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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
6
An article explains calf cramps common to children and the elderly, with causes such as vigorous exercise and arterial hardening. Treatment for a single calf cramp is to stand on tiptoe to stretch the muscle and rub the contracted area. If cramps recur, consult a physician for underlying constitutional issues.
In a tongue in cheek speculative note the column imagines leather scarcity pushing substitutes like fish skins. It jokes about shark and codfish hides becoming common footwear while quipping that fish skin wearers should court in stocking feet to avoid chilly receptions.
Singapore civil engineer Randolph N Summerfield tells Seattle officials that Malay States jungles could supply meat in a famine. He notes forests hold monkeys and snakes, with crocodile tails and boa constrictor meat described as delicacies in India and cooked in various styles.
A market scene features a customer questioning the tenderness and freshness of a chicken. The marketman insists the bird is fresh killed, claiming certainty because it was caught in his war garden only yesterday.
A quoted dialogue contrasts studying the classics with current events, noting the difficulty for a boy to disengage from present turmoil to revisit ancient history. The exchange underscores tension between learning and immediacy.
Irvin S. Cobb in the Saturday Evening Post depicts Red the colonel's orderly venting on French language difficulties. The narrator recalls a Midland regiment in a Southern town, noting Red's tall frame and blunt Texas speech as he laments language barriers and a shopkeeper's lack of English.
A sandbag, first and foremost for fortifications, doubles as storage for rations and clothing, lining for dugouts, and camouflage. Soldiers wrap feet for warmth, use bags as gaiters, and cover helmets and rifle parts. even mailbags and water carriers rely on them. One soldier quips the war ends when Belgium and France are put into sandbags.
At the Altoona Pennsylvania reservoir caretaker E M Cashman reports a rare scene as a robin family and a bluebird family occupy the same birdhouse. Robins settled on the porch while bluebirds built inside, mothers each guarding a nest and residing together in unusual harmony.
Ken Wang the twelfth 1919 West Point graduate announced plans to return to China to help build a modern army. He was selected to study in America to learn military coherence for China's armed forces.
A frustrated worker, discouraged by payroll pressures, admits giving up on hiring a girl for domestic help as wages rival those of a munitions factory. The remark highlights the high cost of labor and economic strain in households.
A man complains of heat exhaustion and nearly suffers sunstroke while rushing to stock coal for next winter. The exchange highlights the harsh impact of summer work on daily life and energy needs.
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