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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
6
A feature recalling survey crews building rail routes through rugged canyons. The chief and team endure river descents and cliff drops while carrying instruments, facing shattered ropes and precarious footholds. The piece highlights hazards behind the railroad’s progress, noting the Eagle Pass diversion as a modern timetable landmark.
The Bowery district feeds Broadway with rising actors and actresses from East Side theaters. Bertha Kalich Nazimova Hedwig Reicher Lillian Russell and Julie Opp rose from Bowery or immigrant stages to English language stardom. Weber and Fields turned a German hall act into a Broadway success story.
Nixola Greeley Smith recounts Dr Lyman Abbotts seven proposed traits for the ideal woman and contrasts them with views from Mrs Mary Spooner Mrs Sofila Loebinger and others Critics emphasize sincerity truthfulness femininity humor and personal happiness over rigid rules The discourse spans domestic roles and gender expectations in a late 19th or early 20th century context.
The Pennsylvania road contemplates using all steel sleeping cars through New York tunnels but has not ordered any. It seeks specifications and a guaranteed supplier, while facing delivery resistance from connecting lines and higher costs. If built by Pullman it would require contract changes and a price premium of 10 000 to 15 000 dollars per car.
A veteran traveler cites a railroad bulletin offering free coffee for all Pullman passengers as a smart step likely to boost rail travel. He recalls similar incentives on Hudson steamboats and famed riverboats, where free coffee created morning rituals and drew voyageurs to the voyage.
A Harper county farmer near a railroad stops a passing train by frantically waving his cap and places a letter in the mail car slot. The conductor objects but the farmer insists he did stop the train and mails his letter.
The piece argues worry harms a man’s wife family clerks and partners less if he worries away from home suggesting golf can reveal futility and danger of worry and may benefit him upon returning to serious affairs.
Two boys stray in a museum mummy room and, with dark humor, discuss a deceased man and a cryptic BC 14 label. They joke about the era and a car that ran over the man, revealing a macabre, offhand view of death.
A wry remark notes that heaven would tire the pessimist who cannot still find something to growl about. The line underscores a relentless grumpiness even in paradise.
Green says White looked away when seen this morning. Brown notes White was sick. Green claims White owes him $10. Magistrate asks if the prisoner was arrested. Officer McNutty confirms only $2 offered, no resistance.
A writer notes the single eyeglass worn by a man nicknamed the dude. The theory suggests he can perceive more with one eye than with his full sight.
The piece snips at Oliver Diggs Biggs as a bystander notes his contrary nature. It quips on two ideas in his head clashing and causing friction in a light humorous tone.
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