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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
6
A vintage notices urges farmers to eat more Quaker Oats to improve strength and brain power. It argues farm hands perform better on oat meals and connects feeding livestock with human diet choices. The piece cites ex Gov Pennypacker on marriage and a sea excursion anecdote involving William Windle and Jackson.
Alfred J. O'Brien recalls nine months in hospital with severe back pain and heavy blood in urine. After failing to improve at Omaha and being advised to try Dean's Kidney Pills, he reports relief after one box and a complete recovery. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. 50 cents a box.
Tokyo Times editor Zumoto compares life in the United States and Japan, noting the American wife as the era's costly feature and the American husband as a slave. He praises Japanese women for restraint and family devotion, while warning against women pursuing business careers and suffrage, arguing it harms happiness and social balance.
An anecdote recalls an infant in a Pullman car who cried until a helpful passenger claimed he could quiet the child. He arranged the baby on his knees and gently rocked it to rest, though some drummers criticized his intervention. The baby woke again at 2 a.m. and kept others awake until a gruff voice questioned who had calmed it.
In New Hampshire a Manchester Union man held a surprise party at church last Sunday. The Springfield Union comments on Lent’s first Sunday with mock notices of George Bailey of the Nouston Post fishing in a Texas bayou and others in satirical, pointed quips. The piece ends noting that the average woman can bluff most men but faces a tougher bluff with another woman.
Readers recount relief from nervousness and ringing in the ears after stopping coffee and using Postum. A woman’s child and a pale boy gain color, while endorsements claim Postum makes red blood. The letters promise genuine, human interest and reference The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
A foreign observer contrasts American and Japanese lifestyles noting beef imports, a strong yet less robust Japanese, and strong American domestic life. He argues suffrage would disrupt happiness, describes American husbands as slaves, and cites urban stress, ambitious women, and a high living standard set by the wealthy.
A historical fragment suggests that in Japan a woman around twenty five or twenty six faced low matrimonial prospects. The line hints at cultural expectations and dating norms of the era without detailing specific institutions or figures.
A bashful young man visiting a Capitol Hill girl is confronted by her father who asks the time. The youth, having been asked twice, leaves in haste with his hat and coat. The father reveals the watch had run down and the caller could not set it.
A Tit-Bits quip features the king of Maritania in tight finances demanding money. The guardian of the treasury, once the court jester, laments that all coffers are empty.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing is valid. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh related deafness not cured and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation with Toledo Ohio manufacturer Cheney & Co.
A light conversational quip about couples debating what to see in a play. The exchange notes wanting something lively with music while joking about staying home to take care of the baby.
A prospector in a secluded Alaskan mine endures isolation during a long winter. After months alone Hartford meets a massive black bear that stands tall and reaches out as if to hug him. The miner greets the creature with a friendly, surprised greeting.
A Yonkers Statesman item shows Mrs Jawback declaring I am a woman of few words while Mr Jawback retorts you w them over so often. The brief exchange highlights domestic humor in a local society note.
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