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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
7
An intricate relic from 1526 surfaces in a New York Herald note, detailing Sir Mark Somerville’s election expenses. The record lists lavish meals, accommodations, horses, and entertainments, with prices in late medieval currency, signed by Jenny Cars and Bryat X Garrity.
A London Mail contributor contrasts old Japan where landowning nobles ruled with a new order where tradesmen and manufacturers gain wealth and power. Tokyo’s misery is vivid as hawkers sell scraps of food for sixpence and pamphlets rail against the status quo. Japanese dream of reform. elite and commoners alike seek a government representing the true ideal of man amid mounting tension.
The item profiles the richest baby son of a Providence man inheriting forty to fifty million, Sultan Ahmed Mirza the 13 year old Persian general, eight year old Daudi Chua Uganda king with a London backed parliament, Kathleen Mills the eleven year old organist in Ongar, and Lord de Clifford as eighteen year old master of fox hounds in Ireland.
The Caspian Sea sits in a broad hollow near the Aral Sea, both large bodies formed from ancient seas. The Caspian is almost as big as France and far below the Black Sea level, while the Aral is nearly as large as land and near sea level. Evaporation without outlets keeps them shallow, yet Lake Balkhash and Lake Aral have risen since 1891. Marine life and seals linger in these brackish remnants, with Baikal becoming fresh water in time.
The article recounts Queen Alexandra’s love of dogs and her skill training them. It recalls Minos the performing canine famed in society circles, including a tale where he cheekily offered a handkerchief to Queen Victoria and then bowed to Queen Alexandra as the Princess of Wales.
In a humorous Albany Argus item, E H Harriman recalls a valet named Banks who was odd in many ways. One winter morning Banks refused to rise saying he was drunk, prompting Harriman to demand his presence and receive the excuse.
A heckler in the hall demands explanation from a candidate who asserts he would not turn his hand over for any office. The candidate answers with a thunderous vow, while supporters move the interrupter aside amid noise and confusion.
English cities cut taxation by public ownership of utilities and services. A government survey of about 1,100 towns shows 31 percent of revenue from city owned gas, electric, streetcar, water undertakings. In 1902 these public companies yielded 75,359,750 dollars, lowering taxes and reducing private corporate influence.
A devotional poem urges a life that counts through truth, love, and service. It emphasizes aiming for heavenly ideals, enduring darkness with hope, helping others, and following Christ’s example on the cross. The piece links personal virtue to faith and God.
The tale recalls E. H. Sothern in Cincinnati where a nervous guest faced a series of interruptions by a calm colored dresser named Lewis. The intruder offered cryptic lines about fear, purity, and heaven while the guest endured a surreal interview before learning the man was only relaying play progress.
The sinarapan or mystichthys Luzonensis is the world’s smallest backboned fish. Found in Buhi in Luzon Philippines its size ranges from one fifth to half an inch with a pound weighing about six thousand fish. Natives use a fine cloth as a net to harvest thousands at once. They bread them into sun dried peppery cakes and eat them without cooking for distinctive flavor.
Henry S Williams argues in Harper's Magazine that the Phoenicians fed the alphabet to the world, while Persians copied from Phoenician roots. He calls Persian claims as inventors weak, noting Phoenician traders transmitted the script widely and that evidence is traditional rather than demonstrative.
A Madrid congress of medicine heard Dr. Brouardel of Paris warn of dangers from antiseptics in daily foods such as wine beer milk butter and fish. He said preservatives like salicylic acid sulphites borax formalin are used in larger amounts than admitted and long term consumption poisons the body, suggesting international action to curb this poisoning.
The article explains Japan and European residents in China now use standard time with Tokyo clocks aligning to New York. It notes Chemulpo naval action began at 11 40 am Japan time, equivalent to 9 40 pm previous day in New York, and describes Asian coast time ahead of New York by 13 hours with Pacific time changes near New Zealand.
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