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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
3
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic to stop dandruff and hair loss. It claims scalp cleansing strengthens hair roots, preserves vital oils, and leaves no grease, urging a quick trip to the drugstore for a bottle.
Federal court term ended with 46 liquor cases: one acquitted, two with hung juries, four guilty verdicts, and most others pleading guilty. Dope peddlers, mail obscenity, and timber theft also pled guilty. leniency varied, with fines and jail terms set by Judge Bourquin. Grand jury returned 10 indictments including ex Montana prohibition official O H P Shelley. Court resumes in Billings December 11.
The advertisement claims immediate relief from indigestion after taking a tablet. It promises elimination of sour upset stomach, flatulence, heartburn, and belching with a guaranteed product backed by a druggist.
Two Harris brothers William and Monte, condemned for Cyril Schilling’s murder, pace in their Butte county jail cells as they await a supreme court decision on clemency. They speak of the crime and their jailed associates while awaiting motherly packages and long letters from Canada.
The 12 foot long tusk of a prehistoric elephant, dating back 40 000 to 100 000 years, is exhibited in Butte's chamber of commerce rooms. It was unearthed with a mammoth skeleton at Fort Wainwright Alaska in 1918 and loaned by W V Sullivan. An Eskimo elder named Pinger Charwoot is linked to the find. The tusk weighs about 200 pounds and shows a hollow section with the rest filled.
The text notes aspirin as Bayer's trade mark for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid used to treat rheumatism neuritis and general pain. It mentions handy boxes of twelve tablets, and bottles of 24 and 100 sold by druggists, with Bayer directions required for use.
Judge J J Lynch praised a 53 year old widow mother of sixteen for her record in the weekly juvenile court. Eleven of her children survive and she received thirty five dollars monthly for four children under sixteen. Her husband died in 1921 and she has lived in Butte over 23 years.
The American Wheat Growers Association was formed in Minneapolis by six cooperative bodies from ten states. It aims to handle 100 million bushels in its first year with headquarters likely in Minneapolis or Kansas City. North West Wheat Growers trustees named George C. Jewell to seek Duluth board membership. The group may operate with a capital stock or on a small working fund with farmers paid at year end for delivered wheat. The plan requires accepting average annual prices for each grade.
Report to the state railroad commission shows 50 percent of grain moved to market on Northern Pacific lines in Montana. Craver states daily grain cars ordered 60 with 53 furnished. west of Billings 15 daily all supplied. shortages east of Billings due to heavy eastern shipments.
C R McClare of Lewis town Montana Flour Mills reports figures by W B Meers predicting 1923 and 1924 as peak wet years in a 33 year cycle. Meers cites European, Ohio valley and North Dakota plains studies and says 1922 began a wet period lasting at least four seasons.
Despondent wife, scenario dealer, and Mephisto clash over life stories as each family member imagines a film version. A 17 year old daughter, servants, and the public eye all crave cinematic scripts. The poem argues that screen art touches every class regardless of status.
Frank Linderman’s Lige Mounts Free Trapper recounts a pioneer fur trappers journey to the Missouri headwaters with Dad Bluebird and the Cree maidens legends. The author blends historical detail of St Louis fur trade routes Indians and voyageurs with a vivid portrait of the fur trade era and romance.
Diamond Dyes claim to restore color to worn garments and draperies with simple directions fit for first time dyers. The product guarantees no streaking, spotting, fading, or running, and advises telling the druggist material type such as wool silk linen cotton or blends.
It is estimated that 10,000,000 feet of gas daily will be required for domestic and industrial use in Great Falls. A 16 inch main would be needed to carry the supply from the wells to the city.
Local druggists tout Pape's Cold Compound as a quick cure for colds and the grippe. The advertisement claims the tablets break up symptoms without fever, headache, or congestion and assures no sickness from use, selling a box for a few cents.
An assortment of classified notices lists fur work and tanning in Sioux City and Missoula, college prep in Billings and Great Falls, sewing services, watch and jewelry repair, glass and framing, Kodak film finishing, and a bonding company in Helena. Multiple businesses across Montana and adjacent states offer repairs, materials, and personal services with contact-like details.
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