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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
17
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle, thorough laxative for children. It claims to cleanse stomach, liver, and bowels, prevent illness, and restore happiness after dosing with a fig flavored remedy. It emphasizes safety and urges mothers to keep the product handy.
A vintage advertisement argues modern diets cause digestive issues and promotes Cascarets as the natural substitute for exercise and proper eating. It claims primitive diets kept bowels clear and urges readers to take Cascarets like daily vitamins. It ends by offering a 10 cent box.
A historical notice reports a clergyman’s son who suffered tuberculosis and related respiratory ailments but has since recovered. The piece references a pamphlet by Hekman Labor, Philadelphia, offering guidance on remedies and health practices without poisons or habit-forming drugs.
A Columbus town marshal Charles Davison is fatally shot while trying to arrest Homer Porter after a disturbance. Porter is wounded four times and arrested. an inquest was held with eyewitness Jesse Smith. Davison, 30, was respected, served as marshal, and his funeral is set for the following day.
The piece recounts a Tennessee rider Flynn and his coal black horse Dusky Pete, described as a near thoroughbred used to seize racing opportunities. It outlines the sketchy origins of the phrase dark horse and hints at Flynn leveraging a swift horse for favorable race outcomes during state travels.
Mineola New York July 29 Experiments on the aviation field may mark a notable advance in air conquest Experts from the state national guard signaling corps test a device to calm air by wireless transmission of electricity The theory mirrors oil calming stormy seas Mount Gretna two more West Virginia infantry companies ordered to the strike region at home the remain troops ready to respond if called by Governor Glasscock
A Washington man identified as Meyers was killed yesterday when a peanut roaster boiler exploded. Fragments struck him in the back as the device burst.
The article surveys Japan’s modernization under Emperor Meiji from 1862 to the early 1900s. It notes the opening of ports, abolition of torture in 1878, a modern judicial code, the first railway in 1872, and widespread European influence. It mentions the naming of Tokyo, foreign treaty revisions, and the Emperor’s leadership in the Sino and Russo-Japanese wars, plus naval modernization.
The Anaconda Standard partners with Mr. Haskin to give readers a book for 60 cents plus six coupons, or 75 cents postage for mail orders. The offer promises a curiously written, well illustrated value of $2, with copies delivered from the Anaconda office to in town and out of town subscribers.
The article notes rifles and Japanese troops impressing European observers as Mutsubito moves into Manchuria. It highlights his role as the first oriental monarch to form a major alliance with a leading European power. In 1889 he wed Princess Haru. he leaves Crown Prince Yo Shihito and four daughters. The imperial family spends most time in the palace and gardens, seldom appearing except at receptions.
Charles W. Goodale, head of the Boston and Montana department at Anaconda Copper Mining, after a Japan visit, stated Prince Yoshikito, now heir to the throne, is very popular. He is the Mikado's eldest son and the only royal child with brothers all younger brothers. The imperial line remains secure with three more male children born.
A farmer in Shidzuoka witnesses a dramatic battle between a large eagle and a dog near Awagatabe. The dog fights back with fierce vigor while villagers report the bird was five feet tall before the farmer intervened with a hatchet. The eagle collapsed, bloodied, and the dog’s victory was celebrated at home.
The Paris correspondence argues France is not a Latin country, claiming French people are Celtic ancestors and that Latin identity is a false construct. It asserts Celts as real forebears and compares French origins to Germans, challenging established ethnolinguistic ties.
Research documents a fish named Fictor of hunger as scientists test responses by placing a red cylinder bait and an empty red vessel in an aquarium. The fish repeatedly entered the red cylinder, entering even without food cues, suggesting hunger drive can be separated from food desire in learned behavior.
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