declares his actor status, and faces wary fatherly reply urging him to leave before the foot lights.
A dieter and her friend visit a butcher asking for exactly twenty four pounds of meat. The butcher delivers the amount and the dieter asks whether to send it or carry it. She replies she just wants to show what losing twenty four pounds looks like in one piece.
A shopper browses blankets and asks a patient clerk to remove them one by one until she finds a friend. The clerk jokes that if the friend is hidden in the last blanket, he will pull it down.
A customer asks about price and the grocer replies with two loaves priced at ten and twenty cents. The customer wonders about the difference, and the grocer notes the twenty cent loaf costs more. The exchange highlights simple market curiosity and humorous arithmetic.
A shopper asks about tomato pricing at a grocer. The grocer confirms self-grown tomatoes and notes the price rose from thirty cents to thirty-five cents, joking that they were thirty gents yesterday.
Fragmentary text shows a governess rushing a baby carriage in a park when a policeman questions the child’s age. The dialogue suggests the baby’s age is near two, with confusing stray lines about temperature and animals appearing in the snippet.
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