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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
2
A Richmond woman tells of recovering from two years of sickness and weakness by rising from her bed to perform hard manual work and tending chickens. Her story highlights resilience and personal effort.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless method to lift corns and calluses. A small bottle, sold at drug stores, dries on contact and removes corns without irritation or infection risk. If unavailable, pharmacists can source it from wholesale houses.
Dialogue between a father and son about whether the phrase in front of a man’s name signals honesty. The exchange notes that it sometimes indicates honesty and sometimes does not, highlighting uncertainty in perception.
Col Caldwell notes obscure city institutions and odd financial quirks. He highlights two old fire insurance firms, small yet lengthy annual dinners, and unique banks. The Merchants fund and Mercantile Beneficial Association aid indignant merchants, with vast invested sums and discreet grants to aged or infirm owners.
The Chicago post office annual report blends mystery romance and humor with serious work noting 981,751,026 mail pieces handled in the year and 1,500,000 lacking postage. It reflects on stray checks and undelivered newspapers, calling home papers the next thing to a certified check for the lonely abroad.
The police traffic squad reports 2,152,271 pedestrians cross major Manhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn intersections during ten daily hours. Park Row crossing sees 206,200 daily pedestrians while Fifth Avenue and Forty Second Street handles the most vehicles. Officials note congestion causes delays and accidents and seek to divert traffic to less used routes.
Mining for garnets amid city lots yields numerous finds. James G Manuchester of the New York Mineralogical club notes over 100 minerals found in recent years under the city. A nine pound garnet once found near Broadway and a half karat crystal with garnets discovered near One Hundred seventy ninth street and Northern avenue attracted local interest.
The New York Evening Sun notes a trend of eminent men being sons of physicians. William Browning in the Medical Record cites Civil War era leaders tied to doctors, including McClellan, Davis, Hay and Douglas, as examples. The piece ponders paternal influence through prompt action and public service.
Ore deposits from ages spanning crablike life to advanced mammals surface in the United States. Among them the late tertiary veins in Nevada are widespread and linked to famed camps like Tonopah Goldfield and Comstock. Their youth keeps ore near surface, aiding interpretation of formation processes.
The Buffalo News warns that Swiss laws allow punishment not only for past acts but for possible future outcomes. It cites cantons punishing people who may become destitute, enabling authorities and police to send individuals to penal workhouses based on future conduct.
A timid tourist asks if people fall from the precipice. The driver replies placidly that it happens never but once. A separate quip notes a girl declaring marriage with five children to do the work, including three white and two colored.
A brief exchange highlights a daughter with a remarkable voice and enduring quality. The Detroit Free Press notes the listener’s compliment on endurance of her vocal performance and the hopeful tone in reply.
London reports two small engagements off the Dutch coast and Zeeland as British light forces clash with German destroyers. One German destroyer was sunk. a British destroyer was torpedoed, killing 3 officers and 44 men, later sunk by its flotilla. Unofficial Dutch reports claim several German ships sunk and others damaged, with casualties and towings to Ymuiden.
Washington reports preliminary troop withdrawals at the southern end of the line, with outposts from El Valle and Colonia Dublan pulled back under war department orders. Officials say the main northward movement will follow, but no exact start date is given as the Carranza negotiations are broken and Washington favors action over announcements.
New York stock exchange governors, pressured by the house rules committee, ask every member to provide broker records from December 10 to 73. The data relate to profits alleged from advance knowledge of the president's peace note.
Tokio reports a growing political crisis as the Constitution party led by Viscount Kato joins the Nationalist group in the lower house in opposition to Count Terauchi’s non partisans cabinet, challenging its constitutionality.
Guardsmen who return to find their jobs filled will receive assistance from the federal bureau of immigration to obtain other employment. Commissioner General Camnerth has issued orders to all officers of the service to do everything possible to help unemployed guardsmen.
Dr Wu Wing-Fung foreign minister and Baron Hayashie Japanese envoy exchange final notes settling the Cheng Chiatun incident after Chinese and Japanese troops clashed in China.
Potatoes at six dollars a bushel appeared Tuesday in Aurora with dealers saying the samples drew more attention than actual sales. The scene highlighted how exhibit value outshone commerce in the local display.
The harsh winter tightens its grip across central and southern Europe with reports from German newspapers noting temperatures around 36 degrees Fahrenheit in East Prussia, four degrees below zero. The bitter cold threatens daily life across affected regions.
Gadspur and Glithers spar over perseverance after Gadspur recalls a failed attempt to borrow ten dollars. Glithers mocks his persistence as extraordinary and notes a speech to twelve people before securing the money.
A 10 cent Cascarets box claims to cleanse and regulate the stomach and liver, remove sour food and foul gas, and eliminate constipation without gripe. The ad asserts the product works while you sleep and avoids headaches or biliousness, appealing to men and women alike.
The article highlights enduring works created in confinement. It cites Socrates in Athens, Galileo in a Roman dungeon, Luther at Wartburg, Bunyan’s Bedford prison dream, Raleigh in the Tower, and Paul and John writing New Testament texts during imprisonment. It frames imprisonment as a catalyst for literary achievement.
The dialogue contrasts wealth and status with suspicion toward a stranger carrying an unusual item. It suggests social biases in public spaces where millionaires are ignored while a stranger with odd baggage provokes immediate scrutiny.
A dialogue fragment features a cynic remark about wells going out of fashion and a countering line about truth found at the bottom of a well, suggesting a discussion on perception and practicality.
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