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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
6
A garbled trade tale cites a dramatic blast scene labeled as a feud over licenses. It notes a publication year of 1901 and a crooked publisher, The Stortstory Pub. Co., with vague legal claims and no clear individuals or places.
In a tale of a prospecting party led by Morse at Howe's Pool near Phillips ranch, a Friday fishing plan turns chaotic when Morse uses dynamite to boost luck. Tips the dog pursues the blast, the men flee into the woods, and a final explosion leaves Tips missing and the party in shock.
Congressman Finley of South Carolina shows confusion over a recognizable tune at a concert. When asked about the piece he misidentifies it as America and questions whether it is North or South, illustrating a lack of ear for music.
A. Henry Savage Landor, grandson of Walter Savage Landor, is a prolific travel author born in Florence. His career spans Japan, China, Korea, Tibet, Africa, America, Australia, and North Africa, with notable feats including reaching the Brahmaputra sources and entering Peking in 1900 as part of allied forces.
A shy suitor has been calling for six months and tells a woman he left his ticket and money in his other clothes. He recounts meeting her father on the train and asks the daughter to give the father a dollar when he returns from the city. The pair exchange hopeful glances as they await the father’s return.
A homeless penniless tramp on a railway platform is approached by two telegraph clerks who warn him his house is in danger. He springs up then returns to his seat, overwhelmed by the alarm and momentarily paralyzed, reflecting a sudden shift from lethargy to action.
A poetic reflection contrasts the tide’s return with sorrow and fading days. The speaker sketches bright hopeful mornings as waves sparkle with diamonds, then mourns the ebb when joy wanes and ghosts of past days linger, urging the heart to seek rest where the tide returns.
George W. Vanderbilt refuses to sell the Staten Island ancestral farm near New York, despite an amusement company offer. The property was the summer home of his mother and the first country home bought by the Commodore Vanderbilt, grandfather of the present owner. He states the sum is not for sale.
The piece recalls Jack London at twenty eight, his rise from obscurity to literary prominence via The Editor and The Black Cat. It quotes his advice to writers, outlines his early rejections, and highlights The Black Cat contests that launched many new authors. The article notes ongoing prize offerings and urges readers to submit under published rules.
A bride recounts her husband praising her cooking yet planning a surprise by firing the cook. The exchange ends with the husband promising to discharge the cook at month’s end, provoking the bride’s anger and a grasping, tongue in cheek confrontation.
Mrs. Betsy A. Clawson of Middlesex New York says five years of inflammatory rheumatism ended after taking two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills within two weeks she could care for herself again. She attributes her recovery to the pills which purportedly purify uric acid from the blood by improving kidney function.
A fragment from a local page records a playful exchange about a fisherman who stopped by. Nora questions whether he carried frogs legs while the widow notes he wore pants, capturing small town humor.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a man asking about a missing large white cat with a black stripe along its back. The exchange notes the cat is quarrelsome and likely located near a fence corner by the barn, with a dig suggestion in cool weather.
A man describes near death from poor digestion after grip left him unable to work. He credits Grape-Nuts and cream for curing his stomach, restoring strength, and improving mental clarity, noting a marked age appearance change and urging others to try the cereal.
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