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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1932
Page
2
An insurance firm cites a moral about car safety from its calculation. It posits 525000 minutes per year and a 24 year life expectancy, equating risky passing or fast driving on curves to a bet of 12 million to one. If you win you gain a minute. if you lose you risk life worth 12 million minutes.
Montana voters hear Frank Hazelbaker pledge immediate cuts to state spending and property taxes at Helena rally. The piece contrasts past governors and cites April payrolls and agency costs, urging scrutiny before the November vote and noting local debt reductions.
Sunday gathering hosted Lions and Lionesses from distant cities inspiring the local club and community. Julius J. Wuerthner of Great Falls urged Lions to be a strong force for good. The club plans a benefit dance to aid a worthy cause with prize incentives for top ticket sellers and ongoing fund contributions to community projects.
The public is invited to contribute to a fundraiser where every dollar buys a ticket to a forthcoming dance and a chance at an automobile door prize. The club assures all proceeds will go to worthwhile purposes.
The piece links balloon races and political races as parallels for rising yet deflating outcomes. It hints at crooked and straight ticket voting with combined votes from W C T A and bootleggers. A wry commentary on word truth and life’s recurring ironies follows amid urban noises and late night stratosphere musings.
Readable fragments show a series of county names and numeric values such as 72 each for multiple counties plus several higher figures like 120 102 and 144. The text lacks context but presents a list of counties with accompanying numbers.
The report notes harvest nearly done with yields around 20 bushels on favored spots and four bushels per acre overall after July heat. Edwards and McLean salvage from hail damaged fields while Ponty is conditioned for health issues. A nearby ranch asks 500 per acre as the corporation invested over 310 per acre trying to farm.
The fish and game department released 4 014 Chinese pheasants across 51 counties this year with a possible further 1 090 after the open season. Declines from last year stem from low eye fertilization and a smaller hatch. Several counties received no birds.
Bynum activities include quilting at Mrs. Edwin Bingham’s home on Tuesday. A Thursday H. D. meeting at Mrs. Joe Moss’s home featured a stork shower for Mrs. Ruland Moss. Bears Johnny and Sadie attract visitors in town. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lords. School bus duties assigned to Edwin Bingham with an International truck. Various local visits, threshing, and family events noted. School resumes September 27.
An 85 cent bottle of Allenru is advertised to remove pain swelling and agony from rheumatic joints in 48 hours. The ad promises money back if pains persist and claims relief for Neuritis sciatica lumbago and neuralgia. The Chateau Drug Store and other druggists carry the product.
Notice that the registration books for Teton County Montana will close at 5:00 PM Friday September 23 1932 for the General Election to be held November 8 1932. Registration forms and locations are listed in county notices. Prepared to ensure voters are registered prior to the election.
On the eighth day of November 1982 electors may register by appearing before the County Clerk in Chateau Court House or before the deputy registrar or any Notary Public or Justice of the Peace within the County. Citizens must be US, residents of the state for one year and county resident 30 days. Final notice Sept 22 1932.
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