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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
4
Published weekly in Choteanna Monsana and entered at the post office on second class matter. Subscription price is 2.00 per year or 179 in advance. January 14, 1914 edition.
The Rev I I Haley announces a six part stereoscopic lecture course in world cultures through the Christian Lantern and Lecture Slide Bureau of Chicago. The first session is next Sunday at 4 45 pm in Hodgskiss Hall with 75 hand painted slides on tribal life and skulls, led by Rev Traley. Admission 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults.
Francis Pambrum of Chateau Montana fell under a freight locomotive near Grand Avenue Viaduct at 4 40 last night losing both legs. He lay by the track about an hour before a passenger train engineer alerted Yardman Charles Pfeffer who found him bleeding and conscious. Pambrum, a plumber, said he was attempting to ride the train when he slipped under the wheels. He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition. Ed Garrett visiting St Louis spoke to Pambrum at the hospital.
The First Methodist Church of Choteau announces Rev. Percy Reid McMehan will lead this morning’s service on Friendship and the evening sermon titled The Faith of Israel and the Background of Judaism. The series explores Christianity’s relation to other beliefs and welcomes visitors and travelers to worship.
Reading is mixed with unclear text but indicates Sunday masses on June 18 at multiple locations. Mentions Catholic services, celebrations, and invited participants with fragmented place names and time cues. Further details are unreadable in the preserved OCR.
Applications for naturalization papers listed for Peter Schubert of Farmington Hungary Francie Shevlin of Walier Ireland with declarations of intention noted. A military ball Friday night at Woodmen hall invites all. Musical ads headline promotional songs in large type.
A Mother's Magazine piece argues boys should have private ownership of personal property to foster happiness and responsibility. It urges giving each boy his own belongings and space, noting the value of orderly habits and the long-term benefits for future business discipline.
A Cleveland Leader reporter recalls the Matteawan escape of Harry Kendall Thaw and a prior county jail break by McNicholas. The tale centers on a chop suey joke and a two dollar deposit paid to a Chinaman waiter Ike, who kept both the dishes and the money after McNicholas fled.
German dirigible makers seek a safe landing apparatus to protect fragile gas bags. Past crashes from faulty landings prompted a long car with wheels and cushions to support the envelope while guiding and holding the balloon during tow into the hangar.
A proofreader notes the humorous absurdities of single letter substitutions revealing how minor changes alter meaning. Examples include a dreadful conflict, a polite offering of a hair, a cabman eating a fare dispute, a government employee stealing a small ox, and a Russian soldier found dead with a long word in his throat.
Edward D. Onion of New York City received court approval to assume the surname Barrett. He cites long standing ridicule and business harm from the family name and notes his Baltimore birth and a prior Barrett lineage.
Miss Gihnan and Mr. Dietrich handle a missing head in the skelton case as students await a trial next week. Exams and schedule notices fill the bulletin board while a fire drill, a chim ney alarm, and a Lyceum event mark campus life. The Adelphia initiation, sewing vacations, and tardiness penalties add to a lively term as Belt versus Teton looms and a gymnasium dance follows.
The clerk records several cases including Jones Justina versus A B Jones for wages Town of Conrad versus Morrison appeal Fairburn versus Nehring on note Abel versus Reynolds wages Romney versus Grasswick foreclosure Pearson Bros versus Great Northern Railway damages Northern Land Company versus Bynum quiet title.
The Pittsburg Post quotes a speaker noting a wife may suspect drunkenness after a banquet, while a companion comments on the sturdiness of a new umbrella and the contrast with personal appearance.
In Conrad, Samuel C Mallory and Johanna Raber wed at Mrs D D Cole's home with Rev L F Haley officiating. The couple, living on a ranch three miles from town, drove back to Conrad after the ceremony.
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