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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
7
An elderly narrator recalls vanished travel charms as rail corporations consolidate routes The Arkansas Midland is praised for dining car quirks and legendary strawberry shortcake while schedules and personal character fade under modern progress
England faces nearly 120000 infant deaths yearly with over 100000 due to maternal ignorance and carelessness. London launches mothers schools modeled on Ghent with a female medical officer, regular weighings, and fortnightly records to teach feeding clothing and baby care. Some see state funding while others fear socialist influence.
A pamphlet describes a German sect living without clothes at a forest clearing about 20 miles from Berlin. Reportedly, adults and children roam uncovered while the police refrain from interference within a limited area. The group claims high morality and endurance of Prussian winters.
The 1907 Cuban population reached 2,048,980, up 30 percent since 1899. Havana Province holds 538,010 residents, while 134 towns and cities house 900,000 people or 43.9 percent. Havana city itself has 297,159 residents. males number 1,074,882 and females 974,098. The average family is slightly under five, and Cuba covers 44,164 square miles with about 46.4 people per square mile.
Mrs Harriett Cowler dies at ninety in Wadesmill near Ware Hertfordshire after living her entire life in the house where she was born. She raised a large family and passed away in the same home with long roots in the community.
Philadelphia looks to Hunterdon and Mercer counties for Jersey snappers kept by eel bait and stake lines. The method uses skinned eel bait, lines anchored in creeks, and a miner-like capture process to haul 10 to 20 pound turtles into boats. Prices range from 75 cents to 1.50 a head, with large catches a local legend.
Mr Penguin discusses watch winding habits arguing against both night and morning winding. He cites variability of bedtimes and cold winter mornings as reasons. He explains he personally winds his watch at night but often forgets to do so, making neither method ideal for him.
The article describes the snapper fishery in Hunterdon and Mercer counties New Jersey where mining for snapping turtles supports a steady supply. It explains bridle and tackle methods to capture large fish and notes the practice ships thousands to Philadelphia while recounting a reader anecdote about tying timekeeping to clock winding.
The exchange reveals a humorous twist as a husband says he gave his wife a receipted bill for the bedroom set she bought him on installments the previous Christmas. The quip highlights mirrored purchases and a playful debt joke.
In New York the Bowery north of Grand Street hosts small theaters that produce leaders of national stage life. Managers increasingly scout Russian German and Yiddish performances on the East Side and have discovered stars such as Bertha Kalich Madame Nazimova and Hedwig RelCHler.
Capt Williams in charge of the lugger Nebraska was set adrift after its loss near Green Hill Island in the northern Australian territory. He swam to safety, survived three days in a dingy, and endured weeks on turtle eggs iguanas and rainwater before reaching Port Darwin after a cyclone and a 230 mile walk.
An Louisiana planter notes fashionable fur hats made from muskrat fur are aiding levee protection along the Mississippi. Hunters report large muskrat harvests with sales to New Orleans millineries, reducing rodent burrows blamed for historic crevasses along riverfront towns.
A famous author enters a bookstore but a stout gentleman draws attention. The head clerk jokes that a library space remains only two feet seven inches, then asks to measure Balzac and buy him if he fits.
A Seville executioner died on Sunday night from remorse after a recent summons to Cordova to carry out a final penalty. He had long carried out executions but could not face the Seville sentence, leaving Madrid’s executioner to fulfill the act.
Several scholars return to Sunday school after illness. A girl recalls measles and another recalls mumps. The superintendent asks Charlie what he had. He replies with a shy confession that he had a little brother.
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