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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
2
A collection of light anecdotes and satirical notices from Chicago to China. Jests about aviators, weather, fashion, medical mishaps, and quirky research are paired with wry observations on society, scandals, and the era’s foibles.
A Kansan mourns as news arrives that a relative has bequeathed him a large fortune. The unexpected inheritance shocks the family and alters local plans.
The United States nears surpassing England in the heaviest battleship, while Britain is expected to begin laying down a keel for a ship heavier than any American vessel.
A London doctor announces that patients who eat with their fingers recover more quickly. The narrator notes hope for a country doctor to test if sipping coffee from saucers improves outcomes compared with others.
Overview of India's imperial history from ancient invasions to Mughal rule and British conquest. Describes Delhi coronation events, the 1857 mutiny, and the transfer of power to the Crown, ending with Delhi’s historic grandeur and the Jumna banks.
A wild scene in the Broadway theater district ends with Patrolmen shooting a fox terrier described as a monster by witnesses. Panicked crowds fled, a woman in danger, and hotel cafes emptied as the beast chased across Forty-second to Thirty-ninth streets.
William Wilson of Island Point Vermont and his sister Mrs. Catherine Wallace of Baltimore meet in northeast Baltimore after 61 years apart. Wilson left Tyrone Ireland in 1860 for America, built a 300 acre Vermont farm, while Catherine followed seven years later. A long search across oceans finally led to their reunion.
In Chicago a short circuited arc lamp on a wet Clark Street sidewalk electrified a six foot square area. Four people including a boy danced involuntarily after touching the energized pavement, drawing a crowd and prompting an investigation.
William I Joseph, a 75 year old Kansan, living near Potwin, Butler County, recalls frontier hardship with a large landholding history. After his wife’s death, he and his daughter Alice sold interests and set out for Africa to explore new opportunities in Salisbury Rhodesia.
The Joseph family, after moving 300 miles inland to a Portuguese possession, bought 25 000 acres at 60 cents an acre and lived like early Kansas settlers. They returned to Butler county before a second move a year ago led them again westward with a Kaf fir boy joining the party.
Lethbridge Alberta wins unanimous vote to host the Dry Farming Congress in 1912. Alberta and Saskatchewan exhibitors have earned top prizes in prior congresses, with reports of vast wheat yields and provincial showcases. The event is expected to be the largest convention in Western Canada history.
James T. Fields of Ticknor and Fields kept a flowing beard and managed his appearance with care at table. His wife watched him closely when dining out. They used a pantomime code and signals such as a bread crumb snag prompting the phrase gazelle in the garden.
Dialogue hints a quarrel with menacing undertones and tongue in cheek jabs about ancestry. An ad copy line promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as easy to take, claimed to regulate stomach and liver with no griping. Mentions Dr J H Rindlaub in Fargo and a remark on mechanical kisses between women.
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