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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
3
Ad copy touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated granules. A quoted medical note by Hufeland praises laughter as digestion aid. A boy named Alden questions why he is awake while lying on the floor, asking his mother if he is asleep.
A wild scene at a Chamberlain rally featured a heckler shouting about taxing food. The crowd urged removal but Chamberlain regained control and resumed, only for the voice to erupt again with a sharp taunt about braying and thistles not being taxed.
A young woman from a large family writes how Postum replaced coffee, easing headaches dizziness sour stomach and heart palpitations. She notes her mother brother and sister benefited after switching and praises Postum as a healthy beverage. Bat tle Creek Michigan-based Postum Co. offers Regular and Instant Postum in 15c 25c 30c 60c sizes with similar per cup costs.
The book The Mexican People Their Struggle for Freedom by L Gutierrez de Lara and Edgcomb Pinchon argues that Mexicans have long fought for agrarian democracy and education. It outlines the 1857 constitution provisions on liberty, education, property, press, rights, and religious freedom and explains how Diaz and Huerta eroded these rights, fueling the revolt led by constitutionalists.
Refugees from the Medina colony in Oaxaca recount two days in Cordoba under guard of Mexican soldiers. J W Elliott and his family paid 50 pesos to avoid mob violence, endured six days in barracks, and faced looting, threats, and circulars urging killings. Lehmer, a ranch manager from Tuxtepec, describes hunger and attacks as trains were looted. A Mexican colonel helped avert worse outcomes.
A humorous sketch notes life in a small town as the theater twice changes pictures weekly. A newly married man jokes about his bride’s hair and a joke about paint on Freddy’s clothes adds to the light tone. The ad for Rindlaub ENT services is listed among the snippets.
Weathered hands are soothed in a single night by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Directions urge soaking in hot water, drying, applying ointment, and sleeping with loose gloves. Claims include preventing redness and roughness and delivering velvety whiteness. samples offered with a brochure from Boston.
Mr. Murray, irritable from confinement to a sick bed, asks about the piano banging in the parlor. His wife replies that their daughter Mary is taking her first steps in piano playing. He quips that she is walking on the keyboard.
An advertisement for a product claimed to kill flies and prevent disease. It promotes a “DAILY FLY HILLER” as effective throughout the season, states it kills thousands, and offers six units with express paid delivery for $1 plus mentions H Somers at 150 De Kalb Ave Brooklyn NY.
The passage notes that women in France and other European countries are much more industrious than when they arrive in this country. It highlights a perception of increased labor efforts among European women after settling in the United States.
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