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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
14
Ten thousand kids expected Tuesday at Columbia Gardens for a gala opening marking twenty years of public access to Butte's popular resort. Senator Clark urged an auspicious start and put forth every effort to ensure a grand pavilion event in the park.
An old advertisement promotes a weight reduction plan using Korein Fapaulen taken after meals and at night. It claims safe digestion aid and quick results, alongside weekly weigh ins. The piece also covers Arbor Day events and a festival in Butte with Floyd Noyes Orchestra, garden preparations, and transportation for visitors from neighboring towns.
Rome reports that the commission of cardinals confirmed the validity of Count Boni de Castellane's marriage to Anna Gould, now Duchess Talleyrand. The count had several petitions to annul the union, with the latest appeal filed in January and now decided against him.
Butte liquor merchants mail notices to Washington drinkers alerting when permits renew every 20 days. Spokane and other cities receive samples of the dealers stock, mostly whiskey, shipped from Montana after prohibition. Record permits surged in early February, with hundreds issued in a few days and an estimated $16,842 spent on whiskey via shipment routes.
From Faris dated May 4 reports Cardinal Archbishop Tons, known as Cardinal Levin, died at 64. He was created cardinal in May 1944. Dispatches from Athens note famine in Epirus due to grain confiscation by Entente representatives at Corfu. Starvation cases are reported amid the crisis.
Butte reports from St Paul say railroads declined to grant wages. A New York conference in June will decide whether to strike or accept arbitration. Trainmen leaders oppose arbitration, though Western crews largely oppose a strike. The outcome hinges on district votes and member sentiment. Also in Butte a Democratic club meeting urged all members to attend with Agnes Attridge as county chair. Berlin reports French foothold near Deadman Hill in the German advance line.
An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy warning of danger signals from kidney trouble and listing symptoms such as frequent urination and indigestion. It offers a sample bottle by sending ten cents and asks readers to note the Anaconda Daily Standard reference.
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