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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
3
The incident at Hotel Marie Antoinette involves Capt. Frank Conn seeking trolley roads and refusing a cab. A cabbie quotes two dollars to Long Island ferry, then halves the fare to a dollar fifty after pressure. Conn wants only information on potential savings from streetcars.
Bliss Carman recalls an amusing Southampton welcome story. Aged Briton politely asks if he can help and humorously notes how many Americans are in jail there, highlighting cross cultural misperceptions during travel.
Thomas Taggart relates a picturesque origin of the term Hoosier, saying settlers from the Carolinas and Kentucky built log cabins along a common road and called out "Who's here?" at each cabin to find friends, a custom that led to the name Hoosiers.
A farmer dialing long distance responded with Mr. Hay when asked who’s there, eliciting a reminder of the familiar secretary of state’s name. The caller asked to repeat, but the operator failed to catch it again, underscoring the public recognition of Hay.
An article explains sprain basics and advises perfect rest before seeing a doctor. It recommends hot fomentations to reduce swelling every three hours and suggests newspaper or oilskin to trap steam while protecting hands from scalding during application.
Major General Corbin recounts a militia member from a northern state during Manassas maneuvers. A guardsman struggles with his first ration of army beef as a fellow soldier watches and jokes. The Yankee mutters that he now understands the sinews of war.
A West Virginia coal operator in New York via his son sent a dated letter about a bituminous coal shipment. The reply mirrors the vernacular, effectively reading Jim see my coal on Dad and Dad coal on Jim, illustrating a simple coded exchange.
Charles M Pepper recounts a joke at the Washington National Press Club involving Henry Norman. Mr Decker presented a bell to the British journalist, claiming it a gift on behalf of reporters. Norman, surprised, notes the blunder saying he received a bell instead of a ring.
Sir Percy Sanderson recalls a London poor woman who mocked soup kitchens. She said officials merely boil a quart of water down to a pint to make it strong, illustrating the inadequacy of the soup served.
The verse traces a woman's inner conflict as romance nears at nine o clock. She claims calm restraint yet admits a fluttering heart and a longing kiss, wondering what may happen yet at half past nine P M. Roy Farrell Greene published in New York Pregs.
At a luncheon after the Simon Lake X submarine torpedo boat launch Mr. Foster M. Voorhees shared a story about a Virginian man and his wife. The wife asks the time and the man defends his view when the clock reads two. He asserts a Virginian's opinion over a Yankee clock.
George Richards recalls the comic mishaps of the recent production Bird Center in New York. The stage manager faced repeated troubles from a modern upright piano mistaken as an heirloom to a red Welsh rabbit caused by red balloons. Water failures and frothing ginger ale branded as brandy sealed the fiasco.
A blonde woman tries to reclaim her dog Goldie after a park meet but a smaller woman proves four weeks of possession with a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals receipt. The dog wandered ownerless, lacked a license and collar, and was sent to the animal shelter where unclaimed dogs are destroyed after forty eight hours.
Vice Admiral Guimares of Brazil unveils a pivot mounted bronze bottle gun that scatters oil on water ahead of a ship. A steel breech chamber holds a brass powder cylinder. a wine bottle filled with oil soaked sawdust becomes the projectile. Range depends on firing rate, five minutes for moving ships and twenty minutes when stationary.
An oculist explains that aging stiffens eye focusing muscles rather than degrading sight. Old people may see as well as young but with slower, stiffer focusing leading to headaches. Glasses replace tired muscles for reading or distance and must be kept clean with a silk cloth.
A Philadelphia Record report quotes a downtown cigar seller linking theater type to sales. He says musical comedies bring twice as much business as serious drama, since solo-goers spike casual purchases while couples with partners linger and discuss the play between acts. He plans stock to match upcoming shows and notes tobacco pacing follows entertainment.
Joel Chandler Harris markets Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus. a former reader asks for a kingdom for being written about. Harris realizes later the man sought a royalty for his Jane who provided the material.
Dave and Tom Barry dine with an amateur artist who confuses Botticelli with Bottlesells. When asked about Botticelli Dave realizes his mistake, joking that the host mistook the painter for a wine. The scene ends with the elderly artist retreating in silence.
A shirt-sleeved man rushes along the platform shouting Smith as a corridor carriage departs. A curious passenger peeks from the window and is struck by the pursuer, then explains he is not Smith. The attendant questions the innocent passenger about who called Smith.
Mrs A Wellatt of Champion Michigan describes severe kidney pain and sleepless nights lasting five years. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills, she reports full recovery within one box and now sleeps well with no nighttime cramps. The ad claims women suffer from diseased kidneys and Dodd's pills provide a cure.
A satirical note from Harper's Weekly imagines scientists analyzing the subway to find it lacking oxygen and suggests the aroma of peanuts might repair the deficiency. The piece plays on urban life and public transit during leisure hours.
Patient describes a severe sore and humor breakout on a delicate baby’s body causing great pain. After trial with various doctors’ remedies, the use of Cuthcura Soap and Cuthcura Ointment led to almost immediate improvement with soreness gone by the second week.
A Washington Stag quips that water mixed with whisky fails as a safe drink with typhoid germs in small doses and drowning risks in large ones, attributed to Col. Stilwell in a brief wartime style exchange.
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