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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a note about Thursday publication at Cho teau Montana and post office entry as second class meter. An unclear description mentions two per year in advances.
Montana agriculture commissioner A H Bowman faced a grilling over a carnival contract that allowed gambling games at the state fair. The confession pointed to fair management’s sanctioning of the games, highlighting alleged lax oversight and the fallout for Bowman’s reputation as a long‑time foe of pari mutuel betting.
In 1927 Chicago a lone Mexican with a knife sparked a State Street melee ending with three dead and several injured. The piece argues the wild West has shifted eastward, with Illinois offering the rough edge once found in Montana and the frontier, while gunplay and drama fill the urban streets.
Major General Sir Sefton Branckner serves as the narrator. An old English lady in a garden wall expresses disdain for airplanes over a nearby landing field. A passing officer asks why, and she replies that since childhood a bumble bee under her skirt made her hate buzzing things.
The teasel forms a cup from its base leaves to drown insects in rainwater. Sarracenda pitchers collect water to feed on drowned prey. Nepenthes pitchers hang on long stalks and lure insects with honey glands and color, then trap them. Sundew traps flies with sticky juice and tentacles that close to digest.
At a conference atop high Olympus, Immortal gods vote for a thrift campaign. Only Jupiter Pluvius objects, later telling reporters he sees no sense in saving for a rainy day.
Rev. O. G. Langdon of St. Matthew's City Road London begins selling gold and silver jewelry to earn a living. He says clerical pay is inadequate for basic needs as he pursues this side work to fund his family's necessities.
In a letter to Mrs Casey the writer laments damaged bottles in a box and jokes about printing This side up and Handle with care on both sides to avoid misreading the label.
District Court of Montana for the District of Montana adjudges Brady Montana resident Paull Haugen bankrupt on his own petition. Debts and property transfers are forbidden. First creditors meeting set for September 26 1927 at 10 A M in Great Falls Montana Dunn Block Court Room 1 to prove claims and appoint trustees.
Notice of a directors meeting on August 27 1927 assessing seven and a half dollars per share payable September 3 1927 to E B Noble treasurer at Bynum Montana. Unpaid shares by October 1 1927 will be delinquent and sold at public auction October 22 1927 to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs. First publication September 1 1927 last September 22 1927.
In a courtroom exchange the lawyer questions a witness about a claim that the wife was speechless with rage. The witness denies ever making that assertion and asserts the wife never becomes that agitated.
A notice to hunters and fishermen states that no hunting or fishing is permitted on the Robert Miller dairy ranch, signed by Ella Miller.
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