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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1920
Page
8
An old ad claims Gets-It removes painful corns and calluses with instant drying after application. It promises the old corn gallery will lift off in a day or two without pain, calling Gets-It a common-sense way to end misery. The product is described as cheap at any drug store with a money-back guarantee.
An old advertisement promotes Buro-Phosphate as a remedy for thin people seeking weight gain and better health. It asserts increases in weight bring general vitality, improves nerves and sleep, and is backed by a guarantor money-back offer.
Center North Dakota March 16 Hazel Miner an 18 year old girl sacrificed her life during a ferocious blizzard to shield her younger brother and sister Emmet 11 and Meredith as their carriage wrecked three miles from school. The party spent 24 hours in the storm before rescue. Emmet and Meredith survived. Four Kohlin boys Adolph Ernest Soren and Herman froze to death near Ryder after helping younger brothers to safety. Weather bureau notes the worst North Dakota blizzard since 1888.
Gold valued at about 10 million dollars was withdrawn from the sub treasury for shipment to South America, mainly Argentina, marking a total outflow of roughly 57 million this year. Argentine gold reserves in 1919 ranged from 15 to 125 million, with depletion foreseen to curb further exports. Noted surgeon Kenneth A. Mackenzie, dean of the University of Oregon Medical School, died in Portland at 60 from heart disease linked to influenza. He pioneered nerve grafting a decade ago and served as a captain in the medical reserve corps during the war.
A thousand men attacked the Peruvian legation at La Paz and the Bolivian capital’s outskirts last night, according to dispatches cited by the Peruvian foreign office. The Peruvian consulate and private residences of Peruvians were also attacked, the reports add.
Harold Van Buren, 21, dubbed a betting maniac, seeks a Denver job that won’t touch his $28,000,000 fortune while he pursues a £19,000 bet. He travels with wild tales of past stunts and plans to start a fund in New York to aid broke young men under 25 who prove themselves.
Eamon de Valera, head of the Irish Republic, issues a St Patrick's Day proclamation urging Sons and Daughters of the Gael in America to show moral beauty and help pursue peace and happiness through love. He asks Irish Americans to use their influence for good, as a vast parade of Irish groups plans in New York.
Government offices announce a surge of openings with examinations starting today to establish an eligible list for future selections. Listed salaries cover a wide range from $700 to $4,000 per year, with dates in March, April, May, and June for various posts including engineers, examiners, clerks, and specialists.
A faded OCR slip shows pricing for a law clerk at 1000 to 1600 dollars per repris and mentions translator rates around 31, suggesting an internal accounting note or bidding of services. The fragment indicates named roles and monetary figures without full context.
Mr and Mrs A J Wolford return to Helena with their son W F Wolford who had planned a surprise meeting. The parents searched in Hutte but letters were lost and they failed to find each other until a Standard story revealed the reunion at the Acoma. The other son had been in Butte since Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Devaney aged 46 of 3012 Kennedy street died at the family home yesterday morning. She had lived in Butte 31 years and is survived by two sons William of Butte and Owen of Canada, two daughters Mrs. William Lappin of Los Angeles and Mrs. A. L. Taber of Detroit, two sisters Mrs. Al McClellan of Butte and Mrs. H M Sechler of Salem, Ore, and a brother Owen King of Butte.
Edward Larson aged 10 died yesterday morning at a local hospital. He is survived by his father and mother Mr and Mrs Matt Larson. three sisters Christina May and Molly. four brothers Matt Andrew Frank and Sam all of Butte. The family home is 1218 East Galena.
Mrs. Frank Ilkson is charged with grand larceny in a complaint issued by Oscar Peterson. She was arrested at Mullan Idaho after authorities received information last night. Peterson alleges the woman appropriated four hundred dollars of his money.
B. M. Jewell acting president of the railway department for the American Federation of Labor told the Interstate Commerce Commission that labor would support a full trial of the new transportation act. He testified during hearings on whether subordinate railroad officials may be appointed to the railway board, saying 16 organizations would assist in applying the bill.
Hector F. Elwell editor of the Chicago Evening American was released under a stay from a jail sentence and a 500 dollar fine imposed by Federal Judge Carpenter for refusal to answer questions before a federal grand jury.
The article reports the unveiling of Ninlants' new cabinet at a legation in Couey, noting it is drawn entirely from senior members of bourgeois parties. The piece emphasizes the cabinet’s alignment with established ruling classes and its aim to unify various political factions.
Washington reports a Paris draft on the Turkish question proposing Armenian independence and the sultan remaining in Constantinople. The plan foreshadows Russian involvement and an international high commission to oversee the straits, with no military occupation originally planned. Reprisals threaten after French reverses in Cilicia and new troop landings in Constantinople.
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