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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
2
West Danby resident Mrs Dewitt Sridebaugh says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nervous trouble and helped her four daughters. She notes sleeplessness irritability backache headaches and dragging sensations as signs of female derangements improved by the tonic.
During a quiet chat two music lovers discuss the merits of Caruso and John McCormack, noting they will likely talk until they must leave. A suggestion arises to put on a new record to keep the discussion lively.
An advertisement from Marine Eye Remedy Co claims tired eyes age a person and offers an Eye Book on request to keep eyes looking young. It urges readers not to reveal their age and links eye care to youthful appearance.
A Nashville Banner item recalls a mountain Tennessee gathering where a schoolteacher quizzed a red necked young man on whether to say leg or limb. He answers Marm, I say shank, reflecting local speech. The anecdote captures regional dialect and humor.
Suffering from rimples black heads redness or rough skin is soothed by Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap with hot water. Free samples offered by mail with a book from Cuticura Boston. Advertisement ends with a social bias line about a man’s instinct to cringe before power and a girl’s pleasant mirror reflections.
Helena report: Supreme Court rules that all municipalities fall under Plan 3 of the workmen's compensation act and its hazardous occupations coverage from July 1 1915, reversing a Butte district court decision in Hugh Smith’s injury claim.
The Montana Products and Manufacturers' association executive committee met at the Placer hotel to plan a Helena celebration under their auspices. They advanced tentative arrangements and to attend a later dinner to set a date. A cooperative advertising campaign to boost Montana made goods was endorsed. Plans for a convention in Helena during the next legislative session were discussed in connection with the State Retail Merchants' association.
A nostalgic ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe fruit laxative for children and adults. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels with a pleasant taste and easy dosage, urging mothers to choose the 50 cent bottle with full usage directions on the label.
A vintage ad promotes LALA to prevent colds and grip with IVE BROMO QUININE. It claims the product removes the cause and features a W. GROVES signature on the box. The price is 25 cents. A stray line quips about true religion and shared chores.
An advertisement touts Hoyt's Cologne as a safe effective remedy for headaches nervousness sleeplessness exhaustion and head and nerve pains. It claims relief for children’s colds and catarrh and for post night after morning head clearance. Priced at 50 cents a bottle, available at drug stores.
A Bozeman jury convicts Joe Reiser of second degree murder in the December 23 killing of his companion Joe Fink in a cabin near Salesville. The court will fix punishment with a lenient recommendation from the jury. Reiser claimed self defense. Fink's body was found, Reiser tracked, and he was arrested in Dickinson, North Carolina, after a fight using an ax and shotgun.
An advertisement touts Denison's Seminole Brand coffee priced at 35c per lb in sealed cans and 3 lb canisters for $1.00, with distribution limited to one merchant per town. It notes Uncle Sam earned $2,500,000 last year from selling government forest wood.
An advertisement asserts meat clogs kidneys causing back pain and illness. It recommends four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush kidneys, noting the drink neutralizes acids and keeps blood pure, preventing serious kidney problems. It claims the salt is inexpensive and safe for regular use.
The Montana fairs association met in Butte to discuss race track gambling. Secretary W G Ferguson of Missoula reported mixed impact on revenues with some saying abolishing gambling reduced income while others said it made no material difference.
Helena March 1924 State Auditor William Keating announced his bid for another term. He cited a more than 50 percent rise in business handled by the office over four years but claimed operating costs increased by less than 3 percent, highlighting efficiency gains.
The mid year conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south for the Missoula district met two days in Deer Lodge. Delegates included Presiding Elder A. L. Thoroughman for Montana, Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Hartman of Missoula, Rev. R. E. Earley of Butte, Rev. E. S. Wilson of Stevensville, E. Sheldon of Hamilton, R. Noughtingham of Missoula, and George Shanley of Deer Lodge.
In states taxing beauty no woman dodges the tax. The piece accuses a political whitewash of concealing multiple blemishes in reputations.
The jury heard testimony about Joe Reiser confessing to the December 3 killing of his lifelong friend Joe Fink. A Dickinson North Dakota letter to John Kern allegedly shows an alibi. Photographs of three more letters to Ross Fink and William Stieger were shown. Snider of St. Paul, married to a Fink cousin, arrived to attend the trial.
In response to a harsh cold spell that weakened game, Flathead county fish and game clubs organized a coyote and wolf drive. More than 100 coyotes, seven wolves, two mountain lions and several other animals were taken by 300 to 400 men with rifles and dogs. Hunters note delay in bounty payments yet continue predatory kills as a winter business.
Montana apples found a ready market in middle western and eastern states during the past year. Some Montana apples were used in export trade with Australia. The total cars shipped from Montana Idaho Oregon and Washington totaled 9407. This year shipments into Montana were smaller than usual with 324 cars into Helena.
An Ottawa official debunks myths about Canada after the war and conscription. He notes strong wheat and grain harvests raise land values and present profits for settlers, calling conscription false and war taxes indirect. He cites high farm yields and new indemnities fueling a potential migration to western provinces.
Seventy five of the county pioneers and about 250 with families attended the twenty third annual reunion banquet in Bozeman. The Gallatin County Pioneers society, Montana's largest and strictest, admits members who arrived in Montana in 1864 or earlier.
Interest among Sunday school workers statewide centers on three conventions to be held in Havre from May 22 to 24, in Helena May 24 to 26, and in Miles City May 26 to 28.
Butte postal clerks fix on a pension measure for workers connected with mail transportation. They note eight other congressional bills aim at broad changes to the postal department.
Farmers report heavy melting snow benefiting alfalfa and winter wheat in the upper valley. Grain and alfalfa now stand about two inches high, and continued favorable weather could yield a better crop than last season.
James McClosty was held here pending investigation into the murder of Leary a 20 year old woman found shot to death on the Anaconda road. She had been attacked.
In Helena the Wakely decision is cited by Attorney General J B Poindexter noting the ordinary banking game allows one person to act as banker without guilt while a group playing for money constitutes joint enterprise making all participants responsible for initiating and running the game.
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