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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
4
The Choteau Acantha notes its weekly publication by MAX B. Bishop proprietor, with mailing in Cho teau Montana as second class matter. Subscription rates listed: $2.00 yearly or $1.75 prepaid.
An Englishman slept on a one foot wide plank atop church spire scaffolding risking a 120 foot fall. Similar danger noted on a tall chimney while repairs and a circus troupe faced a night of disrupted sleep before an afternoon show.
The charitable public in London organizes river trips to aid convalescing maimed and wounded soldiers. Last year the Thames was used for short excursions. this year it will provide trips to 12,000 invalided lads on every available day.
The text describes trips along the river to Richmond where youths are chaperoned to a park for light refreshments. Local and city committees, with medical staff, organize the journeys as health restoration aids, and funds have flowed into the program.
A comic tale recounts Bill in a shop who keeps cutting sleeves and legs from union suits. His wife Mrs. Smith, skeptical, denies the blunder yet finds proof in a miscut garment with a missing arm and extra stitching around the leg. The piece ends with Bill’s quip about sewing as they rip and splicing when surprised.
The plainly dressed wife may be saving for old age while others spend all they earn. Do not pity the woman who looks modest as she may be more secure in later years and find greater comfort than you expect.
The Thomasville Times notes a line about editors who please everyone. On rainy days and other occasions tied to the postman’s visit, the truth remains that such editors would be masked by a glass plate and unable to stand.
An Omaha Bee column contrasts a longed for rural river swimming hole with a modern city pool. It recalls elm shaded banks and clean river depths versus a park tank on a hillside with lawns and regulated delights, noting how urban life changes boys into older generations while never replacing nature’s spot.
Pankus Brown a U S citizen told South Boston district court he used a silk flag as lining for a fur coat to insult the flag he valued highly. He pleaded guilty to misuse of the national emblem and was fined 50.
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