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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a clean easy to apply pain reliever for rheumatism strains and muscle soreness. It claims quick penetration and broad use for gout lumbago backache stiff neck and related pains with a 25 cent price at druggists.
An advertisement hawks Kickapoo Worm Candy as a mild laxative remedy to combat worms in children. It claims to ease irritability, weakness, teeth crying, and irregular bowel movements, touting the product as a popular candy with a 25 cent price.
A terse exchange in a Boston office reveals a pessimist youth and an office boy debating a supervisor’s claim of a salary raise to five dollars a week. The scene captures workplace rumor and generational chatter.
Modern tone ad promotes New Life Pills as a spring laxative to remove winter wastes and body heaviness. Claims brighten complexion purify blood and restore energy, a non gripping aid to nature's process.
An 1870 note describes laws restricting subjects from approaching the Japanese emperor. Advisers and attendants kept him from public view as he left, with shutters drawn and streets empty. Even today the emperor enjoys walking privately, a privilege seen as unusual by some.
The ad promotes Dr King's New Discovery as relief for colds with symptoms like head congestion sore throat and general malaise. It claims antiseptic balsams soothe irritation and break up a cold though cautions that premature stopping may be dangerous. The offer emphasizes prompt relief and ongoing use until the cold is gone.
In London a banquet featured Russell Lowell responding to a toast with calm wit. An earlier speaker derided the United States, prompting Lowell to quip that Americans do brag a great deal, and he asked where they got it.
Postal text promotes Rain's Cough Remedy as effective against colds and urges purchase at City Drug Adv. Suggested usage and endorsement imply it helps in damp, cold weather. ad style claims wide effectiveness and long use by customers.
A fragmented narrative about a golfer named Jim struggling with putts and approach shots. Friends offer tips as the player perseveres through poor rounds 89 and 92, then practices daily with clubs to regain form.
Why Not Trade at Home? emphasizes customer satisfaction with anxious tone. The seller promises to call again and guarantees goods. If not pleased, exchanges are offered, inviting shoppers to return for more.
A New York Times excerpt notes that in Russia half a century ago peasants wore platinum buttons and used the metal for cutlery hanks and pans. Platinum then cost about five dollars an ounce, enough to spur minting coins before public skepticism ended its circulation.
Professor M. W. Lyon Jr of George Washington University argues in Science that humans have eaten beef pork and fish since ancient times based on the life histories of three tapeworm species Toenia saginata Toenia solium and Dibothriocephalus lat us The parasites spend life cycles in both humans and animal hosts and likely evolved slowly The conclusion is that humans have long consumed cattle and pigs or their ancestors, shaping tapeworm differentiation.
Sloan's Liniment, praised as a ready relief for pains and aches, quickly penetrates without rubbing and soothes soreness. It supposedly surpasses mossy plasters, leaves no skin stain, and is recommended for rheumatism neuralgia gout lumbago sprains. Sold by druggists in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
The Supreme Court on March 19 upheld Congress power to regulate in emergencies and ruled employees of public service organizations may not strike in concert. The decision, six to three, endorses the Adamson eight hour law for railway workers, with dissents by Pitney Day and Vandevanter.
Warden Charles A. Murphy announces military style training for convicts at the Oregon state penitentiary within a few months. The program will focus mainly on marching drills and discipline.
Directors of the National Safety Council representing 2,800 firms across the nation pledged their support to the effort backing the international rail bid and related measures.
London reports the sinking of City of Memphis, Illinois, and Vigilancia by German submarines with crew losses and missing men. Washington says a state of war exists and President considers Congress session to authorize aggressive actions against submarines and arming ships for trans Atlantic defense.
British and French gains reported in France with fourteen villages entered from Arras to Ham and near St. Quentin. French cavalry close to St Quetin. Germans retreating to stronger positions. Macedonia and Monastir see French capture of positions and prisoners, while Berlin claims French attacks fail. No new Ottoman or Mesopotamian updates.
British and French forces advance along a wide front in the Somme and Oise sectors as German withdrawals accelerate. Bapaume falls to British troops after stiff fighting, with lines reaching west of Monchy au Bois and extending to Fresnes from Peronne. Roye is taken by the French, who reach the Roye Noyon road as small villages are evacuated and fronts are rapidly restructured.
London reports twenty four American ships attacked since the war began. Eleven were destroyed by submarines and the Wiliam P. Frye fell to a German cruiser raider. The Cushing was struck by an airship on April 28, 1915, with fifteen American lives lost in these engagements.
President Wilson spent two hours with his cabinet weighing the international crisis and urged moving the April 16 date for the extra session to consider steps to defend American commerce from German submarines. No dissent was reported, though the president did not reveal his own position.
El Paso Texas reports Luis Terranzas III was sentenced to be executed in Mexico City while his father Luis Terrazas Jr died in Los Angeles California according to received information.
Washington launches a government backed push to train citizens in civilian camps. Funds will be provided for the program as part of the effort to build preparedness and mobilize civilian defense.
Juneau Alaska reports that Charles A Sulzer a Democrat and brother of former New York Governor William Sulzer was elected congress delegate from Alaska last November by a 19 vote majority defeating James Wickersham who has served four terms in the office.
Railroads metal mines smelters and coal mines across the intermountain region, in coordination with the federal government, reinforce defenses and guard all rail lines and facilities against possible German spy activity.
Berlin reports the German withdrawal from Bapaume Roye Noyon and Peronna as part of a broader strategic undertaking aimed at revolutionizing warfare on the western front. The move is described as one of the war’s most decisive actions.
Washington released Tuesday a note to General Carranza declining his plan for neutral action to end Europe’s war by cutting off exports to belligerents. The State Department publicized the document outlining the U.S. stance.
In Kansas City a telegram to President Wilson from J. Silas president of the Negro National Educational Congress pledges the support of its 6 000 members in care of war.
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