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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
3
In the Teton county assembly, Chateau and Dutton pupils led grade level contests with sportsmanship. The meet emphasized social contact and broader learning over winning the cup, showcasing young athletes from Chateau, Dutton, Power, Fairfield, and others in events from sprints to drams.
Athletes from Choteau Dutton Pendroy Power High View and nearby towns posted wins in events including 75 yard dash 50 yard dash rope climbing and long jump. Notable scorers included Russell Phillips Robert Fallon Albert Johnson and Norbert Frigge with multiple first place finishes across divisions.
A mysterious bipedal beast terrorizes natives in the Kenya colony, feared more than a lion. Reports describe a cream-haired creature with long claws and a hair-covered nose, reportedly nocturnal and tree-climbing. The cast of descriptions includes possible hyena or gorilla similarities.
The piece surveys definitions and origins of kissing from youth opinions in New Orleans to ancient practices like nose rubbing among Eskimos and aboriginal peoples. It notes how civilizations shape modern lip kissing and suggests many cultures historically lacked this custom.
The article traces facial reconstruction from the Fifteenth century Blancas using forehead skin to mend noses to Antonio Blancas employing forearm skin. It notes Tagliacozzi’s early seventeenth century practice mocked in Butler’s Hudibras and mentions the Peris faculty banning face repair in 1788.
The Temple in London preserves a longstanding custom of sounding a horn at 3:30 p.m. to summon students to dinner in Middle Temple hall. A frock-coated warder with top hat and gold laces blows the horn in the various courts, receiving a small annual honorarium for the duty.
A columnist uses a frugal narrator to argue thrift shifts spending habits toward investment. The piece cites small purchases accumulating into total waste and notes thrift as a habit, not a vice, urging readers to track spends and redirect toward value.
The old George tavern, a near forgotten hotel in London, preserves Dickens era artifacts and photos of London in his day. Guests are guided to rooms by candlelight in a courtyard accessed from Borough High Street. Rooms feature four poster beds and an open wooden balcony. Shelves hold ancient pewter pots and coaching memorabilia. Pistols once used by night watchmen adorn the walls.
The Montana Bankers association offered a two thousand dollar reward for any bandit killed, following years of aiding peace officers in the capture prosecution and conviction of a gang that operated in the state. The effort came after about fifteen thousand dollars was spent in support of law enforcement.
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