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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
2
A collage of quips and short items notes aviation feats and fashion shifts, jokes about weather and divorce, and observations from London to New Jersey. It jokes about wars and costs, reports a doctor’s cat study, and mentions post office costs nudging toward self sufficiency with implied lower postage rates.
The article features William A Tedford offering free or cost advice on building matters and discusses a western bungalow style cottage. It notes five well lit rooms, practical layout, regional suitability debates, and claims bungalow costs compared to ordinary two story houses, with cautions about overenthusiasm.
An article extols a practical bungalow design suited for hilly sites and cottage life. It describes a 14 by 12 dining room, built in sideboard spaces, a connected pantry, and a front porch eight by twenty feet as a central outdoor living area. The plan costs about 2000 dollars and emphasizes simplicity and directness. It notes the house has a lighted attic and two bedrooms with generous closets. Separately, a drug causing sleep while standing is reported in Boston, with tests planned to analyze its effects on animals.
An outbreak of a disease spreads among New York rabbits as experts warn about rapid lifestyle risk factors. Officials study the epidemic and urge owners to monitor health and report unusual deaths.
A Nantucket fisherman hooked a large codfish whose stomach released a sizable duck when opened. The duck’s flight was halted by a sportman’s bullet, leaving readers astonished beyond the famed Jonah and the whale.
The New York Evening Telegram quotes friends saying Mrs. Carnegie quietly performs countless charitable acts each year. Her hobby, they suggest, is making people happy by helping others, reflecting her role as wife, mother and exemplar of American womanhood.
Reuben S Simons, a totally blind supervisor of New York City's juvenile league, organized 72 leagues in 72 school buildings to aid the street cleaning department. His volunteers help prevent litter and enforce the law, reporting to the department as they patrol, all while Simons stays hopeful and active.
Chicago mayor Frank May backs a new imperial decree ordering all Chinese to cut queues. The piece notes the Qing era practice and cites Wu Ting Fang, with Chicago’s Chinese community of about 2,000 mostly poised to get haircuts on February 14.
Thomas Brady, Northside fire alarm operator, uses a sand filled bottle strapped to his body with a gas hose to drop sand under his shoes. His device, a "spreader" he built, keeps sidewalks safer on mornings of ice. Brady plans to patent the contraption.
Oklahoma Congressman Scott Ferris promotes a bill to fund segregated Indian schools for those deemed incompetent while excluding other children. Chief Ouanah Parker, a half blood Comanche leader, supports mixed education and helped form a public district near Lawton with land donated for maintenance, though his children faced resistance at tribal and white schools.
Mrs. Wm. Hohmann of Chicago describes severe bronchial catarrh and a lifelong cough. After three bottles of Peruna her appetite improved, coughing lessened, chest pains eased, and she could sleep again, claiming cure where doctors failed. She urges others with consumption-like symptoms to try Peruna.
A New York East Side night school principal enrolls a new pupil, Tom Dugan, who wears a brand new suit bought for seven fifty. When asked where the fire was, the boy sulks and explains there was no fire, only the suit.
A reflective anecdote from Lippincott's Magazine contrasts thriftiness with long term thinking. An American of Scotch birth notes that generations of adversity shape prudent habits, illustrated by a Scottish bonnet tale showing frugal choice. The story emphasizes practical budgeting and self restraint in daily purchases.
A brief stage exchange notes the need to cast a performer for a night role with a lighthearted suggestion that an electrician could fill the part. The dialogue hints at improvised casting and American theatre vernacular.
A Boston educator recounts nervous exhaustion years ago and credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health. She notes improved brain power and physical endurance after adopting a breakfast of raw egg with four spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and hot milk or water. The testimonial, signed by the Postum Co. of Battle Creek, urges others to try the product.
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