Head over heels in debt and the mortgage age
A long 1916 column warns that debt dominates nations and individuals across the globe. It compares the current era to the stone, golden, and iron ages, calling the mortgage and bond age the new norm with widespread borrowing, tax schemes, and public debt. It criticizes bankers, politicians, and schemes to spend others’ money, urging thrift and economic restraint. The piece ends with a county notice on property assessment hearings and deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Rockefeller
Missouri
Sierras
Notice for Public Sale of Homestead Land in Montana
Department of the Interior U S Land Office Great Falls Montana May 20 1916 Pieter Bouma of Bole Montana holder of 1910 homestead entry serial 015563 for southeast quarter section 4 township 23 north range 3 west Montana meridian gives notice of intention to make five year proof to establish claim before A C Warner U S Commissioner Chateau Montana on July 11 1916 Witnesses include Charles E Wiseman Andrew T Wiseman John W Brossma all of Bole Montana and J Ingram Cain of Chateau Montana R N Sutherlin Register First pub June 7 last July 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interait
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Pieter Bouma
Bole
Range
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Chateau
Charles E. Wiseman
Andrew T. Wiseman
John W. Brossma
J. Ingram Cain
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
Department of the Interior
William Myers
Range 8 West
Choteau
Thomas Cotrell
Halvor O. Thompson
Anton BE. Holm
Earl F.zimmerman
County Board of Equalization Meeting Notice 1916
Notice that the Teton county assessment book for 1916 is in the county clerk’s office for inspection. The board of county commissioners will meet as board of equalization at its office in Chateau on Monday July 17 1916 to examine the assessment roll and equalize property assessments, continuing daily until business is completed but not beyond a stated deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. C. Garrett
County Board OF Equalization
Teton County
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Chateau
Notice of Contest on Homestead Entry in Montana
Department of the Interior notices Matt Nordahl of Choteau Montana contests Winfield McFarlane’s homestead entry No 031110 filed May 4 1916 alleging abandonment and lack of residence or cultivation since May 20 1915. Contest requires answer within twenty days after the fourth publication with proof of service. dates listed June 14 21 28 and July 5 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Winfield McFarlane
Choteau
Matt Nordahl
Township
Range
Meridian
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
Homestead Notice Filed for Three Year Claim
William Myers of Bole Montana filed notice of intention to make three year homestead entry in Choteau on July 11 1916 for the southeast quarter section 26 township 23 north range 8 west Montana meridian. Witnesses are Thomas Cotrell Halvor O Thompson Anton B E Holm Earl F Zimmerman all of Bole.
Life Insurance Dependency Warned in Collier's Extract
An excerpt from Collier's Weekly argues a wife should not block life insurance held as her sole protection from privation and poverty, urging acceptance of the coverage with the implication it safeguards her future.
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Collier's Weekly
Local Boy Hoodwinks Crew With Odd Funeral Prank
A cub reporter witnesses a hearse leaving a house during a funeral procession. He asks a nearby storekeeper about the event and is told with a joking quip that the participants may be "practicing" for something, highlighting a humorous local scene.
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ODD Fellows
Chateau Lodge No
Connor
S. R. Roll
N. G. Chas
H. Connor
Sec’y
Rebekah Lodge
Choteau Lodge NO. 44
G. S. Jameson
W. M. Martin Read
Sec
Rocky Mountain Fire Surance Co
Choteau Land @ Loan Co
Drs. Rhoads & Bateman
Choteau, Montana
Henry D. Robison
Jas
Robison
Teton County Abstract CO
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
I. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Sealy
A. W. _GLEASON
F. J. Cheney & Co
Choteau House
licGregor’s Hospital
H. J. McGregor
E. J. Crary
McDonald Block
Bakery
Soo Son
South Main Street
A. de Yong
DR. Stephens
U. of M
Ann Arbor
Larsen
Choteau, Mont
R. M. Farrington Land Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
New York
Railroads
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Elisha Lee
P. R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgia Railway
Co. L. Bardo
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
B. H. Coapman
Southern Railway
Gd. E. Cotter
Wabash Railway
P. BE. Crowley
New York Central Railway
G. H. Emerson
Great Northern Railway
C. H. Ewing
Philadelphia Reading Railway
E. W. Grice
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
A.S. Greig
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
C. W. Kouns
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
W McMaster
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
N. D
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolda- Tobacco Co
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. CG
Ford
Chon Schmidt
John Smith
Cub
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