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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
6
Magistrate Breen in Essex Market dismisses Mrs Loudes bid to force weekly pay envelope access. He says the husband owns the funds though a wife may search pockets. other judges hold wives may rifle husbands pockets while the law favors the wife in many cases.
Miss Anna Chapman lent a gold watch to John White for repair. Mrs. White found it in her husband’s pocket and confiscated it. Judge Dumont ruled the act a warning about earnings control, noting Missouri’s 20 percent rule and the broader issue of money in marriage.
The judge hears both sides and rules the husband must give his wife three dollars weekly after expenses. He notes she cares for the children and stays home, and insists she receives twenty percent regularly, dismissing the husband's objections.
Ohio and New Jersey decisions declare that a wife is not a servant or bound to constant domestic labor. In Lima Ohio Judge Quail dismissed a divorce claim for gross neglect noting a wife may be abed late and neglect chores. In Bayonne New Jersey Recorder Lazarus fined a husband $10 affirming a wife may go out and should not spend all time in drudgery.
In Chicago and Athol mass courts address domestic conduct with mixed rulings. Judges allow mild swearing and frame discipline within limits, while a New York case ends with reconciliation and alimony. The piece notes a 15 weekly payment and dismisses spanking as non count.
A husband in Wilkesbarre was convicted for his wife’s assault on Ellen Hilbert after failing to stop her. The ruling implies the wife’s actions can affect a husband’s liability, reflecting controversial modern decisions on marriage relations and perceived spousal autonomy.
The article reports that about 90,000 U.S. settlers moved to Western Canada in the past year seeking free 160 acre homesteads and affordable land. It notes a prior year migration and cites favorable Canadian farming costs and wages, with government agencies ready to guide settlers to suitable districts.
The quotation recalls Mark Twain recalling a feud with John H Ferguson over a Christmas gift column. Twain writes of Ferguson inviting him to see gifts, then publishing a sharp retort on the paper's front page noting the diamonds and cut glass. The excerpt ends with unrelated ad copy and a Carlyle quote.
Advert says Pazo Ointment can cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 holidays or money back. Mentions other spurious remedies and odd lines about coughing, turkeys, cats, and a drugstore sales pitch.
A humorous exchange portrays a minister claiming the last day will judge by works while a skeptic quips that they never worked, reflecting light banter about moral duty and personal effort. The dialogue hints at religious self awareness in a casual setting.
Dr J H Rindlaub of Fargo specialis eye ear nose throat comments on fashion and paying the freight. A humorous line quips that admiration of a stylish woman costs the reader. Benham poetry referenced as a joke in an ad.
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