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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
8
Published weekly at Choteau in Teton County Montana on December 29 1916. Subscription set at 2.00 dollars per year with advertising rates available on request.
Local notes from Dry Forks report winter weather, visits to Bynum, and Thanksgiving travels. Families like Campbell, McKee, and Ellard organize church bazaar plans for December 16 at Bynum and a Christmas program at Pine Ridge schoolhouse. Timely social visits and farm care appear amid threshing delays and upcoming gatherings.
W N Pike's general store showcases new Christmas goods while Ole Lestrud builds a barn on his blacksmith shop. A Christmas Eve tree and entertainment at the new schoolhouse invite all to bring toys for decorating the tree.
Burton Beach notes from December 17 1916 report Wm M Cline and John Roof visiting Choteau and several threshing activities. The snow slows work and three weeks of bench threshing remain. Grace Reiding returns to her grandmother on the Teton Slope as the Womans Auxiliary plans a December 28 meeting at Farmington school.
Dupuyer notes Julian Fellers andMiss Ada Embody wed in Kalispell and return to live on their homestead near town. The town hears of visits, moves, illness, school events, and Christmas plans including a Woodman hall dance and a Mountain View school social.
Pendroy reports Mr and Mrs John Lewis visited Bynum as business callers while Mr and Mrs R W Lattin from Choteau moved to Pendroy.
An editorial reflection deems the pilgrim fathers heroic for facing fire frost famine and Indian peril while pilgrim mothers are described as even braver for enduring those hardships and supporting the men.
London Jeweler Mr Streeter exposed the notorious swindler Plato who claimed to have found the philosopher's stone. Plato carried a bag of gold dust up his sleeve and used a contrivance to melt coins and produce several times their weight in metal.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt notes a female commander urging restraint, saying to wait until powder is visible on their noses before the assault, highlighting a decisive yet cautious approach by the woman military figure.
After retiring from the stage, Mrs. Siddons was found studying Lady Macbeth and remarked she was amazed to discover new points in the character not seen during performance.
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