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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
5
Daily items record hospital stays visitors and patient recoveries at Chateau and McGregor hospitals. Residents attend meetings in Great Falls Helena and Port land while others engage in Red Cross auctions library openings and Knights and Ladies of Security activities. Community updates include sports plans Browning vs Chateau basketball games and upcoming trustee meetings for Teton County schools.
Last week the Old Settlers association voted to hold its annual meeting at Moose hall on Friday February 15. Committees were formed for reception floor and entertainment doorkeepers serving and other tasks with Mrs A L Halladay and Mrs H Beaupre as officers.
George Richard Higgins and Carrie Adel Miller were married at noon last Saturday February 2 at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Higgins. Rev L F Haley of the Episcopal church officiated. Best man Lawrence Jackson maid of honor Hattie Miller. A 16 member dinner followed the ceremony with a large after party of local dancers. The couple are well known in Chateau and receive warm wishes.
The pupils of Chateau public schools prepare a patriotic operetta titled Everybody with a large cast and choruses. Miss Florence Hanson leads the production, Miss Blanche Bursell directs the dances, and Miss Moore handles the music. Half the proceeds go to patriotic work.
The note outlines Lent starting February 13 with Ash Wednesday and weekly services on Sundays at 11 o clock, with flexibility to attend at 11 16 or 11 30. It urges mothers to bring children for religious education and warns against disunity, referencing the Kaiser and church destruction in Europe as motivation to attend and support church life.
A visiting team from the State Agricultural College of Bozeman will conduct a two day short course in Collins on February 8 and 9. The program includes lectures by M L Wilson and possibly President Hamilton, a Saturday community dinner, and collaboration with Collins teachers G H Heizer and staff. Farmers and residents are urged to attend.
Miss Lillian J. Peeler and Dr. E D O Neill of Kalispell married Monday at the Catholic church in Chateau. The ceremony was witnessed by relatives including Mrs Sadie Bland and Dr and Mrs H J McGregor. Dr O Neill, now a lieutenant in the medical reserve corps, is stationed at Fort Riley Kansas. The wedding party were entertained afterward at the McGregor home.
Report shows the seventh Hungarian war loan fell short by about two thirds of the expected amount signaling defection and revolt within the quarter as the Kaiser and Kaiserette face mounting opposition.
Frank McGraw a Choteau resident died of pneumonia in the Commercial Hotel on Monday morning after working as a plumber on the McDonald building. Born in Minneapolis he was about 38. He leaves one brother and three sisters in Minneapolis. The remains were shipped back to his former home for burial.
Methodist notes announce Sunday morning sermon on Abraham Lincoln as the greatest product of American democracy and Sunday evening message on The Ideal Woman as pictured in the Bible. Attendees invited to both services.
Clerk Paul Jacobson reports licenses granted to Mike Oscar and Ida Coat of Browing Edward ONeill and Lillian Peeler of Kalispell George Richard Higgins and Carrie Adel Miller of Choteau in the past week.
A smoke dance is planned at James Thorn's Saturday night February 23 with entry 650 cents for men and cake for ladies. Sandwiches coffee and music provided free. Proceeds will furnish smokes for Company M in active service.
A three act comedy titled Man From Borneo will be presented at the Royal theater next Saturday evening by local talent from Dutton. Admission is 60 and 25 cents with proceeds to the Red Cross. All should attend this good show for a good cause.
The agricultural department forecasts higher acreage but a poor winter wheat crop. A famous Chicago halfback becomes the first American to go over the top and return safely, a remarkable wartime note amid the gloom.
The Food Administration requires manufacturers and dealers of livestock feeds to obtain licenses by February 15. Includes baled shelled corn, car horns, and many compounded feeds used as feeds or ingredients. Exempts millers of bran and coarse grain dealers already licensees. Applications go to the License Division in Washington, D. C.
General Pershing commends American Expeditionary Forces for exemplary conduct in France. He lauds their devotion to duty, disciplined daily training, abstinence from alcohol, and moral courage under stringent regulations, assuring American mothers their sons are a credit to nation and mankind.
Ten new sections added to medical training courses for officers at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia and Fort Riley Kansas. Fort Riley capacity set at 7 000 men with expansion at Fort Oglethorpe to match. Army medical department aims for camps totaling 35 000 to 40 000 trained personnel. Since June 1 about 9 000 officers and 20 000 enlisted men have graduated or are under instruction. Trainees include personnel for ambulance companies field hospitals evacuation hospitals base hospitals and hospital trains.
Railways of the United States are organized into three divisions for operations. Eastern railroads cover the eastern portion of the nation. Continued on page 4.
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