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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
6
A collage of quirky notes from a 1920s page touches on fashion trends from Australia and California, salaries of French presidents, odd crimes and curiosities. It jokes about hats, hot pins, sawdust oats, and a Texas convict needing an operation for a stolen diamond.
Hazel Burns leads her family to Judge Latshaw who grants a parole to Robert Burns after the youngsters plead for their father. The judge admonishes him to stay sober and keep the children from harm, urging the wife to return to church and support their kids at home.
A descriptive portrait of Oregon’s Portland as the Rose City praising its climate, blooming roses, and festival traditions. The piece notes the region's geography, Milestones like the Rose Festival, and the city’s orderly streets and parks, with a population estimate around a quarter of a million.
John S Dawson Kansas attorney general pursues a case under an old law to aid Lorenz Schreiber once owner of 560 acres in Butler County now in debt 5000 to 6000 dollars. Schreiber bought an interest in a Harper mill for 8000 with his farm and notes, the mill burned, insurance limited by incendiary findings, creditors seized ground and salvage, leaving Schreiber with about 6000 after notes. Dawson may sue for civil and criminal action against alleged swindlers to recover funds.
Cincinnati police plan to use trained bloodhounds to track criminals in streets and country areas. Trials included trailing a reporter for half an hour through downtown and locating three men after a two hour cross country chase. Public interest grows in other large cities adopting bloodhound units for detective work.
Two women in a Turkish bath playfully compare weights at luncheon. They joke about honesty on the scales, confess minor tricks like jigging the scales and uncoiled hair weight, and exchange light banter on secrecy and vanity.
The Belle Fourche earth embankment dam, the world’s largest of its kind, nears finish in South Dakota. Authorized May 10 1904 by Congress, the $5 million project features a 6200 foot long dike 115 feet high with a two to one slope and screened gravel facing. The reservoir will span about 9000 acres, forming the state’s largest lake.
Wilbur Fleaser, New York portrait painter, notes that Allison’s portrait became the ninth portrait hung in the Senate lobby, breaking a 40 year precedent. The lobby had previously featured Washington and Sumner as the only recognized portraits in the long line of honored figures.
In New York Andrew Carnegie warns of shifting industries while a western piano tuner explains that steady income can come from barbed wire fences. The dialogue contrasts optimism about recovery with inventive adaptation in a volatile economy.
Promote a hardy garden crop with a 10 by 10 patch yielding 50 pounds or more in 90 days in Wisconsin. The John A. Salzer Seed Co. offers full culture directions and a mammoth seed catalog for 15 cents, or 31 cents for 10,000 kernels plus seeds.
A German baker in West Philadelphia nurtures a young hopeful who studies violin weekly. Parents are hopeful of a future musician as the boy, praised for his progress, plays "Home Sweet Home" and "Nearer My God to Thee" with pleasing sweetness.
In a Harper’s Weekly vignette a reverend questions a playful infant about his father’s work. The child replies in a humorous dialect that his father writes dramatic criticism for a newspaper, revealing a lighthearted glimpse of literary family life.
A light exchange notes a traveler staying in Monte Carlo for six days. He explains the limit is due to packing only six costumes. The witty answer frames a playful travel constraint.
The ad promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated granules. Garfield Tea is advertised to stimulate the liver correct constipation cleanse the blood and is sold by all druggists. An aside notes many young men earn a living by working for their father.
A druggist promises money back if Pazoints miss to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. The ad boasted easy use and quick relief with a refund offer, appealing to all readers including the skeptical and dull minded.
Mayor Crump at a Democratic banquet in Memphis calls the political turncoat inconsistent and argues that love and politics share inconstancy. He adds a quip about women and warns that the only way to keep a man's love is never to return it.
A parent and child exchange phrases about a transcendentalist term. The parent, aiming to teach, instructs the child to chain the dog as a prompt before returning for an explanation extracted from a dictionary. The scene portrays a didactic household moment.
Women suffering from any illness are urged to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are read and answered by women, offering confidential personalized guidance. The firm promotes a 50 page Text Book free by mail and invites all women to request the booklet.
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