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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
2
A collage of quirky observations and quotes from various topics. Legal and social commentary collides with humor as editorials lampoon property law dog rights aviation fortunes and public life. The column reflects early 20th century attitudes and curiosities.
The article presents a string of provocative questions and curiosities. It notes Miss Spreckels tied to a $20 million heiress claim, cites an 8 year old Chicago boy chauffeur’s theft, asks why stage stars seek Paris glory, and comments on Chinese fascination with the phonograph. It also mentions Japan’s briquettes made of straw and the breakfast habit shift.
A writer suggests a philanthropist should introduce the game of football to San Domingo as a safer outlet for the people’s savage energies. The remark frames sport as a civilizing influence amid social unrest.
Nearly 5 000 miles of track were laid in 1905 yet the man without a pass feels no joy. A girl shares a single New Year resolution claiming she stopped using slang after realizing she talked too much.
The text argues against claiming Mars hosts a superior civilization, noting only a network of canals and an absence of railways automobiles or flying machines. It dismisses celestial superiority by highlighting the planet's limited infrastructure.
The remark ponders how many American politicians would heed Sir Charles Dilke’s seven word request for renewed trust, seen as a model of cautious political appeal.
A Pittsburg club woman urges the use of gymnasium suits while doing housework, signaling that local club women have time for domestic tasks and presenting practical attire as a fashionable choice.
A Chicago inventor announces a planned flight from Chicago to Washington on April 23 to mark the 80th birthday, but his stated date appears to be incorrect. He has not yet reaffirmed the exact day.
Ta Wa, a Chinaman, was sentenced at Rangoon recently to five years at hard labor for stealing a bottle of whisky. They must have needed help in the laundry of the Rangoon penitentiary.
The Chicago Journal notes the former Chicago physician who died by suicide in New York was widely known as a good fellow during his residence there.
From a sanitary view the Pittsburg Women’s club suggested skirts should not extend below the knees but the aesthetic view varies. The remark notes differing opinions on fashion length and propriety among observers.
A weary figure faces frugal weeks counting pennies to recover the Christmas cost, replacing past gladness with grit and resolve as he plans to restore his finances.
A Boston Globe quip on consumer value compares a quart of cranberries a dozen eggs and a ten dollar gold piece. It hints at liquidating value with a sharp line about age and currency.
In the past month ninety seven derelicts have been seen near New York and Washington prompting a government plan. The wrecking ship Nina sails from the Atlantic coast with twenty thousand pounds of gun cotton for a three month cruise to hunt and destroy derelicts within one hundred miles. If needed she will be restocked and continue the mission.
The article surveys drifting derelicts in North Atlantic lanes, noting hundreds of wrecks and famed cases like the Marie Celeste. It recounts mutiny rumors debunked, the brig bound from New York to Genoa with alcohol, and other derelicts such as Siddartha Fannie I Woolston Manantico David Hunt and Twenty One Friends with long drifts and final fates.
Prof G A Hill describes an astronomical corps during an eclipse with five minutes of crucial tasks. A tale follows of a young man pleading Just one while a Elizabeth mother from a bedroom window jokes that it is nearly midnight and time to go.
In a letter read by Pu Nuritch his son Jonathan speaks of helping other students to work through college and earning money. He notes a recent small profit but plans to “scare up one more cent” as he nears a sublime feeling about poetry.
The bishop of Newcastle New South Wales told a Sydney synod that divorces have increased appallingly in Australia. He cited rates per 10 000 population: United Kingdom 11 Canada 4 New South Wales 268 Victoria 125 Queensland 30 South Australia 28 Western Australia 41 Tasmania 41 New Zealand 116.
The account recalls a French artist praised for talent and conversation yet considered oversympathetic. A tale about a young girl and her sweetheart illustrates misread signals. Corporal Tanner recounts ex President Arthur's sense of tragedy after the 4th of March in Washington.
Among Nashua New Jersey’s prosperous Canadians is J. J. Godette known as Cash Godette. Twenty years ago after saving money he opened a small grocery on the Acre and hung a red sign over the door reading We Buy for Cash and Sell for Cheap. The sobriquet stuck from that moment.
Yarmouth and Lowestoft landed 610 million herrings this season aided by 1 000 Scottish boats. The catch exceeds last year by 46 600 000 fish and the value tops £50 000 000. 7 000 Scottish men fished ashore 5 000 Scottish women prepared and packed the fish.
David Belasco recalls a tramp life tale at a holiday dinner about a farmer’s wife and a bet over a mince pie recipe. A tramp seeks the exact mix to settle whether three cups of Portland cement to one molasses were used, with the farmer’s wife reacting in disbelief.
A gunsmith notes a newspaper tale of a burglar captured by an armed heiress. He predicts a surge in revolver purchases as householders seek protection and cites the tale as a strong sales driver for the gun trade. He quips burglars as the best salesmen for revolvers.
A vendor touts patent perches that sway like twigs, bird shower baths with a fine spray, luxurious springy nests lined with floss silk, and a range of bird delicacies from worms to greens. The shop also features patent medicines for plumage, voice, and throat care, advertising tonics and tonifiers. Deals highlighted as featured departments include grocery and medicine for birds.
The poem contrasts dawn as leisure with day as toil and describes a narrator bearing a crown of thorn while walking a rough highway. A vision of a beloved and a poet’s dream accompanies the traveler despite want and taunt. The piece ends with a crucified image and devotional longing.
A winter guide explains mushroom cultivation using horse manure beds heated to roughly 50 70 degrees. It covers spawning, packing, and monitoring threads of mycelium, plus stages from button to fully developed caps and the mushroom’s nitrogen richness.
A reader asks if planting an orchard on a grassy hillside is safe. The advice stresses ground condition and location, suggesting plowing along the hill, keeping soil loose for four feet around trees, alternating crops like potatoes beans or corn, then cowpeas as cover, and possibly mulching with cut grass. In four to five years trees may bear, with grasses returned for soil protection and fertility.
A riddle styled as a farmer’s sentinel verse about a nobleman, a luscious fruit, and a task you dislike without it, presented as a wordplay puzzle with beheaded and curtailed forms.
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