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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
7
First Alderman George Ade praised a well known actress at a Chicago luncheon. She wore a harem skirt in a new flame color and when asked the color she answered Flamme de Vesuve flame of Vesuvius. Ade replied you make a very pretty crater.
An old advertisement offers a 48 page illustrated Eye Book free from Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. It promises remedies for sore eyes weak eyes and eye pain with a 50 cent product. The ad suggests using it for adults and babies for scaly eyelids and granulation.
A father counsels his son after marriage to be a good husband rather than lingering as an ex-bachelor. The exchange emphasizes commitment and responsibility in married life.
USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes for tired aching feet It takes the sting out of corns and bunions and makes walking a delight Sold everywhere 25c Refuse substitutes For free trial package address A B Olmsted Le Roy NY
A fragment reflects a quotation about ingratitude and doing good, asking whether repayment in pleasure is enough when one has repaid kindness. The line invokes Levis as the source in a moral inquiry about gratitude and virtue.
A historical note highlights Garfield Tea as a laxative remedy that overcomes constipation and offers relief from headaches and bilious attacks. The quote encourages keeping a high heart as a guiding philosophy.
Women with any illness are urged to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are read and answered by women only, preserving reader anonymity. The company emphasizes confidentiality and offers a free 80 page Text Book by mail.
William A. Radford explains cement plaster exteriors as a key to durable fire resistant, water tight homes. A four room cottage design costs 2000 to 2500 dollars, 34 feet 4 inches by 35 feet 6 inches, with a large living room 14 by 20 and two big bedrooms.
At Broadway and Forty-second street in New York a man and his wife fought through trolleys and cars to reach the opposite curb. They ended breathless and agitated after narrowly escaping being struck by a large motor car. The man exclaimed that all automobiles should be in hades and chauffeurs in heaven. His wife suggested reconsidering, noting heavenly roads would be safer.
Fred A. Beckwith, a Cleveland exile, praised the city’s growth yet admitted he had not visited the new west end, the south side, or the hilltop. Fred Bright recalled a farmer’s tale as illustration of his vague certainty amid rapid expansion.
The bibulous man asks for a drink on him but the other citizen objects to drinking on their struggling family a sharp exchange over generosity and responsibility in a localized scene.
A weary foreigner arrives at the central police station asking for sleep. Officers explain only remaining space is a bank already occupied by a Black man. The visitor balks at sharing and decides he cannot sleep in the dark, choosing to wait elsewhere.
Mrs Holme complains of a missing chambermaid after saying she dusted this morning and a later check finds she had not. Mr Benton Holme questions the staff as the household seeks answers.
In a Cleveland Leader item a family dinner revived jokes about Guardian bank Assistant Treasurer James A. Mathews resembling President Taft. Mathews declined to be annoyed by the quip, while young Dorothy Harmon offered the deadpan verdict that he did not resemble the president in the face.
At a Sandringham shooting, a guest inadvertently shot a hen despite the day’s ban. King Edward VII avoided scolding, nodding to the bird and quipping to Gurney, “Ah, what a man you are for the ladies,” in a moment of tact.
A reflective aphorism notes that love embodies eternity, erasing perceived beginnings and fears of endings, as expressed by Madame de Stael.
Miss Lillian B. Rowe spoke at an advertising writers dinner in Denver about the harem skirt. She warned the fashion will invite a revival of the old gag from the 1840s where sharpers solicit money with promises to keep skirts from fringing. The quip notes victims would be told to wear knickers while the scam nets thousands.
Albert Tiedemann of the University of Pennsylvania hesitates over ballots for officer elections. Uncertain about nominees he volunteers to vote by proxy and asks a companion for Proxy's first name, prompting a light moment during the gathering.
A quotation emphasizes the voice as the visible organ of the soul and contrasts outer appearance with audible inner essence. It cites Longfellow and notes the soul reveals itself in voice as a divine still small voice and a voice from the burning bush.
The tale says a ritual at five crossroad visits at night followed by burying a fresh egg could cure ague. If the cure failed, people blamed an unlucky accident on the way, reflecting folk beliefs rather than medical science.
A fragment notes a discussion about recalls, with Becker supporting recall use for umpires. The terse snippet hints at the topic but lacks broader context or outcomes.
A Milwaukee resident recalls a misdirected knock at his apartment. He opens the door to a deaf and dumb applicant handing him an appeal, then laughs at the joke and returns to bed.
The Rev George EF Culmer known as the bard of Oden recently marked his eighty six birthday born May 22 1825 in Kent England. A long serving Methodist Episcopal minister and noted scholar and poet many of his poems have appeared in magazines and newspapers.
Tea or yerba mate is served in Chile at 4 p m not only in homes but at clubs restaurants hotels and many businesses. A cup with a roll or cake costs eight to twelve cents in United States gold as shops offer it free to keep clerks from leaving work to fetch it.
A playful quip asks why Humpty Dumpty left the wall with a humorous guess that he believed he could topple it, inviting lighthearted banter about the classic riddle.
A lecture outlines how the mind before and during meals triggers digestive juices. Citing Pavlov studies on dogs, it argues that anticipation, not food presence, prompts digestion. It urges a peaceful, pleasant meal mindset to optimize digestion with appealing foods.
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