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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
6
Boston lawyer Rufus Choate devises a two step ruse to recover money stolen by an intoxicated landlord. A cattle dealer loses 100 dollars to safe handling, then a second 100 after witness participation. Choate directs staged deposits and withdrawals, exposing the landlord's duplicity and securing the cash.
On January 1, 1907 the famed haunting Castle Lamier on the Caloosahatchee river in Southern Florida will be torn down to make way for a modern hotel. The tale recounts Antoinette Breezac’s murder and Marquis Lamier’s eventual death, set among ghosts, dissipation, and colonial scandal.
A cherry tree grows on the top of an eighty foot chimney in Indian Orchard Massachusetts. It rises ten feet above the chimney and blooms each spring with fruit that delights nearby birds. Wind has created a tiny aerial garden around the perch where grass and flowers grow, while the tree likely started from a dropped cherry stone carried by a bird.
Representative Timothy B. Townsend of Delaware, injured on his farm near Frankfort in Sussex County, was saved by his 12 year old son Fred. A bright milk pail reflected in the bull’s eyes, terrifying the animal and allowing Townsend to escape. Townsend is a farmer and cattle dealer and is expected to recover.
In Buenos Ayres a spider that practices fishing was found by Professor Berg. It spins between stones a two winged conical net in shallow water and catches small fish and tadpoles. The webs show many shed skins of its prey.
The future king enjoyed machinery and small engines as a child. He received a complex device for a birthday gift, initially failed to understand it, refused tutoring, and eventually worked out how to run it on his own.
Dr. Lindsay Johnson explains the mole’s eye projects far beyond the orbit to allow vision despite dense fur. The adaptation is the only way for the animal to see, making an opening essential.
The article explains how giant electric lifts enable easy movement in hilly towns by lifting passengers vertically to a higher level then carrying them along a bridge to navigate steep terrain. It notes Hillis as a major obstacle to traction and cites Stockholm as lacking such lifts.
A buried wartime romance unfolds in Paris as a letter never mailed changes one man's fate. Twenty years earlier a ball led to a mutual crush between a young man and woman, but fear kept him from declaring love. He died a bachelor. Elishebrie found the unmailed letter among his papers, revealing a missed chance at happiness.
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