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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
16
Mrs. Nellie Peck of Kansas City testifies her sickly boy improved after taking Taniac and she fears she can never repay the debt of gratitude owed to the medicine.
Mrs. Nellie Peck of Kansas City praises Tanlac for curing her 14 year old son Curtis who had chronic stomach trouble, weakness, headaches, and poor appetite. She recounts rapid improvement and says she also recovered from five years of stomach problems and dizziness after using Tanlac. Ad notes Tanlac sold in Anaconda and Butte.
A general meeting of the newly formed chamber of commerce will be held Wednesday evening May 12 at 8 oclock in the Empress theater. Members will consider new by laws and approve them. A one day cleanup drive results will be announced and teams will enroll overlooked members. Ballots for the new board of 16 directors will be mailed May 14 with the high 32 to final May 19.
Butte court heard a Chinese complainant Lee Kong accuse classmate Ingie Ring of reckless driving after Lee was struck and left with injuries. Lee did not appear for testimony and the case was dismissed on motion by Assistant City Attorney Juttner.
Mrs. Margaret J. Rosza of Butte, city inspector, and member of the women’s republican national council, accepted an invitation for a seat at the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 8. She wrote to Mrs. C. B. South, chair of the convention’s women’s division, noting she had arranged the seat through national committeeman T. A. Marlow, who is in Chicago on party business.
Silver Bow road warrants totaling more than 13000 dollars will be redeemed on May 17, announced by county treasurer C. T. Puckett. The call applies to warrants registered in the fund including numbers 11845, 12205, 12377, 12434, 12445, 12456, 12485, 12510, 12511, 12512, 12520, 12521, 12522, 12624, 2525, 12526 through 12753, with accrued interest.
In Cairo a bomb hit Hussein Darwiche's auto as he left his office. The minister of works was unharmed but his chauffeur was slightly injured. A nearby university student was mortally wounded in the blast Friday evening.
Capt. Lovell H. Smith, commanding officer of Puryear field, allegedly broke the world altitude record for a plane carrying a pilot and three passengers by reaching 17 100 feet. The craft stayed aloft for 2 hours and 40 minutes.
An order from the Canadian Wheat Board bans exporting any mixed grains containing wheat grown in Ontario or Quebec without a permit and prohibits imports into Canada without a license.
Two touring cars from Los Angeles and Seattle and three state highway trucks were marooned yesterday in snow up to six feet deep on Priest pass. They managed to free themselves late last night and proceed west toward Missoula while highway crews headed to Deer Lodge. A touring party included two women, a child, and several men whose names were not learned. At Elliston the road was later reported open. The group lacked proper digging gear for the mile and a half of impassable roadway.
SPOKANE May 19 John H Tilsley commissioner of public safety died in a local hospital this afternoon from kidney trouble doctors said He served the city in a public safety role and his death ends a lengthy career in municipal service.
A man who later claimed the name Bruce Barthing, completely disguised as a woman, was captured by police after a chase in Chicago on May 10. Authorities believe he participated in several robberies in an exclusive north side district. he fled when a watchman challenged him, lifting his skirt as he ran before two officers apprehended him.
The Duke of Devonshire governor general of Canada arrived in Quebec from England aboard the steamship Empress of Ireland, completing his transatlantic voyage.
Philadelphia May 10 Wilmer Atkinson founder of the Farm Journal died of pneumonia today at age 79. He built a national farming publication and influenced agricultural reporting.
Dublin May 10 The policy of closing rural police barracks continues amid attacks few in number. At Cloyne County Cork a seven man garrison surrendered and one was wounded. At Newtown Hamilton South Armagh 300 Sinn Fein attackers besieged a five man garrison for two and a half hours, burning the barracks before retreating.
Appeals from Astoria and The Dalles urge Governor Olcott to grant relief from the gasoline shortage. The fishing industry on the Columbia river faces a tie up and farming operations in Eastern Oregon would be seriously handicapped without fuel aid.
Washington May 10 Republican members of the house ways and means committee agreed to bring in a substitute for the soldiers bonus removing the 1 percent sales tax. The new bill extends other tax provisions over three years. Home service compensation is cut from 1.25 to 1 per day while foreign service remains 1.25. Payments cover April 6 1917 to July 1 1919 rather than to January 1 1920.
In Kansas City on May 10 five unmasked robbers held up the storerooms of a former saloon keeper and stole two truckloads of whiskey valued at $20,000. They forced the proprietor to operate an elevator and moved the liquor from the third floor to street level, loading it into motor trucks before binding and gagging him and a clerk and escaping.
In Seattle on May 10 Louis W. Hill, chairman of Great Northern, said railroad workers have recovered and are pressing for better service and efficiency. He cited foreign trade growth and transport reliability as key issues, calling the railroads financially strapped and urging a $500 million government loan while planning to cut future government dependence.
Washington May 10 The air transport Northern Pacific carrying General Pershing from Panama was grounded at the entrance to San Juan harbor. A dispatch to the war department said the vessel was in no immediate danger.
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