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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
4
A heated scene unfolds in a telegraph office as a woman insists on sending a long message to her husband in Chicago. The operator explains the ten word limit for 40 cents, sparking her retort that a wife cannot so voice her mind in ten words.
A black dog in Saco Maine has howled for two weeks in front of Elm Street houses. Residents claim the dog’s eerie howls forecast twelve deaths within a 200 yard radius and a central point, with six confirmed cases in the past few months. The animal remains elusive and continues its nightly vigil.
A London Tattler quips at American journalists for mocking spring poetry as stale and old fashioned. It notes poets write months earlier and readers recall autumnal drafts when poetry appears in magazines.
A traveler’s verse describes approaching Moscow across the steppe to behold the Kremlin’s dazzling domes and towers. Rainbow spires glow as chimes drift on a south wind. The poem notes crosses like morning stars and proclaims Moscow as the jewel of the Czars amid looming conflict.
The sale includes John Howard Payne relics and the extraordinary love letters between Payne and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The correspondence was sent to Washington Irving with Payne’s note claiming Mrs Shelley used him as a catspaw to advance her ties with Irving.
The Huzzar sank near Hell Gate in 1780 carrying $4 800 000 in gold and silver for King George's army. Numerous failed dives sought the hoard from 1794 onward as divers faced strong currents and deep water while Harrington and others attempted recovery with weights and diving bells.
Philadelphia special in New York Sun reports that the mirrors in the southeast corner elevator at City Hall filled the car and drew many women to gaze at themselves delaying service for witnesses to courts on the sixth floor. The mirrors were removed after complaints of delay and the car’s heavy use over the years.
A Japanese barber, startled by a customer's belief in possible Russian defeat, inflicted a severe facial gash. The barber was arrested but acquitted, with the court hinting the act may have been meritorious under the circumstances.
A well dressed young man with a sad look asks a woman on the steps for directions to the Home for the Friendless. He clarifies he seeks refuge as a baseball umpire. The scene mixes humility with a plea for shelter and dignity.
Blackwood's Magazine notes Hawaii’s bird life threatened by forest destruction from annexation driven development. Skylarks from New Zealand and species like mourning doves, Mongolian pheasants, and Japanese quail appear in open pastures while valley quail retreat to 6 000 to 7 000 feet. Human activity pushes birds into inaccessible heights as forests vanish.
A bank cashier recalls two visitors a hat mix up led to a rich coincidence. An excitable depositor chased a hat thief until he met the hat owner, backed by the same manufacturing firm. The hat mix up softened anger, sparked a business talk, and the depositor became vice president of the firm.
A poem by Henry Hoyt Moore compares a bee to human virtue. The bee's selfless labor builds a golden home for its queen and offspring, then abandons wealth and brood to seek new horizons, leaving work for posterity.
Senator Thomas C. Platt joked about his looks after a photo session in Owego New York birthplace. He told the photographer he hoped the camera would stand the strain, and the photographer replied I have taken worse faces with that camera.
An old Bath, Maine sea captain recalls 19th century Japanese ports forcing foreign captains to surrender their Bible and rudder to port officials, asserting ships could not sail without them, illustrating Japan’s control over harbor movements.
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