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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1913
Page
6
Santa Paula, California faces a rat plauge with thousands of wood rats invading the town. Women fear going to church as rats disrupt services by occupying benches. Authorities seek methods to abate the pest after fires drove the rodents from nearby forests.
An excerpt notes Mr Proscklyeswicz Igualinczin ski and Miss Malooloczek Winskad diakowski are engaged to be married. The speaker calls it a matter for public rejoicing that their names are to be made one.
A Quaker couple describes dread of eating despite hunger due to coffee and caffeine effects. After trying doctors and medicines, they switched to Postum, reporting improved digestion and energy. The ad promotes Instant Postum and its ready to drink form, with pricing and mail offer.
The article notes luxurious fabrics inspire designers and outpace changing styles with full long cloaks and supple fabrics that drape figures. It describes a satin coat with gold brocade, chinchilla muff hat, ostrich neck ruff, and satin chiffon dress, plus a pannier redingote inspired gown with unique sleeves and button lines attributed to Julia Bottomley.
Extremist short draped coats push the pegtop silhouette but lack grace and broad appeal. Russian coats button left front with high collars and fur trim, often belted. New fur coats trend toward collarless designs for wearing separate neck furs with rich lining fabrics that raise cost.
The piece recommends seasonally appropriate millinery with dark browns and black velvet. It describes a black velvet hat with a high square crown and a rolled brim, featuring bold white breast and wing accents and two supplementary wings extending the sides.
The note describes a quick low cost cord bag that holds a ball of twine. It suggests gathering the bag bottom, sewing around a brass ring, threading cord through, adding a top drawstring and a hanging loop, and trimming with ribbon. Harper’s Bazaar.
The article highlights iri descent glass candlesticks offering a festive charm beside traditional silver pieces. Dresden glass and carved ivory candles appear for wealthy hosts and brides, paired with lace mats, white candles, and thin Oriental silk shades to match Canton china designs.
The guide explains using a cream foundation before powder. Gently rub in cream, wipe away excess with a soft cloth, then dust powder over the face and neck. Rub powder in with velvet until blended, then remove traces from brows lashes and hair edge with a damp brush.
A Woman's Home Companion writer describes a three shade silk cord braid as a fancy evening headpiece. Create two silk rosebuds to match and sew them to one end. fasten with a hook and eye. Use pink green and gold cords with pink and gold buds and green velvet leaves.
When the lining near the collar shows wear, sew a few inches of wide silk military braid in a matching color over the worn area. Pull a thread at the edge to ensure a smooth finish and avoid a patched look.
The 1913 outlook for Western Canada foresees vast investment in rail and city building from Lake Superior to the Pacific. Major lines like Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern plan double tracking and new feeders. Vancouver and Victoria expect strong development, with permits surpassing ten million dollars and Americans contributing to growth.
Slopay receives a card engraved Professor Brace Antiquarian and learns the elderly man is a collector of antiquities offering to settle a bill owed for more than three years. The exchange hints at a fledgling trust between a mysterious dealer and a reluctant debtor.
In a personal privilege exchange the positive candidate admits frequent contradictions in speech and asserts he is the sole party member willing to make such confrontations. The remark frames his stance as deliberate self-contradiction for political gain.
Consumers urged to check that Castoria bottles carry the signature of In Use For Over Children Cry for Lila Years and pursue trusted remedies for infants and children. The notice emphasizes brand safety and mothers’ careful examination of labels.
A brief exchange about preferences for a light fruit lunch and curiosity about how electric currents might be involved.
A short medical advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Pellets as small sugar coated tablets that are easy to take like candy. It claims they regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation.
A confrontation erupts when an individual voices a direct challenge to a back-biter, addressing the insult to his face and demanding accountability. Tension rises as bystanders observe the audacious exchange and assess potential consequences for reputations.
A vivid portrait of Tuscan villa life near Florence, where hillside estates blend old world charm with peaceful workaday rhythms. The scene features farm plots, peasants singing, cicadas, moonlit terraces, cypress groups, hidden groves, and a polished tea service by an aged servant in renaissance finery.
Joseph Salus of Chicago returned to Webster after twelve years to surprise his family. His sister screamed, provoking her husband to drag Salus down stairs and throw him into the street before police arrived. Salus later proved his identity and received a welcome home along with first aid.
Mrs Johan Ricords of Gueda Springs Kansas awoke to a dog scratching at her door and rode 25 miles on horseback to her father’s home where she found him dying.
A bull owned by Earl Ralstron escaped a pen in Fallsville Pennsylvania and gore killed two grazing horses after breaking an iron chain and a fence separating them from the adjoining field.
A historical home remedy claims a doctor’s prescription cures rheumatism and backache. It instructs mixing one ounce Toris compound with one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla in half a pint of whiskey, then taking a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. The notice urges authentic sealed Toris compound and warns against patent medicines.
A child questions Mrs Blow with a joke about belonging to a brass band. The misdirected line plays on the phrase about “blowing your own horn,” reflecting a humorous domestic moment from a family scene.
Jerome S. McWade the Duluth collector appealed for a seaman's fund aboard the Mauretania stating generosity over petty coinage. A penny and a quarter argue their worth with the penny boasting greater churchgoing frequency as proof of virtue.
A fragment shows two lines of dialogue about joining a photo and preserving memories from a trip. It shifts to an advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a listed 25¢ price. The final quip notes a man recalling nothing of a fiancée's proposal.
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