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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
4
J H Kelley offers to remove city garbage for 75000 dollars a year and sell treated waste as hog feed. City could save about 60000 annually while saloon closures threaten 80000 in license losses. Council committees back the contract pending valuation and bond.
A vintage ad promotes Dr. King's New Discovery for colds coughs and bronchial attacks saying it loosens phlegm relieves irritation soothes a sore throat and speeds recovery. It notes the remedy is over a half century old and widely sold at druggists.
A brief, period style ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as bowels trainers. It claims the pills cleanse the system surely and comfortably and offer relief if diet regulation fails.
The article warns that sluggish kidneys harm long term health and urges immediate action when nervousness dizziness back pain or sleeplessness appear. It explains impurities accumulate as uric acid harming the body and urges cleansing to prevent destruction of health.
A bold health ad promotes Gold Medal Maarlem Oil Capsules as a long used remedy for dangerous disease. It claims imported Holland origins, soothing oils with herbs, and promise of prompt relief or money back. Three sealed package sizes offered at drugstores with no substitutes.
William Peterson, last survivor of the 1869 Yellowstone trio, died in Salmon City Idaho. Born in Denmark he helped describe the park's wonders after sailing around Cape Horn and settling in Idaho. He and companions Folsom and Cook embarked September 1869, earlier stories and later expeditions expanded public knowledge of the park.
World news brief reports Berlin riots suppressed with machine guns leaving sixteen dead. Other items note British eight hour day for railway workers and navy cutbacks, Hoover potential food administration head, and varied postwar diplomacy and logistics across cities.
Fifty sewing machines powered by five ten horsepower motors will turn out overalls the first in the state. Three carloads of machinery arrived for Finck & Co. and are being installed. Work to begin in about a week. Finishing touches include water connections trenches pipes 930 feet sewerage plumbing and freight elevator completed.
Compulsory vaccination is urged by the local board of health to combat influenza. Red Cross funds exceed $1,000 for the local chapter. A baby in Malta weighs 17 pounds at birth. A long railroad tunnel project resumes in spring near Grass Range. Musselshell farm bureau seeks full hail loss payments. Silver Bow reports a war chest balance of $27,250 and county totals of $298,630.62. An agricultural survey is planned in Yellowstone county. Fergus county senator J. E. Lane returns from six months in Paris with Red Cross service. Butte notes population drop to about 78,000–80,000. Rotary meeting set for Feb 10–11, including Idaho and Utah districts. Anaconda reports a chimney climb of 585 feet in 23 minutes. A fatal buggy train crash near Hingham. Roundup faces a projected annual $2,000 deficit after dry town effects. Montana Soldiers' Home requests $80,000 for expenses over two years. Billings rails on seed onions travel costs, suit against railroad for $680. Billings jurors convict in sedition case of F. J. Israel. potential new trial discussed as a Montana precedent.
The Alien Property Custodian asks Montana county councils to help locate enemy owned property. Only 99 reports had been filed by November 1 1918, despite Montana’s large resources. Banks, probate records, abstract firms and mining rights are urged to aid in identifying property and forwarding details to Washington.
Sergeant Major Lloyd Raw of Lewistown, a Marine volunteer who joined after the war began, has been promoted at a Texas camp. He expected to sail with the first France-bound troops but proved essential in training machine gun crews, including many who fought at Chateau-Thierry.
A vintage ad copy promotes Sloan's Liniment saying it relieves external aches stiffness and muscle soreness. The product is described as clean convenient and economical and urged to ask any druggist for Sloan's Liniment.
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