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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
2
A column of pithy notes from Guthrie era jokes and jibes covers ice hazards, meat imports, typewriters, aviation bans, maid fashion, long marriages, snake bites and cigars of fate. It lampoons money, health and household quirks with brisk one liners and sly observations from a Montana town.
A rambling critique notes a Massachusetts man who claims savings from never shaving, jokes about Eskimo Adam and Eve, a Boston woman stealing from dentist wraps, a New York doctor touting overripe eggs, and a clash between hobble skirts and high trolley steps. The piece uses satirical tone throughout.
A humorous contrast between rural visitors and city dwellers. City residents mock outsiders yet display keen curiosity about minor urban happenings from street vendors to storefront demonstrations and road accidents. The piece notes visitors often seek drama amid ordinary scenes.
Nine lepers shown at a New York City medical gathering aim to educate the public away from hysteria. The group discusses leprosy spread and supports a national leprosarium with stations in Florida and California, citing 278 US cases and state distribution led by New York, South Carolina, Florida, California, and Massachusetts.
Nevada lawmakers consider repealing or amending divorce laws to curb Reno and Carson City’s six month residency rule. The gambling crackdown has hurt business, prompting hotel, livery, and lawyer sectors to fear loss of revenue from transient divorce seekers. Local counties depend on gambling, while reform efforts aim to balance laws and retaliation over closed gambling houses.
In UTHRIE Oklahoma three men attempted to steal a bale of cotton valued at $75 a bale. A gun failed and one suspect was wounded by his own pistol while gunfire and a wagon chase unfolded. The fire department saved the wagon but the cotton was destroyed and the bale lost.
J H Dunlap of Kennet Missouri reports severe back pain and swelling, bedridden six weeks, with scant distressing urine. After doctors failed, Doan's Kidney Pills relieved him quickly. sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 65 cents a box per the familiar advertising claim.
A nurse touts Cuticura products with a twenty year track record for curing eczema salt rheum ringworm and boils. She cites cases from a child with facial eczema to a man with rheumatism and a toe nail infection all healed by the Cuticura Ointment and Soap. Signed by Mrs Margaret Hederson Malden Massachusetts October 1 1910.
A quarrel erupts as one person complains the other is always out when called and wears loud clothes that drown out conversation. The exchange centers on etiquette and communication challenges in crowded spaces.
A humorous phrase notes that Hewitt profited as eggs rose in price. The quip recalls Jewitt who kept a hen to make his fortune, reflecting era humor on small business and poultry profits.
The article outlines metal cleaning methods for enameled pans galvanic baths tin zinc and related items with hot water soap soda paraffin and drying steps. It also quotes a Boston painter about Julia Ward Howe noting her modesty and her reply about mercy rather than justice.
A historical recipe for light yeast buns requires flour milk eggs butter sugar salt and almonds. The mixture rises for ninety minutes then is shaped into spooned buns with almonds folded in and baked twenty minutes in a hot oven yielding about two dozen buns.
The text advises adding eggs after mixing to enrich cakes, notes two eggs are as effective as three at a later stage. It mentions salt in double boiler water raises inner heat, enabling safe boiling of cereals. Lemon with salt cleans copper kettles and metals, followed by rinsing and polishing with a soft cloth.
Simple recipe for tender diced carrots simmered in salted water then mashed and seasoned with butter salt and pepper. The carrot mash is placed in a dish covered with cracker crumbs and butter dotted with pepper, baked till golden brown and served hot.
Advice on saving small soap scraps and dissolving them in boiling water, then adding water to make a batter with oatmeal. The batter is placed into molds and dried to produce a soap suitable for cleansing and skin care.
When candle grease drops on fabric the first step is to scrape off as much as possible. Use a hot knife to remove the remainder, wiping the knife after each pass. This method is quicker and more convenient than the hot iron and blotter procedure.
Instructions describe making dumplings from flour baking powder and salt mixed with milk. Knead and lift thrice, drop into boiling stew, cover with a white cloth and kettle cover weighed down to keep air out. Boil twenty minutes then lift and serve immediately with dumplings kept level throughout.
In a playful exchange a little girl asks how old her spinster aunt is. The aunt’s reply prompts the child to consider age and she notes with a wink that the aunt “doesn’t look new.” The scene captures a charming family moment centered on curiosity and humor.
A Battle Creek letter exchange from 1906 and 1907 shows Dr. Pratt praising C. W. Post and the Road to Wellville booklet. Pratt requests permission to publish letters to refute falsehoods about testimonials. The correspondence praises Grape-Nuts marketing and cites health philosophy and character, noting Post’s influence in Battle Creek.
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