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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
7
A church uproar follows Parson Johnson who hugged a lamb said to be a popular young lady. Deacon Jones and Brudder Johnson spar over decorum. A called meeting leads to a resolution that the next lamb in his arms should be a ram lamb to preserve peace.
A brief, humorous vignette describes a meeting where members are called to order and respond to a question about what they like best. A girl asks for a compliment and a man blurts beefsteak, causing a lighthearted adjournment.
A dialogue fragment portrays Mrs. Newgold praising a painting as an old master and Aunt Eunice claiming it rivals new works. A proverb follows: asking a favor of an enemy may yield a friend while asking a favor of a friend may create an enemy.
The article presents William A. Radford offering free home building advice by mail from Chicago. It argues happiness centers on home life, with wealth and luxury as secondary, and praises home ownership as a key source of joy shaping personal and national well being.
An up-to-date seven room cottage plan targets the growing desire for country living with city comforts. The 30 by 25 foot design features a covered front porch a central fireplace in the living room a dining room and a kitchen connectable via a pantry. Second floor doors open to four bedrooms two front rooms form a suite and closets accompany every room ensuring ample light and efficient heating. Also includes notes on Dead Sea buoyancy and salt content contrasting with other seas.
Cambridge obituary details Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson a noted historian author and abolitionist who died in his eightieth year. Born 1823 in Cambridge he studied under Longfellow and counted Holmes Hale Emerson Whittier among friends. He led anti slavery efforts served as brigadier general and commanded the First South Carolina Volunteers before later entering literature and public service.
A witty quip on efficiency questions politeness on telephone use. The speaker jokes that removing courteous phrases could speed handling, suggesting the line is busy as a barrier to prompt service. The tone mocks etiquette as a cost in time management.
Two stands of honey bees toppled near the Union depot in Omaha Nebraska causing mass swarming and forcing all railroad traffic to stop for about an hour. Authorities cleared the area and traffic resumed after the bees were dispersed.
Two young women work in a shoe shining parlor in St Louis Missouri and polish for women and men alike with notable energy and thoroughness.
Aunt Melissa vents with loud chatter, sparking Silas to a long silence. A young daughter learns the quarrel, noting the coffee stirrers and the humor of a huff that lasts days. A light family vignette from Youth's Companion.
Mrs. Violet Cole testifies that Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent cured her eight year eczema and cleared her children's widespread skin sores and ringworm. She urges others to use the remedies and notes free skin disease book from Potter Drug & Chem Corp, Boston.
Australia rich in libraries with Victoria hosting its five hundredth free library opening. Older libraries attract broad patronage. total gross revenue from halls, subscriptions and grants nears 340000 dollars. About a million books exist and annual visits are claimed at 3500000. Fiction remains popular though general literature and history receive notable attention.
Miss Nellie Lien a Dakota Business College Fargo graduate has accepted a sixty dollar position as stenographer for the Soo Railroad at Enderlin The firms that pay good salaries and seek first class service employ these DBC pupils.
A collage of lines mentions hypnotic hints by a Mr. Baker, a teething syrup claim, un taxed tobacco, and a tongue in cheek remark about burying dead languages. Names include Meriwether and Edwards of Clarksville Tennessee and Garfield Tea lures.
A Chicago reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing her female weakness and stomach troubles. She notes a pharmacist initially refused the product but relented after she insisted and credits the remedy with helping many women over thirty years.
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