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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
6
The Times notes large royal tips to servants during visits. King Edward’s tipping ran into thousands yearly with tips of five dollars to beater and twenty five or more to the head keeper. The Kaiser is described as the most liberal tipper, ensuring every servant is remembered with envelopes distributed by a secretary before visits end.
Mrs. J. G. Kelley reports that her five day old baby’s abdomen broke out in painful blisters resembling burns. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the irritation diminished quickly and a full cure occurred in seven to eight days. The ad notes Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold worldwide with free samples via Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
Marion six years old watches her aunt sew a rag doll. She asks why eyes are put in fast. Auntie explains eyes are fast, prompting Marion to say God makes us with eyes already in place.
A terse exchange contrasts insistence on truth with a jab about falsehoods policed as necessary in modern high places, reflecting skepticism about integrity among elites. The dialogue frames truth as scarce and strategic in public discourse.
An advertisement notes Dr J H Rindlaub in Fargo North Dakota as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care. A quoted line warns that a lazy man does less harm than an active one who stirs up trouble.
State game officials reiterate deer and elk may not be hunted after December 1 as the closed season runs until October. Warden De Hart notes legal open season was October 1 to December 1. Deputies Rossman and Kennedy say fewer animals were taken and hunters misread snowbound routes driving animals to high elevations.
Billings rancher Arthear J. Hart, missing fifty two chickens over three weeks, traps a schoolmate thief at his hen yard. Hart corners Henry with a lantern as the two recognize each other after years apart. Henry drops the fowl and escapes in the darkness.
E L Sutton former attorney now practicing in Great Falls is arraigned on a charge of taking acknowledgement as notary public for a forged deed of 160 acres near Big Sandy. Frank Hadlock and Bernice Baker Hadlock are connected to the deed. the complainant is Bernice Hadlock. Sutton was released on cash bail and once served as a Minnesota militia lieutenant.
Dr. Mabel S. Ulrich of Minneapolis spoke to state teachers on eugenics denouncing women’s clubs for backing sterilization of criminals and the feeble minded and urging health certificates before marriage as a remedy for improving citizenship.
P N Bernard secretary of Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and Montana road booster visited Butte. He urged Butte Chamber of Commerce to take up and push a program to promote and cultivate agricultural resources in the Flathead district aligning with Kalispell efforts. The plan aims to benefit the surrounding community and nearby regions.
The Milwaukee and Great Northern advance major works in Fergus county despite retrenchment orders. Great Northern finishes Lewistown passenger station with more freight houses planned. Milwaukee completes Dawes street sheds and advances a new Lewistown Grass Range main line. Track progress extends toward Lewistown from Great Falls with construction trains expected January 1.
Bozeman reports the Montana experiment station backs moving to small flocks on farms rather than large open range flocks. Mil ler notes since 1911 Montana led in sheep numbers but settlers and land take reduced herds. The bulletin covers starting stock breeding feeding handling disease protection and market or wool preparation.
Kalispell resident Jack Eckert of Fox Lake Montana was arrested on criminal assault charges based on information from Dawson County Sheriff Wynn.
Ben Blakely is under arrest on a murder charge for the 1910 killing of a Frenchman at Quebec City B C.
Sheriff Wagener from St Paul seeks Willie Wolff alias E Gordon held for extortion of graft money from a former dive keeper. Wolff refuses to depart without proper requisition papers, prompting a tense, unresolved stand in Great Falls.
A young woman asks for mail at the Euclid village post office window. She pretends a business letter but later admits she expects a love letter and asks the clerk to check for personal mail. The scene shows her growing embarrassment as she learns there may be no message.
R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana recounts 25 years with kidney trouble and bladder inflammation. After failing with doctors he used Dodd's Kidney Pills for two boxes and reports a complete recovery. Ad offers free household hints national anthem music and recipes from Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
The French dressmaker Paul Poiret told a New York reporter he deals in beauty not morality. He then shared a story about a young lady in a white dinner gown under a blazing electrolier asking her fiancé how her dress shows, with the fiancé replying that it shows up to almost the knee and noting the white silk stockings with gold clocks.
A mathematics professor claims killing a fly prevented an explosive fly population from arising. He argues that sparing the fly would have yielded 1,500 eggs and ultimately 550,637,841,296 more flies, making life an inferno and that his action saved the world.
The Boston Transcript reports that Jack’s auto involvement has led to questions about his seriousness and an engagement with the girl he has been dating.
A humorous line shows Mrs Givem asking why the delay occurs as Weary Willie complains the income tax holds up coupon collection. The exchange highlights tax friction and public sentiment in a clipped cartoon style.
A wife describes coffee addiction and health warnings, then details trying Postum and its appealing taste. Her husband eventually switches after noting her improved color and vitality, and they no longer drink coffee. Postum comes in Regular and Instant forms with a familiar slogan There’s a Reason.
The American Woman's Suffrage association held a weeklong convention and a monster mass meeting at the theater with three hours of speeches. A large banner demanded constitutional amendment enfranchising women as delegates urged swift action from President Wilson and Congress. The meeting featured Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and speakers Mary Anderson Margaret Hinchey Rose Winslow addressing working women and equality of rights amid protests from Louisiana delegates.
In Suffield Connecticut on December 2 health physician Dr. W E Caldwell declared the daily distribution and collection of lead pencils at Bridge Street Grammar School caused a diphtheria outbreak. He ordered pencils burned and the practice stopped. Fifteen of forty pupils in five rooms are ill.
Fourteen American bison born at Bronx Park have been shipped to Lot Springs South Dakota to be released in Wind Cave National Park as part of repopulation efforts.
A traveler pretends to try on coats offered by a pushy clothing dealer and continues to try on more than thirty coats. He exits without paying, joking that he believes in helping a man who obliges others and offering to repeat the gesture if he returns.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, a leader of English militant suffragettes, spoke in Milan before Italian women about the history of militant suffragism in Great Britain.
Burglars stole about one thousand dollars worth of silk from the Amberson department store in Rugby North Dakota. They packed the goods in suit cages and left on an early morning train. Authorities have not yet captured the thieves and the burglary was discovered hours after the trains had departed.
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