Real Estate Man Opts For Meat Business Subdivision Idea
A real estate man declares plans to enter the meat business. He jokes about the principle of the game by “buying an unimproved cow and subdividing it” as a humorous take on investment strategy.
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
7
A real estate man declares plans to enter the meat business. He jokes about the principle of the game by “buying an unimproved cow and subdividing it” as a humorous take on investment strategy.
A 19th century ad claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Viall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the only internal remedy. It promises direct action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In a courtroom exchange the parties clarify a close kin relation to the same young man. The judge notes the sisters are indeed closely related through the same suitor, framing the case around oral testimony and family ties.
A fragment shows a child asking about maternal punishment and another boy recalling harsher discipline with his mother washing his face. The terse dialogue hints at domestic mistreatment themes through a terse exchange.
A young Englishwoman recounts a voyage to Australia where she forms a fond bond with Mr Dallas West. He bears a tattooed name on his arm for a former love, Jessie, and later reveals a new Jessie awaits in India. The tale ends with his marriage to a second Jessie, prompting the narrator to keep silent.
George P. McCabe, solicitor for the agriculture department, faced an awkward episode after a social dinner when 70 pounds of meat could not be transported without U S Inspected and Passed labeling. He personally retrieved the food, carrying it home after a delayed Sunday delivery and a hot Eden of mishaps, leaving colleagues amused and more wary of the label.
About 25 post office clerks living near Mount Pleasant skate to work in Washington marking their first organized display of roller skating as a practical activity. Led by chief clerk M. O. Chance the group travels along Sixteenth Street, promoting skating as a viable public pastime and a cheaper commuting option amid smooth city streets and heavy traffic.
A Western senator ordered a barn built cheaply by using one nail per board. After a delay, he sent for his secretary and had four pounds of nails driven into every plank, a maneuver framed as thrift while the government paid the secretary's salary.
Wealthy ex senator William A Clark of Montana is noted for frugal habits in Washington. One rainy night he entered a bar with dripping umbrella and soaked trousers while onlookers joked about potential savings. The tale ends with a quip on how small costs multiply for a millionaire.
A dialogue scene shows a playwright negotiating over an soap ad script. The questioned writer confirms authorship and ownership while the producer asks for the dramatic rights and a price.
An item from Milton Dairy Co in Saint Paul urges readers to write for details and pricing. The piece follows with a whimsical exchange about Esperanto and a short note on an impassioned African American orator in Richmond Virginia claiming four great nations.
Miller and Holmes of St. Paul Minnesota offer daily cash for cream and invite readers to write for prices and tags.
A terse aphorism contrasts feeding on garbage with losing faith in good things and notes a wise man has no time to argue with a prize fighter, implying restraint over needless conflict.
A young wife laments the lack of edible food at home and declares she will return to her father. The husband offers to accompany her, signaling a possible reconciliation or shared decision.
A fragment notes Dr J H Rindlaub a Fargo specialist in eye ear nose and throat medicine. It quotes a financier out of work as being of little use to the world, likening him to a last year’s bird’s nest.
Guaranteed to cure itching burning bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Odorless ointment claims full relief with single 60 cent bottle.
The remark notes the paradox of forgiveness when the foe holds the key to aid. It frames mercy as a strategic choice shaped by leverage and gratitude rather than pure sentiment.
Old reliable N W Hide & Fur Co in Minneapolis advertises full value for hides, rest, and wool. Crescent Creamery Co in St Paul offers 300 dollars per hundred pounds for butter fat. The ad ends with a moral line about sin and saints.
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