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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
5
A historical note remarks on a sword swallower whose risky act is described as appetizing to observers. The exchange plays on appetite and danger, hinting at public curiosity and the performer’s provocative appeal.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment provide relief for irritated skin with gentle use. Cuticura Talcum adds fragrance and comfort, advertised at 25 cents each. An inserted joke notes a man envies neighbors with a trapdrun outfit.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case. It states the medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces and notes forty years of sales by J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
A historic note discusses ships being referred to as she and suggests this reflects tradition rather than a literal gender. The piece traces how sailors personify vessels as female guardians and contrasts this with modern shifts toward neutral terms.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a household remedy for constipation and intestinal troubles. The text claims it eases indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, liver trouble, and associated symptoms with a few doses, calling it a gentle laxative available through druggists in civilized countries.
The minister asks the mother of the bride if she has anything to say before the ceremony. The mother replies that if she had more to say they would not have reached this point.
Ad promises Othine double strength removes freckles with nightly and morning application. One ounce often clears skin and yields a clear complexion. Money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
Fremont Ohio resident Mrs M Godden reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during menopause. She cites heat flashes nervousness backache headache irritability and blues improving with the remedy. She offers to consult Pinkham Medicine Co for further guidance and assures confidential handling of inquiries.
British aviator Harry Hawker and navigator Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve, missing for six days after an engine trouble flight across the Atlantic, are rescued by a Danish steamer and brought to a British warship off the Orkneys. Hawker’s wife expressed unwavering hope as Britain hails the unlikely survival of the two airmen.
Alvin C York of Pall Mall Tennessee spent four days in New York and Washington as the guest of Tennesseans. He attended banquets met the secretary of war and was congratulated by members of the house, and yesterday left for Camp Merritt to resume his regular rank as an ordinary sergeant in the U S A.
The 131st general assembly of the Presbyterian church adjourned after postponing final action on granting church suffrage to women. It adopted a resolution urging individual churches to run newspaper ads and calling on the peace conference and Congress to give equal consideration to Ulster before acting on Ireland's plea for self determination.
Washington May 26 Congress enters its second week with plans to advance women's suffrage by adopting the resolution and moving it to a final vote. Senate leaders expect a two thirds majority, while house action focuses on appropriation bills and investigations. Memorial day limits tempo at the capitol.
Spokane reports that eastern Washington and northern Idaho enjoy a labor market in excellent condition with wages 65 to 70 percent higher than prewar. Demand and supply are about balanced, aside from woods labor where union rivalry causes turnover and friction. Returning soldiers are no longer a problem, says B A Hunter of the Federal Employment Service.
Sadi Lecointe ascended to 8800 meters at Villa Coublay airfield, setting a French altitude record. Premier Clemenceau issued a decree allowing aerial navigation over all French territory.
A dust explosion at the Douglas Starch company factory in Cedar Rapids Iowa Friday caused ten deaths and 23 serious injuries. The incident is reported to have wiped out about 3 million dollars in value for the company.
London May 24 unofficial reports say Captain Edmond G. Chamberlain of San Antonio Texas the aviator has been acquitted on the first charge of perjury and forgery. The vote on the first specification was seven to one and on the second specification solidly in Chamberlains favor.
The piece recalls early photography as mild and social, then notes how press use bred boldness, and now motion pictures demand fearless work. It highlights photographers venturing into British East Africa to film lions, tigers, and other jungle denizens, showing the evolving courage required.
A housewife smiles at a basket of clear white laundry and expresses gratitude for Red Cross Ball Blue. The note ends with a price line suggesting groceries at five cents.
The American Forestry Association in Washington notes many warbler species from bay-breasted to yellow-rumped. A combined collection would display colors across the rainbow including yellow orange chestnut black white green gray and brown in their plumage.
An American motorist, stopped by a Scotch constable for speeding, hints he might pay to be let off. The constable rejects the bribe, insisting he would not take one, and a tense exchange follows as the driver asks how much he would pay.
A chronicle quoter quips that rain falls on both sides, but a browed man retorts that the unjust often carry the umbrellas of the just, turning a proverb into a sly social jab about fairness and misused aid.
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt describes a character known as one of the hello boys who tends to start trouble. The speaker plans to bring him around the next day to warm up on a silver item, highlighting underlying tension and informal social dynamics.
A Boston Transcript item notes a high flyer’s bankruptcy following marriage. It recalls his supposed fixed $10,000 annual income and how his wife allegedly fixed that income within three months of their wedding.
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