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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
2
A collection of opinion lines notes public figures and current topics from The Choteau Acantha. It discusses census discreetness high wartime service signs in Britain and poverty estimates, praise for Curtiss pilots, Newport society, a lobster shortage, poetry and insanity in juries, government farming lotteries for unmarried women, Gaelic witticisms at Newport, London child drink rates, Halley’s comet forecasts, and aviation dangers.
In Chicago an open air school for tubercular children has begun with sessions resembling a picnic. The program includes systematic dental care, breathing exercises, sympathic therapies, and shower baths as part of daily routines.
The piece laments the shah of Persia feeling isolated by grand power and haunted by loneliness. It argues high royal honors fail to fulfill deep human needs and fear of abandonment shapes the childlike ruler’s distress.
The article notes a recent tremor less intense than anticipated and describes residents in San Francisco and San Jose who did not perceive it while Mexican cities suffered more extensive damage and Spain reported tremors.
In his brief experience of ruling an awakened people the Shah Mohamed Ali contemplates a pension of 75000 dollars a year to restore the national jewels. The belief is he will accept and retire into Russia for a quiet life.
The article notes persistent speeding despite arrests and fines for speeding chauffeurs. It suggests that arresting and detaining violators until fines are paid could change driving habits and reduce speeding.
A Washington report notes Congressmen favor Lincoln pennies as gifts to babies in their districts, making the first issue a sought after rarity. The piece argues small things define this era, highlighting babies as central to the penny’s new appeal.
In New York a magistrate calls for the whipping post to curb frequent wife beating, lamenting the lack of official sympathy for abused wives while the law exists but is undermined by support for the offender rather than the victim.
French consul at Mongtze in upper Tonkin reports wood mines beneath a pine forest swallowed by earth. The logs lie slanted in sandy soil about eight yards deep, with preserved upper branches, suggesting a recent burial. The timber is imperishable and sold by Chinese for coffins.
A stirring Nelson Miles letter honors five enlisted men of the Sixth United States Cavalry who held off 600 warriors at the Tule River on the Texas frontier in 1874. Facing 25 to 1 odds they defended a wounded comrade, endured rainwater did drink, and inspired a perilous courier ride to Camp Supply.
A Chautauqua talker jokes wives may需 receive extra dollars, or husbands extra dimes, with no explanation. At a Hungarian restaurant a canary above a square table drops into a diners tale of seed in soup. A cross eyed man recalls a B&O poker night where grips and suitcases crash into the kitty.
Doane Robinson, head of South Dakota history, cites the Indian School Journal stating Sitting Bull acted as a medicine chief and influencer of the Sioux, not personally fighting Custer but aiding by ritual efforts from a ridge between the Little Big Horn and the Big Horn during the battle.
Standard Oil Company appeals increased real estate valuations in Bayonne New Jersey where its eastern refining plant sits. The Hudson county board of equalization raised the 1908 tax assessment from 7 360 000 to 13 000 000, prompting the challenge.
A nurse praises Grape-Nuts as suitable for all ages and for liquid diets, noting its delicacy and ease of digestion. She shares a recipe with softened forms and insists a 10 day trial aids stomach trouble, brain fatigue, and nervous prostration, urging readers to seek the book The Road to Wellville.
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