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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
2
The item comments that county fairs mark cooler weather, notes Missouri’s peanut crop is short, and jokes about peanut politics nationwide. It also mentions a funeral surprise, a motorcyclist with a cheeky pull, and debates on synthetic rubber tires and thyroid stimulation.
A humorous fragment notes the saying pie expresses the soul. It jokes a Philadelphia judge fears deciding if a lobster suffers when boiled while asserting the lobster suffers when it pays for one. Eve, in spring style, prompts Adam to complain about current fashions in a quip.
A New York farmer raising butterflies sparks speculation that others will follow suit. Critics deride spending on leisure items like an expensive lawn hose, urging restraint. The piece notes that 64 percent of the world’s telephone calls in 1911 were registered in the United States, highlighting rapid communication growth in a buzzing, talkative era.
A man twice defied social norms by denouncing a woman wearing socks yet endangered himself by stepping into a streetcar crowd. His provocative stance highlights local tensions over fashion and public safety amid transit travel.
A New Jersey woman struck her husband on the head with an ax after he refused to take her to a moving picture show. The incident highlights a violent clash linked to domestic discontent.
An estimate puts annual hydroplane maintenance at ten thousand dollars. The figure suggests one could own a white elephant for that amount and face far fewer troubles.
A Brooklyn woman who had managed the house for thirty five weeks on fifty five dollars saw her husband walk out calling her no wife for a poor man. Evidently she overfed the brute.
The passage notes that ancient Egyptians reportedly had hookworm and, despite prior wisdom, apparently lacked thymos and epsom salts.
The article hails the South Jersey peach harvest as the greatest ever known, describing it as a peach of a crop.
A humorous lament compares a lobster’s suffering to taxpayers footing the bill. The piece notes convicts winning public sympathy by writing shoddy arguments and alarms at misleading public opinion. An English doctor predicts widespread insanity within 800 years amid heated political talk. An inventor finishes a machine making cheap cigarettes at 15 per minute, awaiting a corrosive-free cigarette consumer device.
A leading actress has obtained a divorce from her husband. Despite the split, press agents continue to chafe at the popularity of moving pictures, arguing coverage fuels public interest and distracts from broader entertainment news.
A provocative note describes ongoing gun violence as pistols continue to claim victims in a climate of new sensations. The text suggests readers confront the persistent danger despite changing circumstances.
Ohio women organize an ant gossip league as a charitable effort. The playful club aims to satire fashion trends and social mores while supporting a cause through lighthearted controversy.
Reporters chronicle weddings with vivid detail, shaping public perception of brides through lavish coverage and social page emphasis.
The article notes start of work to transform the Plains of Abraham battlefield into a permanent park as a sacred imperial shrine. It cites British and Canadian officials and historians including Earl Grey and J R Green, with details on layout aims and the 230 acre site near Quebec City. It argues Wolfe’s victory shaped history and that Americans increasingly recognize the site’s significance.
Jean Gallay the famed Paris swindler formerly with the Comptoir d Escompte was released from jail as interest revived in the 1905 Catarina yacht escape with Mile Merelli. They fled France with 160000 dollars. re arrested as Baron and Baroness de Graval at Bahia Brazil. 120000 in valuables recovered. Gallay later sentenced to seven years. she acquitted.
In St James a widow who faced ruin on a six acre farm after the loss of her husband finds new hope with a potential husband bidder from New York. Martin Hall promised an $85 000 German fortune but fails to appear as the wedding date passes. An insurance inspector, Jacob Brig, falls for the widow, proposing to share the farm and marry her. Hall learns of the new match and plans to sue for breach of promise.
Thomas B. Gerhart awoke to a prowler in his dining room. He fired wounding James Howard, 23, who later confessed involvement in the burglary. Howard said he and Gerhart rode together the prior night and described the silent thief inside the house.
The Bank of Portugal plans to auction the late Queen Maria Pia's jewels in Lisbon. The sale follows loans extended to the queen and the valuables held as security by the bank.
Charles B. Hormel aged 24 a bond salesman prominent in business and social circles was killed in an automobile crash on the State road near Chittenango. Mrs. Frank Tracy was in the car and escaped serious injuries. The vehicle struck a roadside post, overturned, and Hormel died about an hour later.
Helena Arkansas reports 111 year old Sandy Alexander who was a hustler to President Polk wed to Susie McGhee aged forty in the city. The ceremony marks a notable age span in local marriage records.
In Baltimore Maryland experts warn that motorboat noise pushes crabs deeper, threatening a local crab supply. Fishermen report rising concern as crabbing becomes harder and prices may follow.
A historical sketch recounts Eric the Red as a Norwegian Viking chieftain who fled repeated murders, founded Greenland, and launched explorations westward. His son Lief, known as The King's Guardsman and Lief the Lucky, joined the voyage, reaching Vinland in what may be Newfoundland or southeastern New England, and sparking Norse colonization efforts later shrouded in doubt.
Jonathan Wild, founder of the so called Thief Trust, rose from a Birmingham buckle maker to a powerful London criminal broker. He bribed thieves, returned stolen goods for a cut, and used fear to control a vast network. Arrested in 1725, he was hanged at Tyburn amid mob violence.
A quotation attributed to Prof. George E. Vincent urges belief in the great mass of the people as the safest safeguard of national character rather than in a few intellectuals or independent thinkers. He argues that sane public sentiment rests in the fundamental character of the multitude.
Dialogue reveals Bulger viewed as conceited and atheistic by Banter and Byles. They claim he denies any superior being and question his religious acknowledgment.
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