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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1920
Page
2
An aged ad promotes Sloan's Liniment for immediate relief from rheumatic pains. It claims the product penetrates without rubbing to ease sciatica lumbago neuralgia lameness sore muscles sprains and bruises. Available in 35c Tic and 1.40 packages at druggists. Keep a bottle ready to avoid prolonged suffering.
Smith Stimmel of Fargo recounts Lincoln's personal traits and wartime experiences before a Fargo high school audience. He shares Lincoln’s unselfish spirit, a remark to Judge Douglas, Grant’s White House visit, Fort Stevens, and Lincoln’s care for appearance. Miss Phyllis Wolfe sang. audience joined in patriotic songs.
At New York's Cathedral of St John the Divine on Tuesday a musical program will honor Reginald De Koven. The organ voluntary will draw from his Rip Van Winkle opera, with his own words featured. He died in Chicago Thursday. Bishop Burch and Rev George William Douglas will officiate as the cathedral choir performs. Prominent musicians and the Metropolitan Opera company are expected to attend.
Boston reports jail populations fell rapidly in recent months prompting the closure of county jails in Lowell Taunton Newburyport and Fitchburg. Officials cite prohibition and high weed as contributing factors. Three Boston men who drank wood alcohol at a John Barleycorn event were hospitalized today.
Washington Jan 17 Ten million dollars would be loaned by the treasury to the Bank of North Dakota for distribution to farmers in drought stricken areas and to boost grain acreage under a bill by Representative Sinclair Republican North Dakota He says four years of crop failure have left thousands of wheat farmers in the Northwest unable to buy feed and seed for next season
Mrs E S Stevenson formerly Miss Catherine Cosgrove and a longtime Butte teacher died at Spokane and was brought home to Butte. She was beloved in Catholic circles and left a public, charity minded life. Her funeral at St Josephs was followed by interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
A World War I letter from Admiral Sims criticizes the U S Navy Department for delaying vital cooperation with the Allies. He claims the department ignored urgent pleas for more destroyers and staff, misjudged the eastern Atlantic threat, and delayed sending four coal-burning battleships to guard the English Channel, risking Allied victory.
Brownwood Texas January 17 Harry J Spanell was acquitted of the murder of Col M C Butler at Alpine Texas on July 20 1916. The jury was out two hours. He had earlier been acquitted of murdering his wife at a prior trial but later convicted of Butler's killing. The appeals court ruled the trial erred in not submitting the plea of former jeopardy to the jury.
Washington Jan 17 soldiers and sailors serving during the war would receive the difference between civilian income and government pay under a bill by Representative McGiennon. A three cabinet officer commission and the war risk bureau director would set an equitable maximum and minimum award.
Officers and building association officers for the Silver Bow club were elected at the annual meeting. President W M C White, vice president F E A Linforth, secretary L S Wild, and treasurer C C Swinborne were chosen, with other posts including entertainment and house committees. Directors named include White, Linforth, Wild, Braley, Walker, Nevin, Short, Murphy and Lang. The club has 25 new members and many applications pending.
In Columbus on January 17 Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California signaled a bid for Ohio's Republican presidential nomination support. He asked Secretary of State Smith about primary filing rules and qualification deadlines. Smith replied that a declaration of candidacy must be filed by February 27 before midnight, either by the candidate or an authorized agent.
In Los Angeles on January 17 approximately 1,000 officers and men of the U S S Mississippi petitioned Congress for higher pay. They urged an adequate increase to keep the navy an efficient first line of defense, led by Captain W A Moffett, former commander at Great Lakes.
An advertisement promises a free trial treatment for piles, asserting thousands of positive letters and urging immediate mail request. It claims the method relieves both chronic and acute cases, including hopeless ones where other remedies failed, with no payment required. Today is emphasized for action.
An advertisement claims eating meat harms kidneys by overworking them and offers Jad Salts as a remedy. It describes Jad Salts as a grape and lemon acid mix with lithia that "flushes" kidneys, neutralizes acids, and prevents bladder irritation, urging daily use after early signs like backache or urinary issues.
An old Sage Tea remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises natural darkening of gray hair. Advertises rapid results after one or two applications and claims widespread annual use by millions of bottles sold at drug stores.
New York barber A. E. O'Brien promotes a home treatment using Orlex powder. Dissolve in four ounces of water, comb through hair, with directions and a gold bond guarantee in each box. One box lasts months and claims to restore color without rubbing off, leaving hair fluffy and making a person look 20 years younger.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a trial bottle of St Jacobs Liniment to instantly relieve neuralgia pain. It claims rapid, universal relief for pain and soreness without skin burning or discoloration. The pitch emphasizes ease of use and harmlessness.
A dressmaker recounts years of stomach trouble and gastric attacks. After trying Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy on a suggestion, she reports relief from gastric inflammation and related ailments. The ad claims the preparation cleanses the intestinal tract and halts stomach liver and intestinal issues, including appendicitis, with money back guaranteed after one dose.
Generous trial of SANOSIN for tuberculosis bronchitis asthma and bronchial catarrh promoted by Felix Wolff court physician and Berlin Medical Association endorsement. Inhalation treatment claims rapid relief sleep without morphine and home use with a free booklet and risk-free trial via Unity Building Chicago.
A hot mustard plaster or poultice helps rheumatic pains, sciatica, and gout but blisters. Heat is essential for relief. Begg's Mustarine, true yellow mustard with pain relievers, is hotter, cleaner, cheaper, and more effective, without blistering. Also aids lumbago neuritis pleurisy bronchitis sore throat and chest colds. 30 and 60 cents.
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