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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
6
William A. Radford offers home building guidance and plans for a small six room square house with a cottage roof. The design emphasizes a light bright kitchen workspace, a single chimney, cement wainscoting, and a convenient built in sideboard and pantry. Estimated cost around 1600 to 1700 dollars depending on location.
Workmen guarding twenty four barrels of lime at a Sixty sixth street and Park avenue site covered them with canvas to shield from rain. Rain seeped in causing the barrels to rupture and ignite. Watchman Mike Dolan sat on a barrel and barely escaped as the others exploded, firemen used sand to smother the lime.
A comic remark notes suffragists win interest by playful barefoot dances rather than confrontation. The line contrasts brick throwing with peaceful art to draw attention to voting rights.
Pearson’s Weekly recalls a final where Old Joe dribbled past defenders and fired a shot only to miss. The crowd shouted shoot but the poetically painful ending reveals the wife’s struggle to free him from bed rails, a humorous sports anecdote.
A young woman visits a village stationer and asks about typewriting paper. She probes if reductions apply to clergymen. The clerk confirms. She reveals she may become engaged to a theological student when he returns from college next term.
A brief domestic quip about a wife choosing bonnets and sending the bill, illustrating a simple, humorous arrangement.
Knicker argues for regulation of the stock exchange. Bocker supports mechanisms where stock prices rise on buying and fall on selling, framing it as a controlled market behavior.
A terse exchange between Hardup and a doctor reveals a claim of gratitude for treatment but insistence that repayment is impossible. The dialogue implies financial strain and unresolved obligation between patient and physician.
A brief Punch cartoon caption features a widow asking for glue to fix a wig and an undertaker replying he already used tacks. The exchange delivers dark humor about death and styling in a light, London-period tone.
The report notes a wedding with mixed reception as guests were modest in number. Gifts were described as impressive but the event lacked the lively clashes or dramatic moments that would mark a grand celebration.
A Peace Seeker quotes Mr Growcher saying he will stay home this summer. He prefers quiet over the crowded boardwalks and multiple music acts. Washington Evening Star reports the remark.
In the hospital now a fanciful scene unfolds as Biffkins the bard waits for a thought. An automobile interrupts his moment of inspiration and he ends up hospitalized. The incident adds a quirky note to downtown entertainment lore.
A lighthearted exchange features a speaker boasting a pet goose and another remarking on what listeners miss when they cannot hear the honk of their automobile. The snippet captures quirky conversation tone and rural humor.
A jail inmate outbreak is described as a grave risk highlighting how measles causes outbreaks. The quoted exchange notes the danger and the difficulty of containing disease within confined facilities.
A witty exchange reveals Mrs Plummer described as not a fierce dowager yet frightening enough to fear her gaze through a lorgnette. The light banter hints at social tensions in a household.
A farmer, Clyde Corntossel, swears his son will never resemble him or wear whiskers and old clothes. He asserts no power could persuade the boy to imitate his appearance or attire.
A brief exchange shows Bang asking for two units for a week, Wang countering with only a dollar. Bang agrees to extend to two weeks if the dollar is accepted, illustrating a barter style negotiation.
A neighbor notes Mrs Gluggins as a social leader whom other ladies seek for guidance. The discussion reveals her husband is not wealthy and suggests she hails from a distinguished family, though not Mayflower stock, and mentions her six hospital operations in Chicago.
A tramp, recently jailed for vagrancy, praises a magistrate comment as epigrammatic. His companion probes the remark and the tramp recalls a parson defining an epigram as a short, light sounding sentence that yields heavy thought.
A crowded trolley car incident recalls Mr. Briggins a church deacon for twenty years. He swore like a trooper, and the tale suggests he may seek divine forgiveness for a provocation that calls up his wild past.
A light item notes a man’s scheme to get rich by inventing pneumatic tires for silver coins, a device intended to hush the rattling coins from a wife’s hearing. The tongue in cheek remark underscores a mid century humor tone about clever contraptions and money schemes.
A young man asks about the power of the mother tongue and a woman replies that both she and her father recognize its influence, hinting at shared appreciation for literature.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a hunter's search and a parable about time. The speaker suggests the man is nearby, with leap year invoked as a time marker. No clear event or person names are evident beyond thematic references.
In a playful exchange, Elsie Westlake questions if New York lies near the Atlantic Ocean while Dottie Morningside retorts that the Atlantic Ocean is indeed near New York.
Apprehensive Hamlet Fatt fears appearing in town as comments note his long stage career yet he is the first to be killed for two nights in one place. The odd predicament stirs talk of fear and fame in the local theatre scene.
A brief Life panel dialogue praises the matinee for enhancing scenery and costumes, with Modern Girl and Enthusiast-Oh expressing enjoyment and agreement.
Berlin rises from a second tier city to a national capital of first class with an aura all its own. The spring review at Tempelhofer field marks the season as Emperor and staff attend parades, while tourists explore Unter den Linden and landmarks like the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate amid grand bridges and museums.
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