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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
7
The notice states second class matter entry on July 11 1913 at Choteau Montana under the 1879 act. Published every Friday in Choteau Teton County Montana with a subscription of $2 per year and advertising rates on application.
Editorial argues July and August reveal nature at full fruitition with ripe grain and lush corn fields near Chateau. It praises country travel, bright colors of wheat and corn, and the joy of rural life amid midsummer heat.
The piece argues that non advertising reduces duties for merchants by avoiding bank visits and bill collecting, while urging small ads in local papers to drive sales. It suggests advertisers benefit from hidden efficiencies and challenges the view that advertising is merely a cost passed to consumers.
A market note observes ad retailers charging slightly more than media sellers and notes that their inventory cycles slower with last year’s goods still on hand this season. The discussion highlights price alignment issues and stock turnover.
A humorous monologue on the ideal newspaper man who can write poetry discuss tariffs umpire games preach report weddings describe fees and perform many varied tasks while supporting a family on a small salary. The piece celebrates versatility ambition and resilience in the profession.
A fifteen year old office boy rises at daylight to sweep, oil, polish, fire, clean windows, shine brass rails, and cross mud for a $3 weekly wage. He uses earnings to buy twelve weekly newspapers to learn world events, becoming George M. Reynolds, later president of a leading Chicago bank with about 5.5 billion in resources.
A passage extols individuals imbued with real community spirit who forsake self gain to boost cooperation and benefit the neighborhood. The text emphasizes collective effort over personal advancement.
A rural paper notes that a farmer’s tasks peak this season, but the message fits any person who tends to business at any time, emphasizing steady effort and diligence.
A column parades light social satire about suspenders returning and trouser rise, dress codes, paying dues, keeping pleasant thoughts for old age, and dress as masking gaps. It notes an occulist asking how well you see and jokes about deception in society. It mentions a western man’s tragedy after his wife eloped and a Swiss boycott by the Russian Soviet government.
A curious historical note recounts that during an interdict over England the pope halted births deaths and marriages for a full year. The fragment reflects medieval church authority and its social reach during extended excommunications.
The idle roomer damages families as the original cost of a bad reputation proves cheap at first but costly to maintain later.
A new milk bottle cap is advertised to overcome common complaints about opening bottles. The inventor, amid jokes about messy caps and sanitary worries, imagines a future where milk purchases are simpler and less prone to spills.
Miss Elizabeth Bennett of Great Falls visits her aunt Mrs Chas Crane. Mr and Mrs L E Taylor spend the week at their camp in Teton Canyon.
St Stephen's Church will hold Holy Communion Sunday July 15 at 11:00 a.m. The sermon theme is Fellowship with God and all interested are invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Guthrie and family with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Givens Miss Alva Larson Miss Harriett Larson and Al Dalby composed a fishing party on Deep Creek one day this week.
Germany demonstrates a new radio machine that disrupts magneto ignition systems and can halt planes and cars. Experts foresee traffic control uses if placed under police command, while critics doubt progress and claim hinderers impede improvements.
A letter warns against widespread use of scopolamine as a truth drug. The writer urges a safe point of view and questions the societal impact and potential upheaval if such a dose were administered to the population.
A daughter jokes about dancing at a fashion ball while her father recalls a similar night long ago when a venue was raided before 10 o clock. The exchange hints at long standing memories of fashionable events and police action.
Mr and Mrs Henry Greenhood and their children of San Francisco California spent the past week at the home of Mr and Mrs EB Hirshberg Mrs Hirshberg is a niece of Mr Green hood The visit highlighted family ties within the Bay Area.
Mrs. Chris Bennetson entertained Sunday with her mother Mrs. D. M. Gillis two sisters Mrs. R. H. Olmstead and Miss Evelyn Gillis her brother Arthur Gillis and brother in law and niece R. H. Olmstead and Lavern Olmstead all of Great Falls.
Miss Rose Almini, chief clerk in the lands department at the forest office in Missoula, arrived here Monday to relieve Miss Mills who left Saturday for Oklahoma and is expected to return in the first part of August.
The Oldest Setters Picnic will be held Sunday July 15 at the park in Chateau. Members and families are urged to attend. Bring lunch and meet at the park at noon. Lunch will be served at 1 o clock. The society provides coffee cream dishes and table linen.
A jittery man explains his fear that every passing car horn signals his chauffeur husband returning with his wife after an elopement. A lawyer questions a Black man named George Washington who denies cutting down the cherry tree, stating he has not worked for nearly a year.
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