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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
9
Notices show classified postmark language dated December 22 1916 at Choteau Montana indicating second class matter under the 1879 act with July 1 1913 entry. This reflects standard mailing record phrasing for the period.
Brady citizens report two junior teams, the school team and a town enthusiasts squad, will play two nights weekly. The move aims at lively early clashes as communities rally around girls and boys basketball under coach Miss Burns.
In Grenada, Grenadian blacks face tangled kinship due to a practice: sons take their father's Christian name as a surname. A man named John Jones may have a son James John, whose son becomes Robert James, and so on. Generations blur lineage and relations become hard to trace.
The orchid lacks a distinct scent and varies in aroma with many odors resembling violet rose hyacinth and daffodil. Orchids imitate many forms and colors like butterflies pansies roots spiders pitch plants and birds and may not look the same twice.
The Japan Society Bulletin describes a caste system among ragmen with four ranks from the destitute scavengers to wealthier intermediates who can pay for goods. It notes divisions of trade among higher ranks, including woolen rags cotton and various papers, reflecting economic stratification.
In a vivid Kansas City style quote the speaker Uncle Gill claims a firm stance in a fight with Prouble hag saying the blows haven’t knocked him out yet. He states he takes the count and rises again to repay what he calls deserved. The narration captures a gritty frontier bravado and a pledge to rebound after each hit.
Mrs. Plubdub and Mrs. Wombat, though haughty, manage to get along for the sake of their children. Their youngsters are the only ones in the area deemed worthy playmates by both families, a small civic bond in the Louisville neighborhood.
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a compliment about a masquerade costume. He remarks that she would be lovely in any disguise, while she questions whether the current outfit is becoming.
A brief Baltimore note records a playful exchange about a yellow dress not suiting Belle and Nell remarking it complements her complexion in a lighthearted social snip from the Baltimore American.
A reflection on inner mastery surpassing external power with a Miltonic emphasis on self-command over prejudice desire and fear.
A Popular Science Monthly article outlines professional shoplifting tactics including false bottom bags, hinged travel bags, and an artificial arm used to steal items. It notes thieves exploit cash transactions, avoid fences, and employ devices for ribbons, gloves, laces, and hosiery.
The term halcyon days refers to a bright restful period tied to the kingfisher believed to nest on water around Christmas. The calm weather of late December made the phrase signify any period of peace and contentment.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph note features Julius the big negro servant and a gentleman debating vocabulary. Julius recounts a tale of a friend who saved a life by using a long word, explaining a prevaricator versus iar mix up and a long dictionary chase.
A quip from Stray Stories notes Tightpurse arrived in town fifteen years ago with five dollars and has not spent it since.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch describes Saloniki as home to twenty two medieval churches, many former mosques, and a remarkable mosaic collection led by St George the circular church. It notes the city’s neglect of its past while praising the remaining antiquities and Byzantine art.
The value of a looking glass depends on thickness but thicker glass yields poorer image clarity. Three reflections arise from the glass's surfaces and back layer, creating three images. True flatness is possible only in small panes. larger glasses fail to produce a perfect image.
A compilation of outdated and sensational marriage customs from various regions. Uganda mentions six needles and india rubber for a wife while Turkestan weighs a prospective wife in butter. Kamchatka prices range from one to ten reindeer and aborigines reportedly trade a box of matches.
The vicantic baobab of Central Africa forms natural cisterns with trunks up to forty feet in diameter. Arabs hollow large trunks to store rain water during rains, creating cisterns twenty feet high and eight to ten feet wide as provisions against dry seasons.
The La Coruna harbor lighthouse claims to be the world’s oldest light, built by Romans in Trajan’s era between 98 and 117 AD. About 111 years ago it was overhauled with parts rebuilt, yet the lower pile remains sound, testament to Roman masonry. In fair weather the light reaches about twenty two miles offshore.
In a classroom a teacher asks who has seen a dandelion. Ben proudly answers he saw one in the circus, provoking a surprised response and a lesson on observation.
The page features a quirky puzzle caption “FE ill: ln Pictures Puzzles No.11 chee See” and a garbled note about the left-hand ring finger. A cartoonish quote from the New York World notes a man who drinks only water as a fish analogy.
A witty exchange from the London Mail features a humorist, distressed by criticism, and a brisk editor retorting that some hills are as old as the jokes. The banter pokes fun at aging humor and media sparring.
The saying describes two dangers placed close together between Italy and Sicily. Scylla is a great rock and Charybdis a deadly whirlpool. Mariners faced wrecks if they sought to avoid one by sailing near the other.
A quotation frames duty as a power that grows with us from morning to night and accompanies every action of our intelligence. It is the unshakable shadow that follows us wherever we go and departs only when we depart from life.
A visitor notes Tarascan courting customs in Mexico where a lover approaches the woman at the well. He holds her shawl until she agrees, then uses a stick to break the water jar on her head and offers a betrothal baptism of water.
A Baltimore American quip compares lightning rods to waiters, noting they deliver better service only when well tipped, using a humorous analogy to underline caution about maintenance and incentives.
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