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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
6
A Choteau Montana note cites a hopeful Wall Street feeling and social musings on apparel. It reflects on corsets for men and fashion trends with a brief mention of an elegant new New York hotel and a suicide note found in a bottle explaining self act.
A contemporary quip asks what a sweet girl is while a wife overlooks. An Austrian and Hungarian clash sounds like an overt act of war to an Occidental ear. Manchuria reports are sparse as armies move homeward. Baron de Forest reportedly considers planting an Saharan empire though sand deserts hinder forests. New Hampshire laments a premature snowstorm fails to draw notice after peace envoys depart.
Several members of the Cornell football squad suffered sun strokes amid the heat. The elderly proverb about haste and wealth is echoed as a reminder of the harshness of college life and its trials for student athletes.
A humorous note on candidates appearing in white attire for election season, likening their uniform to a parade of poll ties and playful habit of the era.
The record notes only two U.S. presidents have wed during their term, suggesting many were married before taking office. The remark hints at the rarity of presidential marriages while serving.
The revised code now recognizes love as a legal component of marriage in France. Previously love often developed later and with someone other than the original spouse.
A court offering a blunt riddle asks whether John Grady should be judged by the wife who loves him or the one who does not. The remark implies a whimsical take on marital legality rather than a formal ruling.
Despite costly styles on display at the dressmakers convention the good husband is resolved to wear a neat straight front without wrinkles, reflecting steady manners and prudent care in dress.
St Louis asserts a man spending 24000 dollars yearly should pay taxes but others disagree arguing no funds should remain after spending 25000 dollars annually.
After a tour of New York Envoy Witte observed that everywhere is advertising and noted the impact of promotional activity. The remark underscores the vigor of urban marketing and the value seen in bold commercial presence.
A Farmington Massachusetts note declares all local cats must be killed because of a diphtheria outbreak. The joke about town mice inviting country cousins suggests the concern is exaggerated.
Vrof de Martens at the late peace conference remarks that American girls are pretty yet American cooking is abominable. He adds the old saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Mr. Carnegie offers half the cost at a laboratory at Smith to promote women’s biology studies. Observers at bargain sales testify to their knowledge of payology and related sales events.
A full rigged ship from Parrsboro Nova Scotia bound for Buenos Ayres collided with a monster whale. The vessel reached Bahia for repairs while the whale has not reported back.
A UK judge rules a woman must pay for ducks eggs she obtained with a simple egg order. He states that any eggs, not just hen eggs, are payable and questions how far liability extends to other egg sources.
A press agent hails a prima donna as a skylark entering the professional field at age twenty four. The commentary downplays the idea of listening to her at that age and frames her arrival with poetic imagery.
Marlin J. Carter 46, U S consul at Yarmouth N S, dies suddenly. Panama Canal control stays with the War Department. Census bureau reports U S cotton production 13 597 782 bales for 1904 05. Edward L Kelley named agent at Rosebud Indian Agency. Maj Gen Randall retires. Brig Gen Weston to succeed. Multiple local and industrial accidents reported across Iowa Illinois Vermont and Texas with several fatalities and injuries.
Admiral Togo plans a visit to European and American waters next year as Russian efforts push a 500 million rouble loan with American bankers. The Hague peace program proceeds, London property booms, Behring rejects offers to disclose his illness, English mushrooms flourish, and Kaiser commissions a grand illustrated architectural study. Japanese naval embezzlement cases surface while secret printing presses lead to forty arrests. Lord Inverclyde dies of pleuro-pneumonia in Scotland, James C Burns succeeds as Lord Inverclyde.
Albert Lynn fatally wounds cousin James Lynn at Nauma zoo Michigan after a quarrel over a young woman. Judge A G Bradner commits suicide in Kansas City by inhaling illuminating gas grieving over his wife. Frank Woods aka St Louis Frank executed at San Quentin for murder of Policeman Eugene Robinson in San Francisco three years earlier. During a fight over a woman in Evansville Indiana both men used AZOr. Henderson Carter is killed by James Battles and Battles is thought fatally wounded. News reaches Bainbridge Georgia of a lynching of a negro who assaulted a negro girl and failed a second assault. Daniel J Donnelly Boston city councilman arrested for manslaughter in alleged death of Patrick J Grinley. Absent Alamoosa bank shortage of 250000. Abraham Schiffer missing after leaving for New York. John Carmody of Sioux City fatally shot by Officer Robert Carraher during disturbance. three officers hurt. George M Murray former congressman sentenced in Columbia South Carolina to three years for forgery. Murray released on 3000 bond at arrest, bond likely forfeited.
In a near unanimous voice the Massachusetts Republicans endorsed revising the tariff. Elsewhere in the nation reports note gold excitement in Lorain Wisconsin and a column of varied local items including a well digger discovering gold in section 21 and a series of personal, legal, and medical notices.
