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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1922
Page
10
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for adults and children to relieve constipation. It promises relief when feeling sick dizzy or headachy and describes the product as pleasant tasting with no griping. Price listed suggests ten cent boxes.
A covey of ptarmi gan, a game bird of the far north, was spotted near Twin Bridges. The unusual sighting may suggest a harsher, colder winter ahead for the area.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to treat constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful opens bowels within hours, restoring a playful child and preventing illness, and warns to buy the genuine product labeled California.
The Great Falls agricultural committee compares summer tilled versus spring plowed fields. It finds spring plowed or disced land often yields as much or more, with correct summer tilling boosting long term averages. Hull’s farm data from 1916 to 1922 supports higher seven year yields under summer tillage, though weed growth can negate moisture conservation.
Polson will host a winter fair in January. Reports note extensive sugar beet growing experiments planned in the Milk River district next season.
Dr. Emil Starz of the state livestock sanitary board outlines Montana raw materials from lumber metal mining and coal industries. He cites coal tar yielding perfumes explosives medicines and other products and notes mucic acid from tamarack stump gum and phosphate rock use in fertilizers. He urges reclaiming by products and cites Montana as a vast field for chemists.
Gordon Campbell, Montana oil discoverer, noted about 60 rigs drilling in the Kevin field with more added as secured. He praised the Choteau field between Choteau and Agawam as even more promising and said a test well will be spudded soon as Standard of California, Carter Oil, and Gypsy Oil secure acreage there.
State board of equalization mailed notices showing seven principal railroads in Montana have a total decrease of 966 631 in assessed value for 1922 compared with 1921. Individual line figures list Northern Pacific Great Northern Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Soo Chicago Burlington Quincy Butte Anaconda and Pacific along with intercounty properties.
An advertising blurb touts Pape's Diapepsin as a cheap remedy for indigestion. It claims after taking one or two tablets the stomach is corrected and pain heartburn flatulence and sour digestion disappear. The package is guaranteed by the druggist.
The article cites 1921 figures and the Oregon Short Line total of 7,821,532 versus 7,311,442 in the prior year, outlining a year over year comparison of railway revenue or assets.
A compilation of old classified items and ads from Montana including Defoe Glass & Paint Co in Great Falls, bonded collections and Montana investors, Helena Spermann Co, telegraphy and stenography schools, printer operator jobs, teachers agency, state distributor for automobiles, and a hemsstitching attachment by Economy Bases Company in Billings.
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