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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
2
Acantha highlights playful observations on romance and wit with remarks about Jupiter and its moons, leap year quips, beer and gout jokes, a Salem marriage elopement arrest, and trains of social gossip across actors, nobility, and royalty.
Mr. G. D. Pappageorgian and Mr. M. N. Sakelylarios plan to launch a Boston newspaper soon. The pair hints at branding by using their own names and identity in the venture.
Reported drop in crime in New York may lead many residents to lose interest in the city, suggesting a shift in public engagement as safety improves.
Quote discusses potential release of embezzlers who claim remorse and the risk of freeing many inmates in state institutions who could qualify for liberation at any moment.
A New Year reception attracted 7 718 attendees as the president met visitors. Some bystanders noted that occasional remarks reveal why a person might hesitate to take office.
A wealthy father disinherits his son or reduces the family support to a meager 5000 dollars a year. The son, living frugally, survives on strict economy and occasional bread line help as he tries to cope with the reduced funds.
Admirers of the Prince and Princess of Wales present them with nineteen pianos. Neighbors benefit from the couple owning a large yard around their residence.
A government order requires French employees to remove facial hair. The remark imagines a czar possibly dictating similar grooming, noting the rasping effect such edicts would have.
An Indian chief is appointed president of a bank in Skintook, Indian Territory. He is advised to keep a tomahawk ready to deter old ladies seeking loans on Carnegie notes.
The creditors of Mr. Tiffany of New York join him in declaring he cannot live on 318 900 a year. It may be the claim is an effort to push a favorable deal.
A note recalling a Ferlin archist claims radium cures ophthalmia and suggesting current magazines overlook the supposed wondrous properties of radium.
A group of Russian generals stationed at Port Arthur have opted to become prisoners of war in Japan rather than accept parole. The decision appears to reflect private concerns about risking the czar or their families.
Poem by James E Kinsella from the Chicago Postoffice registry, recalling boyhood, lake views, seascape imagery, and the fading of youth and beauty as time advances. Two voices mark memory and love amid Chicago scenes and river life.
The Philadelphia Record notes a marriage fever spreading among theater youths in Pottstown, with several engagements and multiple infections including managers, prompters, and a stage carpenter. The piece cites past cases from Manila transports and argues microbes could drive marriage outbreaks.
A discussion of secret prison communication through tapping and coded rows, likened to Morse, with a related incident in a Russian prison where a protest message was misinterpreted as a mutiny. The governor armed guards, but the misread threat led to improved discipline and later better conditions for inmates.
A five year old, learning that a threatening phrase means killing, recoils when a solemn new doctor promises to give medicine. The tale recalls the father’s warning and the boy’s frightened reaction, then resisting the unfamiliar physician's treatment.
Col. John Billups of Arizona rides a Washington streetcar to view sights and encounters a beautiful woman with a suspicious partner. He challenges the man guarding the seat, declaring the lady fair game, while the man responds he knows she is not his wife and continues gazing out the window.
A humorous verse extols pork and beans as the ultimate comfort food for the hungry, praising its satisfaction over finer dishes and acknowledging the sustenance it provides for those in poverty. The poem salutes Chicago and Boston for their roles in the dish’s fame.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports Senator Deboe’s homecoming in a Kentucky mountain town with an ovation and a barbecue where several calves were killed. He delivers a lengthy speech noting honor at being sent to the capital from Kentucky, praising Blue Grass country, whisky, horses, and women.
In Richmond, Thackeray revealed he dictated much of his writing. He said Esmond was entirely dictated and Pendennis followed similarly. He critiqued Pendennis for dragging in the middle and attributed it to an illness that hindered improving it.
Magazine ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for uterine trouble and female derangements causing low spirits, backache, and fatigue. It features patient Kate McDonald of Woodbridge NJ praising the remedy and inviting others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn MA.
A humorous exchange defines an optimist as a man who does not care what happens if it does not happen to him, quoted from Puck.
A Puck vignette features Willie removing a disguise and declaring triumph as the great detective. He reveals Dick Harter was secretly on the villain’s trail, closing the geography lesson with a dramatic recitation.
Mr Hayden of 252 West 89th Street New York credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his paralysis after other remedies failed. He describes initial symptoms including tremors loss of power and partial limb control and notes a prior malaria infection. He says seven boxes ended his paralysis with malaria eradicated and health restored. The Pills are sold by all druggists and urged for similar cases.
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