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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
4
Notice lists the Montana firm based in Choteau naming J. M. Weaver O. M. Johnson H. C. Nyhus and Theodore Taraldson as former member retired from the firm.
Department of the Interior announces Mims Everett contests Lenneth A. Leach homestead entry in Montana alleging abandonment lack of cultivation and residence. Response required within twenty days after the fourth publication with oath and proof of service. Dates and publication schedule provided.
The Board of County Commissioners of Teton County Montana will on December 5 1916 at 2 PM receive proposals to furnish medical attendance for indigent sick poor and jail inmates with medicines and supplies. Bids must include an acting physician in Cut Bank Conrad Waller and Chateau and a performance bond of 1000 to 5000 dollars. The board may reject any bid and more details are available from the County Clerk ELC Garrett.
Alexander Truchot as executor of Francois Trachot estate sues Marie Dundon and others. Sheriff William Miller lists a December 30 1916 sale at 2 PM at the court house front door in Chateau Montana to auction 160 acres southeast quarter section 29 township 25 north range 4 west Montana meridian with improvements water rights and ditches. James Sulgrove attorney for plaintiff. First publication December 8 1916.
In Montana Eighth District Teton County a court order requires all interested parties to appear on December 9 1916 at 10 a m in Choteau to show why administrator Carl Hanson should not be granted an order to sell part or all of the deceased Oline M Hanson real estate. The notice also requires publication weekly for four weeks in The Chateau Montanan.
Local notices list a masquerade at the community hall on December 16 with prizes for best costumes and supper by the Civic club plus Fairfield orchestra. Other items mention church pulpits exchange, Christmas tree plans for December 22, a kitchen shower for Elmer Lepp, and multiple travels, visits, and farm activity around Fairfield Agawam Chateau and Fort Shaw in early December 1916.
A weekly gathering titled A C meets on Thursday night each week in Burbank and Warner. The acronym and initials appear repeatedly in schedules.
John Wilson of Fairfield was killed in an early Monday car crash nine miles from Great Falls. N. J. Price of Simms died Saturday when a hay rack overturned. The Fairfield band held its first practice with seasoned players. Bert Rose nearly suffered a serious fall on Monday morning.
Healy Springs News reports the tinsmith has arrived and begun installing a furnace in Mr Penetzs modern house. A school basket social raised eighty five dollars and fifty cents from fifteen baskets. Proceeds will buy a victrola for the school.
A compact set of recipes describes Cauliflower au Gratin with a cheese sauce and butter, Baked Onions with breadcrumbs and cream, Baked Tomatoes and Cheese layered with breadcrumbs and cheese, and a brief note on boiling peas. The instructions emphasize parboiling, baking, and finishing with browned crumbs or cheese.
The London Chronicle recalls historic English royal sport using cormorants for fishing. It notes the bird's voracity led some to spell it corvorant while naming derives from sea cow. Describes the cormorant’s darting prey versus its dull, lethargic stance in captivity, evoking Milton’s Satan image.
Farmington residents Mr. and Mrs. Jess Metz and their son Richard enjoyed dinner at Clarks on Sunday. The Ladies Aid gathered at Mrs. John Edwards home on Monday.
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In historic practice deformed individuals faced confinement and imprisonment to hide them from public view, reflecting harsh social attitudes and punitive measures used to marginalize those with disabilities.
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