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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
17
An old advertisement touts Kotex as a superior sanitary method, claiming five times the absorbency of cotton pads, deodorizing, and eliminating embarrassment with no laundry. It emphasizes ease of purchase at drug or department stores and low cost, urging women to adopt the product for peace of mind in social and business settings.
Ethel May Snider of Harford City Indiana overworked caring for a sick woman and doing house work. She started Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after seeing an ad and soon felt much better. Her experience reflects many testimonials sent to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company from women nationwide praising the remedy.
A vintage promotional notice touts a Great Lakes Transit Corporation cruise route with 2230 miles of scenery. It highlights steel steamships offering fine dining, sleeping accommodations, dancing, games, shore trips and meals included in fare. Sailings occur every three days from Lake Erie and Lake Huron.
Milwaukee announces new schedule reducing travel time on the eastbound Columbian from Tacoma to Chicago by 19 hours 18 minutes and shortening westbound trips by over two hours. Stops are reduced with Marmouth local service covering some segments, and arrivals shift earlier in Butte and Spokane to aid connections with Union Pacific to Portland.
The Northern Pacific railway announced special fares for Montana events. For the Eagles convention at Missoula August 5 to 7, a one and a half fare rate with 100 minimum attendees. certificates bought Aug 2 to 7 return by Aug 11. Kiwanis and Montana Golf at Anaconda August 2 to 10 and 5 to 8 use the same plan, returns by Aug 13 and Aug 11 respectively. Mystic Shrine at Bozeman August 5 to 7 includes Idaho with return by Aug 12.
Dorcas Society of Emmanuel Lutheran plans a Wednesday evening program at 8 at the church parlors at Silver and Montana. Music and entertainment include piano and vocal solos by Elizabeth Anderson Helen Davis and others with refreshments and social hour after.
Tack McGee and James Adwards were arrested at 2 15 pm by Assistant Chief James Larkin and held in the city jail for investigation into the reported prowling of two automobiles on South Main Street. Charles Kimball of Bonner Block complains that two machines in the 200 block were featened by two men, tied to a council matter. The Butte Girl Scout council will meet at the Y M C A this evening at 7 18 to attend a swimming contest afterwards.
Mrs Cassie Bogart of South Amsterst Ontario receives 80 000 after Edwin Jennings died in 1928 without a will. She may gain 400 000 more in Chicago court, sharing with four children. Bogart, nearly blind husband, saved for years while he worked as a barber and a weekmaker.
The Butte Fire Department Relief association filed its articles of Incorporation with Clerk William Mottoy yesterasy to operate as a corporation for the benefit of firemen and their families. Approved by the city council and Mayor William Horgan on Web 1926, the group aims to accumulate funds for sick and widowed firemen and their dependents while fostering social ties and owning real property. Trustees named are C J Wield Pat Cavanaugh Mines M P O tred Noble and Fred Martin.
State Senator Frank Hazelbaker of Dillon reported favorable crop conditions in Beaverhead County and the Big Hole basin after traveling through the districts. He noted harvest work has begun in Beaverhead and the area, with hundreds employed across both regions during the season.
The Montana Bankers Association schedule in Butte features a golf tournament for the W. A. Clark trophy and a F D trophy event with special prizes. July 18 sees speeches by Charles Vandenhonk Woodard Donnelly and Roy A. Young, with luncheons, a spring dinner, and a dance at Gregson Springs for delegates and guests. The final day covers American Bankers Association and state bank section meetings, with elections and further business.
Mrs. Ellen Diestel of Butte Montana was injured by flying glass and left with arm lacerations and shock after an explosion at Mount Hope Jersey City while visiting relatives. She was staying with cousins and was not in serious condition. Diestel and her relatives plan to visit in August in Jersey City.
Fifteen men scheduled for Wednesday night mental exams before the Butte police commission. Arch ie Mel Taggart Charles P. Dineen and A. J Guenther to preside at city hall at 8 oclock. Successful applicants placed on eligibility list for duty. includes Francis Joseph Roe already a motor officer.
A marriage license was issued yesterday in Silver Bow County to Anton W Straub 28 of Galen and Mazi Elizabeth Gorman 25 of San Francisco. The license confirms their intended union and legal eligibility under state regulations.
Renowned entertainer Charlie Chaplin arrives at the Rialto theater this afternoon with his famed outfit and bamboo cane, promising one of his greatest performances to date. Local audiences anticipate his world spanning appeal from New Zealand to Iceland.
Orton's music house enters the third week of its co operative piano sales plan with strong support from Butte residents and nearby districts. D F Akers notes flexible terms within reach of any home and reports rising sales and inquiries. The plan aims to boost home music life and includes free juvenile piano classes to foster local talent.
Sunday night a theft occurred at 112 East Satena Street when thieves entered the garage ground floor and stole two tires, according to a report received by the proprietor White upstatre.
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