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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
3
Oriental ruby trade in Burma uses a copper plate and sunlight to grade rubies by size color and shape. Buyers and sellers bargain by coded hand grips, meeting only from 9 am to 3 pm with clear skies, then record prices after uncovering hands.
Rear Admiral Chester recounts a Civil War Christmas story about a sailor who received a box of splints bandages and first aid booklets instead of festive goodies. The tale lampoons overly pragmatic gift giving and ends with the sailor muttering through gritted teeth about gratitude.
Washington correspondence recalls a long-standing dispute over how to pronounce Waco and Arkansas. One Texas senator favored Way-ko while another preferred Wack-ko, provoking playful protests from reading clerks. The note also mentions Garland and Walker arguing arkansas versus arkansaw, with John J. Ingalls marking each senator by their preferred form.
The Sonneberg toy makers are among Germany’s lowest paid workers with families earning about $2.40 weekly for 16 hour days. An earlier Berlin exhibition showcased Sonneberg crafts paid at four cents per hour. Reports show children working after school up to six hours coloring and polishing doll heads for a fraction of a mark per hour.
A brief exchange shows a tailor insisting on payment for the last suit before making a new one while a customer cites urgency for warmth as winter nears. The dialogue captures a tense standoff over completed work and pending funds.
In a brief anecdote from The Circle a mistress boasts about her new colored cook and orders her to prepare a chicken with care. The dialogue shows insistence on thorough dressing and singeing, followed by the cook asking to confirm whether she should kill the fowl.
A fragment mentions Castoria warnings for infants, a Gar field quote praising a noble life after death, chest tightness indicating illness, and advice to rub the chest with Ramlins Wizard Oil. It ends with a remark on flattery and a woman's reaction.
A narrator notes Cartwright’s success in aviation awards and his elevated status among peers while Duddy mocks him and claims to be part of the aerostocracy. The exchange highlights pride and snobbery within a small community.
A lawyer argues that direct accusations are not always needed as he presses damages related to insinuations about his client’s reputation. He cites a risque line recalled from a magazine as context for the harm.
An advertisement claims deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can be cured by constitutional remedies, chiefly catarrh related. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and promotes both the cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A humorous exchange features Maria the regular visitor to Bessie, identified as Mr. Welloph, junior partner at Spotcash & Co. The dialogue is interjected with a promotion for Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, claimed to regulate stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
A compact noted proverb or columnist line warns against assigning fault to the phonograph when a record sounds poor. It frames the artifact as an innocent medium, while blame rests on the performance or recording quality.
A brief illustrated Bits panel shows Arry asking Bill about his hurry and Bill answering he must go to work despite concern for his wife. The dialogue highlights domestic worry and work pressures in a humorous context.
A compact ad from N. W. Hide and Fur Co advertises high prices for hides and furs and the trade of guns. The piece also includes a proverb about the cost of education for a son versus his father.
Phrases about quick cure claim for piles and refund guarantee. Mentions timing claims and promotional tone with dubious medical assertion. Includes scattered words about talent breeding and money refund policy.
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