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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1912
Page
3
Norman B. Mack recalls an anecdote about a New York bank visit. He pays a newsboy half a dollar for directions, only to learn the bank is four doors away. The joke highlights high bank director pay in New York.
A young admirer sought an autograph sentiment from a wealth figure and included a two-cent stamp. The reply arrived under His Excellency's signature on a post card: a pithy maxim, "A penny saved is a penny earned." from Lippincott's.
A brief dialogue recalls Joe Wordsworth praised for poetic insight and a joking misidentification with the famous Wordsworth family. The speaker notes meeting Joe’s namesake William and characterizes Joe as a notably skilled, if quirky, figure.
A business man tells a graduate he has no position to offer, but the graduate says he wants a job. Two minutes later the man hires him, illustrating a quick turn of fortune.
A playful tale portrays a lamb simulating a market sting on Wall Street as profits loom. Investors cheer then the market unsettles the lamb with a twist, leaving one small creature wiser about risk in a bustling financial scene.
A judge quips about managing a troupe of operatic stars after recalling years on the road with trained dogs. The humorous exchange contrasts travel life with directing famed performers.
A quoted exchange reveals a woman describing being held up by three thugs in New York. She explains she did not call for help, fearing the police would not respond.
A professor urges a young woman to be herself as she prepares to enter the world. Her response reveals the pressure from her dress maker to conform, highlighting social expectations and personal identity.
A romance line features the romantic girl declaring fate while away. The practical damsel retorts she has been engaged eight or nine times, implying a humorous take on love and commitment.
In a Life magazine exchange, Hattie notes that the suffragette candidate gains support by calling her 80 year old constituents "girls." The remark highlights tone and campaign dynamics of early feminist politics.
A witty exchange notes contrasts in conversation about the weather as people discuss a cool summer with warmth. The dialogue highlights playful social banter and paradoxical remarks.
A prison warden informs an innocent inmate he is pardoned after years. The warden then hints the state may still seek compensation for his board, prompting a terse exchange on legal duty.
A humorous exchange remarks that a dog is not always a man’s best friend and notes a dog that howls when the wife sings. The dialogue is attributed to a Judge and reflects a light domestic quip.
Mrs. Askitt asks about the hermit visiting the temperance hotel daily as her husband questions his whereabouts. The scenes unfold at the mountain resort where sightings of the hermit are noted.
A reflective note about Shakespeare era performances noting the absence of chorus girls and the charm of famous bows and curls seen in later theater.
A wry exchange imagines a doctor steering a client to the country and a rural romance leading to a breach of promise case. The lawyer defends, highlighting the mutual leverage between professions in a satirical sketch.
A neighbor praises James for saying thank you after receiving bread and butter. He adds humor by suggesting jam could enhance the polite moment, eliciting a light exchange about proper courtesy and condiments.
In Gay New York Uncle Ben returns from his first visit to the metropolis. He notes the city is fast but crowded with uniforms making many look like bandboys or policemen.
Mrs Henpeck quips about her brother Charlie joining a club and Mr Henpeck replies he is not eligible because he is not yet married. The exchange preserves the lighthearted domestic humor.
A reflection on modest ambitions and the difficulty of securing even a small home, noting that many men seek simple comfort yet struggle to obtain a modest flat.
A satirical item cites Eve asking for her name before marriage and Adam replying they guard it from the papers, reflecting playful redefining of identity in a social mockup.
A rural aside captures a brief clash as a vacationer asks where the road leads and a farmer replies the path has not moved in his lifetime, highlighting local character and rural wit.
At the Sideshow the man with an ossified look jokes about a stiff knee. He remains the oddity as spectators chuckle at the self mockery and local humor around the display.
The article urges dairymen to fatten calves to produce tender veal, citing 120 to 150 pound beasts as high value. It criticizes sending calves to market at under four weeks, discusses European practices, public biases, and calls for laws to curb shipping immature calves to ensure safer, tastier meat and higher profits.
Second crop clover is a top winter forage for cows and ewes with lambs. If rain damages prevent curing, cut young clover and foxtail in wheat stubble before fall rains. Save second crop clover for feed rather than manure and use steeped clover water to mix with bran for laying hens. Bees aid pollination. after seed harvest, plow stubble for corn.
Guidance on when to add water to corn during silo filling. Moisture is required when corn is too ripe or leaves and stalks are dried, when frost has reduced moisture, or when refilling late in fall with shocked corn. Two methods: saturate with a hose or run water through the blower cutter to add moisture.
An agricultural piece argues farmers can profit by breeding uniform native lambs and feeding them well. It notes western range lambs fetch high prices, eastern lambs are often inferior, and best markets come before Christmas and in early spring. It urges farmers to focus on prime lamb production.
Farmers in hard times may hog off corn to feed hogs rather than husking. Do so only when grain is well dented and matured. Provide water and optional pasture, as hogs gain from clover or alfalfa. this method saves labor and can be cheaper, increasingly popular each year.
L Meerson Clancey of St Louis now in London says the British metropolis has more mud than any of the major cities he has visited including Paris Berlin Vienna New York Washington Baltimore St Louis and Milwaukee making Labor Day a muddy holiday in the city.
In New Zealand Australia and Tasmania wood chopping and sawing contests draw strong interest. The championships are always won through the use of American tools, and expert woodsmen competing for prizes would not consider using other kinds of tools.
The letter patent for a baron costs £150 and for a baronet £100 payable to the board of inland revenue. Additional expenses include crests coats of arms and genealogical trees. The Heralds' College works after a list of honors and total costs approach £400 for a baron and over £200 for a baronet.
Excavations at Paternoster Row and St. Pauls Alley in London reveal a about 60 foot chalk and rubble wall from the twelfth century. Roman amphora pieces Samian ware and vases are also found with a camel skull in High Holborn and eighteenth century pipes. Nearby Bartholomew Close yields three Norman arches likely part of priory cloisters.
A speaker asserts the place should seek the man and vows not to hide if pursued, framing public office as a truth abiding public trust and a guiding principle for conduct.
During a recent Atlantic City visit Woodrow Wilson joked about his illegible handwriting saying his hand is nothing next to Horace Greeley. He recalled Greeley quoting Shakespeare in a leading article and noted a newspaper misprint of a two by five figure as fifty-two.
The French ministry of public works seeks to have the government adopt a 24 hour time reckoning for railway fire on trains, replacing the old noon to midnight system. Continental railways have already adopted it and Canada’s Pacific Railway has operated under it for years.
The report notes imports of 17.643 million dollars of artworks for those over twenty, duty free, plus 673 thousand dollars of artworks produced abroad by Americans. Exports reach 989 thousand dollars in paintings and statuary.
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