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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
11
An old time advertisement touts Gets TT as a world leading corn remedy. It claims fast relief for corns warts and calluses with a simple drop application and bandaging, urging readers to buy from druggists and listed stores in Chicago Anaconda Helena.
The piece extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as an ideal herbal kidney and bladder treatment. It cites health risks from neglected kidneys and urges readers to obtain samples by mailing ten cents to Binghamton New York. The ad claims sworn statements support its healing effects.
A noted authority warns meat forms uric acid that paralyzes kidneys, causing dull pain, headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, coated tongue, and cloudy urine. Four ounces of Salts taken daily with water before breakfast purportedly flushes and stimulates sluggish kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, ends bladder irritation, and is an inexpensive, harmless remedy.
The Spokane Fruitgrowers association devised a plan to ship over a million pounds of prize apples in 36 plain box cars. Eighteen custodians manned two cars each with oil lamps and 40 gallons per lamp, keeping a stable temperature to prevent freezing. Destinations included New Orleans New York Boston Baltimore and Philadelphia aboard Northern Pacific trains with a dining car and a watchful cat to guard the fruit.
Postmaster Goodwin notes wage increases for Butte miners will boost postal savings deposits and money orders within a month. He cites steady receipts, but holiday volume may dampen the jump this month. When payday arrives, deposits will be recorded in the postal savings books. The money order department expects a busy week for Christmas orders.
A reader argues milk at 16 cents per quart can cut living costs and equal or beat many foods in value. The letter cites price boosts in alfalfa, bran, and other staples since 1916, claims milk dealers face higher costs, and blames education gaps for infant mortality concerns.
In Butte a dairy owner argues milk prices must rise due to European bottle cap shortages and bran costs from wheat exports. He notes hay shortages from last winter and the need to feed cattle on pasture to lower costs, urging readers to consider modern dairy economics and the high cost of condensed milk.
A coroner's inquest found William Lenihan died from loss of blood due to a razor wound self inflicted. Miner Frank Coyne testified Lenihan had been ill and despondent. the cabin near Janney is isolated and no enemies were noted, making robbery unlikely as a motive.
Police report a rising habit of passing worthless checks in Butte with merchants blamed for accepting dubious paper to avoid losses. More than a dozen cases show money schemes under false pretenses as prices rise and buyers hesitate to reject questionable payments.
Evidence against Huco Kuuro in a saloon affray with William Matelainen was deemed insufficient to bind him over for second degree assault. The case, before Justice Buckley, ended with Kuuro dismissed after earlier police court delinquency. Matilainen Provoked the fight and was fined for creating a disturbance.
Judge Bourquin reopened court to hear more testimony in a copyright suit over The Runaway Princess. Maud Fealy is named as author of the scenario produced in three reels and distributed by Pacific Mutual Film Exchange. Witnesses including Lloyd Lonergan and Fred Sullivan testified on authorship while cross examination questioned Fealy’s typist skills.
In a police court session Judge Doran fined John Foley $26 for opening a saloon before the ordinance hour. Police reported three men were inside when they entered to “swamp out.” The district court saw two motions for new trials, including Mamie Roach versus Harrison Benefit Association, where $200 burial guarantee was awarded.
O'Donnell warns against fake cures and drugs while free clinic services begin second day. Dr Taam operates from 2 to 5 pm at courthouse, examining cases and advising on treatment, noting early detection can cure tuberculosis. Hutler clinic in Montana offers free examinations every Wednesday and Saturday, first such program in state. In Mueller estate case Arthur Walter and Harry Mueller seek letters testamentary amid heirs Flora Weat and Eugenia Rochester, estate valued around 9,500 to 48,600 with unidentified claim interests.
Edwin F. Loveland a mill foreman at the Hutte Superior walzing plant died in his room in the grandeblo vied ieatter cons sition. He survived by a painter W. H W. Abbott and a Jim Sherman. All of whom are named in the notice. Money back if you can buy for Tess Mayer Jew West Park.
In England wounded British soldiers receive tender care at the Empress Bugbie Hospital led by a ninety year old former Empress of France. The facility operates in a converted wing of Farnborough Hall and offers comforts to ease suffering.
Fragrant antiseptic cream promises instant relief for nasal congestion and head cold symptoms. It urges customers to tell their druggist to supply a bottle and apply the product to the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes and clear air passages.
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