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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1920
Page
9
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A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as the quick remedy for colds and grippe. By taking two-hourly dosages, three doses unlock nasal passages, stop a runny nose, relieve headaches and feverish symptoms, and offer painless taste with no quinine. It claims economical cost and independent action.
A Cincinnati chemist developed Freezone, a ether based compound that supposedly loosens and lifts any corn or callus without pain. Advertised as a quick cure, it urges women to keep a bottle handy for soothing aches and claims immediate soreness relief followed by easy removal.
The four day drive to recruit 800 YMCA members will be discussed at an afternoon meeting in the YMCA building on West Park. Officials and workers will hear talks on the value of the Y to members and nonlocal workers. An editorial excerpt from The Union argues the Y is for manual workers, with the aim of showing benefits and affordable membership.
L N Howe of Butte Mont in failing health asks for contact with his two daughters including Mrs Ben Wells last heard from at 508 West Park St Butte to leave his estate. Police search for Wells and sister daughter details appear in a letter from R Dougherty Trinidad Col urging universal registration similar to wartime drafts.
The ladies auxiliary to the American Legion announces a masquerade at the Legion rooms on Feb 14. Proceeds support work for ex service men. Four prizes will be awarded: best sustained character for a man and a woman, and poorest dressed man and woman.
Funeral services were held for Fay Clark of 2331 Florence Avenue who died Wednesday from pneumonia. Interment was in Mount Moriah cemetery. A longtime Butte resident, he worked for the Northern Pacific railroad and belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Survived by wife, mother, three sisters Lenora Maude Walsh, W. E., Walsh, brothers James Kirkpatrick and W. B. Clark, all of Butte.
Hugh Rowan filed a suit through attorney Joseph H. Griffin seeking 35250 in damages for injuries claimed while employed by the Northern Pacific in October 1919. The complaint says Rowan, a section hand, was riding a motorcar when a work train backed into it and forced him to jump. foreman Andrew Larson and operator R H Caldwell are named as defendants.
Officers for the coming year of the Parent-Teacher circle were elected Friday night at the county superintendent of schools office. President is Mrs. A. A. Young of Whittier, Vice President Mrs. J. R. Downey of McKinley district, Secretary Mrs. Robert White of Emerson district. A rally plan was discussed to be held soon with state organizer Mrs. Marian Fox in attendance. Representatives from Walkerville, McKinley, Longfellow, Emerson, Whittier, and Monroe circles attended.
A letter to The Standard suggests enacting law to compel government and local census registration. The essay notes enumerator difficulties are numerous and argues legislation could overcome them.
Montesano Washington January 31 The jury pool in the I W W trial for Warren C Grimm murder tonight was full at opening but lacked the twelfth juror by adjournment. The case concerns one of four victims of the Centralia armistice day shootings as jurors continue deliberations.
An old advertisement touts Gets It as the quickest easiest and safest method to remove corns, claiming it is the proven remedy millions have used for relief and lasting comfort.
A vintage ad touts Gets-It as a simple corn remover that instantly dulls pain and loosens the corn so it lifts off with no discomfort. It claims immediate comfort for walking dancing and jumping and notes the product costs a small price at any drug store. Manufactured by E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago.
Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington warned against abandoning American duties in the western hemisphere and taking on new roles in Europe. He cited Palestine Philippines Mexico and Turkey and argued against dissolving League of Nations authority and costly reconstruction abroad. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis urged renewed patriotism and reduced partyism to quell domestic revolts.
Springfield Mass. Believing shelf retention of books on beer brewing and liquor distillation would violate prohibition law, the city library removed all such volumes to prevent home brewers from obtaining advice on making intoxicants.
Buffalo sandwiches caused a stir in Enid Oklahoma as a local meat market bought and butchered three buffalo. The meat sold quickly at one dollar per pound. Citizens expect more wild fare as the proprietor fattens two half grown bears for future butchering.
William Deckinger, an 11 year old farmer’s son from Preston in Richardson county, demonstrated cotton can be grown in the area by raising several hundred plants. He used seed from his 1918 crop to plant the 1919 crop, taking pride in his success.
Charles Hopmann, a wooden shoe dealer, says at least 1,000 women nationwide wear wooden shoes. He notes the shoes cost $1.25 a pair and last almost forever, with truck gardeners and dairy maids among wearers.
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