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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
3
A newspaper notice advertises Pape's Cold Compound promising to end a cold in a few hours with head and nose clear and no fever. It claims tablets break up the grippe quicker than quinine and cause no sickness.
An old style ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a universal remedy to clean the liver and bowels of sick children. It claims quick relief for constipation and fever, urging mothers to choose genuine California Fig Syrup with proper baby directions and to avoid imitations.
The long shop men strike ends by compromise in Great Falls as Bozeman hosts the Montana Implement and Hardware association convention on February 26 to 28. In Square Butte William P Sullivan is elected president of the State Bank. Inland Empire Oil reports a gas well in section 23 24 1 west producing 4 to 65 million cubic feet daily at 1280 feet. Montana potato growers seek pre war freight rate relief to avert losses on 1922 crop.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum for clear skin with directions to apply and bathe, promising a pleasant fragrance. Separately, Congressman-elect Scott Leavitt announces he will appoint Great Falls reporter Guy Mooney as his secretary.
A historic account recalls how Montana nearly granted women the vote during the 1889 constitutional convention. Captain Tom McAdow, wife of Perry W. McAdow, campaigned from the balcony and by buttonholing delegates, securing pledges from about half of them before the measure failed 43 to 25.
Walter Hill plans to import a Highland herd from Scotland and has already shipped to Montana to boost the state’s beef and butter fat. He also bought a dozen pure bred Shorthorn heifers at Bozeman to join his Goat Mountain herd. Hill has long pursued livestock raising in Montana. In Red Lodge, Mike Popovich threatened to duel Mike Rojanovich. police surveillance led to Popovich’s confrontation.
Do not use aspirin unless the Bayer name appears on the package or tablets. Genuine Bayer products have proper directions and are sold in handy twelve tablet boxes, plus bottles of 24 and 100 by druggists. Bayer Aspirin is the trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
Dr. M J Elrod explains how a western Montana peak was named Kaikaishee in honor of the Flatheads chief photographed in 1906. The western summit, named Kaikaishee, rises 7 600 feet with over a mile of vertical rise, offering a grand northern panorama. Arthur, named for climber Arthur Lehman, stands as the other summit at Mount Arthur 8,200 feet.
The account describes a large open flat gathering on the east bench of Mission Creek near St Ignatius for a vivid Fourth of July celebration. A circle of tepees framed by Singallamin mountains showcased holiday attire, with Kaikaishee a respected judge whose impartial Indian affairs rulings gained trust. Prints were sent to him as thanks for permission to photograph.
A Sioux Falls testimonial praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for back pain nervousness and general debility. Christina Van Hess reports lasting strength and wellness after using the remedy, noting it regulated her system and eliminated daily sickness.
The article extols Kaikaishee mountain for climbers with a panorama of Flathead lake and the great basin east of Kaikaishee. It notes red and yellow rock colors, snow fields, timber belts, and a view from Arthur’s slope, two hours from the Kaikaishee summit. The scene is preserved in a panorama in homes across the region.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle bowel cleaner that avoids cramps and promises relief from headaches biliousness indigestion and sour stomach by morning. Marketed as candy tasting with 10 cent boxes for both adults and children.
Fragmentary note recalls Kaikaishee and expresses wish that their name live on with those who may reach the summit. The text emphasizes remembrance and aspiration for lasting recognition among climbers or explorers.
A jumbled page of classified ads lists real estate for sale or rent in Montana towns Roundup and Shelby, farm equipment including a 40 horse Nichol-Shepard steam plow and eight bottom Oliver plow, Berkshire boars, geese and ducks, Percheron stallions for sale in Alberta, DUROC gilts, plus services from patent maps to moving pictures. Local agents James A. Johnson & Company Lippitt and others are named along with addresses in Lewistown Butte Kremlin Laurel Laurel and Calgary, Alberta.
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