Augusta Visitors and Local Meetings Highlight Week
Mrs J M Weaver and son Wal Born visit friends in Augusta as Elmer Weaver relatives arrive. Ladies Auxiliary to meet at Mrs George Tennant’s home on Thursday August 16. Miss Elizabeth Kraber visiting Augusta. Hugh Wypper family left for Sun River canyon for a week. Mrs Ruby Lane returns from Washington trip with relatives.
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J. M. “Weaver
Augusta
Elmer. Weaver
George’ Tennant
Elizabeth
Kraber
Hugh Wypper
Sun River Canyon
Ruby Lane
Washington
Family returns from California trip after weeks away
Mr and Mrs Himer Daly return this week from California where they had been for several months. The trip was taken by a kitd Mrs C Barnes and two sons of Grinnel Town. They left Sunday for home after a visit of several weeks at the home of Mr and Mrs C H Porter.
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Mrs.Himer-Daley
California
Grinnel
Town
C. H. Porter
Family Visit Notes in Great Falls Over Weekend
Fred Smith and wife of Great Falls visited relatives over the weekend. Sunday evening they traveled to Simms to visit Mrs. Edythe M. Saylor and her mother, continuing a family gathering.
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Fred Smith
Great Falls
Mr. Smith
Edythe M. Saylor
Simms
Saylor
County Superintendent and Board Finalize Transcript for Warrants
Edythe M. Saylor county superintendent and the District 47 school board near Dutton meet to finish the transcript of proceedings for funding their outstanding warrants.
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Edythe M. Saylor
Dutton
Great Northern Schedule Adjusts Circus Trip Return
The Great Northern will depart for Great Falls on Wednesday August 15 at the usual time. The return from Great Falls will be delayed to 6 30 p m to accommodate passengers aiming to attend the circus.
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Great Northern
Great Falls
Miss Lucina Webb Rites Held at Choteau Cemetery
The body of Miss Lucina Webb was laid to rest in the Choteau cemetery after moving from Dover Illinois to Choteau twenty five years ago to live with her brother John E. Webb. Survived by three sisters and three brothers, she resided with her brother and cared for his children. Rev H B Stong conducted the services.
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Lucina Webb
Choteau
Dover
Ilinois
John E. Webb
Mr. Webb
Ve. E. Webb
L. Muzzy
Scio
Oregon
A. L. Kelley
Nunn
Colorado
H. A. Prescott
Mullan
Idaho
Will H. Webb
W. Frank Webb
Lake Arrowhead
California
Cilbert S. Webb
Los Angeles
Rev
H. BE. Stong
Local notes and social items from the week
Ruth Yeager has been confined to her home this week with the flu. For rent: five modern fibyped homes finished or unfinished at the New Chateau house. Mr W T Lowe of Dutton and the E A Cleland family spent Sunday fishing on the Teton. Mr and Mrs James Sulgrove entertained at dinner last evening. Mr Thomas J Moore of Chula Vista California and Mr and Mrs Charles J Moore of San Diego California were present.
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Ruth Yeager
Mr. Witd
W. T. Lowe
Dutton
E. A. Cleland
The
Teton
James Sulgrove
Thomas J. Moore
Chula Vista
California
Charles 3. Moore
San Diego
Charles Moore
Calif
Washington
Vanishing Vanities and Picnic Plans Highlight Montana Note
Miss Graves returns from Salt Lake City and Charles Moore with his wife tour coastal Washington before home. A black vanity bag with 330 cash and a Rollin C. Hammond address book were lost. reward offered. Methodist Sunday School picnic set for August 16 at Trachot grove with committees named and 1:30 p.m. cars from church.
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Rollin C. Hammond
Montenan
Trachot Grove
Stong
Myrna Gale
Charlotte Looney
YG Bee Line Convention Postponed to August 29 in Great Falls
The executive committee of the YG Bee Line association postpones the convention to Monday August 29 in Great Falls Montana in respect to the late president Warren G Harding. No program changes are planned and talks on road development and the value of a marked highway will be presented. Delegates from every route community have named attendees to the secretary at Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Montana
Association
Warren G. Harding
Citizens pay respects at park for departed president
Citizens of Chateau gathered in Great Northern park at 1 15 Friday afternoon to honor the departed president. Prominent men spoke while songs were sung by the assembly. Masonic and other lodges marched to the park and joined in the Star Spangled Banner after benediction by Rev Stong. All stores banks and meat markets closed for the day.
