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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
4
Dr Karl Muck, leader of the Boston Symphony, faced public demand to include the national anthem in programs. Major Higginson, head of the orchestra, argued it had no place there. Muck, a German, came to America with Kaiser's permission.
Conrad Sack, a Belleview area rancher and German native, donated a personal check for 100 dollars to the local Red Cross treasury. The gift supports purchases for supplies deemed most needed to sustain Red Cross work amid the current world war.
The article traces snuff spoons from early 18th century origins after Sir George Rooke's Vigo expedition to their use on the Scottish border in the 1840s and 1850s. It notes bone spoons sized for snuff boxes and humor about nose feeding alongside a 17th 18th century literary reference.
The narrator notes Tokyo lacks baby carriages with mothers carrying on backs and fathers shoulders. He describes extensive transport including elevated trestles, four-track trains, autos, trucks, bicycles, and streetcars, while praising close parent-child bonds as influencing child behavior.
Myron H. Bent argues thrift should be measured by needs not stinginess. Civilized living starts with food clothing shelter and then other goods follow. True fulfillment comes from productive work on the farm, while neglecting growth leads to spiritual and personal decline.
Keen thinking helps earn purse more than character. Shrewdness gains advantages but may harm friendships. The symmetrical person adds feeling to thinking and respects others sensitivity. He lets others think their own way without hurt and grows by helping without loss of dignity.
A classic tip from Popular Mechanics explains pouring with the opening downward and in a circular swing to create a smooth pour. Keeping the opening at the highest point of the end when tilted ensures continuous air entry and prevents gurgling until the container is empty.
The text compares medieval London population estimates with later census data. It lists figures for 1580, 1598, 1661, 1750 and 1802, and provides census by 1841 for the city, outer ring and Greater London, noting rapid growth beginning in the mid nineteenth century.
An elderly couple watches a Western film at the theater. Dust rises in a cattle round up scene and the wife Annie coughs as the dust tickles her throat. Her husband Ephraim hushes her, urging consideration for others in the packed audience.
The Mexicans of the lower class naturally belong to the soil as immigrants. They rapidly enter farming and replace other farm helpers. Many move from wage earned to land renting and some acquire land of their own. In Texas cotton belts, many plantation owners rent exclusively to Mexicans.
The Ameri can Magazine argues that married men often achieve greater success than bachelors. It cites a writer’s claim that only one of 27 U.S. presidents was a lifelong bachelor and notes census figures showing about 60 percent married or widowed or divorced versus 40 percent single.
A vivid river scene describes sunset light on water and reflections. The author notes a steamer wheel’s white spray turning lime, a smokestack broken into many reflections, and the sun’s gold spiral on rippled water. Two cranes near a calm island observe the fading day.
The Port Worth Star Telegram muses on choosing solitude to savor gloom. It argues that believing the world is unkind grants a “greatest melancholy pleasure” for those with few friends and a sense of universal animosity.
The text argues that thinking shapes character more than brute strength or external foods. It emphasizes thoughts mold deeds and habits, forming a person’s life like a sun. To grow symmetrical, begin with disciplined thinking and mental cultivation.
A father testifying about his son in custody is asked if he keeps and feeds a horse, then asked which he values more the horse or the boy. He answers the boy, and the judge urges him to treat his son with the same care as the horse. The quote emphasizes parental responsibility and humane treatment of children.
In Valparaiso Chile native ponies pull pleasure vehicles. No Shetland ponies are seen. Vehicles are enclosed basket carts for ponies weighing 500 to 600 pounds. Carts and two wheeled vehicles are imported mainly from England. Locally made carts drawn by ponies or small horses serve for milk and vegetable distribution.
Carrie M. Atkinson sues Robert H. Atkinson in the Eighty Judicial District seeking a divorce. The State of Montana summons the defendant to answer within twenty days. the case filed Dec 6, 1917 with Clerk Paul Jacobson and Attorney T. H. Pridham in Choteau.
Hugh Robinson sues all persons with any interest or lien on the described real property in section 22 township 23 north range 5 west in Teton Montana. The case seeks heirs of Augustus Beach and declares Homer A Beach sole heir at law. Notices list publication dates from December 7 to January 4, 1918.
Notice to creditors and all persons having claims against Peter Moynihan deceased. Administrator John Moynihan directs claims with vouchers within four months after first publication at T H Pridham attorney office Watson block Chateau Montana. Date December 5 1917.
Notice to stockholders of The Power State Bank Power Montana the annual meeting will be held in the bank banking rooms between 10 a m and 4 p m on Tuesday January 8 1918 to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business as may come before the meeting L C Carver Cashier
In Mineola New York the jury found Mrs Blanca de Saulles not guilty after one hour forty three minutes of deliberation in the trial for the murder of her divorced husband John L de Saulles former Yale football star and clubman at his Westbury Long Island home on the night of August 3. The verdict came amid a two week trial during which she maintained notable self possession.
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