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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
4
The Che Choteau Acantha lists MAX B. BISHOP as proprietor and notes publication every Thursday in Choteau Montana with second class mail entry. Subscriptions are $2.00 yearly or $1.76 prepaid. The text also references a trained novelist and vivid front line portrayal.
A list of new titles arrives including The Boy Allies at Verdun The Boy Allies on the Firing Line and The First Hundred Thousand amid notes on wartime readership and subscriptions. The Chestnut Town library adds fiction by Zane Grey Kipling and Mary Roberts Rinehart while planning future portraits for a publication.
The Choteau Commercial Club announces a special meeting on Monday April 29 at 7 p m in the courtroom. Secretary George Coffey Jr states the group aims to establish weekly cleanup efforts and will discuss distributing antihea serum and other preparations for residents.
A circular from Mr. McAdoo urged churches to observe Sunday April 21 as Liberty loan day and ministers to give special addresses. The editors state they could not announce more than the time, but will present a patriotic talk next Sunday morning. The 8 PM baccalaureate address for the class of 1918 at Teton county high school will be held at the Methodist church with all Chateau residents invited.
The article describes a Mrs. K. B. Cohoe music class recital with performances by Helen Gorham Verna Upman Dolly Gleason and others and notes a district school roundup program at Chateau on May 4 1918 featuring bread making arithmetic spelling garment making declamation and other contests with a picnic supper and evening events. It also contains a promotional notice from POWHR MORGAN CO urging readers to place crop orders to ensure goods are available if the season yields a crop.
With large acreage sown the article warns of an enormous shortage of harvesting machinery. Dealers will stock only half the needed equipment, so readers are urged to place orders now for the year through January 1, 1919. The piece notes uncertainty in supply and promises effort but no guaranteed delivery. A stray line references Trotsky and German actions.
Proposals will be received at the U S reclamation service office Fort Shaw Montana for lease of government and agricultural and grazing lands at reservoir sites including Benton Lake Muddy Creek and Wilson sites in multiple townships and ranges. Full particulars available at the U S reclamation service Fort Shaw and Acantia office for inspection by interested parties.
Carlyle Blackwell and June Elvidge are featured in the photoplay The Way Out shown Friday at the Royal theater. The drama centers on a European battlefield incident that affects a charming American girl and hinges on finding the way out. Scenic effects enhance the world picture presentation.
Good advice on not overthinking your own approach and watching others. Many people use Chamberlain’s Tablets for biliousness or constipation and report the best results.
Three Montana sea mills report glass in flour detected by university chemists. Investigations are proceeding with special agents handling the case. The advisory notes continued interest in baseball at the State University of Montana.
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