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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
6
George A. Brophy, a Montana historian at the Butte library, warns that cycles suggest a repeat of the 1860s and 1870s cold snaps. He says towns lack coal and food import capacity and rail lines would struggle to supply essentials if such weather returns, possibly lasting into late January.
In 1880 at Fort Custer Montana John Maguire produced Captain John Smith with Pocahontas in a barracks theater. A staged Indian ceremony triggered a real chase as Crow and Piegan forces pursued stolen ponies leading to fatalities and a historic funeral attended by General Miles.
An inventor E. P. Johnson at 600 W Lake St Chicago offers a free oil lamp that supposedly burns with 94 percent air and uses gas or electricity. He seeks agents to help introduce the device in each locality and invites letters for particulars.
In Great Falls Mrs Madge Giles asks analysis of moonshine from Barney Mc Groaty’s residence to see if poison was involved. McGroaty died in bed after the family found him. she says he was not a habitual drinker and was otherwise in good health for his age.
The young film star Jackie McHugh spent Christmas at his Anaconda home and left for Hollywood to begin a juvenile lead role. Under contract with Educational Film Corporation, he is to star in a series of six films after completing his latest picture.
Dr. R. J. Hathaway reports moonshine and drug smuggling is a problem at Warm Springs State Hospital for the Insane. Most addicts come from Butte Billings Great Falls and Hathaway notes visitors are barred to curb smuggling. Patients stay about three months with 20 to 50 percent cure rates though relapse is common.
Report notes alcoholic psychosis admissions among male patients fell from 20.1 percent of total male admissions over the two years ending November 1908 to 5.18 percent in the two years ending November 80 1924, as total admissions shifted during the Prohibition period.
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