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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
6
Spanish Republicans socialists and radicals mark January 10 as Ferrer’s birthday. Ferrer, executed in 1909 for alleged riots in Barcelona, is deemed innocent by Spain’s tribunal. Born near Barcelona in 1859, he rose as a shop boy and rail ticket inspector before leading anti clerical and anti monarchist circles.
Treasury officials report 1916 gold acquired by mints and assay offices totaled 508,083,262.92 dollars, boosted by foreign bullion imports. Cuban government gold deposited for Cuban coin valued at 1,323,291.98 dollars. U S coinage in 1916 reached 37,209,062.82 dollars with metals breakdown. Domestic coin stock at year end stood at 2,403,210,053 dollars, including 1,646,050,150 dollars in gold and 568,270,515 dollars in silver dollars.
In a northern English town market a roaming auctioneer touts blouses amid rising prices. A shopper quips that the dividend at the co op hasn’t risen, and she is awarded a blouse, highlighting stubborn dividend stagnation despite broader price increases.
World Outlook notes Zionists dream beyond material gain for a freer religion and a Hebrew theocracy, with language and education restored. They face Turkish rule and wartime suffering, awaiting end of the war and a peace that grants Jews a small place in a new world order.
A boarder at a seaside boarding house regales fellow residents with tales from a famous Arctic expedition. He recalls a moment of near starvation when one man cut up boots to cook soup, but the group hushes at the risk of the landlady overhearing.
A three year old boy with measles tells his anxious grandmother exactly where it hurts by replying he feels it in bed. The exchange shows a child's blunt honesty and a household moment of worry.
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a funeral at Kelly's with sobs and a humorous aside about an overweight woman sitting on the narrator's hat while he was inspecting furniture.
In the Montana District Court for Teton County guardianship of Mary Dunn and other minors, guardian David J. Ryan seeks a sale of minor real estate interests. Judge H. H. Ewing orders all interested parties to appear April 12, 1917, to show cause why the sale should not be granted. Publication required weekly in Chateau Acantha for four weeks.
Department of the Interior notice records Iver Hagen of Chateau Montana filing intent to prove up a homestead claim on land described in section 3 township 23 north range 5 west. Hearing before A C Warner U S Commissioner at Chateau Montana on April 5 1917. witnesses listed Alen Ballard Byron Carson Clinton Bard Alexander Walker all of Chateau.
The shop announces new harness and shoe stitching machines and offers repair services for old shoes with a confidence that if they cannot fix them there is no fix left. They claim right prices and shoe sales as well.
A heavy squadron of battleships is reportedly mobilizing in the Yankee West Indies, described as the best strategic base in the Western Atlantic controlling the Panama Canal’s eastern entrance. The writer argues war would not find us slow to act.
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