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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
4
The Choteau Gleaner EB L Jourdonnais is identified as the owner and publisher of the official paper for Teton County. It is published weekly every Thursday in Choteau Montana and entered at the post office as second class matter. Subscription price is two dollars per year in advance.
The Montana Senate killed a House-passed bill to extend absent voter privileges to the sick and maimed. The editorial argues it should prioritize voters incapacitated by illness over those absent for routine activities, noting the impracticality of a sick person reaching the polls.
The article critiques how fame breeds woes as George Young, Catalina channel champion and $25,000 Wrigley prize winner, faces rapid management and legal entanglements. His mother is blocked from advising him except in the presence of opportunistic intermediaries seeking fees.
The speaker warns that parasites latch onto both camps and urges business leaders like Mr. Wrigley to add strings to their prizes. The goal is to keep most winner funds controlled by the donors in a businesslike way until winners establish themselves and seek honest, unbiased guidance.
The Montana assembly considers a Deer Lodge state prison plan to let inmates earn wages by making automobile license plates and clothing for state institutions. The piece argues such work benefits taxpayers and inmates, compares with Minnesota’s wage system, and urges careful, favorable study of the bill.
At the annual meeting of the Augusta Stockgrowers Association held last Saturday in Augusta, officers were elected for the coming year. The event counted active members and highlighted leadership changes within the organization.
B. B. Pete Rogers janitor at the Larson block suffered three broken ribs when a step ladder collapsed after a door at Chateau Drug Co. opened suddenly and knocked the ladder, sending him onto a radiator. He is reported making a satisfactory recovery.
The Neighbors of Woodcraft held their annual installation in the K of P Hall last Wednesday evening February 2. A large turnout witnessed the ceremony and social hours. Captain J B Stephens led the guards and Chas Straight served as installing officer. Geo W Magee spoke on the order and its meaning, followed by musical numbers from Genevieve Carroll Chateau Boys Band Clarkson Wypper Price and Florence.
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