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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as quick relief for gas heartburn indigestion and sour stomach. A fifty cent case is claimed to relieve stomach acidity and related symptoms within five minutes and keep the whole family symptom free for months.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Liniment as a rapid remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and neuritis. It claims a small trial bottle dulls soreness within fifty counts and stresses no burning or skin discoloration. The copy portrays magical yet harmless relief and urges purchase at drug stores.
A Mexican man, Joxe ten, was arrested after a clerk, Kariee Gardner, chased and captured him amid a daytime theft of $25 worth of clothing from the Wexigan Co store. He was jailed on petty larceny charges pending a preliminary hearing in Justice Doran's court. Also jailed yesterday were Earl Reed and Burt Parker on a separate complaint, and Alec McKenzie after a New Year’s Day drunken arrest. Tom McGinn and Warren McDonald faced related charges in Justice Buckley's court.
Lieut. Gov. W. W. McDowell travels to Washington to lobby Congress for a homestead bill. It would let any homesteader with six months occupancy make final payment and receive title, enabling them to borrow funds to upgrade and cultivate their property. McDowell plans Sew Willard headquarters for the effort.
Electric power for the Milwaukee railway will come from a high tension line. Preliminary work is finished in Northeastern Washington. The route extends from the Long Lake plant of the Washington Water Power Company to a point two miles west of Odessa, entering the Milwaukee right of way.
Northern Pacific official K Bayaour unveiled a large framed panoramic photograph of Camp Lewis at the city ticket office. The image depicts cantonment buildings, the camp site, and soldiers drilling, reflecting the postwar mood and local pride in the military training ground in American Lake Washington.
The article warns of an evil lunar influence making ocean travel risky and foreshadowing epidemics and hospital scandals toward winter's end. It notes political unrest in Britain and hints at gains through cooperation for President Wilson. It mentions Capricorns as clever, often successful in agriculture or mines.
Chiropodists spearhead a national movement to create a dedicated foot care corps in the army medical department. Congress is urged to pass bills establishing the unit, arguing pediatrics and chiropody modernize care for soldiers marching with heavy packs.
Farmers across Western Montana and neighboring regions plow ahead as A H Heilbronner notes large efforts, with tractors at night and day along railroad right of way. Portland and Pacific coast business recover. rail labor in demand. Also court case in Butte settled out of court and a 97 year old Rehoboth man attends his 32nd antiquarian bake.
Clerk of the Court Ous Lee issued 1,240 marriage licenses in 181 year and 1,382 in 1818, per court records. The drop is attributed to few eligible young men serving in military branches. The excerpt notes first license recipients William Steven of De Borgia, Mineral County, and Mrs. Mary Jones of Little Falls, Minn. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began adding electric headlights to locomotives, with planned improvements at 73 to 100 engines per month.
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