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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1906
Page
3
A Sandy Hill woman recounts inflammatory rheumatism from age sixteen and describes severe pain swelling and in 1904 a cure after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad claims the medicine cleared rheumatic poisons from her blood and urges readers to buy genuine Dr Williams Pink Pills from druggists or the Schenectady company.
A classroom quip sparks a brief moment as students answer why they need napkins. The exchange centers on a lighthearted insistence that napkins exist for company rather than mess.
Patent medicine ad claims Mrs Winelow's Soothing Syrup eases teething pain in children. It promises gum softening reduces inflammation calms teething discomfort and claims to cure wind colic with a century old remedy tone.
In a playful exchange between managers the first notes a leading man with a cigar named after him while the second hopes the draw will improve and be more gracious than his own.
Advertisement claims Palo ointment cures itching bleeding and protruding piles within six to seven days and promises refunds for disappointed customers. No medical review or corroboration provided.
A Southern host serves Chief Justice Fuller a mint julep on a tray with crushed ice and mint. Fuller enjoys the drink and smiles, remarking that he has found another spot as the servant John returns with a refill.
An official called Miner notes George Ross as Fort Hancock Tex’s leading public figure. He serves as postmaster appointed by a Republican administration, county commissioner on the board elected as a Democrat, justice of the peace as an independent, and public school trustee for the precinct.
A student narrates health gains from switching to Grape Nuts and Postum. He, his sister, and his brother report improved strength, weight, and mental clarity after following package directions. The testimonial claims many classmates also benefited, urged by advertising from the Postum Company.
A traveler details Zulu women in South Africa, describing infant care with multiple daily baths and painted oil rubs, child carrying on a back sling, whey feeding, and rigid gender roles in meal prep. Homes are circular huts with compact, clean interiors, goats and animals sharing space at night, low doorways, and a two and a half foot high cool passage.
At the October meeting of the Insurance Society of New York, Morris P. Stevens reviewed early insurance forms. Life insurance predates marine insurance, with a Hadrian era Latin inscription showing a burial fund club. Marine insurance began as cargo loans in Rome, and the term underwriters stems from Lloyds where merchants signed to insure ships and cargoes.
An old colored woman in patched clothing receives a dollar dropped by a Gibson girl near the Mall. The girl retrieves the bill but Auntie refuses, saying it wasn’t hers, then gratefully acknowledges the act as a small blessing from above.
The Ontario department of agriculture calls honey one of nature’s best foods. It notes honey’s historic role before refined sugar and warns against excessive sugar use. Honey aids digestion, saves kidneys, and can substitute butter. recommended for children and as German honey tea for all ages.
The speaker exalts the western landscape as vast and sacred, contrasting it with the East. He recalls childhood lessons from Mother West, praising plains mountains and oceans as grand, urging steadfast virtue and disdain for gold’s lure. The poem affirms duty to a noble inheritance and rejects hollow modern pretenses.
The plan details a 14 by 16 foot building with a 10 foot high icehouse above a 6 by 10 foot cellar. It specifies a 10 inch sawdust-filled wall, non underground icehouse, brick walls plastered with cement, an arch top two feet into the icehouse, wooden supports hidden after brickwork, a surrounding drain tile, and an outside door operated by weight and pulley.
Plans outline a 30 by 50 foot stone cattle stable with two stall rows and a 3 foot back passage. A 7 foot central passage separates rows plus an 8 foot loft and hip roof with two end doors and multiple windows. Material quantities include 25 cords stone 125 bushels lime 15 yards sand 16 yards gravel 7 yards sand and 25 barrels Portland cement using a 1:10 cement to gravel mix and 1:2 cement to sand for top layer.
The writer asks how much elevation the upper end must have above the lower end to maintain a free water flow across a 600 foot 1 inch pipe with a 50 foot vertical drop to the outlet and a creek in the line. They consider extending the upper run to gain more fall and question whether a lower-bend flushing tap is needed.
The correspondent notes a six foot head for a water pipe from A to B. A 609 foot length would yield about 200 gallons per hour if the pipe remains clean. If this suffices for the intended use no further head is needed, and a tap at the lowest point could allow flushing to clear obstructions.
A barn of twelve by twelve feet is lined inside and out with the space filled by dry ashes. Moisture is high except in a corner stall where water drips from the ceiling. A ventilator rises from the barn center to four feet above the roof and a 14 by 14 inch wall hole with cheese cloth provides air without a draft.
The report cites defective ventilation with a foul air outlet placed between the fresh air inlet and the stall. The moisture and stench come from the foul air, drawing complaints from the correspondent.
English evangelist Gypsy Smith, known as a gypsy, travels to the United States to conduct revival meetings after being born in a Rom camp.
T J Manhorter of Noble County Indiana describes feeding meat and cooked foods to poultry. He notes limited use of meat meals, finds beef meal improves health and egg production but cost is prohibitive, and outlines a daily feeding schedule including corn mash and bran based meals using a 50 gallon cooker for cooked feed. He prefers cooked grains unground at times and believes old hens balance rations better than owners.
The sow in gestation needs more than corn to build tissue for her young. She benefits from milk middlings ground oats and roots along with bran for essential minerals, while avoiding large single feeds. Corn provides carbon and water but little mineral support for a healthy frame.
L A Merrill of Utah urged farmers to cut hay on ordinary horse farms to lessen digestive issues and save money. He advised feeding mostly at night, little in the morning, none at noon, and to water before feeding. Oats are best, but bran shorts and corn can supplement. carrots and sugar beet pulp aid digestion and laxative effect, with up to 40 pounds of beet pulp daily.
O J Wagner notes about 40 percent of plowed land yields oats in the area and rust losses are substantial. He urges farmers to act to curb the fungal spread, citing spring sowing and minimal land preparation as factors.
The article notes cactus will become a valuable stock food as spines are removed by singeing and steaming. It describes labor needs for processing and says many farm animals accept this feed. Dairy cows eat 40 to 70 pounds daily and oxen up to 200 pounds when no other food is available.
O C Hayden of O C Hayden & Co dry goods in Albert Lea Minnesota reports back pain caused by weak kidneys. He says Dean's Kidney Pills improved kidney function and the back trouble disappeared with normal action restored. Sold by all dealers fifty cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Mrs. Nansen wife of the explorer is a singer of note. Her father was a zoologist and her mother a sister of Norwegian poet Welhaven. Her brother Ernest Save is a history professor at the University of Christiania.
A notice from John A. Salter Seed Co announces a special catalogue Salzen's Bargain Seed Book with bargain seed prices and a free seed package to grow eight tons of grass, plus a package of comunes. The ad invites readers to send for the catalogue and mentions its La Crosse Wisconsin address.
Astonomer Garrett P. Serviss predicts Mars will be 10000 miles closer to Earth in July 1907. The closer approach will attract both scientists and the general public as the planet becomes striking in the night sky.
This ad promotes Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies from native roots like Black Cohosh and Goldenseal. It highlights alcohol-free preparations claimed to aid lung throat and digestive ailments and promises free literature from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
An old notice asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and argues hearing loss stems from inflamed mucous surfaces of the Eustachian tube. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and urges sending for free circulars.
A cryptic exchange hints at a guest's presence at a party last night. The dialogue suggests uncertainty about her attire while noting someone held something for her as she stepped into it.
An advertisement touts Grove's signature Laxative with Quinine Tahirts promising a one day cold cure. It offers a refund if not successful and markets the product with bold promises and a price note.
A compact note portrays work and play as constant companions and close friends who resist separation in daily routines. It highlights how balance between duties and leisure sustains well being and productivity.
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