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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1916
Page
10
Sanitary science touts internal body sanitation as vital as external drains. Morning hot water with limestone phosphate cleans stomach and bowels, boosts appetite, and purges toxins. Constipation and various ailments may improve, with a small cost for a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
A vintage advertisement touts sage tea and sulfur as a reliable home remedy to darken faded or gray hair. It promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound, sold in a large bottle for about 60 cents, claiming natural, even color and a soft, polished look after use.
Realty dealers report rising demand for rental property in the inside district and sales of lots in outlying additions. Helen Iker paid 4000 for a five room bungalow in Ancient addition, Shelton Williams 3800 for another in the same addition. J T St Clair bought on West Granite street a 60 foot frontage six room tax es from the D Acheul estate for 7000. During the year 1080 building permits were issued, totaling above 2 000 000 in value, with many between 50 000 and 100 000 and an average permit of about 1800. The school board is rushing work on a new industrial school on Elizabeth Warren avenue, costing about 40000 and to be modern in every way.
A new auto firm named Republic Truck Sales opens at Front and Arizona streets in Butte, taking over exclusive sale of Republic trucks from Charles Fasel. R. M. Hill oversees sales and service with backing and experienced staff. The garage will display the product on Tuesday, Jan. 2, offering repair parts and monthly truck inspections.
Two women described as live wires took a roll of $125 from W. W. Hampton, as evidence in Justice Buckley court yesterday showed. The charges against Frank Warren, Frank Turner, and Roy Fuller were dismissed. The women were not named and the defendants testified Hampton could not identify them clearly as he was intoxicated.
Butte attorney and school trustee Fred Furman suffered a fractured arm when he fell on a slippers walk Friday. Port is blocked as German warships mined Raumo entrances on Thursday night, making the Finnish seaport inaccessible to navigation per Swedish Aftonbladet.
Steve Perovich was fined one dollar and costs after a jury convicted him in Judge Doran’s justice court of unlawfully taking another man’s wife. The case arose from a custody dispute over a 2 year old son, with the wife claiming a separation did not end the marriage. The husband, Stanko Bujan, announced plans to pursue a district court action to obtain custody and later remarriage.
New York readers face price hikes as national magazines announce subscription increases due to higher white paper costs and printing materials. Several smaller titles suspend or merge under larger groups as publishers renew contracts at roughly fifty percent higher than before, with increases ranging from 20 to 38 percent.
Berlin reports Adolf von Batocki head of the food regulation board cites failure of maximum price limits to assure fair supplies. Producers hoard or sell locally, denying urban consumers. He urges citizens to cooperate with imperial authorities to prevent municipal competition in procurement.
Five anti liquor leaders meet in Lexington to discuss merging all prohibition bodies into a single national party aimed at carrying on the fight for nationwide prohibition. Participants include W G Hinshaw Miss Anna Gordon FE Cherrington and D Leigh Colvin as Intercollegiate Prohibition Association holds convention in the city. Be SEF VIOLATION OF ACT. Washington suit seeks injunctions under the Clayton act against Lovell McConnell Manufacturing Newark to enforce contracts restricting horn sales and price controls, a case touching on antitrust scope.
Chicago workers received New Year greetings in blue envelopes announcing that their city jobs will end after January 1. A city council order requires department heads to reduce expenses by 25 percent in January and 14 percent for the rest of the year.
Washington December 30 The chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee said the failure of railroad labor and management to reach an eight hour schedule would not deter plans to press for railway legislation urged by the President in his last message to Congress The Adamson law constitutionality is pending determination but will not alter the proposed railway legislation agenda.
Pacific coast Ragtime players entertained at the Elks lodge New Year watch party in Butte. Harry Miller the piano artist and Abe from Frisco provided hours of entertainment with vaudeville acts. The evening featured informal programing, clubroom performances on East Quartz Street, and speeches by prominent members.
New Year celebrations span Butte cafes with goblets of champagne and beer raised as patrons fill venues tonight. City officials report saloons must close at midnight with no exceptions, while hundreds of reservations and planned stunts heighten the festive mood.
Berlin reports Emperor Charles told Count Julius Andrassy at a reception that enemies fail to understand they cannot conquer Austria. He expressed hope that loyal central powers offers bring them closer to peace amid growing wartime tension.
County Treasurer Harrington reports December close with $1,040,192.32 in hand across county state trust and agency funds. Receipts total $44,807.37 while disbursements reach $427,579.04 leaving $1,040,192.32 to carry over and detailing funds by type and upcoming bond redemptions. Funds show shifts across general, road, bridge, sinking, and district school accounts with specific December start and end balances.
Arrangements are completed for the twenty fifth annual ball under the Butte Stationary Engineers union No. 83 to be held tomorrow night. The organizing committee includes J M Smith Patrick Deloughery Con Murphy C F McGibbon and D W Selfridge. The floor staff features John M Smith director Colin McGibbon L B Ingraham and many others.
Gowns valued at 500 dollars, owned by Mrs William Ellis Corey wife of Midvale Steel and former U S Steel leader were seized by customs in New York pending federal action for failing to declare import duty upon arrival from France. Corey said a traveling companion packed the garments without her knowledge after a London Paris trip and a maid packed them into a companion’s trunk.
Parented ee tetee ee Alex andre Ribot, minister of finance, addressing the senate on appropriations for the first quarter of 191 said that the French government centralized purchases in America and now has an intermediary to regulate prices. The Senate voted unanimously for the first clauses of the bill. Discussion of other clauses and new taxes adjourned until today. Dr Wheeler is dead in New York. Dr Claude bs Wheeler, editor of the New York Medical Journal since 1909, died of pneumonia in Brooklyn.
An old advertisement urges heavy water intake to ease kidney strain and prevent pain. It promotes Jad Salts, a lemon juice and thia mix, claimed to flush waste, reduce bladder irritation, and keep kidneys clean. It touts nightly urination relief and warns against meat-heavy diets.
An old advertisement promises instant relief from nasal congestion and catarrh by applying a small amount of Ely's Dream Balm in the nostrils. The copy emphasizes soothing inflamed mucous membranes and quick results for sufferers.
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