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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
8
A prisoner escapes with a loaded guard beside him by breaking a window and then crawls and hides for 72 days. He slips past sentries at night and days, bleeding, before crossing into Holland and achieving a hero’s reception in Britain and the United States. The story is serialized for readers.
Fragmentary text references Berlin papers and American army, with unclear context and missing details. No coherent event or entities are verifiable from the readable portion.
The Teton slope rural school year ends with low attendance averaging 79 percent and many pupils missing broad stretches. Despite a new grade combination plan improving efficiency, regular promotions remain difficult and progress is hampered by distance and weather. The year also features thrift stamps, Red Cross work, a gopher campaign, and library expansion, with a foreclosure sale notice set for June 29 in Choteau Montana.
A foreclosure sale is ordered by the District Court of the Highth Judicial district Teton County Montana. Montana Life Insurance Co. seeks to sell the NE quarter of SE quarter of section 28 and parts of section 27 totaling 160 acres in Township 28 N Range 3 W to satisfy a judgment of $3114.70 plus costs and interest. The description includes water rights and ditches appurtenant to the property.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for rural carriers in Teton County Montana to be held in Conrad Browning Walther Bynum Williams on June 21 1918. Open to male citizens domiciled in the county post office territory who meet requirements. Applications on Form 3977 obtainable from listed offices or the commission in Washington DC.
A coal black mare about four years old and 1150 pounds is branded LS bar on the left shoulder. Owner is J. M. Weaver, town marshal, and provides the identifying mark.
A column offers home digestion tips urging slow eating and Chamberlains Tablets for sour stomach. It then shifts to a wartime jab about Germans, French 75s, and a snide note on Ireland home rule versus the Hun and Roumanian outcomes.
A fragment notes that Germany's invasion of Belgium jolted global opinion and mobilized allies, altering the course of the war by awakening civilizations to the aggression. The emphasis is on the moral and political shock rather than military details.
A traveler faces a dangerous spot among hills and mountain recesses. Confidence comes from knowing their harness is repaired with oak tanned leather from a trusted maker.
Last winter when my little boy had the whooping cough I gave him Chamberlain's Cough Remedy It kept his cough loose and relieved him of those dreadful coughing spells It is the only cough medicine I keep in the house because I have the most confidence in it The remedy is also good for colds.
For sale northeast quarter of section 10 township 26 north range 5 west 160 acres near Burton beach. Price 22.50 per acre with easy terms. Contact Pratt Heath Co Helena Montana. 29-tf.
Fred Moran D V M is identified as a veterinarian with headquarters at Chateau Drug Co. The entry notes a resident deputy state veterinarian role connected to Moran.
Relying on food supplies and weather, rat populations shift between buildings and fields each season. When abundance ends they migrate boldly across rivers and barriers, with historical examples like the Volga invasion. U.S. Public Health Service tests show rats can swim 1,500 yards to shore.
Labor is scarce and hard to get even at high prices. Let electricity do some of the work on your farm and speed tasks that electricity cannot do itself. Ghoteau Montana. Phone 1234.
Mrs Charles Enyeart of Huntington Indiana reports two of her children suffered cholera morbus in summer 1911 and Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gave immediate relief. The notice urges households to keep a bottle ready as the remedy is the proper preventive measure and treatment.
We are taking orders subject to crop conditions with a limited Montana supply this year. Place your order at once for protection. T. A. Meagher, Agent, Choteau Montana.
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