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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
9
A wartime letter from Irac Brossma dated October 23 1928 recounts travel from France to Belgium in No Man s Land. He details shell holes trench ruins Ypres and Belgian hardship including shortages of water and food and encounters with Belgian soldiers and German positions.
The page details student health updates with Mes Sayid improving and Miss Gladys Whitacre acting as substitute. It notes influenza recovery, lyceum program in the auditorium, debating club efforts, lunch supervision by David Lestrud and Audrey Bonin, and basketball postponements for lyceum prep and a faculty meeting. Examinations upcoming with a list of exempt students by subject.
Senator T. O. Larson of Chateau, in Teton county, arrives in Helena to assume acting governor duties while Governor Stewart is abroad. McDowell and Stewart travel to Washington for homestead law advocacy. Larson will serve until their return, with local reception spotting support from James M. Burlingame.
A fragmented wartime letter laments heavy casualties but supports continuing the fight if needed. It describes relief work and sleepless shifts, bad roads, and harsh conditions. The piece then shifts to a formal record: the county commissioners’ December session with leave of absence for Judge DeHaas, 1919 burial contract for Mrs. Dennis, prohibition of dances and public meetings, and seed grain applications under review.
Weewish thanks for the sympathy shown after the death and burial of our beloved husband, son and brother. Thanks for floral offerings and acts of kindness. Also notes a cross business meeting to be held Saturday evening December 14 at the court house. all members requested to attend.
A detailed account from July 1916 notes British artillery and infantry actions around Ovillers La Boisselle near Albert France. It describes massive bombardments, cratered ground, and underground German positions as Allied forces push to breach entrenched defenses. Generals Foch and Haig are mentioned in reference to momentous battles on the Somme front.
Francis Oliver Elkins, born December 12, 1883 in Atlanta Kansas, died at home in the Gap country on Monday. He moved to Chateau with his family in 1913 and settled on a homestead in Teton county. He married Rebecca Grace Sphar in Atlanta on December 12, 1909, and they had three children. Funeral services were held today at the I. C. O. F. hall with interment in Choteau cemetery.
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