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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
2
A horoscope published in the Des tiny magazine claims the czar born May 18 1868 in St Petersburg faces a terrible fate. It cites weak health a fragile nervous system and deceitful counselors while predicting defeat in the war with Japan internal unrest and possible death of the czar.
A six year old boy stood on the curb in front of a large hotel at Thirty-sixth and Chestnut, shouting for his mother. He begged for hat and bread with sugar, prompting bystanders to pause as a bellboy led him inside to meet his mother.
In the Nevada Senate debate on annexing Cuba Senator Newlands warned the argument supplies every kind of fuel for eloquence. A stenographer’s transcript misquoted as elephants food prompts Hale to remark on the unlikely image. Boston Post reports the exchange.
New York adopts Paris style of pet motoring with dogs donning goggles coats and caps. Dealers predict women will embrace the trend as dogs need protection from wind dust and cold on fast country roads, matching their owners’ car attire.
A Kansas City Journal account recalls how private coal depots thrived during the Civil War as Union ships hunted the CSS Alabama. The Vanderbilt paid $80,000 for 1,000 tons of coal at St Helena after a long chase, with Scotchy profiting from supplying fuel to the federal warship.
A Nashville reader recalls a White Sulphur Springs encounter with a widow at a veranda, where a boy asks a candid question about marriage. The anecdote highlights social quirks and behavior observed at a resort setting.
A Salt-Cellar from Elizabethan times sold at Christies for 3000 pounds, far above a 100 pound reserve. The owner, surprised by the result, collected a 3000 pound check. the margin reflects craftsmanship and historic value of silver and crystal. London Answers notes the items’ intrinsic value outweighs material cost.
The Dawes commission awarded land to St. Louis sisters Jessica Mae Hall and Blanche Hall after tracing their direct Cherokee Indian ancestry. Their great great grandfather, Thomas Cowdray, a French voyageur, settled in America after marrying a Cherokee woman, linking the Hall sisters to the five tribes. The 600 acres they hold are among the domain’s valuable tracts, reflecting their 1-16th Indian blood and confirming equal rights.
Roscoe Conkling complains to Charles O Conor about a $3,000 fee for defending Gibbons. O Conor notes the long legal effort from trial to supreme court and quips the client could have been convicted for less money.
John Nicholas Brown, age four, is described as worth 10 million dollars from his father and uncle. He reportedly owns three mansions, a yacht, a physician, ten servants, and stock in major New England cotton mills, with royal-like care and sterilized milk.
A satirical verse mocks a leading lady’s fashion fixation on birds and plumes. It contrasts sentimental lines about birds with the deadly cost of fashionable adornment, noting that cosmetics and hats use real birds. The piece cites Punch as the source.
Mrs. George Westinghouse impresses Lenox society with lavish entertainments and lively eccentricities. Her events have featured high profile guests including the British ambassador and his wife, stirring chatter among the social readership.
A Hudson River steamboat captain entertained a clergy man in his wheelhouse. When asked if he believed in predestination, the reverend replied yes. The captain joked he would pass the boat in fifteen minutes if coal and safety valves held, and the cleric admitted preferring to be nearer the stern when it happens.
A story from Cleveland Arkansas reports A BE Carlile recounts a 23 year kidney trouble relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The man declares the remedy best for sick kidneys and praises its ability to cure back ache and Bright's Disease.
Two Kensington boys digging in a vacant lot on Sunday were lectured by a passerby who framed the act as a sin without necessity. The boy replied that their digging was a case of necessity because a fel er can not fish without bait, as noted by the Philadelphia Ledger.
List of patents issued to Northwestern inventors includes William Bolsta of Ortonville for a horse releasing device Herbert Bradley of La Moure for a wind stacker Alexander Gault of Medford for an artificial limb Jose Greene of Minneapolis for a furnace Frederick Hachmann of St Paul for a self oiling bearing Wilbur Salisbury of Winona for an apparatus for generating gas Abram of Highmore for an arm rest for books Lothrop Johnson patent lawyers 912 912 Bioneer Press Bldg St Paul
A Scottish village sale features an auctioneer pressing bids on domestic goods including a porridge pot. He targets the beadle by name, who retorts that the pot would be fine if the auctioneer could keep his tongue in it.
A proverb asserts that a wife should not try to change a harsh husband by gentle means. It warns against attempting to soften a spouse through passive or indirect means.
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