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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
11
An old home remedy praises mixing granulated sugar and water with Pinex to create a cough syrup. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours for coughs, whooping cough, and croup, and promises satisfaction with money-back guarantees. The ad urges using genuine Pinex from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
E W Davis, a traveling salesman from Salt Lake City, extols Plant Juice after taking it for stomach trouble and rheumatism. He and his wife report improvement, and he plans to buy another bottle as a spring tonic. Plant Juice is advertised as digestible, tonic, and blood purifying. Available at local Anaconda and Newbro drug stores.
An old advertisement warns against catarrah and promotes Hyomei inhalation through an inhaler as a direct method to destroy disease germs in the throat and lungs. It claims quick, safe relief without stomach disruption and offers money back if no benefit. The seller is Smith Drug Company with Paxson & Nocktelier in Anaconda and Butte.
An old advertisement promises rapid relief from a severe cold using Pape's Cold Compound. It claims the medicine opens clogged passages, relieves nasal discharge, sick headache, sore throat, sneezing, and stiffness after doses every two hours, with quick relief at 25 cents per bottle.
Oct 28 report shows six senators for a government central bank and six for the administration regional system. Republicans Weeks McLean Nelson Crawford Bristow push central bank, while Hitchcock aligns with Democrats for regional plan. Debate delays vote to tomorrow as discussants seek concession to reduce regional banks from 12 to four or five and consider pooling reserves under federal board.
A garbled October notice reports Treasury and authorities debating unplucked game birds and feathers. It mentions bonds, 39 day timelines, and prohibitions on plumage, with references to import rules and possible government actions.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the treasury department interprets the new tariff law to restrict admission of wheat and flour free of duty to nations that impose duties on similar U S products. Customs collectors are told the countries now admitting American wheat and flour without duty are Great Britain Finland and the Netherlands.
Washington date Oct 28 Dr Rudolph Ravenburg longtime surgeon general associate insisted in his will that a poison be injected after death to ensure absolute death. The testator directed hypodermic injection of two ounces of potassium cyanide into the external jugular vein. Ravenburg, a graduate of military service, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery ten days ago.
A British battle cruiser named Ne land, gifted from the Dominion of Ni land to England, docked at Port of Spain for a week and will load 1,000 tons of oil fuel tomorrow. In Washington, Justice Hush refused a review of William J. Cummins's larceny conviction from the Carnegie Trust of New York.
In Chicago and nearby areas, about 1,500 telegraphers on the Rock Island system ended their strike after points at issue were adjusted early today. The railroad company granted a 5 percent wage increase.
Helena dispatch reports the Montana Public Service Commission orders a hearing on electricity rates for lighting power and miscellaneous use. Electric light concerns must file proposed schedules within 30 days. defendants include Montana Power and Missoula Light Power among others. The move, prompted by many consumers affected, marks a major inquiry since the commission’s founding.
Washington reports that wealthy yacht owners challenging the Payne Aldrich tariff tax on foreign built vessels will get an early Supreme Court hearing. At the government's request, cases are moved to argue on the first Monday in January. Plaintiffs include C K G Billings H Clay Pierce James Gordon Bennett Roy A Rainey and Harriet Goclet among others.
A Wisconsin woman describes 12 years of dyspepsia, weight loss, and speech trouble. After trying Grape Nuts with cream for breakfast and lunch and Nuts for dinner she improves markedly, gains appetite, can eat most foods, and stops stuttering. She credits the product from Postum Co and notes the book The Road to Wellville.
Helena Oct 28 grain inspection in Montana will be minimal until the next legislature amends the grain inspection law. The $5,000 appropriation to establish the department left no funds for maintenance or inspectors. Eight inspectors will be kept on Nov 1 in a limited capacity, pending fixes to the law and new funding.
Bastian, a youth linked to a string of burglaries over five years, told police a long list of houses he robbed. His memory is impaired, hindering full recall of all crime locations as investigators pursue the case across multiple sites. In Kansas City a separate suit against Reed, Francis, and Rubey for 150000 dollars was dropped for lack of evidence in a stalled nomination fight.
Cor corporal John Rowny of the One hundredth Company United States Coast Artillery drowned in a race at the entrance to the sound today. He was caught in a cable chain and dragged over by the transport General Ayres, which was engaged in recovering a submerged mine lost in recent maneuvers.
A man named J. F. Wilson sought on a fugitive warrant for allegedly stealing 1600 dollars from McCauley Bros where he worked as a bookkeeper. He is linked to Toronto Ontario as another alias Thomas registered him. His bride reportedly left for San Francisco yesterday.
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