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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
2
Advertisement touts Diapepsin as the fastest, surest remedy for sour, gassy upset stomachs with indigestion. Claims quick relief from heartburn, belching, and foul digestion, urging readers to keep a bottle at home for daytime or night use.
An ad promoting Bekman Alterative as a remedy for serious lung diseases touts a testimonial of recovery from a severe illness and pneumonia. It claims a patient weighed 1 pound, then gained weight after using the medicine for years, and urges readers to ask doctors about recoveries, directing to Bekman laboratory in Philadelphia for evidence.
A church aided marriage bureau reports progress after a year, handling 1000 letters with 400 marriages completed. Father William J. Delton notes 75 percent of inquirers are women, many seeking wealth as a criterion, and letters come from Jerusalem, Constantinople, Africa, and South America.
Five trainmen were killed and four injured when a Baltknora and Otay stock train refused its brakes near Glens Woe Curberland Maryland. The two engine wrecked 42 coal cars ran downhill and derailed, with operators leaping to safety into a ditch below.
The Standard promotes its 80 page holiday number to print 25 060 copies for Sunday availability. Readers encouraged to place orders now for delivery to Butte or nearby, at five cents per copy while the edition lasts.
In San Francisco on December 12 the twenty five thousand dollar stakes on California’s election were discussed by Commissioner Tom Corbett. Bets favored Roosevelt to win the state, and Corbett aimed to name the winner by who carried a majority of electoral delegates. The secretary of state certified Roosevelt’s victory, both in electoral votes and popular tally, with betting odds at 2 to 1 when markets closed.
The piece ranks Briale, a Belgian engineer, among eccentric schemes inspired by aims for England to escape coal scarcity. In 1848 he proposed a mile wide by 20 mile deep shaft to tap earth’s heat, with pumping to avert water and cement jackets to seal. Lord Russell reviewed plans, but political upheaval halted the idea, leaving it as a curios footnote.
Chicago reader Mrs Tha Wentz Downey asks Judge Ththill to grant two divorces on Saturday. She cites prolonged separations with first husband William Lart Downey and later involvement with Fitz Kath. The unusual move aims to settle her marital status amid enduring disputes and reputational questions raised by the courtroom filing.
The ad warns women that kidney trouble can mimic other ailments and cause back pain headaches and nervousness. It promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy to restore kidney liver and bladder health and offers a free sample bottle by mail from Dr. Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York, with regular cent and dollar bottle prices at druggists.
The article details triangular and lungular smiles as fashion statements for draped gowns. It explains how the triangular smile represents simplicity and innocence, with techniques to shape the mouth and accessories to enhance the effect, including mirror practice and nose-tilting adjustments.
In Cent. Rec. coverage, Dantel It Mekur was shot and killed by Marin, a teen son, after a dispute over a whipping. Neighbors say the father had abused the mother. the shooting occurred in a shed where the father worked, with the rifle apparently discharged during play and a claim of accidental discharge under family tension.
In Chicago on December 12 a federal court defense by Jack Jotmeon Witt challenges federal reach in a Mann Act case involving Helle Hehrelber Gorm Mawnukee. Witt contends that his client’s actions with the white watchman were not violates of the federal statute and asserts constitutional grounds. The proceedings traverse whether federal law supersedes local statutes in this trafficking-related case.
In a chaotic dispatch from Peking, a Russian envoy warns China that a rupture in negotiations is near. The report cites impending Mongolian matters and possible imperial shifts as regional powers respond with covert diplomacy and strategic military planning.
Report from Harvard describes the murder of 18 year old Misk Liner by her lover in a tunnel near Harvard. The assailant reportedly lured the victim and fired shots before taking his own life. Miners nearby assisted in rescue efforts and transport to the surface.
An old advertisement touts Danderina hair product claiming it cleanses the scalp, softens dull and dry hair, reduces itching and hair loss, and promises fuller, downy growth after weeks of use. It urges purchase at Brownton's Danidertye store with toilet counter display.
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