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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
6
The column urges street cleanliness for health, notes On wonders of aviation, and jokes about daylight saving, mosquitoes, poetry, and the reach of baseball as a national pastime with references to Orville Wright and Peary. It satirizes current events and public concerns with a light tone.
In many European and American magazines readers see titles such as Why England Fears Germany and Why France Fears Germany, reflecting a widespread sense that Germany is a dominant or intimidating force. The pattern suggests a shared anxiety about German power shaping security, diplomacy, and politics across the continent.
The city continues a humane policy of allowing the poor to sleep in parks during hot nights. An extra police guard is detailed to keep order and ensure safety. Some hotel guests endure stuffy chambers and envy a night of simple shelter for the poor.
A quirky admonition warns against fleeing toward a flask when seeing a rattlesnake on summer travels. It cites questionable science claiming that past recoveries owed to imagination, labeling the remedy as meritless.
Germany runs several potato drying plants as a practical economy. It takes 830 pounds of fresh potatoes to yield 220 pounds of dried product. A brisk market grows due to rising grain prices and demand for dried produce.
The death of a largely unknown Reading resident shows an estate estimated between 50 and 75 million dollars. Government death duties and succession taxes will approach 10 million dollars. The piece notes that quiet wealth can accumulate without fame, contrasting it with high profile success.
A German company advances a 54 passenger non rigid dirigible despite a prior California airship disaster. Experts warn that improper weight distribution stresses the envelope, posing danger when the craft moves with its propellers.
One of the Zeppelin airships is to be permanently stationed at Metz a fortress in Alsace Lorraine now German after the Franco Prussian war. The German government sources its war balloons from Zeppelin. France has used airships militarily, but Metz shows others exist and German possession endures.
Mr William A Radford offers free home building advice to readers citing his design and manufacturing expertise. The article notes a shift toward middle class, practical houses with usable interiors, moving away from formal parlors as homes grow more central to daily life and civilization.
A Radford editor emphasizes architectural harmony with a large lot and cobble stone porch. The 20 by 33 foot cottage features a living room, dining area, kitchen, bedroom, and a bath arranged around a central, small footprint for a couple.
Harry P. Hutchins dean of the University of Michigan law department will succeed Dr. James B. Angell as head of the university next spring. Regents appoint him acting president. no permanent successor planned. Hutchins, born 1847 in Lisbon New Hampshire, has long served Michigan and Cornell in shaping legal education and published real property treatises.
The Seaman's Bethel near San Pedro harbor on Rattlesnake Island is a decayed ship converted into a mission church. The hull now houses an assembly hall reading room library and social spaces for sailors and derelicts from many lands. The aft deck holds a gym bowling alley bathtubs and a heater while the hold provides bunks for sailors between voyages.
Fishermen report bold, large sharks entering the bay. A two-meter shark was harpooned after a fierce battle from a pilot boat. A larger three-meter shark was subdued near the sea wall and hoisted out with a derrick. The dead shark’s liver yielded a three-foot-long oil reservoir used for many purposes.
A letter describes an insuperable obstacle to a marriage and a speaker’s despair over self harm due to lack of funds for a revolver. The correspondence hints at a hidden complicity and a plea for information from a lover.
Ella Flagg Young becomes superintendent of Chicago public schools, joining a small group of top earning women. Born 1845 in Buffalo, she rose from Chicago teacher to district superintendent in 1887 and later headed the University of Chicago education department before leading the Normal School.
John D. Archbold vice president of Standard Oil increases Syracuse university gifts to $1,000,000. The centerpiece is a grand gymnasium with a 30,000 seating capacity, glass dome roof, 156 by 216 feet footprint, swimming and rowing rooms, baseball cage, dining and social halls, and extensive team and coach facilities. Archbold, born in eastern Ohio, began in Titusville and Oil City amid the oil boom and remains a noted patron and businessman.
Samuel F. O Leary of Pittsburg earns double honors in Paris for his painting White Roses shown in the Salon of French Artists. His work gained a line position, reflecting exceptional merit and favorable critic notices after moving to Paris last year to study.
The piece argues that nonsense and humorous wit, from Rabelais to Sheridan, boost a writer’s fame more effectively than serious works. It cites sharp exchanges in Parliament and quips by Dr Porson and a rector as examples of the power of clever retorts and cleverness in public life.
The piece extols individuality as the core of self knowledge confidence and self direction. It contrasts unique inner life with uniform opinions, using the automobile as a metaphor for self-motivated action and personal unity of mind heart and life.
A young man in a drab touring car uses subtle signals to signal a young woman in an electric runabout. He notes facial features and hints at potential acquaintance becoming mutual, using three honks and two electric light flashes to communicate by a secret code. The piece illustrates early social signaling norms and playful courtship in night driving.
An exchange reveals Howell and Miss Rowell in a witty political moment. The speaker notes Miss Rowell has studied parliamentary law and, asked about love, she replies with the parliaments move to close discussion.
Farmer Corntessel discusses his son Josh's future career promising to make him a lawyer. The exchange reveals practical pride and humor about expectations, with a note on family guidance and ambition within a country setting.
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