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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
A collage of offbeat items from the Choteau Acantha includes musings on Pauline Wayne acting on stage, debates about teaching baseball to curb truancy, concerns on college football fatalities, and humorous lines about joyriders, Niagara Falls, and aeroplanes. It also notes a cold winter forecast, Chicago versus New York costs, Maine lobster releases, a poet husband, and a Boston inventor's talking automaton.
A water remark notes that in marriage one partner wins a great victory each time, reflecting on a past defeat we experienced in a similar sense. It contrasts triumph with a shared sense of being licked in a prior union.
A Jersey resident with rheumatism was cured after touching a live wire. The incident raises doubts about live wires becoming a popular treatment.
A Cleveland woman obtained a divorce citing incompatibility though her husband did not chew smoke drink or stay out at night. The report notes he possibly snored as a minor factor in the break.
The Iowa court issued an unusual injunction barring onions from emitting odors, describing the action as strong and noteworthy after prior orders limiting roosters from crowing. The decision highlights a novel use of court power to curb agricultural smells and frontier irritants.
In Brooklyn a woman secures a divorce after she discovers her husband was delivering the garbage for another man. The case is cited as a remark on neighborly behavior and marital fault in the city.
Andre Jaegerschmidt, a Frenchman, toured the world in forty days. The note clarifies his nationality to readers and dispels an impression that he is Irish.
In autumn we reflect on a year that promised much in spring and moved through a cycle governed by an eternal law of causation. The passage contemplates fate and the inevitability of change as seasons recur.
A Chicago girl inherits 20000 dollars because her given name is Jane, with the quip that simply being named Jane is its own reward.
A New Jersey hotel keeper faces a court order prohibiting his waitresses from speaking to traveling men who dine in the hotel dining room. The owner seeks to curb patronage by traveling men and is sued to enforce the ban.
A hawk attempted to pluck a diamond stud from a New Jersey resident's shirt front. The incident underscores rising boldness of local hawks compared with persistent Jersey mosquitoes.
City Forester Prest of Chicago drafts a weed fighting manual for the Boy Scouts. He envisions substituting hoes for toy guns and sending troops to eradicate Chicago weeds. Benefits include healthful exercise for boys and a weed free city.
A terse report describes a man achieving a remarkable ascent beyond birds in an unusual flight event. The piece contrasts the feat with misleading claims that gasoline powered the birds alongside the leap.
A baby is born in a fashionable New York residence hotel as social lines tighten in the metropolis during these get rich quick days. The brief note highlights urban life and high society amid modern pressures.
Photographs show Mars canals but no evidence that the alleged Martian waterways connect to Earth Panama Canal, leaving maritime travel implications unsettled.
New York faces a class of English remittance men who refuse to work and live off relatives, some receiving five dollars weekly. They rent rooms in top-floor hotels, seek loans through introductions to titled individuals, and largely rely on gambling while dreaming of big wealth.
Frank Brown a self confessed horse thief and a woman who posed as his wife hid in a cave in northeast Philadelphia. Detectives say Brown stole and traded at least 100 horses and may have recovered some. They urge owners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to report losses to recover property. Brown kept the best meals for himself and his companion at city expense while evading arrest.
Robert Matter son of Philip Matter Marion resident concludes a globe circling journey of about 30000 miles. He traveled as a true American hobo wandering from New York to London Belgium Australia Egypt Gibraltar Fiji Hawaii Canada and Vancouver before reuniting with his brother John Matter in Swift Current. He later rode to Marion with funds saved from farm work and shunning his wealth background.
Gus Miller head porter at the Baltimore hotel in AnSas City has built a fortune from tips totaling about 60 000 over a decade. He owns a 12 000 Roanoke district home a lodging house and other realty while running 12 staff from his baggage desk. Tips average 500 monthly with occasional 60 days of 500 in a single day and Miller distributes quarters on travels to keep good relations with traveling men.
Young Richleigh plans a European summer trip. He leaves a private cable code with his father who never checks it. A month later a single word arrives, Laugh. The father retrieves the code and reads Laugh Send me $500 in a odd twist of a joke turning into a demand.
A man buys tobacco with a nickel at a Manchester store and questions its size. The clerk insists it is regular nickel size and refuses to send him to Boston for a bigger piece. The shopper notes a Boston spot offering larger tobacco for the same price, while the clerk highlights the round trip cost.
A compact catalog-like list showcases short title snippets and captions such as Warranted to Keep in Any Climate Passengers Will Please Keep Their Feet Off the Seats Mr and Mrs Leeder Are Going to Europe for the Summer I d Tip You Waiter if I Had Any thing Less than a $20 Bill Trips to the Holy Land The Band Then Played America Lamb Chops indicating diverse items or notes from a print issue.
