24 Feb 1893
Page 1
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Newspaper
Choteau Montanian
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1893
Page
1
The piece evokes spring with a softened breeze and budding green as river mists rise and lake-like shine. Village boys dream of fishing and violets near, while a farmer rents his children to a blueback speller school and toils in the cotton field amid cussing mules.
The story recounts a teacher in a prosperous neighborhood near Little Rock who held an exhibition for her students. Pupils answered proverbs, earning praise from the audience and the teacher. Peck Smith’s line about a stump tailed gall dog winning a year of tuition closes the scene.
General Butler closed a debate with a sharp retort to Mr Cox from New York then Cox replied referencing a Massachusetts Democrat. The exchange sparked laughter in the chamber as both men traded quips in a lively moment.
Chas McIntyre of Great Falls has secured a patent for a novel centrifugal pump. His attorneys are T W Murphy and McGill. The device uses compressed air to lift water, claims to double output, and could raise water to twenty feet, irrigating about 160 acres with a span of horses. Backed by T E Collins and others, the pump is nearly ready for exhibition. The piece ends with a local quip about a tailor's goose and a comment on a dandy.
The San Francisco collector of internal revenue announces plans to deport Chinese who fail to register under the Geary act. He states 50,000 in the district and vows to register 20,000 on Goat Island, then ship others out as fast as possible, possibly using warships for enforcement.
A quip from the era imagines Boss Tweed remarking on a contemporary inauguration parade. The Inter Ocean title line mocks the shift in political display and power, noting a striking likeness of Tweed’s era to modern spectacle.
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