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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
3
Megadore Ohio resident Mrs Leyers recalls severe female troubles before avoiding surgery by using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring health and enabling two healthy children. The ad promotes the product and invites confidential letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts women.
The ad claims Foley Kidney Pills promptly relieve suffering from weak inactive kidneys and painful bladder action. It says they aid nature in rebuilding excretory kidney tissue, restoring normal function, and regulating bladder irregularities.
A column contrasts old Washington quiet with its growing metropolis status. Residents recall mud streets and hush, while Maj. Sylvester notes noise rises with city expansion. A reporter records disputes over alley disturbances, ball games, milk and ice deliveries, and the legal response.
Captain Harold W. Jones and army medical corps officers report 600 recruits show only 83 percent strong men today versus 57 percent in 1875, with 43 percent weak today versus 10 percent in 1875. Foreign-born recruits declined from 60 percent to about nine percent, suggesting shifts in recruit quality and stocky German and Irish roots. Further nationwide study urged to confirm if standards truly deteriorate.
Roy Tommy Wilson met two elderly Wilmington sisters Eliza beth M Bellamy and Ellen D Bellamy at the executive offices. The sisters recalled their bicycle meeting with him and his family physician brother, praising his growth from a boy they knew to the president they see today.
Representative Clayton of Alabama shared humorous anecdotes at a visit to Postmaster General Burleson. He recalled unique names like Doremus Erasmus Cadwalader Riddlesperger and Pinkney Commision, plus a tale of a mother naming her baby Truly Thine Own to show love.
The article tours Milton's cottage at Chalfont St Giles describing its vine covered facade open windows to May sun, the garden and orchard. It notes Ellwood’s visits, Paradise Lost read aloud, and Milton walking to Brearspeare’s orchard. Nearby shops include The Old Cottage and a curiosity shop.
Mrs. W. G. Hanford and Mrs. Beatrice Recknadel defied danger by crossing Jacob's ladder on the Mount Washington railway in darkness. A wager motivated the five mile ascent. Railroad men with lanterns pursued but could not deter them. the pair reached the summit around ten o'clock and returned with Mrs. Hanford's husband escorting them by motor car.
Chicago sculptor Mario Korbel argues fashion mirrors art with skirts slit to the hips drawing comment from the Bohemian artist. New York tenant wins lease break ruling as judge Firefield states rats justify move from premises in opinion.
A terrified merchant reads a bitter telegram asking James to retrieve a waist for a gros grain suit. The note details exact storage locations across trunks closets and boxes and warns against swearing as the man collapses in shock.
A brief quotation from the Boston Evening Transcript contrasts casual inquiry with formal interest in golf as a pastime.
In a Chicago suburb, an engineer saved a runaway train after a side rod fractured and the airbrake failed. He shut off power, leaped to the platform, and pulled the air cord to stop the car within a few hundred feet, proving presence of mind under extreme danger.
A U S Bureau circular by David Fairchild urges wide planting of the Chinese tung tree in the United States after five million gallons of tung oil imported from China last year influenced U S varnish makers. The note highlights the tree’s potential for domestic production and industrial impact.
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