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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
2
Great Falls resident Mrs. R S Andrews credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a lasting cure for back pain rheumatic symptoms and dropsy like swelling. She says four years later the relief remains and urges others to try the product from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Price 60c at dealers.
Neglecting a cold or cough risks serious illness but Dr King’s New Discovery is touted as a proven remedy. The ad claims rapid relief for cold cough and croup and notes strong, fifty year popularity with prices of 50c to $1.20 a bottle at druggists.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Wills as a mild effective bowel regulator. It claims relief from constipation through gentle cleansing of the system and increased zest for activity. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
A famed pain reliever for rheumatic aches and sprains boasts speedy relief without rubbing. It penetrates easily and leaves a clean refreshing feel. Available at all drug stores in 36c 70c and 1.40 prices.
A humorous exchange contrasts a political jab with a coal mine wage note. The cartoon quotes a line about taking a wife out and a worker joking about being gassed for 45 minutes, with a punchline about a politician. The Birmingham Age-Herald caption style is implied.
Dr W A Line of Westbaden Indiana endorses Adler-i-ka for bowel relief. One dose can suffice in many cases and it is said to flush both upper and lower bowels easing gas and sour stomach. The mixture contains buckthorn cascara glycerine and nine other ingredients. Free book available by writing Adlerika St Paul Minnesota.
In western Montana stories recount how vigilantes hanged highwaymen who hid gold dust along the Big Hole river near Glenn and in old Bannack and Virginia City camps. Rumors of a Grasshopper country mother lode persist, with a Swede prospector allegedly revealing a vast stash that drew many to search for years.
Yellowstone Park faces a severe elk famine as about 20 000 animals in the Yellowstone herd lose thousands to hunting and starvation. Officials warn that 4 000 may have already fallen to hunters, with more dying from wounds and natural causes as snow hides forage.
Machinists in eight of the twelve largest Perth Amboy New Jersey plants suspend work to press for a 44 hour week and higher wages, signaling widespread labor action to gain the shorter work period and a wage boost.
Before the war Belgium ranked as the third zinc smelting nation globally with annual output around 200000 tons of unmanufactured zinc. About 76 percent of this production was exported.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company will cover railroad costs for a student representative from each of about 40 Montana vocational agriculture schools to attend the Farmers' short course at Bozeman from January 12 to 17, 1920. Work will begin soon on a large hydro electric plant using Victoria Falls power in Africa, the world's largest.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum as an exquisitely scented face skin baby and dusting powder. It notes the Cuticura Trio Soup Ointment and Talcum as reliable, with talcum priced at 25 cents and available everywhere.
The article argues for drift ing as a way to protect herds from annual starvation and improve hunting. It notes pastures failing after a dry summer have driven cattle to loading stations and eastward, while elk move from park mountains seeking grazing with little chance of finding it. Park boards plan drastic measures to limit losses, but thousands of elk may still starve. The piece cites historic ranges extending up to 50 miles from the park and predicts elk may travel farther this year in search of pasture.
A 1919 bureau of navigation report notes American shipyards produced 2 395 vessels totaling 4 258 045 gross tons within 12 months ending November 1 1919. It attributes most tonnage to treasury funded shipbuilding and mentions a pugilist who weighed in before a fight with a backer.
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