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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
4
Local items note John Lyons leaving for Great Falls and various Choteau notices. Reports cover visits by Attorney Hattersley and others, ice cream deliveries, park trips, a tennis result, and a successful Equity picnic with 102 backers for a future chautauqua.
The article describes passenger capacity on Amazon vessels not limited by staterooms but by hammock space on the deck. It notes Brazilian hammocks, costly from 100 to 500 dollars, with finest made of maqueira grass and feather lace by Indians on the upper Rio Negro. Grass hammocks are cooler and allow breeze through loose weave.
Guidelines for gas odor in rooms emphasize ventilating the space, checking fixtures and appliances, and notifying the gas company if a leak is suspected. Do not use flames to locate leaks. open windows and call a physician if someone is overcome. The narrative also mentions a device described as pumping gas from lungs and replacing it with air.
A historical note compares tropical corals to garden flowers in color and form, explaining that the brilliant display is entirely animal in nature. It mentions sea anemone and sea cucumber among such floral sea creatures and contrasts them with birds and butterflies in the upper world.
A Columbus Dispatch anecdote features a regular patron who walks in a transit car to please both his mother in law and his wife. He explains his back and forth pacing as trying to obey both and to avoid lying when he gets home.
A New England father of eight introduces his newborn son, sparking his child’s curious question. The boy, after peering at the infant, asks gravely if the baby would make a fine bait, a joke captured in Harper's Magazine.
Miss Josephine Harrison visits Choteau friends. Andrews switch to Great Falls today. Big Horn Owl Creek coal available. Local watch and home construction services promoted. Guild gathering planned by Mrs Gorham. Olive Selin campaigns for county superintendent. Farm loan offers attract interest. Weaver shifts from saloon to sheriff campaign. Pettigrew visits voters as a county superintendent candidate. Meyers visit to Grotto and Spokane. Pendroy lot sales by Great Northern Townsite succeed. plans for Pendroy lumber yards and elevators. Agriculturist Henderson to meet Great Western Sugar Co. reps in Chateau and Glenoyd hotel outreach tonight.
Department of the Interior notices Minnie L. Hedge of Gilman Montana filing three year proof to claim land in township 22 north range 5 west Montana Meridian before A C Warner at Chateau Montana on September 22 1916. The entryman George H Hedge is notified that proof may patent land in Minnie L Hedge name. witnesses include Archie Hodgekiss Edward Mowry Thomas Ognedal Vernal R Hughes.
A fragment compares shallow murmurs with silent deep waters as a literary refrain. The lineology suggests contrasting perception between surface talk and underlying silence.
Relinquishment offer from Shafer Investment Co. in Great Falls Montana. Provides 160 acres under a new law within 20 miles of current land, with eligible buyers not required to live on the tract. Plow land described as good soil located about six miles from Bole. Write for details.
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