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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
6
An aged women reports two years of severe hot flashes and health concerns. The advertisement cites Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co of Lynn Massachusetts offering herbal remedies and testimonials for middle aged women.
Oakland report notes Capt Eddie Rickenbacker and Maj Reed Chambers were awarded government mementos after their victory over a German Hanover plane. Rickenbacker received the barograph while Chambers got the machine gun. The barograph records the flight data, including the 1500 meter altitude, and the captured Hanover was later shown in the United States.
Silver Bow American Legion post will hold a special meeting next Tuesday to meet H R Packard of the federal vocational training board in Washington. The session aims to prep for a contingent of vocational training officers visiting April 9 11 and 12. Commander Troup urges all servicemen in Butte to attend. Packard’s visit could affect ex servicemen with claims before the examiners. Troup is named as one of 3000 speakers for a nationwide patriotic mass meetings campaign on April 4. he will speak on disabled veterans and the issue of slackers. The Paris chamber of deputies passed a bill making physical training compulsory for citizens 16 and older, continuing until military service.
Chicago March 23 three types of gas bombs to be used in warfare on criminals were adopted by the police today. One tear gas to blind temporarily, another to render unconscious, and a third to drive robbers from buildings where they have taken refuge.
Fat people fear their weight and are urged to obtain a fat reduction method by purchasing a “harmless” plan. The Marmola Company advertises a large case available for one dollar by mail order from Detroit Michigan, claiming ordinary means for reducing fat.
In Ottawa on March 23 Col. C. W. Peck proposed forming a new Canadian province comprising most of British Columbia north of the 52nd parallel and including the Yukon. The plan would place the new entity under plebiscite approval by a majority of electors across the territory.
New Zealand possesses a beautiful fur bearing oppossum unlike the familiar local species. Introduced to Australia long ago, it lacks native enemies there and has multiplied into a serious pest. It raids fruit trees, yet its fur fetches high value.
In fruit-growing regions Australians advocate boosting opossum populations in forest districts to mitigate damage to crops. Opossum skins have become valuable for export and are already fashioned into fashionable garments for women in the United States.
A historic coupon-like appeal invites readers to mail five cents and details to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills for pains in sides back rheumatism back ache kidney and bladder ailments and Foley Cathartic Tablets a thorough cleansing laxative. Sold everywhere.
Los Angeles news reports Everett Hutchings found guilty of grand larceny after eight minutes of jury deliberation. Hutchings was convicted of swindling J. B. Norris, a Decatur farmer, out of 5100,000 in a stock deal.
Miss Jean Doughty, sister of defendant John Doughty, testified that the family knew bonds were in the house but did not know how her brother came by them. She blamed Mrs. Small for refusing to meet a sister who sought to return the bonds, amid the Ambrose Small theft case in Toronto.
In New York on March 23, Edouard Cochran of San Francisco and Horemans each scored blocks in a 4800-point balk line billiards match. Cochran ended with 1397 points while Horemans reached 1600.
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