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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
8
The notice warns that drinking beer whiskey tea or coffee irritates the kidneys and habitual use weakens them. Daily backache headache nervousness dirty spells and rheumatic conditions signal trouble. Dean's Kidney Pills are recommended to support weak kidneys with thousands endorsing them.
A 44 year old resident on Ali Ona Street in Butte Mont says during summer he suffered bladder inflammation. He reports kidney pills brought relief and he has remained free from kidney trouble since.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for dandruff itching and dryness. It promotes Cuticura Ointment for problem areas and Cuticura Soap for daily cleansing. Directions imply use with tepid water and soft hands, offering free samples by mail from Boston.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a vegetable substitute for calomel, promote bile flow and bowel action to improve skin tone and energy. Marketed for decades, they promise pink skin, bright eyes, and a buoyant feeling with daily use at 10 or 25 cents per box.
Fragmentary OCR text outlines claims for pain and disease relief using Kamule tablets and other preparations. Mentions headaches of malarial origin and digestive issues, with warnings about improper use and women’s health. The passage reads like an early 20th century medical ad touting a quick cure and urging trust in the product.
A Cleveland advertiser promotes zem for eczema and other skin ailments. It promises rapid relief and clearing of conditions such as eczema pimples rash and blackheads with a penetrating antiseptic liquid. The ad notes a large bottle costs 1.00 and claims no staining or fly salve.
The board of trustees purchased a five acre Wilson Park site for a new Deaconess hospital. The county vacated the street through the site, giving two full city blocks. Purchase price reported as 9800 dollars for 65 building lots with a 492 foot frontage on Grand avenue from Stewart to Thornton avenues. Construction planned to start next spring with a modern fireproof building and broad expansion space.
Eight witnesses testified in police court yesterday against John Mulloney charged with disturbance at his East Broadway rooming house. Mulloney was found guilty and fined five dollars by Judge Whitty after his landlady alleged he struck her in the face when she tried to intervene on Sunday night.
Mrs Hains, linked to the closing of the restricted district, was arraigned in police court on a vacancy vacancy charge and fined $20 by Judge Whitty. The Waskine woman was arrested in a rooming house on Malta trees near Park Street. Bernard King served as the arresting officer.
Mrs. Peter Rooney charged her husband with vagrancy in police court after he refused to work for three months. He promised to start work, and the case was dismissed. Special Bethel Baptist services featured Rev B B Read preaching on When God Gave Jesus as part of Everybody go to church day. The chapel capacity was taxed.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Bavarian king telegraphed German Emperor congratulating him on his proclamation. The king said the emperor’s words found a lively echo in all hearts and pledged Bavaria will continue the fight to enforce peace.
Snow and sleet covered a large portion of the South with Dallas reporting 7.1 inches since yesterday. The storm stretched into Eastern Arkansas, North Texas, Western Tennessee, and reached Carolina and Virginia. The Rev E B Cummings dies in Indianapolis at 77, a Civil War veteran and South Dakota legislator.
Thomas Miles and Vic Carson reported details of the blaze at the Lone Tree ranch where John Schultz died. Schultz may have slept through the fire, seated in a chair, as flames consumed the home. Coroner Lane said the case remains peculiar with murder theories explored. an inquest is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow.
A meeting called by Mrs H M Kennedy for 8 pm Thursday on the courthouse third floor to discuss joining a new organization led by Mr La Fleur. He will speak on producer to consumer sales to cut 20 to 30 percent from costs. Ansonia watches advertised at 1.50 value for 7 cents at Mayer's 21 West Park.
Judge Whitty grilled a young woman in police court about remaining engaged to Emal Loma after she testified to a disturbance. The woman showed blackened eyes as evidence of an alleged assault when Loma was charged with striking her and was fined $25. The judge wondered how far they would go after marriage if fights continued.
George Wai Gling admitted panhandling on the streets and lacking visible means of support. He pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail.
In police court yesterday Wandling testified that upon arriving in Butte a week earlier he carried only a dollar and has lived on that amount and a few alms since, detailing his frugal start and hardships.
John F. Rose and John Hutson faced arraignment on disturbance charges after a quarrel over $20 left in their rooms caused a fight during testimony yesterday. The incident occurred on Front Street and was dismissed.
San Francisco dispatch reports ex Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii again in critical condition. Advices say she rallied briefly but now suffers a general breakdown tied to advancing age. Born in 1838, her health remains precarious.
Salem Oregon January 15 An anti alien bill nearly copying California's measure was introduced in the state senate by Senator George R Wilbur Hood River The bill comes amid concerns it could draw the United States into international tensions with Japan at the time of its passage
Salem Oregon January 15 Employers who discharge or refuse to hire competent persons over 45 years because of age will be prosecuted if a bill introduced into the Oregon house by Representative Herman A. Lewis, Portland, becomes law.
Rome reports on the Trentino front our batteries disturbed troop movements between the Adige and the Astico. On the Julian front enemy artillery activity increases east of Gorizia and on the Corso. Our batteries reply vigorously focusing on the enemy lines of communication.
A New York banking group including J P Morgan Loeb and Co and Ni Goal City bank has agreed on terms to buy 816,000 notes of the Central Argentine railway company. Proceeds will retire an equal amount of notes now held by Brien Interests.
In a Police Court ruling Judge Whitty dismissed charges of vagrancy by gambling against six men named Martin Cleary Cormick McFadden Russell Arthur Joseph Brown John Kirby and Martin Keenan after they claimed they were playing pitch for drinks and not black jack as Officer H H Tucker testified. The raid occurred at 59 East Park Street Ocean Park on Saturday night.
The Ladies Aid Society of Central Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H W Spangenberger at 2029 Arizona Street. This is the annual election of officers and the meeting will begin at 2 30. The entertainment committee asks each lady to bring thimble and needle. Also mentions cake on Oregon Avenue car. Jailer on Job Again notes a vacation at Jefferson City.
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