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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
3
Letter from Mrs EpwakD B Hite Bert of Fleetwood Pa praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for alleviating menopausal symptoms. The notice underscores warnings like hot flashes dizziness headaches and nervousness and says the remedy strengthened her and kept her from doctor visits.
Disjointed snippets note borrowing to weather rain and Br a Winslow’s Syrup for teething soothes gums reduces inflammation and pain and cures wind colic. New Orleans law requires bread sales be wrapped to protect from flies. A quip questions high living by calling a barmecide feast a meal with no waiter to tip.
A witty quip contrasts talk of laying bills on the table with the act of dishing them, illustrating a pun about legislative process and public discourse.
If Buenos Ayres proceeds with a contemplated project, it would rise to 1,173 feet with a 1,000,000 candlepower electric statue beacon. The steel tower would feature social facilities, cafes, restaurants, a library, billiard rooms, a gym, a wireless telegraphic station and a meteorological observatory.
Kalispell hosts the Montana Good Roads congress July 15 and 16 and the Montana State Automobile association also meets July 17. Noted speakers include Joseph A. Edge P. M. Abbott A L Stone E P Mathewson W R Allen J M Kennedy and Albert Galen with legislators Meyers Walsh Evans and Stout expected to speak if possible. Auto trips will visit Glacier National Park Swan Lake and other attractions.
Mining activity near Helena attracts wide interest as Cruse mine at Scratch Gravel reports higher grade and larger ore quantities with depth. Dan Mullan finds thirty inches of tungsten ore while Montana Copper Silver Mining may begin shipping from a vast body. North Butte company outputs 1.3 to 1.4 million pounds of copper monthly, saved by sending ore to Washoe smelter.
Fred Geisser sues Butte hospital for 10000 dollars claiming attendants allowed him to chew his tongue and he bit off half of it while being treated for inebriety. The case centers on alleged medical negligence during intoxication treatment.
About ten days ago Northern Pacific surveyors began work near Bozeman. They reportedly revising a former route from Bozeman to Logan to ease eastbound grades. Locals suspect the crew instead targets a Bridger range branch line to run parallel to the Gallatin Valley road, potentially diverting heavy freight from NP.
Bozeman reports engineer David De Muth in charge of Hebgen dam construction is missing after a boating accident on the Madison River reservoir. De Muth and assistant Emmett Riordan capsized their boat while pursuing a loose craft. Riordan reached shore, De Muth vanished, wallet found among driftwood below the dam.
Livingston John Mielde, a Montana Power employee, touched a high tension wire while working on a pole and was killed instantly. He was brother to County Treasurer Fred Mielde and Fire Chief Herbert Mielde. Four thousand volts passed through him. his wife and three children lived in Ocean Beach, California, and were moving to Montana. He was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1877.
The Montana board of railway commissioners filed briefs with the interstate commerce commission arguing that carload rates on grain and flax seed from Montana stations to Chicago Duluth Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City and Sioux City are unreasonable and discriminatory. The commission is asked to establish reasonable rates.
During Montana state fair week Helena hosts a championship boxing event. Jimmy Clabby, recent victor over Siddie McGoorty at Butte, faces a middleweight contender. Leo Bens, the Butte butcher boy, who defeated Willie Swift, and Lee Manson of California, who knocked out both foes in under a round, will be Clabby’s opponent.
Walter Cooper of Bozeman reports a letter from Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior saying he will probably visit Montana and may come to Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. Cooper found Lane interested in Montana irrigation systems after a Washington trip and extended an invitation to the Gallatin valley.
Two former Minnesota residents, Charles Hegglund and Alama Hegglund, are the principals in a district court divorce action here. Married in Pine City on September 4, 1909, the wife plaintiff alleges Hegglund twice threatened to poison her.
Democratic state officials in Montana filed a formal complaint with the Public Service Commission to investigate alleged discriminatory rates charged by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. They urge a thorough review of pricing practices affecting the state.
Kalispell hosted the state Epworth league convention last week drawing delegates from local chapters and presenting reports on activities and plans for the coming year.
Peter Martinson age 45 died by lightning near Circle while trailing horses to North Dakota. He halted at a sheep camp to escape the storm and was unsaddling when struck. He formerly lived in Atkinson Nebraska, where his body will be shipped. U S Marshal William Lindsay narrowly escaped a bolt four miles northwest of Circle when it struck a shack he had entered.
The Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor releases a bulletin urging annual manuals to guide municipal and philanthropic efforts to curb infant deaths. Summer campaigns already show strong city results, and officials note overall urban death rates have fallen below rural levels, signaling the impact of targeted welfare work on preventable diseases.
A Boston advertisement cites Miss Ella Ehrlich of Portland Oregon describing a one month old with a stubborn scalp rash. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the scales disappeared and hair regrew in about two months, claiming a complete cure. Free samples offered with Skin Book.
Deputy Auditor Joe Cannon of Hardin County Ohio reports his ring found after a thorough search. Janifor Yost, cleaning birds nests from the courthouse eaves, discovered the ring woven inside a nest.
A tense exchange occurs in the kitchen as a mother and child clash over cooking plans. The child demands more action while the mother resists after hearing unsettling news earlier today. Tensions rise but no further details are provided.
A brief exchange features two Ginks debating coffee and living at a boarding house. A noted line comments that relying on the theory of the unexpected often fails to pay off.
A rising number of cities establish milk stations offering pure, certified, pasteurized or sterilized milk to bottle fed babies. Locations include Albany Baltimore Boston Chicago Dayton Detroit Hartford Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Lawrence Louisville Lowell Milwaukee New Bedford New Haven New York Peoria Pittsburgh Providence Rochester St. Louis Springfield Waterbury Wilkes Barre Worcester Yonkers Utica. Stations are rooms with ice box desk chairs and table, often run by a nurse with a physician on call.
The advertisement claims the Tortures of Prickly Heat and all skin affections are quickly alleviated and fully cured by Tyree's Antiseptic Powder 25c at druggists. Free sample available on request. Tyree, Chemist, Washington DC.
A girl apologizes for a wait while a young man jokes the fare is about three dollars. A taxicab sits outside as the moment captures a simple street encounter and a light humorous exchange.
A reported incident describes a new theatrical play performed with a dog. The dog reportedly bit an actor during the scene, creating a surprising moment in the act. Details about the venue and participants are limited in the readable text.
A quirky dialogue contrasts disguises and smiles with a wry remark on cause and change. The speaker notes an encounter with Growcher this morning in disguise, while a sly observation about a woman's changing mind adds a punchline.
Dr J H Rindlaub, a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care, based in Fargo North Dakota, is noted in this brief listing. The piece includes a humorous remark about not teasing a girl to avoid marriage retribution.
Annie Boloski of Chester Pennsylvania admits guilt to assault and battery in Alderman Carter court but claims self defense after her husband John Boloski previously used a wooden leg to beat her. She says she saved herself from severe harm by provoking a response and they exchanged blows leading to arrest.
A humorous exchange notes a trolley car is easier to dodge than an automobile with the punchline that a trolley cannot follow you. The remark contrasts two urban transit risks in a casual chat.
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