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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1927
Page
8
Montana will distribute over 1.3 million dollars to public schools in February from the common school fund. State treasurer W. E. Harmon says the grant is census based, about eight dollars per child this year. Teton County with 1806 pupils will receive 14448.
C Wallace Frost of Great Falls, once a Choteau boy, received a U S patent for an illumination system enabling varied colored curtain effects and projected curtains on screen. The device uses light rays and lenses to create rain snow fire and other ambiance and has been installed at the Liberty theater in Seattle with plans for wider use along the Pacific Coast. Frost filed May 14 1923 and patent runs 17 years from Jan 4 1927. offers from eastern firms followed prior to notification.
Mr. Frost arrived in Great Falls for the Liberty theatre opening in 1921 and later became a picture machine operator at the Royal theater while studying. He is the eldest son of Chas. Frost, once a Choteau clothing merchant, and a Chateau alumni.
George Young, 17, of Toronto, won the $25,000 Wrigley prize for swimming 22 miles from San Pedro channel to Catalina Island in 15 hours 45 minutes. He beat 97 others, funded by his poor mother’s savings, and plans to use the money to bring her to California while resuming his education.
Portland council bans X Ray machines and electrical healing devices that interfere with radio reception during defined radio hours amid urgent demand from local radio fans. The ordinance seeks to curb interference and protect broadcasting schedules.
To the many friends who have kindly aided us during the sickness and death of our husband and father we express heartfelt thanks and gratitude especially to W. E. Howard Robert Clarkson and our near neighbors from Mrs K. G. Rienks and family.
A village halfwit offered to solve a town problem with paint and money. He added an S to the No Parking signs, turning them into romantic warnings that electrified the town square and mocked city fathers lacking funds for police.
The Detroit News reports Pacific coast whaling stations yearly process about 1 000 whales for oil bone meal whalebone leather glue and meat. A 50 ton whale equals the food value of 100 steers or 300 hogs, illustrating sea harvests rivaling large livestock supply.
A brightly plumaged parrot was discovered in a banana crate from the Canary Isles in Stockport England. The crate had sat in a warehouse for weeks after a three week voyage, with the bird nesting in packing material and feeding on bananas.
A North end man reports his right big toe went numb during a 1800 mile road trip and remained asleep for days after returning. He says the toe regained some feeling only in the last few days, while the rest of his foot still has little sensation. The Detroit News cites the account.
A Travel writer notes the gramman, supreme head of local tribes, wears formal clothing once yearly when meeting the Surinam governor in Paramaribo. He endures shoes briefly during the audience, then removes them, while a photographer captures him in full regalia barefoot before the government house.
The British health ministry seized a Claydon workhouse near Ipswich last November and turned it into a settlement training site for young men from the Dominions. About 200 men, including 50 bound for Australian farms, have trained four and a half months to harden muscles, restore fitness, and rebuild confidence.
Classified notice states 1200 acres of good pasture for rent at 100 dollars or will trade for cattle or sheep. Contact W. J. Van Setten in Chateau. Also offers a Ramely 16-80 tractor in first class condition for sale or trade and will take a good piano as part payment from Hugo Horst.
Classified notices from Choteau list part time housework jobs WANTED plowing contracts and sewing jobs, plus FOR SALE items including purebred poultry roosters turkeys a Rumely tractor a used Ford coupe and a heating stove. Also real estate lease and rental offers and an irrigation land listing, with contact names and locations.
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