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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
17
Mrs Brazer of Black River Falls Wisconsin credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery after severe organic troubles and persistent back pain. Doctors in Eau Claire urged an operation, but she recovered and urges others to try the remedy.
At Zensui temple in Twane village Japan an ancient wooden Vaisravana idol was opened four years ago. Rice seed remnants in a flax textile bag, with a Chinese inscription, germinated from ten century seeds and show similar yield to present rice. Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts deems the image at least one thousand years old.
A brief vignette quotes a man declaring public appeal as popularity then fame, followed by envy and later contempt. A small star figure comments that the shifts reflect time and changing perception, illustrating the fickleness of public regard across years.
KE Atkinson of Boston describes an odd event in a midwest town where actors included a card game in the balcony scene of Tro meo and Juillet.
October war review details rapid Allied advances in Belgium and northern France. Belgian and French forces report occupation of Zeebrugge and Heyst, near Ghent, with Ghent expected to fall soon. British efforts at Le Cateau, Solesmes, and along the Lys and Selle rivers drive German resistance while civilians are liberated and towns are cleared.
Washington reports the Belgian government has begun calculating the total property damage caused by the German occupation in Belgium. The council of ministers met at Havre and approved steps to verify claims for damages to civilian and public property.
Munich Post Swabische Zeitung and Frankische Morgen Post urged the abdication of Emperor William and the crown prince as the only solution to the terrible crisis. The Zurich Telegraph dispatch cites that rapid abdication would benefit the country.
Senate wartime revenue revision highlights remove house taxes on the president and judges salaries and on state officials. Bond levies for state and municipal bonds also rejected as unconstitutional per Chairman Simmons.
President Wilson refuses to negotiate peace with Austro-Hungary unless all subject nationalities gain full autonomous status. He acknowledges Czecho Slovaks and Jugoslavs as de facto belligerents and says autonomy is no longer acceptable, directing that these peoples decide their own future.
The Minnesota club in St. Paul will close its restaurant until November 1 for violating food administration rules and contribute $1,000 to Minnesota forest fire victims. The voluntary action supersedes a prior order barring licensed food dealers from supplying the club from October 10 to January 1, 1919.
Washington reports indicate about 25 million or more individuals bought bonds of the fourth Liberty loan with a large share of purchases made in the final days. Officials expect the six billion dollar loan to be oversubscribed as banks prepare final tallies and the treasury awaits full nationwide results.
Washington reports that the National Wheat Growers association urged President Wilson to set a minimum price of 2.46 dollars per bushel for No 1 northern wheat or Chicago delivery. They argued rising production costs require an increase above the fixed price, noting 1918 prices barely cover average costs and 1919 costs will be higher.
Islay Scotland Oct 16 figures checked with army records show 527 lives lost in the disaster to the transport Otranto. The ship collided during a violent storm and was dashed to pieces on Islay Island. Of the dead 356 were American troops and 164 officers and crew plus six from a French fishing boat. Up to now 266 bodies have been recovered with two found yesterday as wind shifts push remains to sea.
List of Montana service members with statuses including killed in action missing in action wounded and died of disease from World War II. Names span Missoula Highwood Belt Helena Great Falls Billings Drummond and other towns with entries noting Marine Canadian Army and various ranks.
Dispatch from Amsterdam reports Prague and suburbs garrisoned by troops with hand grenades and machine guns after Czech threaten a general strike across Bohemia. Pamphlets circulated claiming a Czech republic will be proclaimed soon.
An incident on a country road involves a company of colored soldiers and convict laborers. A trooper jokes about swapping jobs, and the convict responds firmly that he knows his sentence and does not want a change, implying awareness of his own confinement.
Cold in the head is described as acute nasal catarrh and repeated attacks may become chronic. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as building up the system and cleansing blood to reduce susceptibility, taken internally and acting on mucous surfaces. Free testimonials offered. $100 reward for any case not cured. J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
In a Vancouver Province item a remark about work culture surfaces when Sir Edwin Jones, chairman of Britain's transport board, overhears two female typists lamenting workload. One quips she typed so many letters yesterday she finished prayers with yours truly.
An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue is American made and the best choice for wash day, framing it as a reliable, smile day product.
A Newark News report cites Dr. C. E. H. Milner from Mesopotamia noting malaria parasites in heat stroke patients. Quinined treatment lowered mortality from over 25 percent to under 12 percent, suggesting feverish collapse reflects malaria rather than a distinct heat illness. Bank tellers usually know more than they tell.
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