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Chateau
Great Northern Park
Sasonic
Stong
Nell House to be torn down in Columbus Ohio
The Nell house long a landmark in Columbus is being demolished to make way for a 4 million dollar new hotel to open in 1924. The site hosts famous guests including Dickens Lincoln McKinley and Taft among others with presidents signing registers.
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Olumbus
Charles Dickens
Lincoln
Neil
United States
Andrew Jackson
A. Lincoln
Wiliam Henry Warrison
U. S. Grant
Motherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Willam JfcKinley
Willian GB. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow, Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Sugar and Spice Prevail in Nursery Adoption Trends
A New York Nursery and Child's Hospital report notes girls remain preferred in adoptions amid wartime demand. It cites 300 adoption applications with only 20 for boys, and observes workhouse girls increasingly adopted, while births show a higher ratio of boys to girls.
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Bess
Schopenhauer
New York
Child's Hospital
Heating by Suggestion in Sing Sing Prison
Prison officials cut daytime heat to conserve coal provoking inmates to complain of cold. A prison engineer hammered steam pipes for heat, producing knocking sounds that inmates mistook for steam turning on. The ruse allegedly made some prisoners perspire while furnaces remained cold.
Fewer Trucks In Italy After Rail Improvements
Post armistice Italy relied on motor trucks as railways lagged. Private firms bought stock, new vehicle production slowed. Rail service improved, leading to reduced truck use due to gasoline costs. About 40,000 passenger cars and under 15,000 trucks are in use.
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Italy
Papers of Parnell Found in Nationalists’ Room
Papers of historic importance belonging to Charles Stewart Parnell were found in the long unused room occupied by Irish nationalists in the house of commons. The papers dated from Parnell’s era and have been taken into custody by the clerk of the works. Parnell died 31 years ago.
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Parnell
House of Commons
Rubber Boots Cure Squeaky Shoes in Humorous Tale
A narrator recounts a man who buys squeaky shoes and visits a shopkeeper. After repairs fail, the shoes squeak loudly in church, causing chaos during hymns. The minister and choir are disrupted until the shop fixes the problem and the owner wears silent shoes for fourteen months.
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Mam
Chur
Indo China Wealth and Culture Under French Rule
Indo China has high levels of civilization with preserved language literature and religion. Khal Dink, the Annam emperor, impressed Europe with his education during a visit to France last summer. Trade flourishes with cotton and rice exported to China and Japan. Railways are extensive, Sai Gon Cochin China is a major port with docks and hotels. Lord Northcliffe praised the French administration during a visit shortly before his death.
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Indo- China
Khal Dink
Annam
Europe
France
Indo-China
China
Japan
Saigon
Cochin-China
Lord Northcliffe
British Electric Ships to Build Three 4000 Ton Vessels
Three all glass unis character ships are planned at a British ship-building yard. Each vessel will be about 4000 tons and fitted with novel off engines tested under ocean conditions with satisfactory results. Engines drive electric generators supplying current to motors on stern shafts, increasing cargo space and promising fuel savings and flexible control.
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British Electric
Unis
British
American Samoa described for readers across the Pacific
The piece notes American Samoa comprising Tuitulla Annaa Oju and Tulu, distances to San Francisco Hawaii Auckland Manila, and that locals are literate Christians of various denominations. It claims Polynesian racial advancement and population growth due to land purchase prohibitions.
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American Samoa
Tuitulla
Annaa
Oju
Tulu
San Francisco
Hawaii
Auckland
Manila
A Fit All Right
A humorous line from a Boston Transcript item where a dressmaker’s work prompts a patient to exclaim about her appearance in the newly made dress. The mock dialogue notes concern over the fit and implies doctors were needed to assess the result.
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Boston Transcript
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