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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
2
A fragment notes publication details for a Montana paper published every Thursday at Choteau. It states second class matter in the post office and lists inscription and annual rates including two dollars in advance and higher charges for foreign countries except Canada at two fifty.
The article notes the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington and marks July 2 1776 as the day Congress declared independence while July 4 1776 finalized the Declaration. It urges public recognition of both dates during Independence Day celebrations.
The July 1 moratorium on war debts takes effect to suspend payments for one year. President Hoover dispatched Secretary Stimpson and Secretary Mellon to lead negotiations abroad. Mellon faces the challenge of aligning French positions while France signals alignment with France’s finance minister Pierre Flandin’s advice, though Paris insists reparations from Germany to France remain excluded from the moratorium.
The article argues a debt moratorium may aid troubled economies by allowing debtors to recover. It notes that in June US foreign debtors paid about $111.39 million, with roughly $92 million in interest and the rest toward principal, funds used to retire Liberty bonds and pay interest.
If doors tend to stick on the first try, inspect all outer edges. If resistance remains, identify where the door sticks and shave the surface slightly to improve movement.
Delaware earned the Blue Hen state nickname from Captain Caldwell a Revolutionary War figure famed for cockfighting and his well drilled men known as the Gamecocks His idea was that a blue hen produces the best cocks.
Latin was reduced to writing by an alphabet from the Greek town of Camae in southern Italy. Latin became a literary language during the third and second centuries B C.
The National Poultry Journal editor outlines numerous practical uses for the egg beyond food. Eggs aid in manufacturing imitation ivory, drugs, ice cream, adhesives, pigment fixers, ink, glue, tanning, bookbinding, leather cleaning, paper sizing, varnishes, textiles dyeing, and culinary products like candies and dressings. They also serve in film preparation and even fertilizer.
Uncle Eben urges making use of spare time for house and garden tasks as the best path to do business on credit. He argues hard work builds value even when money is tight and creditworthiness follows effort.
Under the peace treaty France receives control of the Saar valley mines as compensation for damage to northern mines. French occupation lasts until reparations are fulfilled. The districts form Saar territory with an International governing commission under the League of Nations for 15 years, containing French, native, British, Czechoslovak and Finnish members. A plebiscite will be held later to decide final disposition by the League.
The tarantula, living in clay-bank burrows with camouflaged entrances, is preyed upon by a wasp called the Killer. The wasp stings and paralyzes the spider during its outings, then lays eggs in the tarantula’s body for its larvae to feed on after hatching.
An Italian immigrant Pablo Fontivalli has completed a massive relief map of Argentina. After 20 years of work eight years built the plan and 12 years spent researching to ensure precision. The 24 by 12 foot model at 1 to 500 000 scale details Andes foothills and previously uncharted land. His wife aided greatly in the arduous expedition and survey.
Fisherfolk on Moray Firth in Burg burn tar on a ruined Noman altar and dance around a roaring fire to seal belief that witches won’t enter homes for a year. The event blends merriment with superstition as villagers re enact a medieval practice.
In Pernambuco a squad of identical height and muscular men lifts a large plane on their heads. They march with soldierlike precision while a chief clears the way and issues porter orders. The men handle all such tasks in this coordinated display.
Readers learn of Odense and Kroge in Denmark tied to Hans Christian Andersen lore. Nearby landmarks include Gisselfeld Castle where the storyteller stayed and Bergentved Castle connected to the tale’s early echoes. The article highlights Kroge as an old town famed for bacon and sausage and a thirteenth century church, offering a scenic memory.
Each year in early winter the Philae ruins appear briefly above the Nile before floods submerge them again. Tourists visit during this short window, admiring the surviving sculptures on walls and columns despite yearly inundation and changing landscape from cataract to reservoir.
A botanist in Pretoria, South Africa, reports Adenia as the world's most deadly plant. Even one ten thousandth of a grain could kill an adult, and the poison vanishes after death. Railway workers in the Interior died after tasting the plant, while a botanist and two natives were overcome by fumes when slicing a bulb.
Fragmentary 19th century travel remark highlights Liechtenstein as a must see on a European tour en route to Austria. Mentions Lake Constance, Brebenz, Feldkirch and Vaduz with brief, odd references to politics, poverty and crime as lesser known, cryptic observations.
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