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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
7
Rankin profile outlines Wellington D. Rankin as a Montana attorney general candidate with a strong legal background and leadership roles. The piece also presents nonpartisan endorsements from Great Falls for Teton county offices including representatives, a clerk, treasurer, sheriff, and other officials.
Maurice Gustaf Hane born January 2 1904 in Trade Lake Wisconsin died August 12 1920 at Chateau Montana aged 16 years 7 months and 10 days He moved to Montana in 1913 with his mother and siblings and attended Teton County High School and Simms He was an exemplary student kind disposition and beloved by teachers and friends He is survived by his mother Mrs Mary Hane sisters Mrs Hazel Brandenburg Eleanor Gladys and brother Clarence His father died when he was four The obituary includes a family epitaph expressing grief and hope of reunion in heaven.
Noted for its front page impact, the story follows Sylvia Stone played by Alice Brady as she tracks a mysterious blackmailer after a society girl witnesses a friend's suicide sparked by a libelous scandal sheet. The piece highlights Brady’s strong, convincing performance and dramatic arc.
The Chateau team travels to Valier next Sunday for a return game against Pondera county’s boys. A win would crown them champions of Teton and Pondera counties.
A speech at a Roger's grove gathering attacked the country press as beholden to Montana copper kings and big business and urged boycotts of stores advertising in their columns. The speaker promised nonpartisan papers of Townley style replacing Montana outlets, while Chateau press faced no direct reference.
Bert Lytell stars as Charley Steele in Sir Gilbert Parker adaptation The Right of Way. The Montreal attorney role is described as unusual and engaging, with Lytell hailed as one of the screen’s top talents for his performance.
Helena reports the 1920 total Montana tax levy remains 4.975 mills, with no state bounty fund levy. Net levy to taxpayers is 2.975 mills, plus 1 mill for livestock, 1 mill for the sanitary board, 1/4 mill for bond interest, 1/8 mill for war bonds, and 1/29 mill for veterans welfare. Primary election on Aug 24 pits Democratic and Republican nominees for state and county offices.
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