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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
15
German buyers face soaring second hand prices for chairs beds and tables as shortages persist. Dealers report scarce supply despite many old items being recovered from cellars and garrets. Inflation threatens newlyweds setting up homes and prompts debate on state control versus private trade.
John W. Coghlin demonstrated patience by training Madagascar neuroptera to march in lines and bridges like troops. He staged evolutions at Patten's Pond camp and showed ants can be made to fight matches in daylight, challenging old beliefs about insect intelligence.
A historical survey notes May 9 1798 as the first national day of prayer proclaimed by President John Adams amid Franco American tensions. It traces later proclamations by Madison during action against Algiers, Civil War peace days, and mourning observances for Lincoln in 1865 and events through 1881.
Scientific American describes how American troops in France use shovels with canvas scoops to lift poisonous gas from trenches and dugouts. They aim to drive fumes over parapets and dissipate them, thinning the deadly clouds to restore breathable air.
An observed phenomenon on the Panama Canal shows a barge drilling underwater blast holes and using a whistle to warn nearby vessels. Birds swarm to the surface after explosions drawn by stunned fish, recognizing this whistle as a dinner gong. Naval workers and locals also benefit from the feeding frenzy.
An American Magazine piece argues the fatigue lies in belief not in work. It cites Edison Bell Ford and other figures to claim sustained effort proves work itself cannot tire the healthy, using historical examples to challenge the premise of perpetual exhaustion.
A Scribner's Magazine writer argues that returning American soldiers will absorb French and British ideas in France. He predicts new shades of meaning for old words and a gradual adoption of French terms or English words with altered senses as war literature evolves.
The remark suggests that by this time the Turks feel they erred in trading Allah for Wotan and Mohammed for the Kaiser, signaling disillusionment with the terms of a larger agreement. The quote frames a critique of shifting loyalties and symbolic leaders during a pivotal period.
Blake Torrey, a disciplined miner with no vices, wins Ethel Burk’s respect after defending a suspect during a mob raid in Lukane. His courtroom victory earns him a chance at a political future when Governor Felsted offers support to enter the United States Senate.
The 1818 act granted life pensions to all veterans of the Revolution with nine months service, sparking abuses. By 1820 many names were removed from rolls as Congress and President Adams noted, and proofs of indigence were demanded to curb misuse, with pension totals rising dramatically from 1800 to 1820.
The scene captures a husband finishing a poem to determine his fate as his wife answers the door to an Indonesian collector. The collector questions the waiting wife about her husband’s whereabouts and the sale of the poem.
The French artillery unit Battery B named two railway howitzers after American history figures Betsy Ross and Elsie Janis. Betsy Ross is honored for sewing Washington’s first American flag in Philadelphia, while Elsie Janis inspired the AEF with a noted front tour and drum major duty. Janis reportedly heard her name in divisional orders and reportedly joked about German machine gun emplacement.
Books in trenches are being supplied to soldiers via the American Library Association with help from the Y M C A K of C and Salvation Army workers. The quote notes that the iron will of the average man is nothing but pig iron.
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