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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
3
A collection of contemporary recipe submissions by women, compiled for readers seeking diverse home cooking ideas. Includes mains, sides, desserts, and snack options reflecting modern tastes and dietary preferences.
A simple postal offer requests sending 1.10 dollars to a box in Great Falls Montana to receive a cook book with postage paid. The notice names Great Falls Cook Book and provides box 1790 as the address. The item implies a mailed request for a mailed book.
Across the nation reports from cities and capitals describe fiscal and political events. Chicago sees railroad earnings cover costs with net profit for bond interest. San Francisco reports a mob attack on prohibition agents and an earthquake shock. Smyrna notes a Greek victory near Eski-Shehr and Incuru. Lima anticipates Peru's independence centennial. St Paul notes Buhl’s lack of officials after jail terms. Denver announces a livestock meeting in Salt Lake. London cites Sinn Fein on Irish independence. Washington reports Harding ordering health investigations into pellagra fears.
Three Montana prisoners Byrne Chronos and Yeik received death sentences for murder with execution set for August 26. Byrne and Chronos await hanging in Butte jail courtyard and Dillon courthouse yard, while Yeik faces beheading after courtroom tirade against judges.
Ranger C E King observed a geyser eruption in a crater once thought a hot spring, about one eighth mile north of the Thumb station and 175 feet inland from the lake. Eruptions rise to 15 feet, last five minutes, recur roughly every six hours with variable violence.
Yellowstone Park Tattler reports higher tourist activity in June 1921 than June 1920. Autos rose from 1030 to 1945 and visitors from 7435 to 9659, with early 1921 season up 56 percent over 1920 and total tourists up 30 percent, though hotel patronage fell 10 percent and campers 16 percent.
Three hundred men women and children were swept into the Missouri River when a bathing house platform collapsed during an endurance swim. The shallow water hid many who floundered but no injuries were reported.
An advertisement warns that caffeine in tea or coffee disrupts sleep and nerves. It promotes Postum as a cereal beverage in Instant Postum and Postum Cereal forms, claiming improved rest and energy. It describes preparation methods and urges readers to try it at grocers.
Secretary of State Charles T. Stewart releases a report showing auto registration fees from December 1 to June 3 totaling 530 876. Of this, 530 649 50 was from March through June. January and February yielded nothing and December brought in 226 50. For the seven months ending June 30 last year receipts were 373 917 50. The rise is attributed to higher fees, not more cars, with Stewart accusing 10 000 or more Montanan drivers of evading payment. Fees from the first 15 days of July totaled 15 605. Revenue is split equally between counties and the state highway commission. Publicity about evasion prompted numerous reports of slackers.
Multiple small ads note assayers chemists and offices in Butte Montana, Helena Adjustment Co bonded by National Surety Co. of New York, furrier services in Butte, teachers agencies in Spokane and Clarkston, plus Modern Automobile and Tractor Schools offering training and government work, with contact at 1803 Third Ave West Spokane and box numbers.
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