Local residents and visitors noted in Choteau area
A mix of personal visits and travel is reported. Wilcox visits Janesville relatives, G W Quaile tours Dupuyer, Will Price seeks medical care in Great Falls, and many townspeople travel to Chicago Best and California. A basketball game between Teton and Cascade high schools is announced for tonight at the high school gym. Deputy sheriff H G Ward is appointed, and a show in Great Falls draws local attendees.
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Teton
Sleighing Party Hosts The Jane Adams
Miss Jane Adams hosted a sleighing party Tuesday afternoon with Marshall King driving in Mr Adams' sleigh. After the ride the group went to the Chateau Drug Company for ice cream and chocolate. Guests included Thelma Wiprud Opal Moore Jane Guthrie Gertrude Andrews Dorothy Ashworth Betty Webb Lucile Martine.
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Jane Adams
Harry Adams
Marshall King
Mr Adams
Miss Jane
Chateau Drug Company
Thelma Wiprud
Opal Moore
Jane Guthrie
Gertrude Andrews
Dorothy Ashworth
Betty Webb
Lucile Martine
State Lands Auction in Teton County Montana
The Register of State Lands announces a public auction January 26 1924 at 9:00 A M at the County Courthouse Chateau Montana offering 120 acres in two parcels in section 20 and 21 township 25N range 2W and section 28 with terms including cash or 15 percent down and 33 annual installments at five percent interest. Possession February 8 1924 with lease adjustments and deductions for reservoir sites or rights of way. coal oil and gas reserved to the state. Bids subject to State Board approval.
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Register of State Lands
State of
Montana
Chateau
Teton
Township
State Board of Land Commissioners
Rhino Attack on Trail A Hunt Ends in Death
Doctor Shelby recounts a solo safari encounter with two rhinoceroses. He shoots one at close range after the animal charges toward porters, causing chaos as natives flee and loads are scattered along the trail.
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Doctor Shelby
Irving and the Knickerbockers Stirred New York Society
A Ladies' Home Journal essay recalls Washington Irving’s fame and how his satire of New York ancestry unsettled local sensibilities. It notes his moody temperament linked to a bereaved engagement and explains how English authors like Moore Dickens and Thackeray affected society’s view of writers in early America.
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Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
John King van Rensselaer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Irving
Matilda Hoffman
New York
Thomas Moore
Dickens
Thackeray
New Hardy Dwarf Lemon Promises Expanded Growing Zones
Officials of the U S Department of Agriculture see potential to extend commercial lemon cultivation zones with a hardy dwarf lemon from China sent in 1908 by Frank N Meyer. Trials show it thrives as a house plant and is hardier than existing varieties, with excellent fruit quality.
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China
United States Department of Agriculture
Frank N. Meyer
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States
Science Service
New Steel Tempering Process Claimed by Washington Researchers
Two investigators in Washington claim a new tempering method makes steel ax and pocketknife tasks possible. The process uses specific chemicals in water or oil within the tempering vessel to produce the unusual results.
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State of
Washington
German liner Albert Bailin adopts Frahm anti rolling tanks
The Albert Bailin, a new German liner, uses Frahm anti rolling tanks fitted midships below the water line on the sides. The tanks fill and empty automatically to eliminate side motion and seasickness, though they do not stop pitching in head seas.
Prisoner Puzzles Guard With false name in Pen
A witty exchange unfolds in the penitentiary as a young woman asks for a handsome prisoner. The guard corrects her noting the inmate’s number 2206 and that the name she imagines isn’t his real one, suggesting a nickname.
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Bosten Transcript
Isle of Man and Channel Islands Praised as Gems Set in the Sea
A dated travel note extols the Isle of Man as a premier seaside resort, likening its scenery to a showplace and noting Douglas as an enterprising town. It cites the Isle of Wight and Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, and Anglesey as notable holiday destinations with strong transport links and golf courses.
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Isle of Man
Douglas
Blackpool
British Isles
Isle of Wight
House of Lords
House of Commons
Manxland
Man
London
Ryde
Sandown
Ventnor
Cowest- Self
Char-A-Banes
Channel Islands
Britain
Cotexpondinely International
England
Scotland
Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney
Sark
Herm
Anglesey
England and
Wales
Trulyhead
Menai Straits
Nitrate Desert Aids World Resource Under Scrutiny
In Chile a vast nitrate desert supplies the fertilizer Chilean nitrate of soda. Congress requests a special investigation by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to assess supply factors and wider use of this key raw material.
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Chile
Coast Ranges
Andes
United States
Congress
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Rich Folk Enjoy Nickel Cone
A Sun and Globe columnist notes summer revelry as a wealthy chauffeur stops at a roadside stand and buys three ice cream cones for his passengers, a well heeled woman and two affluent men, who enjoy them with childlike delight.
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New York Sun
Globe
Their Little Spat
A humorous dialogue shows a couple debating marriage and divorce with the woman proposing remarriage and the man replying with blunt indifference and lack of sympathy. The exchange highlights a witty clash over commitment and familiarity.
Wayside Episode Car Trouble Says Con Cil iator Issue
Dialogue excerpt shows tensions aboard with criticism of language and a suspected car problem linked to a condenser device. Characters debate conduct while a mechanical fault looms as the scene unfolds.
Tea Hound Cholly Sniffs Air for Find
In a light scene a dog named Cholly, nicknamed a tea hound, sniffs the air as he goes along. The playful exchange hints he will soon locate something of interest.
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Cholly
Home Tragedy Reported Amid Domestic Tensions
A fragmentary police blotter item notes a domestic incident in a residence. The readable lines mention a “lively shoe polish” discovery and an altercation over a blacking brush, suggesting a confrontational dispute within a home.
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A Wilcox
William Doyle
Agawamis Week
Janesville
Wis
Will
Will Price
Great Falls
B. G. Trescott
Best
Frank Connors
Dupuyer
William Odenwald
Choteau Hospital
George Caldwell
James Caldwell
Teton County
P. H. Crossen
California
Metta Whipple
Lester Knapps
Loman, Can
Wm. Odenwald
H. G. Ward
Reiquam
Gordon Monkman
Bynum
Choteau
W. T. Smith
Choteau Creamery
Obert Peterson
Stanwood
Everett
S McDonald
E. J. Hirshberg
H. W. Bateman
George Coffey
T. O. Larson
William Cook
St. Cloud, Minn
Cook
Ladies Guild
Episcopal Rectory
K. B. Cohoe
Edwin Anderson
Farming‘ton
L. B. Pendroy of
Pendroy Trans
Wm. Wallenstein of
Pendroy
E. J. Hirdberg
Conrad
B. O. Price
Office Register of State Lands
Jielena
sAi
Cuiang
H. V. Bailey
Creamery
Choteau Lodge NO
Connor
Odenwald
G. Joben Speers
GEO
H. D. Robison, Pres
Jas. T. Robiser
Stract CO
Great Britain
Aids World
Plateau
Rebekah Lobge
Hmecean
Batis Keagher
Sees
Shuberts
Shubert
Coyote
Weasel
Lorre
3 Ate Coe
Nec
Choteau Drag Company
Episcopal Church
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