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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood and nerve tonic to boost vigor for spring. It promotes a vegetable laxative and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for weekly cleansing, urging readers to begin now for better health and energy.
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a quick painless corn treatment. It claims instant relief from hard or soft corns and callouses with a tiny bottle sold by druggists. The copy credits a Cincinnati-based discovery and urges purchase for foot comfort.
Gladys and Mafian discuss favorite aspects of singing as a light dialogue suggests a musical moment. The exchange hints at character dynamics and a playful mood within a scene.
An old ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease to ease foot discomfort. It claims British and French troops use the powder for comfort and relief, noting the product is widely available in shops for 35 cents.
A wife discovers her husband’s early love letters and a larger cache titled Broken promises, prompting a tense exchange about past loyalties and present commitments. The exchange exposes hidden emotions behind a fragile marriage.
Pine Bluffs gains a new band. Lusk may host a refining plant. Basin marks Good Roads Day. Lander plans a new residence section and five apartment houses. Kemm erer and Sanders area arrests for draft evasion. Casper builds a new Burlington freight house. Laramie pioneer William Howell dies. Red Cross quota set at 190400. Thermopolis votes 5000 for water sewer. Five women jailed after a Sandbar raid. Glenrock jail forger L L Flanagan. Southwest Oil starts large scale work at Upton. Wyoming to supply 167 of 233000 men called May 25 training at Camp Lewis. Badger Basin Oil and Gas incorporated at Cody. Livestock shipments and thrift stamps rise in Cheyenne schools. Duthie child dies from poisoning. Buffalo schools push vaccination amid smallpox and measles. Sixteen Wyoming men to train as second lieutenants at Camp Funston. Wind River Petroleum strikes oil in Pilot Butte field. Blue-sky law to curb legislature corruption eyed by AG Preston. Auto crash near Greybull serious. Grand Army vet Judge Friend buys 1200 Liberty Bonds. Carter Oil leases four government oil claims on an Indian Reservation. Bates Park oil strikes boost Casper area structures. Shorty Gillard dies in jail after poison. Wyoming Wool Growers head J M Wilson in D C on wool sale rules. March oil royalties total 43500. Diamondville electors keep mayor and two councilors to save election funds for Liberty Bonds. Midwest Refining awarded pipe line contract Casper to Salt Creek field.
The text explains there is no direct Key West to Cuba railroad due to 200 miles of sea. Instead Flagler built a railway along Florida's east coast to the south, then used large ocean ferries to shuttle loaded trains between Key West and Cuba. The cost is not given, but the project has proven commercially valuable.
A farmer objects to changing war tools, insisting he cares only if big guns and battleships are not affected. The exchange reflects wartime debate over armament and civilian agriculture.
An old advertorial urges readers to apply Cuticura Ointment to the face upon waking and again before sleep. It instructs washing off with Cuticura Soap after five minutes and offers free samples by mailing to Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. Products priced Soap 26, Ointment 25 and 60.
The navy department honors water tender Matthew McCabe for gallantry when he sprang from the USS Pocahontas to rescue a fireman who disappeared overboard. McCabe, who enlisted in 1906 in New York, quickly secured a line and hauled the man back aboard.
A historical notice offers a $100 reward for proof of catarrh treatment. The remedy is described as medicine acting through mucous glands to improve constitution and support nature in its work. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo advertise Hall's Arrh Cure.
Senator Sorghum defines a real orator as a natural speaker whose fluent monologue makes the audience overlook the quality of the arguments. A quip about aviators notes family boasting in a profession with little to boast. An advertising line promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets for liver bowels and stomach.
A Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium bulletin argues for open air schools for every child. It questions delaying fresh air until illness strikes and urges proactive policy.
The excerpt reflects a they say about money and work with a remark on gendered attitudes. It contrasts beliefs on thrift and labor while noting differences in how men and women admit defeat.
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