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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
6
An advertisement urges readers to buy a small bottle of Danderine to stop hair loss and remove dandruff. It claims scalp application twice daily will eliminate dandruff, revive hair, and enhance brightness, thickness, and color.
Rheumatism is linked to uric acid from meat and rich foods. A well known authority advises dressing warmly, avoiding exposure, drinking water, and reducing meat. Start each morning for a week with four ounces of Salts in water to stimulate kidneys and rid blood of impurities. Jad Salts is suggested as a cheap, harmless lithia-based remedy.
Stiffness relief quickly and safely comes from Bayer Tablets of Aspirin stamped with the Bayer Cross. The Bayer name signals genuine aspirin used by physicians for over eighteen years and proven safe by millions. A handy tin box contains twelve tablets, with larger packages sold by druggists.
Montana Disposal buys the Charles Thurston 10 acre ranch for 16000 dollars to launch the largest hog raising enterprise in the area. J H Kelly leads the new company, plans to repair buildings and build feed lots for 500 to 600 hogs with aim to expand to 2000 head by next spring. Breeding stock will be thoroughbred Durocs and equipment worth about 20000 dollars will be purchased in Chicago, including wagons and trucks, to replace obsolete city gear.
A new public speaking class recruited 30 students with a 40 person audience. W E Maddock, city schools superintendent, will direct weekly Thursday sessions. Colton and Gillespie outlined Y educational aims and past work in Butte. Existing courses include show card writing, lettering, arithmetic and English.
San Diego dispatches yesterday said Frank Powers known as Judge Powers of Butte was killed when a stagecoach overturning near Tia Juana. Police in Butte awaited confirmation while wives were sent for details, as investigators sought identifications among local ex-residents in San Diego. Powers, a well known bartender, had recent ties to Butte, Boulder Hot Springs, Helena and Anaconda.
Washington Jan 22 The Senate rejected 33 to 30 an attempt by Senator Walsh Democrat Montana to call up a resolution censuring Rear Admiral William S Sims for disclosure of confidential information tied to his appearance before the sub committee investigating oval decoration awards. The party line vote reflected partisan division.
Marie Fay and Ted McDonald were acquitted in Superior court of the murder of W. H. McNutt in Spokane Wash. They were later rearrested in default of bail on separate charges with Marie and Fay facing forgery counts and Ted a grand larceny charge.
The first of a series of employers and employees conferences opens tonight at Carpenters' hall to set a working basis for wage mediation and improved conditions in the 1920 building industry. Forty delegates, 20 from each side, will attend as preparatory talks aim to map future sessions and resolve individual group issues before broader discussions unfold.
Spokane shoppers may see a national effort to curb prices as the Spokane Retail Clothiers' association votes to urge all men’s apparel dealers to buy only the minimum required merchandise. The plan aims to reduce costs and will be sent to the state and then national retail clothiers groups for endorsement and possible action.
Ten armed members of the Union of Russian Workers were arrested on federal warrants by justice department agents in Seattle and sent to immigration detention for hearings before Immigration Commissioner White. The night roundups bring total detainees to 43 with over 20 appearing before White and records sent to Washington, D. C.
Swiss newspapers echo the Geneva Tribune in favoring the exiled former Emperor William as deserving distinction. Editorials argue Holland bears no blame for upholding neutral traditions despite international crime charges against him.
Mrs Nevada J. Haywood wife of Chicago labor leader William D. Haywood died in Denver after a long illness. She was born in Nevada about 60 years ago and was active in labor circles as secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World.
International News Service from London reports jazzing on artificial legs at the Portman Dance club. Twenty five St Thomas hospital officers, many never danced since the war, proved Sir Arthur Stanley correct that they could dance and gain usefulness elsewhere. Progress was greatest with jointed ankles as partners noted those with solid joints leaned.
Manilla January 22 Prohibition leaders urge non payment of liquor taxes claiming them illegal Local and territorial authorities seek tax collection while the movement argues the US constitutional prohibition amendment is not operative in the Philippines The US district court ruled the amendment inoperative there awaiting territorial legislature actions to decide how long the islands stay wet
Newark N J January 22 Prices of living commodities rose in December 1919 to record highs and are on track to set another record in January 1920 Dr Koval Meeker commissioner of statistics dept of labor said in an address He noted food costs in December were almost double those of December 1913 and wages have not kept pace leaving the average family earning less in real terms than in 1913.
A. Gross, Tacoma news dealer and book seller, was found guilty by a jury on two counts charging sale of seditious literature. A verdict of not guilty was returned on the remaining two counts. His attorney announced an appeal. The notice ends with an unrelated classified line about a market road.
Montana towns faced a cold spell with Butte escaping the worst of the temperatures. Reports show uptown At twelve o clock last night twelve above zero, four degrees below the afternoon reading. Thermometers in the business district were three above at eight last evening, with a warmer trend seen by midnight. Lower city areas may reach zero but are unlikely to fall below. Power company data list Basin at zero, Marysville two below, Wolf Creek eight below, and Adele nineteen below.
Spokane January 22 A jury in superior court found Mrs Emily Hoyle guilty of kidnapping her own grandchild the child of her unmarried daughter. She claimed she gave the baby to a woman who took it to California. The child's present location is unknown.
A Chicago business firm offers a $190 bonus to any employee who announces a new baby in the family. The unusual incentive highlights a generous employee engagement program inside a local company.
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