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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1912
Page
10
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as the pleasant remedy to keep children's bowels clean. It warns against castor oil and harsh laxatives, claiming the product gently cleanses and regulates the stomach and liver without cramps. The ad promotes asking for the full name California Fig Syrup and Elixir of Senna.
A French mill of ads-like text touts Pape's Diapepsin as a five minute cure for fermentation and sour stomach. It claims relief from indigestion, dyspepsia, and related ailments, urging readers to buy at their local drugstore. The item also contains scattered notes about coal contracts and state institution needs, with government names and places interwoven.
The page lists a morning program with a 10:30 turn and talks by Governor Nortis on Good Roads and Durston on Tonnage Roads. Afternoon sessions cover permanent organization, selecting the next congress city, and officer elections. The Montana State Automobile Association plans a campaign next year for better roads and clearer highway signs along with stronger automobile laws.
Delegates hear Attorney General Galen advocate using state prison convicts to build roads. He cites reformation, cheap labor, and public benefit, noting camps with tents, nonarmed guards, and cadet blue attire. He urges state aid, roads maintained by counties, and a new road code to fund construction nationwide.
The text discusses using equitable taxation and public benefit principles to fund road construction without bonds or tax levies. It mentions possible state and federal aid, revenue from forest reserves, and the need to carefully prepare and work out details before further consideration. It notes the objective of securing funds for public road building.
A Montana audience heard advocacy for national highways linking the coast to coast. Speakers cited the American Automobile Association, state funds, and a national system to boost travel, commerce, and unity, praising auto clubs and the self propelled vehicle as change agents while honoring road builders and pioneers.
A fragment notes Professor Moore at a convention mixing instruction with humor. The brief entry hints at a talk or performance during the afternoon session, marking the event as a lighthearted highlight in the program.
E E James traveling inspector for the Office of Public Roads spoke at the good roads congress, stressing road maintenance as essential. He described the King road drag to fill road pores and exclude water, urged its use on earth roads after rain, and warned that properly built earth roads fail without maintenance and proper drainage. He noted maintenance costs around $500 per mile and urged better gravel screening and cross-road layering, praising government demonstration roads for spurring improvements.
The speaker cited Mi foul and Bozeman Idaho among communities, praising road methods. Many people visited the hotel demonstration room where Mr Famer explained building and maintenance techniques and displayed road models, a feature of the Congress. County commissioners and road supervisors spent much time there.
A prominent session before Congress highlighted the good roads movement. Chief Justice May and Justice Henry Smith discussed road relations to citizenship and national development, noting roads as essential complements to railways and vital for farmers to bring crops to market.
A siphon bottle exploded at Bee Bane Weiss's saloon in Miami on a Sunday night after a capsule was charged. The bottle shattered in heavy wire netting, sending glass fragments into Weiss's chin and face and cutting his hands. He suffered nervous shock and minor injuries, with one hand temporarily paralyzed. The bottle glass was about half an inch thick.
Special Dispatch reports Murray, tied to Glass-Lind- Hy Land, jailed on forgery charges after presenting a $10 company order claimed to be issued by J C Ellett. The incident occurred at the Glass-Lind- Hy Land office and Murray fled toward Billings before being arrested at Custer. Also mentions Horstora’s Acid Phosphate promoted as a nerve tonic.
An early 20th century advertisement touts a tuberculosis remedy claimed to save lives through improved nourishment and a restorative medicine. The text references Dr Bekman and Berets Rochester, a case of peritonitis, and urges readers to ask for the product, noting warnings about poisons and opiates and promoting mail orders to Bekman laboratory.
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