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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
5
Black River Falls Wisconsin resident Mrs Brazer credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and avoiding surgery. She praises the remedy for backache nervousness and other ailments and urges others to try it while noting doctors had recommended operation.
At the Zensui temple in Twane village Japan an ancient wooden Idol of Vaisrayvana was opened four years ago. A bag of coarse flaxen seeds and a paper inscription were found with the statue. The seeds germinated and the crop from this seed is expected to be excellent this year. The Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts deems the image and its contents at least one thousand years old.
A man proclaims growing popularity and envy, then faces fame and later contempt as time and whispers of a little star and blur shape his fame. The exchange contrasts public admiration with personal decline across years, revealing how perception shifts with time.
Boston critic KE Atkinson reports a peculiar performance of Tro meo and Juillet in a western town. Players added a balcony card game, creating unexpected drama during the act.
British and Belgian forces clear western Flanders and coast. Ghent may fall soon as Belgians seize Zeebrugge and Heyst. Germans mass nearly half a million on a 40 mile front while civilians are liberated and captured prisoners rise.
The Belgian government is computing the total damage to civilian and public property caused by the German occupation. A telegram to the Belgian delegation said the council of ministers met at Havre and adopted steps to verify claims for damages.
London reports that Munich Post Swabische Zeitung and Frankische Morgen Post call for Emperor William and Crown Prince to abdicate as the only solution to the terrible crisis. The Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich notes faster abdication would benefit the country.
Washington, Oct. 19 The senate committee revising the war revenue bill struck out house provisions taxing salaries of the president, supreme and superior court members and state officials. It also rejected taxes on state and municipal bonds, saying such imposts would be unconstitutional, chairman Simmons announced.
President Wilson rejects a separate peace with Austria-Hungary insisting on full national self determination for Czecho-Slovaks and Jugoslavs. The note acknowledges Czecho-Slovak and Jugoslav aspirations and declares autonomy alone is insufficient for peace, signaling a broader shift in Allied policy.
The Minnesota Club in St. Paul will close its restaurant until November 1 for violating food administration rules and contribute 1000 to Minnesota forest fire victims. The voluntary action supersedes a Food Administration order banning licensed food dealers from supplying the club from October 10 to January 1, 1919.
Washington reports unofficial figures show 25 million or more individuals likely subscribed to the fourth Liberty loan. Campaigns ended Saturday night with last minute pledges. officials brace for days of counting as banks prepare to report to the Federal Reserve. Subscriptions remain unconfirmed but confidence runs high that the $6 billion loan will be oversubscribed.
Washington on October 21 representatives of 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 its Chicago delivery. The brief argues current prices barely cover 1919 production costs and demand an advance due to higher costs of production.
Islay Scotland reports 527 deaths from the transport Otranto disaster after collision with a vessel in a violent storm. Figures break down into 356 American troops and 164 officers and crew with six French fishing-boat crew, 266 bodies recovered so far.
The list records Montana servicemen by status from killed in action to wounded and missing. Names include Lieut James C Simpkins of Missoula and Pvt Pred T J Crane of Highwood with many others such as Pvt Louis C Pizzini Belt Pvt Maynard Lee Christie Flolena and Pvt Mayd L Bruce Big Sandy, with several noted as missing or wounded.
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports Prague streets from suburbs to city center occupied by troops with hand grenades and machine guns. The action follows a Czech threat to call a general strike in Bohemia and pamphlets declaring a Czech republic will be proclaimed soon.
A company of colored soldiers marches along a country road where negro convicts toil. A trooper asks if they should swap jobs for fun. The convict refuses, saying he knows how long he is jailed and warns the trooper against trying.
Ad claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system cleanses the blood and reduces susceptibility to colds. Warns repeated acute catarrh can become chronic and promises a $100 cure if not. States product taken internally and works through the blood. lists Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio as makers.
Sir Edwin Jones, chairman of Britain's transport board, overheard two typewriter operators lamenting modern workloads in a government office. One says he types so many letters he ends prayers with yours truly. The remark reflects fatigue and humor in bureaucratic duties.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the best made in American manufacturing, framing laundry day as a cheerful routine. The copy emphasizes national origin and quality without additional details.
A Newark News report cites Dr. C. E. H. Milner of Mesopotamia who links heat stroke to malaria parasite presence in blood. Quinine treatment lowered mortality from over 25 percent to under 12 percent in observed cases. Bank tellers typically know more than they disclose.
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