Telephone Improvement Brings New Lines to Chateau
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company crews are rebuilding the local plant and adding direct lines to Pendroy and Agawam. Work started June 1, expected to finish September 1. The upgrade expands outside plant facilities to serve those on waiting lists and ensures service cannot be surpassed in the region. The project remains within wartime construction limits and highlights Chateau’s already strong telephone network compared with nearby towns.
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Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Chautauqua Dates Set for August 11 to 16
The Willson-White Chautauqua System announces the event in Chateau from August 11 through 16 with a program aimed at inspiring patriotism and good citizenship. It emphasizes staying mentally fit during wartime and promises entertaining lectures and performances to counter war anxieties.
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Chateau
Wilson
Uncle Sam
Red Cross Sewing Room Notes Work Schedule and Donations
The report lists sewing room activities for June with chairmen and workers, gauze effort details, and items returned or taken out. Donations come from Mrs Loomis and others, plus Oscar Linders and L Jackson. A knitting class and Junior Red Cross urged. field rep H O Chowen inspected chapter work.
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Mesdames Dietrich
McGregor
Beatty
Burbank
Smith
Miss Nagle
Mesdames Streeter
Gregory Cutting
Clara Carson
Mesdames Magee
Clearman
Kalma
Hale
Burnett
McDonald
Wollert
Looney and
Cole
Streeter
Mesdames Dotterer
Myers and
Gauze
Mrs. Haugen
Mariett Larson
Ethel Haugen
Dorothy Haugen
Ruth Andrews
Hattie Miller
Mesdames Morgan
Flynn
Dena Brossma
Marguerite Jacobson
Nan Burrell
Alta Cohoe
Wardella Redmond
Red Cross
Oscar Linders
Fowler
L. Jackson
H. O. Chowen
Great Falls
The
Draft ages to be changed in U S draft plans
Washington reports Secretary Baker withdrew opposition to extending draft age limits 18 to 45 to bolster manpower for President Wilson's army. Crowder's office prepares statistics on effects of reclassification and potential class one exhaustion next year. Red Cross activities note July 4 celebration and clothing allotments for Teton county.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
War Department
Wilson
Germany
Crowder
France
Maryland
General Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Letter from Lester Cowill describes aeroplane accident and service life
A 1918 wartime letter from Lester Cowill in Chateau Montana recounts a crash involving a propeller injuring his hand and fingers. He explains machine operation, gunless training aircraft, bombs dropped by two pilots, and oil types used. He notes a return to health after stitches and mentions a card from Dutch Armstrong before signing off.
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Martin
Chateau
Montana
Metz
Armstrong
Montana election deadlines set for August seven
Helena report lists key Montana election dates General election on November 5 Primary on August 27. Candidates must file by August 7 with earlier space in the campaign book for those filing by July 17. Campaign book goes to printer July 27 and mailed between August 7 and 12. Initiatives must file by July 3 with deadlines for supporting and opposing arguments in late June and early July. Signatures require eight percent of voters across at least two-fifths of counties.
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Helena
Montana
Co. T. Stewart
District Court Proceedings Reported in Acantha
State v Catico Ritontal guilty on assault fined 200 dollars. Henry Heminger jailed at Deer Lodge after pleading guilty to injury to jail, 2 years 6 months to 5 years. State v White jury verdict guilty. White to penitentiary 24 years 9 months to 49 years 6 months. State v Hoeschen trio malicious mischief dismissed. New jurors listed. Glacier Auto Co. v Hagen damages awarded. Warren Stricklin administrator v St Paul Ry Co dismissed for lack of proof.
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Acantha
District Court
State
Catico
Ritontal
Ant
Henry Heminger
Camp Lewis
Miller
Deer Lodge
Will White
White
State Penitentiary
Xavier Hoeschen
Max Hoeschen
Arnold Hoeschen
A. J. Flynn
W. Ik. Howard
E. J. Liptak
Clarence O Eidsmoe
A. J. Cowell
B. S. Merritt
A. DeYong
John R. Gleason
A. P. Spencer
John Holland
Wm. F. Miller
Ross Houck Wrank
Ts. Moore
Wm. Odenwald
Tom Givens
Fred Gewald
R. M. Farrington
Fred Doeger
L. Sweet
Hiram Loomis
H. J. Halladay
Hansen Bb
L. Jourdonnais
Bert HH. Trescott
James T. Robison
Glacier Auto Co
Pete Hagen
Warren Stricklin
C. M. & St. Paul Ry. Co
Highwood
The Cross Bearer at Royal theater thrills with love and courage
Montagu love stars in a World Picture Brady-Made romance set in Belgium during the German invasion. Cardinal Mercier saves Liane de Merode from hay hordes and unites her with her sweetheart in a tale of treachery devotion and bravery. A must see film.
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Montagu Love
Belgium
Cardinal Mercier
Liane de Merode
Royal Theater
Constitutional Amendment Faces General Election Tax Exemption
A mission of initiative measures notes that one constitutional amendment will be submitted at the general election, specifically exempting mortgages from taxation. The move aims to relieve homeowners from property tax burdens.
Re Classification of Registrants by Local Board
The Teton county local board will hold daily joint sessions at the court house in Chateau starting June 24 for re examining questionnaires of registrants in classes 2 3 and 4 to place them in a lower class if warranted. Those who married since May 18, 1917 will be considered first. Citizens with evidence of wrong deferred classification may name witnesses for subpoenas. A call for 119 men to Camp Lewis was published last week and they must report June 27 at 2 pm. 10 men are to join Vancouver Barracks July 1 for the Spruce division aviation section. Names include Frank Keller Chateau George A Ahlendorf Tacoma Ralph L McNally Power Louis L Hart Power James Hadden Bridy Hens Frogen Finley ND Harry Brown Babb Walter Van Wyk Dutton Charles H Jackson Walters Walter Messecar Valier.
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Acordance
Teton County
Legal Advisory Board
Court House
Chateau
Joint Board
Vancouver Barracks
Washington
Spruce
Aviation
Signal Corps
Frank Keller
George A. Ahlendorf
Tacoma
Ashington
Ralph L. McNally
Power
Louis L. Hart
James Hadden
Bridy
Hens Frogen
Finley
N.D
Harry Brown
Babb
Walter van
Camp Fire Girls to Stage Minstrel Show for War Orphan
The Camp Fire Girls of Choteau plan a minstrel show at the high school on Friday June 21 at 8:30 pm to raise 100 a year for a French war orphan in Grenoble. Admission is 25 cents and the event features costumes songs and dances.
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Camp Fire Girls
Choteau
Grenoble
France
New
Local marriage licenses issued in past week
Clerk Jacobson issued licenses for Orson D. Bender of Chateau and Eva Leen of Michigan. Clarence G. Russell and Margaret M. Cumberland of Shelby. George Wright and Susie Collins of Dupuyer. Peter Pourroy and Gladys Marcum of Conrad. A Red Cross Fourth of July celebration at Choteau promises big fun.
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Clerk Jacobson
Orson D. Bender
Chateau
Eva Leen
Michigan
Clarence G. Russell
Margaret M. Cumberland
Shelby
George Wright
Susie Collins
Dupuyer
Peter Pourroy
Gladys Marcum
Conrad
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Chéteau
Chautauqua
Red
Bonin, Walley
Mliss Nagle
Mesdames Shannon
Foote
Loomis
Mesdames Mellon
Hayden and Bair
Cutting
Dutton
Bynum
Pondera
Welitise
Citizens State Bank
Lester Cowill
Lester Cowgilk
Secretary of State
the Cross Bearer
Great Northern
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