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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
7
A Kansas congressman’s daughter showcases a chameleon with a gold chain. A cattle dealer visitor asks how much lizards cost, prompting laughter and a quip about price per head. The anecdote highlights the congressman’s family and a quirky pet purchase.
Secretary Tumulty is praised with an LL D from St Peter's College New Jersey as he Meets the President at his Washington desk. A Trenton politician asks about the degree and Tumulty prescribes a long walk for relief in a light city scene.
Secretary Daniels on a Pacific coast tour outlined a plan to convert every battleship and training station into a school. Enlisted men would receive three hours daily instruction from Annapolis undergraduates, offering a minor college education during service and preparing them for trades or professions after enlistment ends.
A humorous tale recounts Nebraska Senator Geo W Norris briefly mistaking a Washington car ride and the Peace Monument for his Senate office visit. He ends up in the former representative space room 214, realizing the mix up after a stenographer’s exclamation and noticing the room’s changed furniture.
Practical fashions describe a one piece guimpe dress with a deep front cutout and smart collar. The skirt features three gores and a high waist. Pattern 6312 requires 43? yards of 36 inch fabric and specific amounts of lining and net, with purchase by sending 10 cents to Pattern Department of this paper.
Pattern 6275 offers a waist and shirt frock with back yoke extending to the shoulders and arms. Open neck trimmed with revers, sleeves optional, belt plain or folded. Suitable for batiste, cotton crepe, voile and similar fabrics. Medium size uses 2½ yards of 36 inch material.
A New York fire insurance adjuster notes how opinions have shifted from doubt to certainty after a small blaze. He recalls asking a janitor for the cause and hearing a quip about the gap between a $500 value and a $1,000 policy.
A fragmentary quote notes a lady saying her mother was the only aunt ever married. The remark compares to a Miltonic line about Eve and is framed as a mildly pointed social aside.
In September 1861 the Thirty-third Illinois left Camp Butler for the front and occupied stations along the Iron Mountain line. At Big River bridge Jeff Thompson’s 700 Confederate raiders attacked Captain Elliott’s Company H, capturing Company E after a fierce defense in a cornfield and woodpile shelter. The stranded crew retreated, some taking refuge in a cave, while the unit was paroled and later joined the Frederickstown action against Thompson’s raiders.
General Halleck, in civilian clothes, assisted a mudded teamster and earned a scolding for driving harmfully. From the bluff the man vented his ire at the creek bridge, while Halleck quietly ordered its construction and enjoyed the anonymous tirade.
A light spoof scene features a runaway prisoner joke and a late beau tale. Berger confesses a long distance romance while a drill sergeant scolds for neglecting discipline. The dialogue pokes at Wall Street speculators and their families who “plunge” into the swim.
A dispatch recounts Ashington gossip about Frank B. Willis and Wrisley Brown crafting a burlesque legal reply to a college professor who lampooned crime waves and justice. Brown’s spoof ends with grand phrases on mind control and free will, drawing taunts from Taft.
John Burroughs with Ernest Thompson Seton and Glenn Buck visited the capitol. He described a dry state hamlet where only a blind tiger operated and recounted sleeping in a man’s bed after entering the liquor den and blowing out the light. A Swede appeared drunkenly as Burroughs woke.
A Georgetown youth loses his pet lamb after it escapes with his little cousin. The lamb butts his mother and child at the curb, sparking a crowd before the animal darts away like white lightning. No injuries reported beyond embarrassment as the lamb makes its getaway.
Senator TOM MARTIN of Virginia is portrayed as a quiet, thoughtful legislator. He listens intently as constitutional sharks protest, then calmly leans back and speaks only when ready, signaling a restrained approach to fierce senate debates.
The speaker argues that although the Constitution and its framers are noble, times have changed. He emphasizes that the most beautiful element of the Constitution is the right to amend it, urging respect for the document while noting the need for adaptation. The passage highlights a push for constitutional flexibility.
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