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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
2
Col. Greene claims a four million dollar loss in under a week and asks who took it. Saxony’s new king is described as cash strapped with 887 500 yearly income and six children. A war correspondent notes Japanese private soldiers as nutty and hardy. Pepper trends at three dollars a pound in the Klondike with natives silent on sneezing.
H H Rogers faces a challenge to prove wealth cannot buy control. Tom OBrien, famed gold trickster, dies in a French prison. The Cleveland tribe queen is jailed. Old Gould kinfolk loom in memory. An Ohio burglar hid under a piano as a girl played. he was punished. Urbanites outlive rural residents by about three and a half years, prompting questions about fast city living.
A New York newspaper asks if women should operate push carts and suggests limits on their roles. The remark frames gender debate in urban labor and public space, reflecting era attitudes toward women workers and public service tasks.
The Countess Cassini, daughter of the Russian ambassador, has been poisoned by something she ate, with no suspicion of a Japanese plot. Mr. Morgan is faulted for paying $6,000 for the oldest piano in the world, suggesting a far cheaper, equally poor imitation was available.
Arthur Sawtelle of Oakland Maine is 26 years old and has just been shot accidentally for the fifth time. One might think he would be gun shy by this time.
The Moscow zemstvo announces withdrawal from action quitting early to avoid pointless delays and avoid further expenses.
Harvard supporters note strong chess performance alongside weaker showings in football and rowing. The piece highlights key rivals Princeton Columbia and Yale and pivots to upcoming ping pong championship as the next test for the Crimson.
Arthur F. Duffey debunks rumors of an Australia trip for points and instead plans to show the no fear fellows how to travel, framing the venture as a demonstration of bold travel.
A New Jersey village of Hohokus proposes to petition the legislature to change its name to Hocus Pocus after producing another Mrs Chadwick. The move aims to reflect local character and be easier to spell.
A naked man perched atop a snow mound with only a crow bar, resisted twelve New York police officers for about thirty minutes, displaying remarkable nerve as the standoff unfolded.
Maine's official figures show 4471 deer moose and bears shot in the past season. The rest of the sport was supplied by six men mistaken for deer.
A lighthearted note wonders at the allure of a senatorship after a pretty girl kissed Senator Cullom for saving her lover from being sent to the Philippines. The remark hints at political perks and public admiration.
The article notes that the Japanese art of jiu jitsu is hard to acquire. It cannot be learned in a few easy lessons or via correspondence schools, unlike cooking or learning French.
A visiting English earl notes a U S murder trial with curiosity. He finds the case engaging beyond matrimony wealth trades and headlines. The remark contrasts aristocratic curiosity with local legal drama.
A Salem Massachusetts woman sues for divorce alleging her husband kicked her. She cites injuries from a wooden leg and anticipates his possible defense of inability to stand on the leg to strike.
Dona Maria Francisco O'Reily de Camara Countess of Buena Vista files suit to recover hereditary Havana cattle slaughter monopoly. The eccentric claim suggests her name would fit a slaughterhouse sign.
A cafe tale portrays Captain Dash of the liner Blank as a social magnet with a vast circle of famous acquaintances. The reporter learns that trans-Atlantic captains mingle with notable figures from Astor to Kipling, exemplifying a life of wide connections and storied friendships.
Tucker and Nan Carroll drift into romance on a Bay of Fundy coast. A wrecked canoe leads to playful defiance, a shock encounter with Rev. Philip Hardman, and a rushed wedding as a way to silence gossip.
In Bacon Ridge Silas Ryetop goes to the circus sideshow and returns furious after buying photos of its freaks. He is mistaken for a pickpocket and arrested. The local paper reports the suspect had a pocketful of family photographs.
A Broad Street beggar in Philadelphia has devised a new tactic. He stares at passers by shoes to provoke a pause then sighs for shoes like theirs, prompting a compliment and a potential nickel or pawned shoes as a payoff.
A tranquil meditation in Lippincott's by Katharine G Terry extols nature's beauty. The speaker longs for quiet, pine skies, creeping vines, and mossy life, seeking unity with simple grandness and timeless beauty away from urban clamor.
A New York Sun quip contrasts wealth and poverty as two children play in Riverside park. A seven year old boy asks where the girl's mother is and learns she is cared for by a maid while he replies I have a mother not a maid. The exchange exposes class difference in a brief social moment.
The Paris Lyons and Mediterranean Railway reports ten percent of its fuel comes from coal briquettes made from mine slack and dust. Engineers say briquettes help raise steam more quickly than traditional coal.
Dr S A Knopf notes sanatoria show absolute cures for tuberculosis especially when caught early with many reports around 75 percent. Children with scrofula and TB also benefit at sea coast sanatoria in Europe. He praises plans by the New York Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor to open a similar facility in the United States.
A new arc light distributor improves street lighting by combining four plain glass panels with four prisms to direct light more efficiently. The device concentrates rays along streets and intersections, allowing illumination with fewer lights.
A historical note describes Pompeii cement making using sugar water gelatine and acids, plus a lime and egg white cement. It then notes gold and silver occur in Wyoming coal seams and in South Africa quartzite ore, with coke from Deadwood, S D yielding gold per ton estimates, linking pyrite presence to metal occurrence.
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