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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
3
An old time advertisement touts a freckle remover, offering a money back guarantee if it fails. It claims a penny freckle-free complexion with double strength Othine, urging readers to buy one ounce from a druggist and apply twice daily for home use. It emphasizes ease, rapid results, and a cosmetic improvement.
An advertisement promoting ZEMO antiseptic lotion for itching and eczema. It promises rapid relief after initial use and highlights a clean non greasy formula suitable for children, with pricing for 85 cents and one dollar bottles and references ZEMO soap from The E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
Mrs Lucy Rider Meyer of Chicago head of the Deaconess movement spoke on Education at a Deaconess school event. She defined education as leading out into a larger life of service and noted the war’s role in broadening women's aims. A cantata, The Cruise of the Undertle Bed, followed the address to charm the audience.
At St Vincent s Academy of Helena the 1981 commencement honored graduates with diplomas and awards. Bishop Gorman of Boise gave the principal talk, with Bishop Carroll presiding. The program featured vocal and instrumental selections and class motto Our Lady Help of Christians. The class includes Bennet, Blum, Enright, Enright, Galvin, Grady, Latsch, Murphy, O Malley, Riordan, Rogan, Sloan and others.
Job seekers for cabinet workers boilermakers machinists and blacksmiths advertised at Milwaukee Railway Milwaukee shops via local TS Employment Service. Wl Thompson, recently released from service after earning the D S C and Croix de Guerre, seeks a department store manager post recalling his wartime role at Glendive. The business has altered since his return from the war.
Northern Pacific plans to add two evening stub trains on the Butte to Missoula route linking Helena via Garrion. Train 257 departs Butte at 6 84 p.m. and reaches Garrison then Missoula. Train 238 departs Missoula for Garrison and Butte with revised arrival times. Coeur d Alene branch 264 now arrives Missoula at 4 35 p.m. daily except Sunday. Bitterroot mixed service runs daily except Sunday with slight time changes.
Reports from Tokio dated Wednesday June indicate a serious spread of anti-Japanese agitation in Shaoshun Wanekow Nanking and Canta. Indications point to a possible development into a wider anti-foreign movement across China, per Associated Press dispatches.
State Chairman Sai D. Gaza reports a campaign to recruit associate Boy Scout members in Montana. Delays in supplies and late local printing slowed efforts, but county chairmen like H. S. Neprer and Lewis and Clark County leaders moved to distribute blanks and canvass the Helena district and outside precincts. Meanwhile Evicke, famed dancer, will headline a seven piece orchestra at a June 21 Auditorium dance carnival, a Laytye and Clark county veterans fundraiser supporting Fourth of July preparations.
An early advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic for women. It claims the remedy, made from valerian clippers and various roots, treats backache headaches irregularities pelvic inflammation and related female health issues. The text emphasizes its natural composition and opposition to whiskey and morphine.
East side residents near the capitol witnessed a comic accident when a runaway horse led a mule in a lively skit. The pair swerved on a sharp turn, toppled a post and spilled milk cans and other items, drawing cheers for its chaotic display of improvised art.
Secretary Hod Ensign of the Montana State fair along with Meury Kain and WT Kuehn will depart by car this morning for Salt Lake City to attend the International Rotary convention. They are among the first Helena motor party members to leave for Utah. tonight they will stay with President Pat Carney at his Waterloo home as the convoy continues toward Salt Lake.
Directors were elected at the Merchants' Delivery annual meeting held last night in the Commercial Room. New directors named include RK Turner Dr Beachman Low Common Martin Prosser Walter Larson J Walker and W G Bardon. The board will meet within days to elect officers for the coming year. No special session.
Divergent statements on the Commercial Telegraphers Union strike circulated from New York as leaders in Western Union and postal telegraph interests claimed varying progress. Edward Reynolds and W L Pashbaugh reported mixed gains with up to about 240,000 operators affected, while Percy Tonia defended the strike’s broad momentum and warned of ongoing divisions in the system.
Helena public schools will close this afternoon as the year ends amid the influenza epidemic. Pupils will receive reports and the summer vacation will begin, with boys noting good fishing in many regions and a final day of activities before closing.
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