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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
6
A 10 cent Cascarets advertisement touts nightly cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels. It claims no gagging or discomfort and promises relief from headache biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation by morning. It asserts millions use Cascarets to stay clean and refreshed.
Dr. A. L. Soresi of New York, praised at a London medical congress, plans to resume limb graft experiments using deceased animal limbs grafted to living dogs. He notes he must invent new instruments and that time is critical when moving from dogs to humans.
A Gray County probate judge signs a testimonial about heart trouble relief after a year on Dodds Kidney Pills. He claims six boxes cured palpitations, dizziness, breath shortness, and backache, weighs 200 pounds at 63, and invites correspondence. The ad notes 60c per box and free household hints and music.
The text traces how day and night were divided into twelve hours by early Egyptians and notes that similar practices spread to Jews and Greeks from Babylonians. It cites Rome in 293 B C with a sundial, describes pre water clocks as signaled by public criers, and mentions English time standards using wax candles attributed to Alfred.
A club scene in New York recalls summers at Bad Nauheim and Newport as Baris scientists reveal plans for the world’s largest electro magnet, a major research prospect.
Washington reports the tariff changes affect imports of household necessities. The article lists old rates and new law details over many items including staples, vegetables, fruits, vinegar, molasses, meat, poultry, wool, and grains with various percentages and fixed charges. The changes take effect after March 1 1914 and include several items becoming free or adjusted by small per unit fees.
The Democratic tariff revision bill advances to final stage with unanimous support from conferees. It sets an average ad valorem rate of 27 to 29 percent, lowers duties on farm and manufactured goods, and expands the free list for many trust-made products. Income tax projections total about 83 million dollars, with a 40 percent duty on certain stockings.
The article notes a shift in preferred yarns with the yarns kept at the lower rate, reducing the effect on most cotton cloth. It reports higher rates for bleached and dyed colored yarns and for cotton yarns and cloth numbered 79 to 99. Handkerchiefs not hemmed see a decrease from 30 percent to 25 percent.
Treasury experts estimate 425,000 Americans will report income under the new law, with $82,298,000 raised plus $35,000,000+ from corporate taxes. Individuals with $3,000+ earners must file by March 1, 1914, and taxes are split between normal and additional rates up to 7 percent for incomes over $500,000.
Simeon Ford of New York quipped after J Pierpont Morgan's death that wealth does not bring happiness and poverty does not either, asking what a man should do. The remark appears in the Argonaut.
J C Cornett of Dryden New York describes eczema starting as blotches on face neck and shoulders becoming rough and itchy. After two months of ineffectual medicines he used Cuticura Soap then Ointment, reporting relief in two weeks and a complete cure in a month. Advertisement notes Cuticura sold worldwide with free samples and Skin Book offer.
A witty exchange in which the man is labeled a lobbyist for his habit of standing around doing nothing, implying lobbying is the sole profession he can sustain while idle.
Public notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature and authentic labeling. It stresses Castoria as a trusted remedy used for infants and children for many years and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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