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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
8
Private Alden R. Connor writes from the army detailing daily routines in the stock room, weather conditions, and material comforts. He shares family news, letters from relatives, and plans for Xmas gifts, while noting health and morale amid rain and mud.
Farmington residents report travels to Spokane to visit relatives including Charles Oiness. Red Cross auxiliary at L J Oiness home quilts and knits. Miss Mary Skaare visits L J Otness home. A big dance occurs in Chateau with local youth. John Edwards suffers blood poisoning in arm. Other local visits and social updates noted.
Louis Delana returned from Sand Coulee to handle business interests last Saturday and left Tuesday. A kind visitor looted his granary of wheat. Mrs. Rogers and Ruth visited Wardledge on Sunday. Robert and Wilson Gray search for cattle on the reservation. Vincent Ward improves after blood poison operation.
Sunday visits noted as a game warden visit in the neighborhood. Miss Maggie Johnson visits Miss Ida Miller at the teacherage. The pair went to Choteau Friday returning Saturday. Rob Miller back from Choteau hospital after jaw treatment from teeth extraction. A Belleview dance last Saturday saw lower attendance. Kalma youths enjoyed a Saturday night at the schoolhouse dance. Lyman Rogers returned to Great Falls last week. Mrs. Rogers improving and helping with chores.
A soldier named Earl writes about a snowy outing with a church service and concert, noting plans to return to Baltimore in about two weeks and then a month later to assist with the stamp and Liberty loan drives. He asks for photos of loved ones, including Ray, and signs off with love.
Bessie Love stars in A Little Sister of Everybody at the Roy Al Theater. The dainty Pathé actress headlines a clean wholesome offering running Monday and Tuesday, with light sentiment and deft humor aimed to lift spirits amid troubled days.
Notice states after purchasing the stallion Ard Books from L. O. Rogers all spring 1918 service fees are due and payable to A. M. Schultz of Kaima Montana.
A letter from Alden Connor dated December 11 1918 to family members describes receiving two letters with drafts and stamps mailed to him. He confirms he has both drafts and thanks the senders for following up with mail since his arrival.
A mother whose son survived a torpedoed troop ship faced a ransom cable. She asked the sender to reveal the family dogs’ names, known only to relatives, and the correct names were returned. The son, now boasting of his mother’s cleverness, received the funds.
Mabel Normand’s Goldwyn film Back to the Woods features a grand ballroom sequence in which Miss Normand wears a light blue georgette crepe gown. Luc ia Jarvis and fourteen assistants perform interpretive dances as an 18 piece orchestra provides music.
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