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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1914
Page
4
Beaverton news notes catalog houses flooding ads in newspapers and mail orders, urging merchants to match advertising to save business. Editors compare roles to preachers as town growth and new buildings reshape Main Street, with local officials appointed and road signs moved for better town access.
A narrator extols a business alliance of publishers advertisers and manufacturers. The piece argues their interests align to deliver value to the public and encourage joining the consortium. It urges readers to use advertising columns and follow the Key to learn where to buy and how to maximize dollars spent.
Local notes report a large seed barley sale in 1912 and plans for C W F Spiller to enter locating and real estate. Miss Henderickson returns from Minneapolis with an up to date millinery line. Cattle sale includes 25 Milch cows at Walsh Montana Post Office near Saco with sale dates March 20 21 22 at Taylor's barn.
Experiments at the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering are testing simpler methods to produce water light concrete. Results show dry mix curing times of five to three minutes improve impermeability with sand and gravel, while damp materials require longer mixing.
The Scientific American reports that blasting for a new New York subway damaged plate glass windows. Contractors reinforced windows with wooden cross spreaders and wire braces creating a truss effect to strengthen panes against blast shock.
A home convenience uses a central pilot light for gas ranges. Pressing a plunger at the gas junction ignites the burner line, sending a flame from the pilot to each burner. Releasing the plunger cuts gas to the main line, leaving only the pilot lit.
Professor Wilde of Brussels University argues sea water’s gold content exceeds all minted money. He estimates one grain of gold per ton of water and a total ocean mass of about one billion tons could yield enough to create a small army of millionaires.
A scientific journal asked for the ten greatest inventions noting the electric furnace steam turbine gasoline automobile moving pictures aeroplane wireless telegraphy cyanide process induction motor notype and electric welding process. It claims all this was achieved in a quarter century and asks to name seven inventors.
The small erratic planet Eros discovered twelve years ago becomes a valuable asset to astronomers. It is the most observed of all planets for solar parallax measurements and estimating the sun's distance.
Juel Juelson picked up mail at Valleytown Saturday. Mrs Dan Garrison and family visited the Brewsters Sunday. Miss Mary Easton the Valleytown schoolteacher attended a Friday night dance in Saco. Miss Marie Carlson and sister from North Dakota visited Valleytown Saturday. Carlson is leaving for her claim about six miles from Valleytown.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cures Hall s Catarrh Cure claims to heal through systemic action and lists testimonials from J J Cheney and the National Bank of Commerce Toledo Ohio and a Toledo druggist. The text promotes cautions and other products like Tall s Family Pills with questionable spelling throughout.
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