Ten miners trapped in a burning mine entry are reported to have died. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the cause and the extent of the blaze.
A mining incident leaves rescuers unable to reach trapped miners as a burning coal seam blocks access. Efforts to reach the miners are halted due to intense flames and toxic smoke. Local authorities coordinate with company officials to monitor conditions and safeguard responding crews.
Fredericktown Pa October 15 After a mine fire at Clyde Coal six miners are believed trapped and possibly dead half a mile back from the entry. Two rescuers were badly burned in an adjacent fan house explosion. About two hundred men were underground when the blaze started and efforts to reach the entombed workers have been abandoned. Flooding the mine is seen as the only hope to extinguish the fire.
A Mississippi steamer named Elk loaded with freight struck a snag while backing from shore near Vicksburg and sank in twenty five feet of water. Five to ten roustabouts presumed drowned among a twenty five man crew, with losses estimated at $25,000 partly insured. The Elk operated between Vicksburg and Davis Bend.
Ludington Michigan October 15 Captain Adam Weckler longtime keeper of the Ludington lifesaving station was dismissed yesterday ending a bitter quarrel with his crew. Seven shipmen resigned in protest two months ago accusing unfair treatment. An official investigation followed and Weckler’s discharge ensued. Public sympathy here is divided.
Washington Oct 15 The chief of engineers of the army will not prepare river and harbor improvement estimates for submission to Congress this year. Only continuing contracts will be funded by law. There will be no river and harbor bill at the next session and last winter's appropriations are apportioned to avoid new appropriations for at least a year.
The state filed its brief in the Johann Hock murder case and the supreme court hearing is scheduled for Monday. The state argues corpus delicti need not be directly proved if circumstances create moral certainty, in a 265 page brief detailing 24 points.
Wooster Ohio October 15 Judge Eason ruled in favor of Captain Elmore F Taggart granting divorce and custody of two children Culver eleven and Charles seven with visitation rights for Mrs Taggart The decision noted the wife would not have possession but could visit the children.
In Moscow on October 15 Maxim Gorky voiced sympathy for Prince Troubetskoy as a man not a reformer. He attacked liberal hopes, condemning imperial ties and predicting a swift revolution like an avalanche, with renewed disorders in Moscow to follow.
Washington reports say American grievances with Venezuela may be settled through diplomacy. France, lacking diplomatic relations at Caracas, is poised to use force to push for renewal of ties and the restoration of French property seized by the Caracas government.
Washington Oct 15 The president hints at appointing a Pacific coast man to succeed Fifer on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Franklin K Lane of San Francisco, a noted lawyer and former California gubernatorial and San Francisco mayoral candidate, is under serious consideration.
A fire in Chicago last night at the La Salle Avenue livery barn caused $65,000 in damage. Twelve people injured and twelve firefighters trapped by a collapsing roof and third floor as horses perished. The blaze destroyed property at La Salle avenue and Ohio street.
Markets report Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul prices for wheat corn and oats with No 1 Northern and No 2 red values. Livestock quotes cover cattle hogs and sheep from Sioux City Chicago and South St Paul with ranges for good to choice grades and bulk trades.
Surveyors study a route for a new interurban electric road linking Charles City with Marshalltown Iowa. The plan runs south to Clarksville then to Parkersburg and Grundy Center. Charles City capitalists back the project with Ames College students aiding the surveying effort under an experienced engineer.
Report suggests Secret Service investigators consider an incendiary cause. Officials evaluate evidence and review potential suspects and motives linked to the blaze.
The Missouri State building at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland burned down last night. Losses exceed 50000 dollars with only 5000 insured for the art exhibit. Fire suspect incendiary origin due to packing gases and faulty wiring. Superintendent Edward Crumbaugh and electrician Tarry H. Jones among those present with Jones injured.
The city reported 25 new fever cases by 6 p m yesterday raising the total to 3285 with 423 deaths. Officials say the rise is not alarming, noting a historical pattern of daily variation as Dr White asserts the fever is in hand and weekly lysis shows progress. The week ahead is expected to show the best improvement since the outbreak began.
New York physician Dr W H Dieffenbach reported five cancer cures at Flower hospital using radium coatings on celluloid rods inserted into diseased parts. He noted only one of six cases failed, due to advanced disease.
A Rome consistory on November 23 will create the first South American cardinal Mer. J. A. del Arcovede de Albuquerque Calvacanti archbishop of Rio de Janeiro. Mer. Cagiano de Azevedo majordomo to the pope will also be named a cardinal.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed against Propp and Blade, farm implement dealers, with W. S. Hughes of Minneapolis appointed receiver. Claims reach about $17,000 with only roughly $4,000 in assets and several book accounts. The firm’s books are said to be lost.
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