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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1905
Page
7
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader warns that heat from tobacco can harm health, especially in hot weather. He argues smoke heats the mouth stomach and lungs, suspecting digestion teeth gums and stomach are affected and urges moderation during summer.
The piece notes edelweiss is prized by Swiss maidens as a sign of devotion, yet it grows in ordinary gardens and can flourish in sunlit rocks. Despite strict cantonal laws and fines from Alpine clubs, the lure leads to dangerous attempts and several lives lost in the Alpine districts.
Poem by Benjamin B Keech in Leslie's Weekly argues that public figures must show consistent conduct with their teachings and urges readers to illustrate their beliefs through personal example rather than preaching alone. It questions plans for global betterment if not practiced by the speaker.
A small personal sitting area can be created in a corner of the family room with a bounging chair, a table, and handy books. Suggests placement near a bow window or turret with valence curtains and Dutch or Trentham ware pots, matching draperies, and Delft blue accents for a cozy design.
Grant Dexter argues that climate shapes nerves and energy, noting temperate zones foster civilization while tropical heat weakens body and drive. The piece cites London banks and prisons showing weather linked moods and productivity, then shifts to Hoboken business signs for a horseshoer, embalmer, and a florist with florid advertising.
The New York Times reports poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow told Nicholas Longworth that value, not birth, defines a man. The remark followed a noted introduction at a reception, as rumors link Longworth to a presidential hopeful’s granddaughter, Alice Roosevelt.
The Caucasus region reportedly conceals imported arms in coffins during funeral rites. Police overlook the unusual death rate, suggesting illicit shipments and smuggling through funeral processions.
Representative John Sharp Williams recalls a Mississippi tale of a colored man famed for wit. Near an artesian well a stranger asks if the water is good, and the man responds with a bold quip about water described as scandalized by freenologists and made of three parts two parts ox hide and one part hidefoby.
The International Quarterly notes a 1870 prophecy by Brown University’s president predicting that by 2000 no current American ecclesiastical body would keep its present form. The claim gained mileage as more than thirty years passed, reinforcing a view once seen as startling.
Knorr a German born engineer who became Russian built four Trans-Siberian bridges the Yenisei and Obi bridges cost 2.3 million and 2 million dollars respectively His five daughters were famed for beauty in Russia Each bridge completion brought another daughter’s death leaving him shattered and refusing a fifth bridge Though renowned his fame and wealth were emptied by grief
A New York Sun note quotes a young matron praising a home made work out. she uses a wasp nest as a substitute for tennis practice wielding a broom racquet to stun and kill twenty two wasps as she trains for a future court and tends to her two younger siblings.
Union bartenders, waiters and brewery workers in Bakersfield California went on strike. Japanese strike breakers were hired to partly fill the shortage as public hunger and thirst rose during the action.
A Chicago Post piece lauds New Sweet Cider as the peak of autumn, comparing its life enhancing quality to a life blood of the season. It evokes harvest imagery from apple orchards to the elder mill and celebrates cider as Father Time’s liquor.
Mrs G W Fooks of Salisbury Maryland credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with curing eight years of kidney trouble. She describes fatigue breathlessness and swelling until three days of use relieved back pain and led to full recovery. Sold by dealers for 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A brief item notes a whimsical quip from the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl about a man who dropped his food through a hole and spoke through his hat, with his words described as felt angry.
In a grim exchange the women discuss a fatal blast at a quarry. Gallagher perished in the explosion and Mary Flannery’s husband was killed, with his widow spared funeral costs in comparison.
A crusty booking office patron asks when the next Mudley Station train departs. The clerk pauses, then says four hours, prompting a sharp retort about civil replies and travel plans. The man storms off in a heated exchange.
A grocer from Ossian Ind describes six years of illness with stomach and bowel trouble, weight loss from 165 to 88 pounds, and bed confinement. After six years he adopted Grape Nuts and cream, improved to the point of working fifteen hours daily, and has stayed regular and stronger, attributing his recovery to the cereal and its breakfast. He notes customers ask about Grape Nuts and mentions the product’s claim in a Battle Creek mailer.
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