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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
4
A letter to the editor argues that public officials should favor local businesses and questions a candidate who relies on mail order stationery. The writer contends editors boost and criticize loyalties, urging readers to back hometown printers for public office.
The piece notes the horse’s decline as motor cars rose, with public announcements framing the shift before automobiles became common. It observes a later revival of horse use, highlighting changing transportation trends and cultural perception.
The obituary of horse power appears across papers as motor trucks grow, with cities like Chicago Boston Baltimore Cincinnati Minneapolis and St. Louis showing uneven declines in horse use. The horse remains only in omnibuses and funeral work as riding horses wane and farmers cut back.
H. H. Windsor notes in Popular Mechanics that horses on farms and in cities face dwindling use as motors take over. He compares past reliance on 80 000 horses for streetcars to today’s 2 500, with hard implications for labor shifts as motor trucks and light traction engines rise.
A testimonial by Mrs Laura Gaines of Avoca Louisiana says four doctors gave her up before using Electric Bitters. She reports strong relief from dizziness fainting backache head ache weakness and kidney troubles after one dose. Sold at druggists or by mail for 5G and 1.00.
A mild gentle and effective laxative is what people demand when suffering from constipation. Thousands swear by Dr. King's New Life Pills. Hugh Tallman of San Antonio Texas writes they are the best pills my wife and I have taken. They never cause pain. Price 25c at druggists or by mail H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia for St Louis.
The text argues that flies spread typhoid by landing on infected material and food, urging elimination of flies to reduce disease. It praises housewives for fighting pests like bedbugs with gasoline and powders, condemning flies as filthy despite being a necessary evil in households.
$50,000 to loan on good farm lands. If you want a loan, come in s and see me. Office over First National bank. Lee L. Minnick, adv Real Estate & Loans, Saco Lost-one bay gelding 1200 branded 44 on left hip and one sorrel mare between 1100 and 1200, branded left shoulder, went 3.1 on left hip. Work horses $25.00 reward for the return of these horses to my ranch nine miles west of Glasgow. Langworthy Bros.
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