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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
1
A British Army correspondent describes travel from Canada to England, wartime life in Manchester, gas drills, trench fighting, and nightly air raids. He notes crowded streets in London with diverse troops, heavy steel plated boots, and the welcome of letters from home despite restrictions on what may be written.
An exiled letter from a Navy Training Station in San Francisco dated November 29 1917 describes a draft caused wait and mobilization. It notes band members practicing four to six hours daily and reports 73 bandmen sent to Norfolk for additional training over two months.
The document records shipment status from Chateau, urging better sewing and gauze output, with guidance to workers and schedules for Saturday afternoons. It reports a Farmington auxiliary meeting led by Mrs. St Ot ness and lists committee members and subscriptions. It covers upcoming Guild days and member enrollments with notes on work days and home shirt production.
Chateau readers report Red Cross program attendance and a successful dance with Miss Pendroy’s readings. Donations and garments prepared by Mrs Porter and others totaled 13.25 in receipts, while Hazel Thompson forwards a November shipment of surgical dressings with notes on folding methods and packaging guidelines from Red Cross Supply Service.
A local appeal seeks Christmas gift addresses for service members from Pett County. Names listed include Nick Braun John H Anderson Frederick E Dauwalder Carl Otto Hagen Peter Stephani Henry W Tiggeman Malcolm Ross Muffen. Anyone with current addresses should contact John L Lundgren Chateau promptly.
The note lists items sent in by auxiliaries including 6 knitted scarfs and 6 hospital bed shirts for hospitals. The pastor will preach to the children on Sunday morning with the evening service on the First Article of the Apostles Creed. Bazaar and church dinner are planned for Saturday afternoon. Miss Broisman delivered 14 wash.
Choteau banks join efforts to promote War Thrift Saving Stamps with a thirteen month sale starting Monday. Stamp bundles, savings certificates, and government bonds offer options with quarterly interest and age-limited holdings. School children urged to buy at least one 26-cent stamp to funnel funds to the treasury for war efforts.
Judges J B Leslie and R P Jackson preside as naturalizations are granted to Torgal Weistgard Carl Halvorson Sagesund and Alfonse Edward Bosseler. Decrees issued in three divorces and Melvin Mull v Belle Mull ends with a decree. Carl L Sipe pleads guilty to grand larceny and is sentenced to prison with probation. A note condemns aiding enemy propaganda.
Public life returns as quarantine ends and students reappear on streets and at school. Reports noteabsences due to illness, junior class meeting, basketball planning by Mr. Dietrich, upcoming Venetians performance, and fund needs for the Red Cross tin foil drive.
On December 9 the Episcopal Church held morning prayer and a sermon titled Be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh with Miss Gladys Smith leading the vested choir and Mrs. K. B. Cohoe as organist. December attendance averaged just over 25. Christmas festival efforts urged to boost participation. Evening service scheduled for 7:46.
Herr Erzberger grows strangely content as soon as the Italians stopped their shoving beyond Izonzo, suggesting a shift in tension or settlement of a dispute. The article describes his demeanor and the surrounding regional reaction to the pause in hostilities.
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