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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1917
Page
5
Local Chateau items report multiple births and illnesses in families, travel notes on visitors to Great Falls, farm business, and a busy community calendar. The piece notes hospital stays, court matters, forest work, club events, school openings delayed by measles, and local athletic plans.
TO THE PUBLIC thanks are given to firefighters and helpers for saving POWER-MORGAN CO. buildings and contents after a night fire. Water pressure was ample and damage minimized though neighboring losses occurred. A West Virginia woman aged 75 has married a boarder aged 76 in a note that ends with a wry line about holding boarders.
Adelbert Beitlich born April 23 1851 in Boehm Germany came to America at 22 settling in LaCrosse Wisconsin. He married Willhelmina Noetzel in 1878 and had nine children, six living in Montana and Wisconsin. He died February 10 1917 at Conrad Montana from heart trouble and pneumonia and was buried February 13 in Chateau Cemetery.
Report notes that King Constantine will live comfortably with aid from his bread card until the next ultimatum arrives, providing relief and sustenance amid uncertain times.
A Delco Light unit shown in McCullough's electric shop window showcases a gasoline engine dynamo switchboard storage battery and built in power options. It promises safe farm lighting plus power for separators washers fans milking machines and more at an affordable price aimed at rural households.
The passage discusses rural residents drawn to city life and the belief that electricity and power machinery will level rural living with towns. It asserts that modern conveniences may make country homes more enjoyable and bring rural America to a higher standard of living.
Notice that due to lack of a quorum the annual meeting is adjourned until February 17 at 2 p.m. at the Farmington school house District No. 42. O S For Seth, Sec.
Notice to file applications to graze cattle horses and sheep in Lewis and Clark National Forest for 1917 by March 1. Forest Supervisor D L Beatty states information on grazing fees and forms is available on request at the office in Chateau Montana.
Next Sunday marks the last before Lent. Lent begins Ash Wednesday February 21 a fast day. The church requests abstinence from all meats on Ash Wednesday and every Friday of Lent. Services are at 10 45 with the sermon titled Humility.
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