A spirited exchange in which Dickens asserts the existence of a mutual friend as he explains he is writing a book about one. Purists push back, but the author remains insistent on the concept.
Horace reports a cold look from Miss Jolly this morning. Helen appears angry but horace says she was simply driving her touring car with the glass front removed and her face frosted.
A visitor in Scrugginsville mistakes a passing man for a statesman. The village postmaster clarifies the figure is Silas Whittle, noted furniture dealer and undertaker, prominent in local society.
A critic mocks Dibble as impractical and notes his plan to start a laundry in Bohemia. The dialogue features sharp exchanges about prudence and sense, highlighting skepticism toward entrepreneurial ambition in a fanciful setting.
A witty remark notes a clockmaker deceives buyers by promising a lifetime wear since the clock’s hours are numbered. The quip plays on the inevitability of time and the limits of the craft.
A fragment quotes a debate on settling a Morocco dispute with a wry remark that the best cure is a severe rebuke implying strong consequence.
In a sharp exchange the Heroine calls the Villain a serpent while the Villain retorts with a sly insult claiming the Heroine is a snake charmer. The dialogue highlights mutual distrust and a plot of hidden motives.
The speaker laments grand rhetoric as sharply as many readers, noting that lofty language can still drown plain purpose. The line suggests impatience with pomp and calls for clearer, more direct discourse from leaders.
In a brief dialogue, Miss Fullosoul asks whether to say summer fires or summer flees. An absent minded professor, skilled in entomology, notes the two terms refer to distinct ideas. The scene shifts as she begins a talk with the man beside her.
A bantering dialogue features a warden and governor debating a prisoner who refuses work without practicing his own trade. The prisoner is described as an aviator, provoking the governor to permit his aviation trade.
In School District No. Sixteen a debate topic proposes that William J. Burns is a greater detective than Sherlock Holmes. The exchange features a rhetorical flourish about patriotism as the question is framed for discussion.
A humorous exchange between a doctor and patient turns on walking ten to twenty miles daily with a purpose. The patient agrees to travel and borrow funds to settle the medical bill.
A humorous note ponders the origin of the term chauffeur. The quip suggests it sounds like heat related words and jokes about why drivers are called chauffeurs, linking it to being broadly scorching.
Dialogue snippets show a child asking about when the Fitterboats will return to town and whether the household must continue feeding their cat, implying ongoing absence and care duties.
A wry remark questions why Atlas failed to form a trust to bear the world. The joke implies the burden he carried was impractical to share or shield against hardship.
A brief note on a novel title within a dialogue shows Jim and Jess debating the work. The exchange centers on the book titled The Knights of Other Days.
Giles notes a peculiar truth of horse racing stating most horses in a race are not truly competitive while Miles questions the implications of this observation. The exchange frames the odd paradox of participation versus contention in racing discourse.
He rebukes being seen as a mere summer lover and escort to excursions and picnics. She counters she viewed him only as a companion for picnics, not a serious relationship.
In a biblical echo, Samson boasts of overpowering the lion by strength alone and claims he did not rely on a ruse or “toe.” The remark reflects pride following a feat, illustrating a motif of self reliance.
A brief anecdote recalls a summer spent on a farm with a scarecrow observed in a field. The exchange hints at rural life and a lingering curiosity about hidden presence or people near the property.
A short verse laments the danger of airmen who fall without nets beneath them. The speaker voices sympathy and concern for airmen facing peril in flight.
A light exchange between parent and daughter turns on selecting a fiancé. The father warns against engagement to any named suitors while the daughter quips there are plenty of other names to consider.
A playful exchange between two flies reflects a summer retreat in a livery stable. One fly boasts a sweet season with no screens and easy meals while the other reports a dull year. The dialogue ends with plans to return next summer.
A Shakespearean statistics note claims 106,007 lines and 814,780 yards across plays, Hamlet as the longest with 3,930 lines, Comedy of Errors as the shortest with 1,777 lines, total 1,227 characters including 157 females, Hamlet’s part being the longest. Costard in Love's Labour Lost reportedly bears the longest single word in the dialogue.
A grateful Texas reader extols Postum as a healthier alternative to coffee. The letter credits improved nursing of a five year old and relief from a vilious habit, noting family benefits and a claim that Postum aided others including a brother-in-law. The notice invites readers to read The Road to Wellville and mentions the slogan There’s a reason.
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