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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
5
Local items note Meagher and Taylor advertising 20 percent discounts on coats suits and hats at Hirshberg Co and sale notices. Notices report influenza illnesses deaths military deaths in Okla m oma and Spain. school reopening eyed if conditions permit. Choteau markets and rentals include a three room house for sale and storage of coal.
Harry E. Wilson 57 and Rex B. Wilson 22 died early this week from Spanish influenza. Father passed away at Pendrey and son at McGregor hospital. Funeral services and interment were at Chateau cemetery on Tuesday. Both were members of a B theatrical troupe. mother and daughter were left stranded in Choteau.
John G Landsverk aged 37 of Fairfield died of Spanish influenza in October at Camio Lewis Washington. The remains were shipped to Chateau arriving Monday and funeral services were held at the Fairfield Lutheran church. Rev Lunde conducted the interment in Chioteail cemetery. Emma C Reed and others were named in the notice.
Helena reports inquiries to the agriculture and publicity department about a proposed $250,000 bond law to finance a terminal grain elevator at Great Falls. The law sets bond terms, interest at 5 percent, and a grain storage charge funding interest and redemption from a terminal elevator fund. If deficits occur, a limited tax on agricultural lands may be levied to cover interest and principal. The measure goes to a statewide vote on November 5.
The City of Choteau offers a 15.00 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone firing firearms within city limits or tampering with utility infrastructure. Bring tips to City Clerk John W. Hall. Also notes the marriage of Grace Walley of Choteau to Gustav Depener of Farmington and future residence on the Depener farm near Farmington.
Last week at the Methodist parsonage in Great Falls Reverend B L Walley Deperner officiated, with community members gathering for a quiet church event. Details remain sparse in the fragmentary notice, noting an ecclesiastical gathering at the parsonage.
The German Junker appears ready to trade Germany's liberty birthright for potash in Alsace Lorraine. The Kroprinz faces criticism for the first time, though the fort stands, not a soldier. The other crown prince risks becoming an heir wither away.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a note about The Salvation Army teens and a menu near a front line context. It mentions American soldiers and a possible wartime setting with unclear phrasing and scattered references.
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