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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
6
Mrs. Perkins suspects a deadly dose after misreading a bottle labeled poison. Her husband unwittingly administers a teaspoonful or more, prompting frantic home remedies from neighbors. Dr Spooner confirms the bottle lacks a clear poison identity, while ten-year-old Johnny reveals the label was a picture.
The text compares American foul brood with European foul brood, detailing how each disease infects bee larvae, changes larval color, caps and cappings, odor, and behavior of workers. It notes regional virulence differences, infection timing for drone and queen larvae, and the infectious, looming spread within colonies and stocks.
A column argues for trained teachers and longer high school programs to embed agriculture in every high school curriculum. It cites agricultural colleges and the College of Agriculture’s training efforts, urging focus on farm life relevance and practical earnings to engage rural students.
Professor A Li Kroeber of California argues Indian languages have elaborate grammar unseen by speakers. His pamphlet notes Yukuts and Yuki differ in adjective noun order verb placement and numeral systems while sharing no common origin. California hosts a high density of distinct languages per square mile.
A letter-writer describes the gila monster as a dangerous desert creature feared by Indians and Mexicans. He notes its habit of consuming lizards bugs and rodents then resting on hot sand causing putrefaction in the stomach and a bite like a cadaver’s knife, injecting deadly poison.
In Praybrook Northamptonshire a monster 6 ft 6 in trumpet with a bell shaped end 2 ft 1 in in diameter is kept as an ancient relic. Built from ten rings with smaller parts it was used to magnify the choir leader’s voice and summon parishioners to services. The present need for it is low, but the vicar proudly displays the instrument to visitors.
A job applicant tells a mistress he can work by smoking out greenhouse pests. He requests one of the husband’s cigars and volunteers to sit in the greenhouse and smoke to fend off insects attacking the roses.
The British government selected A. E. Parr of Iowa State Agricultural College as director of agriculture and animal industry for British India. Parr will earn $10,000 annually for ten years and then may retire with a life pension of $5,000 per year.
Clergymen in Scotland complain of paste and board shillings coated with silver paper found in contribution plates. The counterfeit coins are hard to distinguish from real money unless collected for inspection.
An old Banner ad proclaims for sale six acres in Mint and two Moonshine Distilleries that have never been levied on by the Government.
The article describes a demonstration of charcoal filtering where red wine poured through a water filter lined funnel emerges as white wine. It highlights the charcoal's filtering capability to remove color from the liquid.
James R. Keeler a retired farmer of Fenner Street Cazenovia NY recounts a fifteen year back and kidney ailment. After trying many remedies without relief he found relief from one box of Doans Kidney Pills and two boxes restored him to sound condition. He recommends them to his wife and friends. Sold by all dealers. 650 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
In Anita area cass county residents agree to pay a bounty for all wolves killed in the four northeast townships. The new local bounty matches the county rate, set at 10 dollars for old wolves and 4 dollars for young wolves.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Walden's Ridge Tennessee reports using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills to treat a persistent eczema in her daughter and poison oak in a boy. She claims rapid relief and complete recovery within weeks, crediting the Cuticura line over a physician's prescription.
Observers note a recurring gesture at morning petty hearings where arrestees and testifying officers lift the right foot slightly as they place hands on the rail before the magistrate. The pattern appears across stations, with nine of ten arrests attributed to drunkenness.
A well known clergyman recalls visiting a Shropshire town where many ladies did their own work due to scarce servants. He woke to a soprano singing Nearer My God to Thee and learned the hostess used the hymn to time boiling eggs, three verses for soft and five for hard, sparking his amusement.
A South Dakota woman describes lifelong insomnia and nervous tremors linked to coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee she reports rapid relief, sleeps soundly with heavy bedding, and credits the product as invaluable. The ad invites readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
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