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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
4
The note states the paper is published every Thursday at Cho teau Montana and entered at the post office as second class matter. Subscriptions cost 2.00 per year or 1.76 in advance.
City warns all non workers to register with the City Clerk under Order No. 2 from the Montana Council of Defense dated April 22. The order compels able adults to work five days weekly during the war or face misdemeanor penalties. residents in incorporated areas must register with the City Clerk and others with the County Clerk or a justice of the peace. The notice accompanies a public sale ad for L. W. Lehr ranch near Chateau on May 28 listing livestock, machinery, household goods, and terms for payment through December 1, 1918.
City Clerk John W. Hall issues an official public notice in Montana. First publication May 24 with final publication May 30.
Public sales to be held Wednesday May 29 at 2 PM seven miles north of Chateau and 24 miles west of Farmington. List includes two teammates weight about 1300 lbs a Deering binder six feet a John Deere sulky plow eight feet a Van Brunt grain drill double disc eight feet a McCormick mower five feet a McCormick hay rake ten feet a Studebaker wagon with grain tank a top buggy a gasoline engine 1 12 HP with pump jack a potato cultivator wheelbarrow seven feet ladies stride saddle bridle quirt cream separator Delaval No N12 grindstone gasoline lighting system two lights and tank kitchen range Cole’s Hot Blast heater dining table and 66 oak chairs lounge two dressers oak walnut reed rocker leather Morris chair two leather rockers center table oak two book cases numerous rugs velvet Brussels carpet ingrain carpet sewing machines Singer bed steads springs and mattresses gal vanized tubs wringer copper bottom boiler and numerous other articles. Terms sums under 10 cash larger amounts one year on bankable paper at per cent interest. D Davidson owner.
Four miles west of Chateau on Monday June 3 sale features four horse teams with harness and various ages, one brown team, a bay mare, milch cows with calves, tools, machinery, a rifle, household furniture, sewing machines, stoves, beds, tables, rugs, jars, and a large miscellaneous lot. Sale starts at 2 PM sharp with terms: under $25 cash, over that 6 months at 10 percent interest on bankable notes, cash discounts over 22.5 percent. Clinton Bard.
Advice promotes amiable living and happiness but notes constipation as a barrier. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to ease bowel movements improve appetite and digestion, suggesting simple, practical relief for daily well being.
We are now taking orders subject to crop conditions with a limited number for Montana this year. Order at once and be protected. T. A. Meagher, Agent, Chateau, Montana. Also a menace note mentioning Lenine and Bolsheviks with a derisive line about the Japs.
Flax straw once a wasted by product in Montana will gain a profitable market as flax fiber mills in Havre Conrad and Brockton plan to buy straw at $10 per ton. The Havre mill aims to draw from a 200 mile radius, with room for about 20 mills and potential $2 million in farmer returns.
Readers are told the German forces faced stiff resistance during the drive and that the Kaiser may not have truly commanded. An opponent of the Federal Purchasing Agent Edward Mettinius is accused of being from Missouri, a claim the article treats as overriden, noting Missouri produced Rowland Francis and Mark Twain.
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