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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1924
Page
7
Classified notices offer Yellow Gem seed corn from North Dakota for nine years in Ransom County with limited supply, plus mail orders. Also seeks poultry buyers and lists buyers across Montana and Idaho with varying prices, types, and delivery terms.
One hour after a hold up at the Brotherhood Cooperative National Bank of Spokane Thurston Davis identified as an escaped Montana convict was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the state prison at Walla Walla. Terry George McLaren is noted as the foremost coyote hunter in the region with a winter tally of 48.
Montana briefs report A B Cook of Great Falls notes robust demand for Hereford bulls. Billings appoints Ben Hammond as Midland Empire fair secretary. Butte introduces compulsory tree care ordinance. John Shell badly injured by hit and run. may lose both legs. Olaf Nygard found shot dead in Laurel. suspected murder. Great Northern to store 50 000 tons coal over 10 weeks. Ruth Whitehead 14 dies after poison misused as headache remedy. Murray No 3 well reports gas at 700 feet and oil at 1 000 feet. Farmers Co operative creamery paid 11040 76 for 118 23 pounds butterfat. Avron Childress named Circle postmaster. James Lynch will leaves bulk of estate to wife under will. Kenneth Pratt awarded 2000 from Dr H D Kistler for injuries from machine. John Ward Crosby named to fill supreme court clerk vacancy.
A Denver labor department report forecasts an exceptional year for Montana with rising metal mining oil fields and agricultural expansion. Spring should bring job gains in mining logging construction and farming while temporary layoffs ease as rail and outdoor sectors shift to steady activity.
Advertisement extols Cutieura Soap for the complexion Cutieura Sam daily and Ointment for scalp and hands plus Cutieura Talcum for fragrance and softness as a complete Toilet Trio.
John P. O Neill, longtime Butte copper mining official, retires after 44 years with the Anaconda company rising from miner to assistant superintendent. He supervised vast numbers of miners and gained prominence under Marcus Daly. Nearby, two bank messengers were robbed of 15000 dollars in broad daylight in the city center.
Markets see crude prices rising while francs fall to four and a quarter cents. British dockworkers strike some 120000. Congress leaders back swift income tax cuts. Jewelry and liberty bonds worth 200000 stolen in Providence. University of Michigan president cites Edison Ford Roosevelt Wright as top Americans of the century. Olga Morton found bound in her New York apartment. SD governor condemns federal reserve stance. Columbia steamer passengers rescued after grounding in Coos Bay. Hudson Maxim advocates action under the eighteenth amendment against tea and coffee vendors. J Pierpont Morgan endows a 7 million dollar library for scholars. Lincoln assassination garments sold for 6500 in Ford's Theatre auction. Bank thief nets 50000 after using iron grill and gum bait. Los Angeles detectives capture 18 bandits amid a supposed convention. Miss Rosilla Gordon parachute incident ends with rescue by a second aircraft.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for babies and children. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels, eases constipation and colic, and contains no narcotics, urging buyers to insist on the genuine product with proper directions.
The town of Coalstrip is christened at the southern end of the Rosebud branch of the Northern Pacific railway. It taps extensive Castle Rock coal fields and lies about 40 miles south of Forsyth.
J L Rapstad of Big Timber reports a wool shipment from 425 Merino sheep earned 2853 dollars 68 cents from 5459 pounds at 52 cents a pound from the Boston warehouse. The consignor notes the wool was heavy and of the finest grade, reflecting well on the industry. Munich Dr von Kahr Bavarian dictator resigns.
Childrens cries for relief prompt promotion of Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted 30 year old remedy. The ad touts easing constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea while calming feverishness and aiding digestion to promote natural sleep without opiates. It emphasizes genuine product bears the signature.
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