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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1921
Page
3
The article honors Armistice Day 1921 and the coming Washington meeting of world statesmen. It urges open, hopeful dialogue to curb armaments, ease taxation, and secure lasting peace. It stresses national unity behind President Harding and the American delegation, linking past sacrifices to future peace.
Georgia Senator Watson claims high ranking American army officers allowed executions by hanging of private soldiers without court martials and alleges nurses faced indignities in France. He says he has letters and photographs to back his charges, drawing rebuttal from General Pershing and Secretary Weeks.
The text argues for a thorough probe into allegations of brutal punishment by officers amid wartime discipline. It calls for sifting evidence, protecting enlisted men, and ensuring justice whether charges by the Georgia senator prove true or false. It warns against unchallenged statements and stresses truth above cost.
The Teton County Farm Bureau and Teton County High School sponsor a three day short course for farmers from November 17 through 19. The program aims to improve dry farming methods on Montana lands without irrigation and encourages active participation and shared experiences to boost Montana agriculture. Real dirt farmers will speak on practical solutions for local conditions.
Chicago November 7 The Chicago Burlington and Quincy directors approved a large purchase to meet rising traffic. The plan calls for 7 500 freight cars 55 heavy freight and passenger locomotives and 127 all steel passenger cars. Hale Holden cited a decided upward tendency in traffic as the motive. The project will cost about 15 million dollars and over 11 000 workers have been added since March to handle the growth.
Aristide Briand, French premier, arrived with Rene Viviani and Albert Sarraut to press for arms talks in Washington. Briand vowed France would lend all possible aid to avert new wars while ensuring France’s security, urging nations toward peaceful and fruitful cooperation.
Mrs Ella Button of Kirkville New York says Chamberlains Tablets have done a world of good for indigestion and constipation. She recommends them to friends and reports that all users praise the medicine highly.
The American Red Cross annual forecast cites 850 deaths and 2,500 injuries from 43 disasters in the year to June 30 1921. US floods fires tornadoes and an Ohio smallpox epidemic caused $80 million damage. Pueblo flood provoked $325,000 plus rehab costs.
Growth of Red Cross Life Saving Corps continued last fiscal year with 1060 corps and over 10 000 members. Among achievements is the organization at Annapolis Naval Academy of what may be the largest life saving corps in the world with 1 276 examiners.
The Red Cross Institute for the Blind near Baltimore trained 147 blind ex-service men in fiscal year 1920-1921. Nineteen advanced to other institutions, twelve started occupations, fourteen left for health reasons, fourteen are on on the job training, and eighty seven remain in training. Braille texts were provided and many move on to institutions with sighted peers for further education.
The American Red Cross in Europe outlines a 6 million dollar program for medical care and clothing for thousands of children in Central and Eastern Europe. Supplemental to feeding operations led by Herbert Hoover, the plan funds child welfare stations and medical aid to restore health in population centers lacking adequate care.
The Junior American Red Cross reports relief projects in Europe aided 237,000 destitute children in the last fiscal year, up 200,000 from the prior year. The National Children's Fund supplied 420,557 dollars for these efforts, with receipts totaling 155,317 dollars.
The American Red Cross spent over 1.2 million dollars in its Chinese famine relief last fiscal year aiding five northern provinces. It says more than 600000 people were saved from starvation and the effort included building over 900 miles of permanent roads and employing up to 74000 Chinese workers paid with food.
Oliver Madox Hueffer argues in the North American Review that Mexico rivals Europe in art and craft. He praises cathedrals, temples, Talavera ware, and a bronze equestrian statue of King Carlos IV, while warning that unchecked modernization could erase beauty and culture in the western hemisphere.
An advertisement claims Adler-i-ka prevents intestinal infection by acting on both upper and lower bowel removing foul decaying matter. It praises gas relief and chronic constipation and asserts the product dislodges impurities never thought to be in the system with a testimonial of a single man.
Washington reports a fall in U S unemployment to 1.01 percent in October with 1,428 firms contributing data. The gains occurred nationwide with four of 65 cities showing decreases while auto, paper, printing and a few misc sectors reduced joblessness. Some industries added workers including food products, iron and steel, textiles, metals, chemicals and tobacco, and railroad shops.
Some people avoid frequent colds by daily warm room showers or cold sponges, sleeping with a window open, and avoiding overheating, excesses, and wet feet. At first signs of a cold they take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and recover quickly.
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