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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
7
During the Abu Klea engagement in Nubian desert a gunner rammed a charge when a dervish tried to spear him. He killed the assailant and the rammer split. The next day the gunner was accused of breaking government property and he offered to pay to avoid further action after quipping that the head was unexpectedly hard.
Congressman Ransdale of Louisiana recounts Alec Trimble a valet who buys a shirt like his master’s. He shows it to his mistress who warns of mix up in washing. Alec replies it would make no difference since both shirts are alike in size and price.
A brief social aside notes fashion changing away from small waists with a quip about cinches and long-armed fellows.
A narrative condemns London society’s shift from tea and decorum to bridge games, gambling charades, and public displays of vanity. It recounts calls to stand on hands to pick coins, cartwheels, and headstands, with scandalous dress and nightly seductions, urging American women to stay home.
Henry C. Frick of Pittsburgh acquires Franz Hals Portrait of a Woman from a New York sale. The painting, 35 by 45 inches, shows an elderly woman in black silk with a Bible in one hand and a crippled other, framed in a high chair. The price reportedly exceeds 140000 dollars.
Genesee correspondence notes Prof. Guy A. Bailey of Genesee State Normal School photographed a horned lark that repeatedly perched on his camera on Temple hill. The bird hopped between trees and the camera, then finally sat on camera No 1 for a splendid picture, a curious moment captured with proof.
A brief dialogue quotes a tense exchange about tears and deception. A man jokes that his crying was a ruse to avert trouble with his wife Bea, suggesting a hidden motive behind the episode.
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