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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
2
A jumble of social quips and curiosities from fashion to politics including jokes about the harem skirt spending on coronation pageants and eccentric items. It notes trends in Boston and Chicago and pokes at royal spectacle and public taste.
Forty percent of the piece notes ships arriving daily in Chicago during navigation season. A separate line mentions a gasoline launch arriving at the end of a towline after four miles out. Commentary mocks fashion trends with Velvet trouser cuffs said to surge this summer and jokes about harem skirts. Washington society girls study rocking as a fresh trend amid critics of femininity.
The article claims pests damaged peaches to eight million dollars and fears farming waste. It presents a historian calling Columbus a impostor and notes fanciful bets about Queen Isabella and George Washington. A French aviator flies 268 miles in 132 minutes, fueling views on heavier than air flight possibilities.
An estimated quarter of a million New York workers toil from 7 PM to 7 AM. milkmen, post office staff, police, fire crews, transit workers, hotel and restaurant staff, writers, printers, bartenders, nurses, actors, ferrymen, nurses and many more keep the city running after hours. The list highlights diverse night occupations sustaining the metropolis when the sun is down.
John Henry Rehm and fellow Chicago waiter Henry von Hannison share a Europe trip plan funded by tips. Rehm outlines tipping rules and expectations, noting weekly tips of up to 50 dollars and daily highs around 10 dollars. He and his family will sail the Lusitania in luxury for three months and retire someday on bonds and home ownership.
In a St Louis case Rebecca Yowell sued Jacob Yowell for divorce alleging he spanked her. He confessed but claimed her four hour monologue from ten to two caused his sleep loss. The piece questions gender roles and jury outcomes, noting a woman judge might reveal motives behind her talk.
In Montclair the police chief and a lawyer urged immediate enforcement of the 1898 New Jersey gambling law after clergy requested action. Bridge games cause controversy as a social set piece, with a recent incident ending in a $40 debt and the return of a brooch after legal pressure.
W H Fisher of Franklin County Ohio describes a Cedars piggery with ground level plan focused on cleanliness. The 48 ft 10 in by 21 ft 4 in building includes four 8 by 8 ft pens and four 8 by 12 ft pens, steam cooking boiler, cistern and feed chutes, electric fencing, and winter comfort features. The total finished cost, including labor, was just over $1200.
A. J. Legg explains balanced rations for livestock across seasons. Summer ranges balance feed needs while winter aims for maintenance or growth. He notes carbon and protein balance, nutritive ratios for corn wheat oats buckwheat horses dairy cows and hogs, and the value of digester tankage and bran or seed meals for mineral and protein enrichment.
A man aged seventy three from Little Rock praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney and lumbago relief. He recounts lasting improvements after two bottles and shares a story of helping a poor woman. He urges others to try a sample from Kilmer & Co and notes price and availability.
Henry E. Dixey joked at a New York dinner about a rich wife divorcing a penniless husband to remarry. He warned the young man who marries for money risks being discarded or kept on a meager allowance, recalling a quip about a wife so attached to wealth she never gave a penny.
Michael Dolan confirms the bet with Widdy Castigan's second husband about swallowing an egg unbroken. He claims to have done it, pointing to a protected area on his waistcoat while explaining the risk of breaking the shell and harming his stomach.
A tale circles about two young churchgoers. The young man begins to search his pockets for money and confesses his embarrassment whispering that he has no cent and changed his pants. The girl blushes and admits she cannot find her purse either.
Public health note urges proper nutrition for girls entering adolescence to prevent long term illness. A testimonial promotes Postum as a stomach friendly drink resolving headaches nervousness and fatigue while improving alertness and health.
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