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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
2
A mosaic of light humor and social quips reflects a harsh year for public figures and a playful tone about actors, lovers, bears, dentists, and money. Notables include a renown writer in hiding, a single wedding, and jokes about Mars, butter, eggs, and Bible readers set in a rural Montana paper column.
A Chicago attorney asserts a man stays on the safe side by obeying the ten commandments in a notable oration. The quote emphasizes moral conduct as a safeguard, reflecting public sentiment on ethics and law.
The queen of Siam claims her jewels were stolen in a startling report. The piece notes an unexpected vaudeville circuit presence in Siam and hints at a wider spectacle surrounding the incident.
A male suspect linked to a Monte Carlo bank fraud scheme was arrested after authorities alleged he manipulated a gambling wheel while the croupier was distracted. A New Yorker accused of wasting money on streets is suspected of luring provincial gamblers.
Government investigators are attempting to determine the nature of a hash while a local family paper refrains from printing the opinions of ordinary boarders on the topic.
The claim that baseball is New York’s top pastime is contradicted by a city statistic: murders occur about every thirty six hours, highlighting a harsher reality beneath the sport’s popularity.
A dispatch claims the Turkish fleet has been destroyed once more amid reports of chaotic or imaginative war coverage. The text debates whether editors exaggerate or fleets possess a strange ability to appear and disappear.
Composer Franz Lebar, famed for the Merry Widow waltz, will travel to this country with performances here and there where an old inhabitant may recall the famous tune.
English society women reportedly accept being photographed while asleep, a practice seen as paradoxical since they would know a camera is looming. The remark highlights tensions between display and privacy in upper-class life.
Experts warn mothers in New York against rocking or cuddling infants citing unsettled science. The report notes caution about changing maternal behaviors though science cannot fully dictate caregiving practices.
An office boy in Wall Street has been made a partner in the firm. The note hints at a few such youths who still balance ambition with reading detective stories and whistling Alexander's Ragtime Band.
The article surveys the U S government smokeless powder facility at Indian Head Navy proving ground detailing plant layout 400 feet spacing of 25 buildings the safety measures the secrecy and the high level of quality control including chemical stability ballistic stability and a new stabilizer. It explains the preparation from cotton to pyrocellus then to smokeless powder with processes like nitration washing drying and cutting and notes rapid output capacity and a reserve stock for wartime needs.
A fatal railroad crossing crash in a small Pennsylvania town prompts an inquest led by a pompous coroner. A single mine worker witness, unable to understand English, cannot be reached despite attempts in five languages, stalling the inquiry.
In Wheeling West Virginia Thomas Yingling a millionaire meat dealer and his wife clash over social leadership. Mrs Yingling resigns her etiquette plans and vows to spend a million to drive him from business. The couple remains at the mansion as they wage a public campaign from shared headquarters.
Hillside Westchester County tale reports Police Chief Hewson Stephenson jailed on unlawful entry after caucus of political enemies. He used a key to unlock his cell and fled, returning home to bed, while village constable served as jailer.
In Wyandotte County, James Baughman receives a ten to twenty year sentence for highway robbery. He hopes to work alongside his brother Charley, who is already jailed, after serving time to repay the bond and misdeeds that brought them both to court. Charley was captured in Argentine with stolen goods and sent back to prison.
In Flatbush the Rev Lincoln Hollister Caswell reports a wedding where the groom appeared in tan shoes yellow gloves and bright attire. After the ceremony the bride kissed the groom at the altar and the minister learned the groom would delay his fee until after the honeymoon. The minister agreed to wait.
To the head of every family the health of its members is vital. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, a mild yet positive laxative with pepsin, offers nightly relief and tones stomach liver and bowels. Druggists sell 50c and 1.00 bottles. sample requests to Dr W B Caldwell Monticello NY pose no cost.
The Daily Club notes that manufacturers increasingly see localized publicity in the home as the key to reaching consumers. Publicity spreads through newspapers, shaping competition as firms imitate success from others in different lines.
A. C. Brandon of Greenville, C claims to have suffered a face eczema for years while at Lebanon Ohio in 1882. He details blisters and sores spreading over his upper lip and chin, tried physicians, found relief using Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap, and says he has been well for over twenty years. Sample and booklet offered by Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
A domestic scene centers on a new maid with sharp ears prompting wife and husband to discuss the scratched doors around the keyholes. The exchange hints at hidden listening or spying within a household.
Marine Eye Remedy marketed for red a weak watery eyes and granulated lids. Illustrated booklet included. sold by druggists for 25 and 60 cents per bottle. Marine Eye Salve in aseptic tubes also offered.
A bank teller informs a distressed woman that her husband has stopped payment on her alimony check. She confirms the marriage decayed and indicates his lack of love. The line captures a private financial dispute within a troubled relationship.
An ad style item notes wealth brings vanity and multiple would be friends. It touts Cole's Carbolisalve claiming quick relief from burning itching and skin diseases and says it cures without scars with a 25c and 50c price. Free samples offered to J W Cole & Co Black River Falls.
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