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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
2
CG Justice of Chateau and Airfield Montana advertises plastering brick and cement services with 30 years experience and claims satisfaction from over 50 parties in three years. Estimates cheerfully furnished and immediate attention promised.
Notices invite parties to run bucks for the season where ample range and water exist. Apply to C. Taylor, manager for Burke Bros, Bynum, Montana.
A joke quotes two burglars describing a break in where a lawyer is present with a gun. The first burglar says the lawyer warned him off, while the other notes the lawyer charged $25 for advice, implying he got off easily.
The article notes volcanic activity in the Cook Inlet area with Akami Redoubt and Katmai peaks emitting smoke and ash while no life is reported. It also reports a federal Supreme Court decision limiting the powers of the commerce court to law administration and not fact findings, restricting appeals from the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The article explains that hearts of cold blooded animals and some warm blooded animals beat after death due to internal nerve ganglia. It cites a turtle's heart beating after removal when kept moist and cooled, with reported durations of 12 to 48 hours and common records around 12 to 14 hours.
The Red Hats tradition traces to Cardinal disputes with Countess of Flanders and Pope Innocent IV. Lyon councils in 1245 preserved the red hat to distinguish cardinals from abbots and high clergy. Boniface VIII briefly allowed purple robes, but since 1464 red robes have remained the norm with purple limited to Lent and Advent.
A brief exchange notes a man with three children and a lead pencil in his pocket, suggesting curiosity about his family and habits. The fragment hints at a social or investigative exchange without providing full context or outcomes.
An article in McClure's notes rats bite through eggshells and eat contents without spilling a drop then lick themselves clean. Rats steal eggs from under hens and once carried off seventy five dozen eggs from a merchant's wooden tub.
Additional Local OU. M Nordhagen has taken rooms in the Stack block for his tailoring business and is neatly quartered there. Free transportation to Helena, a week at the state fair, and other prizes await county industrial contest winners. Mrs H L Halladay and her two sons returned from Ames Iowa after the boys attended college there. C Looney's barber shop space is being remodeled for the national forest office. C W Wymer oversees the work as Roy Putnam and Mr Looney relocate the shop temporarily.
A J Cowell and daughter Helen joined G M Coffey Jr and Miss Nina B Guthrie for a weekend trip to Great Falls. Coffey stayed to attend a Harvard gathering that formed an organization. They met Miss Mabel Cowell who returned from Missoula after leaving Berkeley where she studied the past two years and will stay through the summer.
Notice to creditors and claimants of the estate of Abigail Mary Niersted Burrell deceased. Claim must be shown with vouchers within ten months after first publication to the administrator at Chateau Montana. Dated June 12 1912. Alexander Borrell and Mary Kiersted Burrell, deceased.
A Life Time Job notes a man who says he owes all to his wife and must settle on that basis, as reported by the Houston Post.
Governor Edwin L Norris proclaims filing of petitions for four measures to be voted on November 5 1912. Measures include direct party nominations law a law for presidential candidate preference and delegates and a law to limit campaign expenses and ensure ballot purity. Seal and signature by Edwin J Norris and Secretary L M Swindlehurst.
A 32 hp Case steam engine with 10 bottom gang plows, 7 trucks, water tank, portable blacksmith and camp cook outfit is offered. The rig has run about 1,000 acres and is guaranteed in working order. Price negotiable as part cash and part land or trade for land of good value. Original cost about $6,000. Delivery available in any part of Teton county. J E Webb
The State of Montana filed May 21 1912 for various portions of townships 22 N 5 W and 22 N 6 W and 24 N 6 W, with a list of school indemnity selections open to public inspection. Any adverse claim or objection under mining laws or land value concerns must be filed in the district land office, E L Barnes Register. First pub 6 13 56.
Eugene Pn Pierce, heir of Lovina Pierce of Farmington Montana, filed intent to make final proof on a desert-land entry 2614 for the NW quarter and other sections in township 26 north ranges in Montana. The hearing before U S Commissioner John W Shields is set at Conrad Montana June 18 with witnesses from Porter and Farmington Montana.
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