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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
A sunlit mosaic of wry lines and mock headlines from a Montana paper pokes at international affairs baseball ducks and oddities. Jests touch on China Mexico New York shipping and theater while offering light commentary on life in early 20th century America.
A Hungarian physician asserts success in hair grafting for bald scalps and hopes to apply the method to grafting Ufento wasted tissues, signaling potential medical advances in tissue regeneration and cosmetic restoration.
A New York court awarded a man twelve thousand dollars for the loss of a leg and an additional one thousand dollars for the loss of a wife. The remark notes California juries might have ruled differently.
Gotham records show fifteen deaths in a month due to trolley car incidents. The large city population makes the number seem small to many, though the families of the victims feel the loss deeply.
French researchers show chickens can be raised without contact with microbes using glass cages, though the birds may find the sterile environment very dull.
A chauffeur training school has been established at a Western college. It aims to teach proper handling for car trouble, including when the carburetor fails twenty miles from the nearest garage.
A 23 story hotel with 1000 guest chambers will be built atop the new Grand Central station in New York City. Even so it will not suffice to meet demand of travelers seeking its next train back upon arrival.
In Justice Hoyt’s New York children’s court, tears and sympathy dominate as he handles 9000 cases yearly. He paroles a boy for a month, tries to steer incorrigible youths toward schooling, and hears tales of filled homes, distracted parents, and mothers pleading for mercy.
A Chicago traffic officer laments loneliness amid city noise. He likens himself to Robinson Crusoe, standing at downtown intersections while thousands brush past. He recalls rare conversations with drivers and admits the isolation grows day by day.
A Portland Chinaman and a young negro woman staged a comic tragedy on the county courthouse lawn while trying to obtain a marriage license. A tall black witness was recruited, but the Chinaman fled behind a tree amid a chase as the would be couple failed to secure a license.
Indianapolis records a Golden Wedding as Levi C Bowser and Caroline Dawson Bowser celebrate fifty years of marriage with a supper for children and a few friends. They recall a March 6 1862 wedding at John M Dawsons country home with turkey the centerpiece. Only three guests from the original celebration remain in Marion County.
In New Orleans customs agents halted a Smyrna based attempt to slip duty by sending twenty four morocco slippers as samples. After a three week delay a second package revealed the trick, revealing twenty four pairs total. Duty paid was about half the value.
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