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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
6
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura products for improved skin and dandruff relief. It advises rubbing in Cuticura Ointment at rising and retiring, washing off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, claiming benefits for poor complexions, itching, and rough hands.
A curved portrait of Wilbur Jeffers a six year old living beside the Frisco tracks with Grandma Ingrid and Miss Ingrid and the bums who ride the rails. Grandma feeds the poor and tells them prayers while Ingrid keeps order and protects Wilbur with stories and imaginings. A hobo named Red Macks and other travelers mingle at the back door and in the dining room as Wilbur learns about poverty and wonder through their myths and grace.
Old Scarface the giant Yellowstone grizzly king was dethroned last spring and driven from the park. He was captured and killed recently in the Boulder River country south of Big Timber weighing 800 to 1,000 pounds. He terrorized 19 cabins, wrecked several, and broke traps and doors. The narrative then shifts to Wilbur and family life with Mr Macks, Ingrid, and Grandma as they discuss staying, jobs, and a trip to the big rock candy mountains, ending with a scene of religious storytelling at night.
Havre residents celebrate a $2 000 000 public works grant for the Chain of Lakes water storage project. Havre Chamber of Commerce leaders call the funding a boon for North Montana and the Milk River valley, with officials calling it a godsend to the lower valley and surrounding communities.
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