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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
3
An economical colonial design features a large rear living room fireplace, open stairway, archways to the dining room, and a rear to front chamber flow. It includes a kitchen with built in sideboard, linen closet, two sleeping rooms and a bath, plus a sleeping porch. Cost to build about 3600 dollars.
A caustic critic questions the value of teaching plane geometry arguing that only about 25 percent of geometric propositions have practical use. He suggests real mental discipline comes from scientific trial and error, not deductive geometry as taught, challenging teachers to justify geometry's place in education.
The piece recalls travelers like Milton and John Evelyn using the Simplon Pass before Napoleon. Evelyn feared avalanches bears and wolves, but only a real incident involved a goat killed by a companion's dog, leading to a pistole payment as compensation. It also notes Whistler and a club mix up over an “arrangement in gold and silver.”
A historical adage urges constant readiness to face dangers. It stresses forewarning and forearming as the path to safety, noting shallow observers may mislabel preparedness as luck. The guidance echoes Bulwer-Lytton’s call to steady preparation.
Helena September 2 Judge John A Mathews in Townsend grants Mrs Lanita Conrad a divorce from Arthur P Conrad of Great Falls. She gains custody of the minor child and alimony of 6406 056. His share of his father's estate is 7210 000 net, with one third awarded to her or the $64 056 payable in lieu.
Hunters are urged to note opening and closing hours for daily duck shooting. A tabulated schedule lists each date with corresponding sunrise and sunset times to ensure compliance with legal hunting hours.
A Montanan summary from Teton County Abstract Co. lists deeds filed by Sept 2 in Choteau Montana. Charles B Power and wife transfer to Vera Fields for $100, lot 4 block 6 Power. Ole E Sigurdson and wife to Andrew Martin for $1, lots 3 and 6 block 1 Dutton. George McLean to Charles Bannatyne for $100, lots 24 and 25 block 9 Dutton. Sam Haralson to Claude M Schaff for $1, set sec ll township 24 range 2 west.
A series of historical land conveyances lists multiple sole and joint transfers with grantors and grantees, parcel descriptions by section township and range, and nominal sums such as $1. Entities include Cornelius Muilenburg, David O. Bulen, Alexander W. Paley, Henry J. Magnus, Morris Magnus, William Joseph McGrath, Thomas Ognedal, Abram E. Krofft, William Oliver, Carl G. Tinden, Lawrence A. Range, Minerva L. Jones, Charles W. Ferres, Jacob Gemar, Alexander S. Kilroy, Henry G. Leitritz, Agatha M. Kutzera, and John Emmanuel Helm.
The entry notes heavy grain promising a good yield amid changing unseasonable weather. Mr and Mrs S C Campbell were to Bynum last Friday. E J Weiser also to Bynum last week. Many town folks hunted in Dry Forks on Sept 1. In Bynum from Dry Forks on Saturday were F G Campbell Wm Campbell S FE Trissler Albert Bramer George Mosher Mrs Will Helms and Carl Jensen. Albertina Bramer visited Dry Forks this week. Pine Ridge and Harmony schools open Sept 11 with John Wall and R Halpin as teachers. Yon Yonsen.
An opinion piece argues President Wilson’s June 18 mobilization of the National Guard to war strength punished patriotic volunteers. It claims about 135,000 citizen soldiers were mobilized, sacrificed at home, and faced shortages and mismanagement, with a shift toward compulsory service and inadequate equipment and transport.
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