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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
5
Berlin reports the German assembly approved signing the peace treaty by 237 to 138, boosting Henry Bauer's government 2236 to 89 with 68 abstentions. A German peace delegation was named to negotiate at Versailles as allies demand unconditional acceptance. troops may advance if no affirmative reply by 5 p.m.
A June 23 report from Paso describes a Mexican federal campaign against Francisco Villa's forces. General Manuel Trejo leads troops from Chilindin a City toward Villa Alamanda, while Yaqui units move from Severa toward Chilima hua. Villa reportedly travels westward as trains carry gasoline for motorized columns near the Juarez area. General Treaties is said to advance north in pursuit.
San Francisco report shows California and Nevada telephone workers prepare to deliver final demands. D. C. Grasser of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Pacific Telephone officials exchange statements as the strike response unfolds. Washington Oregon locals may join if company reply fails to satisfy union leadership. Picket actions are planned in front of Postal and Western Union plants as a protest in the meantime.
Rebels under Felix Diaz exact vengeance for Blanquet and Alvarez deaths by dynamiting an Interoceanic line train near Pine and Las Vegas. Passengers, many unarmed laborers, were killed or fatally wounded by rifle fire as the train was fired upon.
Winnipeg amid a May 15 strike riot entered martial law as Gen. H D B Ketchen took command. Mayor Gray handed authority to federal troops after street clashes left one dead, multiple injuries, and rioters in custody. Armored cars and bayonets restored order. violence centered around city hall.
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor and approved for a $10,000 yearly salary. A protest vote emerged from one radical delegate while others cheered the leader. The convention also approved probing a joint congress plan to form an Industrial conference to study labor capital issues and suggest remedial legislation.
In Los Angeles the Ascot speedway hosted the national 200 mile motorcycle championship. Alph Hepburn led a tight five rider finish, finishing first in 2 hours 45 minutes 45.43 seconds at an average speed of 72.32 mph.
Senator Sherman of Illinois proposed relocating the capital if Washington landlords and merchants do not curb prices, signaling a bold stance as profiteering concerns rise. The remark aimed at pressuring Congress to consider moving the capital to a distant location.
Destruction of Fergus Falls Minnesota by a tornado last evening left perhaps 200 dead and many injured. The storm toppled the Grand hotel trapping 75 inside as fires broke out. Great Northern's Oriental Limited derailed six miles west. Emergency crews, doctors, and troops rushed to the scene from St Paul and across Minnesota.
German officers and crews, interned at Scapa Flow, sank most of their fleet. Battleships and battle cruisers went down or ashore, while eighteen destroyers were beached and four remained afloat. The scuttling was planned after removing explosives, with German crews later captured.
Washington June 23 Senate leaders opposing the league of nations abandoned a test vote on the Knox resolution and shifted to building support for Elihu Root's proposal to ratify the league covenant with reservations. The move aims to keep the fight quiet through the coming week and until the treaty is submitted for ratification in about two weeks.
A Sunday school class full of girls debates the number of commandments. The teacher claims twelve while a student insists there are ten, citing infantile misstatements as she searches Revelation and Deuteronomy for answers.
Personal happiness correlates with the breadth of personal interests. The broader the range of interests, the greater the happiness.
The earliest land sale on record involves Abraham buying the field of Machpelah for 400 shekels of silver to bury his wife Sarah. The transaction marks the initial documented purchase of real estate in biblical narrative.
A Precision quotes a critic questioning the term Demon Run and arguing that hard liquor has no mythic basis but is a real commodity. The exchange centers on whether demons can be linked to liquor culture or markets.
A brief comic exchange shows a hidden poem being submitted and accepted by a weary editor, illustrating tensions between author secrecy and editorial duty in publishing lore.
A buyer asks if two parrots purchased yesterday can live a hundred years, echoing popular belief about avian longevity and prompting curiosity about lifespan expectations for these birds.
Fragmentary text describes returning men in transports and shore people, a pantry left unlocked leading to desserts for a small boy, and a remark that church money should yield a good salary for preachers.
Fragmentary text mentions cigarettes and Europe with unclear context. The passage appears as a stray OCR snippet about purchases and scarcity, lacking coherent events, names, dates, or places to summarize as a news item.
A mother explains two children Joé and John were taken to the doctor for adenoids and bad tonsils after a teacher’s suggestion. At supper, the verdict is shared with the father, and six year old John asks which child is his and which is Joe’s, seeking identity.
A playful dialogue fragment questions whether women gaining political control would permit government tax collection on ice cream soda. The exchange hints at perceptions of gender and state power in a humorous, puzzle-like fashion.
A wry remark contrasts a neighbor’s stiff gait with a wooden image. The speaker suggests the neighbor’s lumbering stride mirrors a carved figure, implying a rigid, statue like presence in daily life.
A compilation of brief aphorisms and proverbs contrasts ambition and desert with punishment, notes the value of effort after hardship, and comments on college costs for a father. It juxtaposes Shakespearean lines with Persian wisdom and a caution about judging a boy’s education by expense.
A compact collection of aphorisms on marriage, luck, generosity, criticism, and hypocrisy. It riffs on laughter in sleep, testing friends, divine favor for cheerful givers, private critique, and the gap between preaching and practice.
A humorous remark notes that a woman always has one reason for being unreasonable and warns against offering ads to an elevator boy who might escalate the situation.
A Manchester Guardian note records brief epigrams from a dinner with Edward Price Bell. Americans call the peace terms "no peace with a punch" while an English speaker labels them "a peace with a vengeance" reflecting ordinary workers' sentiment on the 10,000 words.
A reflective snippet cites Uncle Timothy’s remark on divorce and remarriage, noting how many people pursue separation to pursue new unions, capturing a rural voice about love and social norms.
A brief, unclear note asks about two packages of gum and a four day timeframe. No named people or organizations are evident. The fragment hints at a casual conversation or stenography gag without full context.
A fragmentary quote questions who taught the value of forgetting nothing, playfully spelling a name as hyphenated puzzle words and hinting at a source titled Farm Life. The line invites curiosity about the educator behind the maxim.
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